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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 ...

  • Classroom curriculum system dies amid criticism

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A classroom curriculum system used by hundreds of Texas school districts will stop offering lesson plans after some conservative groups claimed it was promoting anti-American values.State Sen. Dan Patrick said Monday that officials who created the system known as CSOPE will vote to scrap thousands of lesson plans this week, effectively killing the entire system.CSCOPE ...

  • Study Poverty in Austin suburbs rises sharply

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A new publication reveals the Austin metro area over the course of a decade saw the nation's second-fastest increase in the number of poor people living in the suburbs.The findings by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. is part of a book being released Monday that argues poverty is shifting from inner cities to America's suburbs.The Austin ...

  • Tornadoes possible this afternoon forecasters warn

    billhanna@star-telegram.com The chance of storms Monday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area Monday is only about 25 percent but forecasters warn this is not the day to be lulled into a false sense of ...

  • Though a minority Democrats prevail on school funds

    AUSTIN — From Day One of the 2013 Legislature, outnumbered Democrats repeatedly committed themselves to an overarching goal: restoring billions of dollars in education cuts imposed by lawmakers two years ...

Movie Review

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying, which marks the feature co-directorial debut of British comedic actor Ricky Gervais, is a terribly unwieldy vehicle built on an inherently funny premise that just cant sustain what Gervais and co-writer/co-director Matthew Robinson eventuall ... ...

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  • Pedestrian killed by motorist on Grand Prairie street

    Naiim Betha, 19, of Grand Prairie, was walking on a bridge over Kirby Creek when he was hit by a pickup, police said. Betha was hit and thrown over the bridge and fell about 19 feet into the creek bed where he was pronounced dead at the ...

  • Many agencies rely on lie detectors despite errors in measurement

    WASHINGTON — Police departments and federal agencies nationwide are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has ...

  • El Paso Summer Entertainment Calendar Promises a Hot Time

    One thing we know about summer in El Paso: It's gonna get hot. Real hot. Another thing we know: Several traditions -- new and old -- will heat up around here. Music Under the Stars, the diverse free concert series at the Chamizal National Memorial, turns 30 this year. El Paso Playhouse, the little community theater that could, turns 50. Heck, that's as old as the Rolling ...

  • Dwight Howard Report Links Big Man to Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks

    Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) is defended by Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 7, ...

  • State agency investigating Burnet jail death

    BURNET, Texas (KXAN) - The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has opened an investigation into the apparent suicide of a capital murder suspect in the Burnet County Jail over the weekend. Brandon Wood, the executive director of the jail standards commission, said Monday that his office was notified of the death of Gregory Mark Currie, 30. Currie's body was discovered in his cell Saturday. ...

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