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  • Texas takes on large oil firms Texas takes on large oil firms

    BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...

  • New needleless acupuncture therapy reduces diabetics indigestion symptoms

    A study from Texas Tech University, El Paso, and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, holds promising results for diabetic patients suffering from indigestion symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating and heartburn. The study tested a new method of therapy using a custom-made wireless device to stimulate acupuncture points with electrical waves on the surface of the skin rather than ...

  • Whincup takes V8 pole again in Texas

    Holden's Jamie Whincup has given himself an ideal opportunity to further extend his V8 championship lead by taking pole for both Monday's races in the ...

  • Maker of pink slime continues to struggle

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The beef-processing company that makes the product that critics call "pink slime" continues to struggle more than a year after the initial stories on the lean bits of beef that Beef Products Inc. ...

  • Sheriff confirms murder suspect is dead Sheriff confirms murder suspect is dead

    BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - The Burnet County Sheriff has confirmed the prime capital murder suspect in a deadly shooting and house fire died in the Burnet County Jail Saturday. Sheriff W.T. Smith told KXAN News the main investigator on the case identified the body at the medical examiner's office Sunday morning as Gregory Mark Currie, 30. His cause of death has not been confirmed. Law ...

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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Granbury tornado victims return home

    Saturday was the day in Granbury anxious tornado victims finally got back into their neighborhoods. Despite the destruction they'd seen on TV, many had hope they'd find their homes or at least some valuables ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Could Cavs trade entire draft for shot at Nerlens Noel MAY 19

    11:25 AM ET 05.19 | Suppose the Cavs end up with the No. 3 pick. They could offer their entire draft (all four picks) for No. 1, and that team could still draft someone such as Otto Porter at No. 3. Nerlens Noel is ideal for the Cavs, a team on a mission to improve its defense. He blocks shots, 4.4 per game. He can rebound, 9.5 per game. He influences the game defensively with a 7-4 wing span. ...

  • Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

    mock trial involving people who have been deemed mentally incompetent to participate in a real one. In mental hospitals across the country, psychiatrists ...

  • Keystone XL Through Transcanada Uses Eminent Domain to Seize Texans Land

    TransCanada is an Alberta-based corporation that is building the controversial Keystone Pipeline that will carry bitumen--thicker, more corrosive and toxic, than crude oil--through 36-inch diameter pipes from the Alberta tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast, mostly to be exported. The $2.3 billion southern segment, about 485 miles from Cushing, Okla., to the Gulf Coast is nearly ...

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