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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 ...

  • Tornadoes Possible Monday From Michigan to Texas After Oklahoma Storms Kill 2

    Pets were rescued Monday from the rubble of mobile homes destroyed by Sunday's tornado in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, near Shawnee, Okla., May 20, ...

  • Recount shows Pelican Bay council candidates are still tied

    liz@star-telegram.com Pelican Bay voters will have to make another trip to the polls next month after a recount still showed a tie vote in the Place 4 council ...

  • Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks

    ATLANTA -; A national atheist group says it will place its literature in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles in ...

  • Veteran firefighter killed in huge Dallas condo fire

    A huge six-alarm fire killed a veteran fire fighter and destroyed at least 24 different housing units in the early morning hours of May 20th in a Dallas, Texas complex of condos. (Wikimedia/Wikimedia ...

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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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  • Man charged with stealing 15 cell phones at bar

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - A man charged with taking cell phones out of womens purses was arrested early Saturday morning at a bar on East Sixth Street. Josue Vivar-Hernandez, 28, is accused of being in possession of an estimated 15 stolen cell phones. He was detained shortly after 2 a.m. at the bar Aquarium after manager Tyler Carr told police he saw the suspect snatching phones out of the purses of ...

  • Dallas Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty www.privateofficer.com

    One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in a six-alarm blaze that has devoured at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter, who has been identified as 28-year department veteran Stanley Wilson, radioed in shortly before 5:30 a.m. that he was trapped and lost, ...

  • Confirmation hearing dominated by Powers questions

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The future of University of Texas President Bill Powers dominated Monday's confirmation hearing for three members of the system board of regents, with one lawmaker saying he believes the board is "on a mission" to oust the popular leader of the Austin ...

  • House member kills senators bills in tit-for-tat

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A member of the Texas House is killing bills authored by a Houston senator in retaliation for her opposition to an exoneration ...

  • Drought freeze hail pummel Central Texas peaches

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A combination of weather events have Central Texas peach farmers expecting a meager crop once again this season, after several years of little yield due to whimsical ...

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