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  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

  • Dewhurst wants special session on failed GOP bills

    FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- With legislative adjournment looming on Monday, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he wants Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session to seek passage of failed legislation insisted upon by conservative ...

  • Concealed handgun measure triggers fight among Texas lawmakers

    AUSTIN, Texas – A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate among Republicans in the Texas House on Thursday, with conservatives lambasting their colleagues for giving themselves special privileges. The shouting match erupted over whether lawmakers should include themselves in a draft law originally intended to only give special ...

  • Holy Cross Family Night

    Holy Cross Catholic Church will host Family Night from noon to 8 p.m. May 26 at 1109 N. Staples St. The event is a day of games, live music and entertainment. Free. Information: ...

  • During holiday 2.9 million Texans expected to leave home

    Memorial Day holiday travel is expected to be up from last year, and local law enforcement officers are expected to be looking for suspected intoxicated drivers.AAA Texas anticipates 2.9 million Texans to travel more than 50 miles from home to celebrate the holiday. The number is up 1.1 percent from the same five-day travel period in 2012, according to a news release from AAA Texas.Top surveyed ...

Movie Review

Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost

Early in Land of the Lost, Brad Silberlings big-screen comedic take on the low-budget 70s Saturday morning TV series, Danny McBrides Will Stanton, the trailer-park proprietor of a run-down desert funhouse ride, is giving his tour to a scientist named Dr. Rick Marshall (Will ... ...

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  • Veterans leave Texas for tour of national monuments in D.C.

    Thirty veterans of the armed forces taking part in the Brookshire’s/Super 1 Foods World War II Heroes Flight departed Thursday morning for their trip.This is the sixth such trip sponsored by Brookshire Grocery Co.The Heroes Flight, which returns late Saturday, is a three-day whirlwind tour of monuments, memorials and museums in the nation’s capital.';As Americans, we owe these ...

  • Pope Tweets Request for Prayers After Explosion in Texas

    Search for Survivors Still OnBy StaffHOUSTON, TEXAS, April 18, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis is encouraging prayer after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas on Wednesday night killed as many as 15 people and wounded more than 160 others.The Holy Father exhorted the faithful to pray via his Twitter account, @pontifex."Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in ...

  • First responders tour Corpus Christi fertilizer plant to learn about chemicals emergency response

    Erica Quiroz/Caller-Times Terminal manager Jeff Holley (left) listens as Dan Reynolds, president of GateFront, explains to members of the Corpus Christi Fire Department what types of materials they transport to and from the fertilizer plant. GateFront uses different chemicals than the West Fertilizer Co. that exploded last ...

  • Roger Staubachs former home lands on the Dallas market

    The former home of Roger Staubach and his family has an expansive patio with swimming pool for family events. Roger Staubach's former family home in North Dallas has landed on the market, with an asking price of $1.1 million. The home on a large cul-de-sac lot at 6912 Edelweiss Circle is 8,708 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms. It is one of the ...

  • ATT tacks 61 cent administrative fee on wireless customers bills

    AT&T has added a 61 cent administrative fee to the bills of its contract wireless customers. In a move that could result an additional half-billion dollars in revenue a year, Dallas-based AT&T announced that it has added a new month 61 cent administrative fee to its wireless contract customers. The fee went into effect on May 1, the Wall Street Journal reported. The charge is a so-called ...

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