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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 ...
UWs Austin Seferian-Jenkins labors in solitude as DUI case plays out

The Huskies' star tight end remains suspended from team activities as his high-profile DUI case drags on. Washington's opener vs. Boise State is Aug. ...

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Misery [DVD]

Hollywood's courtship of horror novelist Stephen King started off so well. Their first date produced Carrie (1976), an over-the-top masterpiece of teen-anguish horror directed by Brian De Palma with such flair and style that both he and King became instant pop-culture stars. Over the n ... ...

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Texas could stiffen penalty for attacks on emergency room workers under bill awaiting governors signature

The bill awaiting the governor's signature mandates felony charges for those who assault emergency room workers as hospitals document an increase in such ...
Astros to don special caps on Memorial Day

HOUSTON -- The Astros will join the rest of Major League Baseball in wearing specially designed caps and jerseys on Memorial Day featuring an authentic military digital camouflage design licensed by the United States Marine Corps. The Astros play the Rockies at 1:10 p.m. CT on Monday at Minute Maid Park, and veterans and active military personnel will receive a 50-percent discount on tickets at ...
Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens

(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...
Lawmakers zero in on IRS meetings at White House

In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...
Corpus Christi restaurants may apply for permits to allow dogs on outdoor patios

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi restaurant owners now have the option to entertain four-legged clientele in outdoor seating areas. The City Council this week amended a ban on dogs in eateries to allow canines on patios provided the animals are not within 7 feet of the restaurant entrance, do not have to enter the building to get to the patio and follow other regulations. Restaurants must ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, Canada

After getting off the Greyhound bus I trudged through the Whistler Village to the bottom of Whistler Mountain, and there ...

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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 Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 x Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 The region is susceptible to tornadoes when cold, dry air moving south from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and warm, dry air moving east across the Rockies. The collision of warm and cold air breeds severe thunderstorms, which spawn tornadoes.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says Tornado Alley is a nickname used by the media and stresses it only indicates the area where most tornadoes occur. It says violent or killer tornadoes happen outside Tornado Alley every year and can strike almost anywhere in the United States, as well as in Canada and overseas.

Studies have shown the deadliest twisters in the U.S. happen to the east of Tornado Alley, in an area known as "Dixie Alley. ...