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  • Coburn Treasury keeps stalling congressional request for full listing of conference costs

    The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list of employee conferences and their costs, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Treasury officials say they're being delayed because of multiple requests from different congressional committees, admitting "confusion," but Coburn isn't buying it. "This 'dog ate my homework' ...

  • Snakes on a plane Texas man smuggles 7 live serpents

    TYLER, Texas Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. An East Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign ...

  • Diabetes-friendly recipe Fresh tomato and basil pasta

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- FRESH TOMATO AND BASIL PASTA Yields 6 to 8 servings INGREDIENTS 1 box Dreamfields Angel Hair 2 tablespoons olive oil 5 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes (see note below) cup chopped fresh basil 4 cloves garlic, minced -- Salt -- Coarsely ground black pepper -- Shredded Parmesan cheese (optional) DIRECTIONS 1 Cook pasta according to package directions. ...

  • Coastal Bend Environmental Science

    Coastal Bend Environmental Science Summer 2013 Free Teachers Workshops. Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceJune 19-20Coastal Bend Environmental ScienceElementary Teacher Workshop- 18 CEUsJune 24-26Register for these workshops at ...

  • InStep Dance Studios Broadway Dance Camp Part 1

    InStep Dance Studios Broadway Dance Camp Part 1 is from 9 a.m. to noon June 17-21 at 5017 Saratoga Blvd. Spend the week learning a variety of Broadway dance styles from the dances of famous choreographers of musical theatre. We will create a Cabaret style performance to showcase all the dancers at the end of this fun filled week. Information: ...

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Team America: World Police [DVD]

Team America: World Police [DVD]

Team America: World Police is an equal-opportunity offender satire for people in the middle -- you know, all those political independents who had a hard time making up their mind about who to vote for because theyre equally off-put by the Republicans holier-than-thou self ... ...

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  • Gunman threat closes UTA

    An alert was issued shortly before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday indicating that the man was headed to the campus. UTA police received the information from Dallas police. At that time, school officials noted that anyone on campus should stay indoors and anyone coming to the campus should stay ...

  • Son of minister killed in wreck focuses on forgiving

    Brian Jennings and three other people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash late Saturday night that Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department investigators are still trying to sort ...

  • Maserati dealership zooming into Fort Worth

    FORT WORTH — Dallas-based Park Place Dealerships marked the start of construction on a multimillion-dollar Maserati dealership in southwest Fort Worth by bringing four of the Italian carmaker’s finest models from its Dallas location and revving up the engines during a groundbreaking ceremony ...

  • Slavery must never be forgotten

    Just as many of you will never forget the oppression — indeed, extermination — of your fore-parents in foreign lands, discrimination in their new country or their constant battle for inclusion and acceptance in a place they came to call ...

  • Get first look at new teaching hospital

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Your tax dollars will help pay for a major medical endeavor in Austin: a medical school for the University of Texas. Photos: Teaching hospital for University of Texas medical students The location of the teaching hospital will be next to the Frank Erwin Center and the existing University Medical Center Brackenridge, where officials unveiled the first renderings of the ...

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