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  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

  • Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas

    Computerworld - Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December. In a prepared statement Cook read before a Senate subcommittee yesterday, the chief executive named Texas as the location of a new factory where Apple will assemble Macs. Cook was in Washington, D.C. ...

  • Austin woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-spouse

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for beating and shooting her ex-husband amid a child custody ...

  • Corpus Christi City Council mulls options to avoid downtown flood insurance hikes damage

    "Engineering Director Dan Biles presented three routes the city can take as the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepares to formally release drafts of its floodplain maps. An early version of the map labels downtown as a flood zone, and properties there could be required to purchase a combined $2.3 million annually in additional insurance if the council takes no action to make ...

  • Dish warns of national security issues if SoftBank buys Sprint

    Dish Network has brought up national security as an issue should SoftBank acquire Sprint Nextel. Dish Network Corp.'s courting of Sprint Nextel Corp. took on a tone of international intrigue as the Colorado-based satellite entertainment company played up rival SoftBank's Corp.'s ties to China. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that an anti-SoftBank website funded by Dish ...

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Zombieland

Zombieland

Sometimes I wonder if George A. Romero had any idea what he was doing back in 1968 when he unleashed Night of the Living Dead on the world. Did he have any clue that he was creating what would become one of the most malleable of horror subgenres? Granted, zombies had existed in the ... ...

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  • Texas to drug screen unemployment benefit recipients

    Individuals in Texas who receive unemployment benefits will soon be subjected to drug testing, as a result of the passage of Senate Bill 21. Small-business advocates in Texas are hailing the passage of a bill that would allow drug testing for recipients who receive unemployment insurance benefits. Business owners are paying into a fund thats become increasingly expensive, NFIB/Texas Executive ...

  • Samsung spends $48M for 10 percent stake in Pantech

    Samsung has bought a 10 percent stake in Pantech. In a move that surprised some analysts, Samsung Electronics has bought a 10 percent stake in rival Korean handset maker Pantech Co. The Wall Street Journal said Samsung's stake cost $48 million and is a sign that Samsung intends to follow a new strategy of investing in rivals and making acquisitions with some of the massive amount of cash the ...

  • Palmetto Bank taps San Antonios IPI for wealth-management services

    Investment Professionals Inc. has been selected to provide wealth-management services for The Palmetto Bank. Investment Professionals Inc., a San Antonio company that offers of investment services to community banks, has landed a new client. San Antonio-based IPI will provide wealth-management services for The Palmetto Bank, a $1.1 billion community-oriented bank in Greenville, S.C. The bank is ...

  • Premont ISD gets new life with AM-Kingsville partnership

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Michelle McClery, Premont school board members, wipes tears from her eyes after the announcement that Michael Williams, Commissioner of Education, had approved a proposal to the Texas Education Agency in a memorandum of understanding that establishes an academic partnership between Premont-ISD and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Tuesday during a press conference at ...

  • San Antonio Spurs take 2-0 lead over Memphis Grizzlies in Western Conference finals

    United States San Antonio squandered a big lead in the fourth quarter and had Tim Duncan to thank for settling its nerves in overtime, as the Spurs ground out a 93-89 win over the Memphis Grizzlies and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.Up by 14 points in the final quarter, the Spurs failed to score in the last four minutes of regulation and were pushed to overtime by the ...

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