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SNL star to talk about addiction abuse at Fort Worth event

2013 Stars Luncheon Tuesday, Fort Worth Convention Center Silent Auction begins at 10:30 a.m.; Luncheon is noon to 1:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $100 and are available at the registration table. Information: Recovery Resource Council at 817-332-6329 ...
Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy

CLEBURNE — The adoptive parents of a 4-year-old boy who died two months ago were arrested Monday on a felony warrant accusing them of injury to a child, police ...
Poor population in DFW suburbs has risen 111 percent since 2000

sfcampbell@star-telegram.com The poor population in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington suburbs has risen 111 percent increase from 2000 to 2011, according to a ...
Beer bills move to Gov. Perrys desk

AUSTIN (KXAN) - On Monday afternoon, the House passed all of the four beer-related bills, which will now head to Gov. Rick Perry's desk. The vote was expected ...
Dominguez Astros blast off in win over KC

KC@HOU: Dominguez belts a three-run shot off Guthrie HOUSTON -- He's known for his glove more than his bat, and Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez showed why by starting a terrific double play in the sixth inning on Monday. He also reminded the Royals you can't take his offense for granted, either. Dominguez answered a three-run homer by Kansas City's Miguel Tejada in the ...

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Witness [DVD]

Witness is a story full of stark contrasts -- rural vs. city, pacifism vs. violence, simplicity vs. sophistication -- yet it would be wrong to say that at any point the film comes down strongly on one side or another. There is a tendency to see it as romanticizing the Amish community it d ... ...

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Bill bars future governors from Medicaid expansion

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The House has approved requiring any decision by a future Texas governor to expand Medicaid first be approved by the ...
Communities weigh in on tornado sirens

HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - In several communities across the region, tornado sirens are used to warn residents of impending danger. In Central Texas, San Marcos has 14 sirens and Cedar Park just added three in the city's largest parks. Georgetown also has the warning systems, and in the Hill Country, there are sirens in San Saba and Mason. In Austin and Round Rock, no tornado sirens are in ...
Austin-Travis County EOC StormReady

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Should a major disaster strike Central Texas, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center and a team of first responders can activate a large, specially-equipped facility within 30 minutes. We dont have any control over the weather," said emergency coordinator Pete Baldwin. All we can do is make sure where the resources are, know to make sure they need to be ...
Local universities in line for big improvements

dmontgomery@star-telegram.com A half-dozen public universities in North Texas, straining under record enrollment growth, would receive more than $350 million for brick-and-mortar expansion projects under a state bond package that won preliminary approval in the Texas House Monday ...
Reed Cushing miss Texans 1st spring workout

Houston Texans ' first spring workout on Monday as he recovers from hip surgery in Colorado. Coach Gary Kubiak said Reed is "doing really well.'' The nine-time Pro Bowler signed a three-year contract in free agency and will miss organized team activities. "The expectations are for him to leave Colorado sometime this week,'' Kubiak ...

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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 while Florida and Mississippi filed their respective law suits only last month.

Other firms, Transocean, Anadarko and BP America, have also been named in the Texas law suit which concentrates on the violation of Texas environmental regulations.

Lawyers for the state will be seeking money that would have been generated from tourism, which foundered after the oil spill became evident.

The lost tourism revenues due to the spill will be listed as being money that would have been generated from fees and purchases by visitors to coastal communities.

Texas will be seeking civil penalties for each day that oil spilled into the Gulf as compensation.

While an estimated 4.9 million barrels were spilled, BP has argued that 800,000 barrels were recovered from seawaters and should be excluded from any legal settlement. ...