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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 ...

  • Walmart pledges $1M for Moore tornado recovery

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Walmart says it is pledging $1 million for the recovery from the tornado that devastated Moore.The Bentonville, Ark.-based company said Tuesday that it will make donations of cash and materials equal to $1 million.Walmart is also sending truckloads of food, water and other basic items to serve as immediate aid.The world's largest retailer says no customers or ...

  • Texas Drops “Anti-American” CSCOPE Lessons Battle Continues

    A highly controversial school curriculum used in much of Texas known as "CSCOPE," which came under relentless assault from activists and parents ...

  • Texas lawmakers Don’t sell sugary drinks in elementary and middle schools

    That’s why the Texas Senate gave final approval — with little debate — to a measure that would prevent public elementary and middle schools from selling sugary drinks at school during school ...

  • Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

    HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ...

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The Company Men [Blu-Ray]

The Company Men [Blu-Ray]

In a happenstance that was entirely unintended, I watched John Wellss The Company Men right after revisiting Herbert Rosss The Secret of the My Success (1986). Wellss film, which intertwines the stories of three downsized corporate executives and feels ripped from all th ... ...

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  • Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Due to severe weather concerns in the Central Texas region, Tuesday night's Dave Matthews Band performance has been postponed. The concert, which was slated to take place at the Circuit of the Americas amphitheater at 7 p.m., will now take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. All purchased tickets and pre-paid parking passes will be honored for the rescheduled concert. We regret any ...

  • Texas nixes curriculum criticized as anti-American

    Texas education officials are doing away with a controversial curriculum plan conservatives criticize as anti-American. The state's regional Education Service Centers will no longer use CSCOPE, a curriculum guideline provided to many small Texas school districts too small to employ curriculum development professionals of their own, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday. The lesson plans ...

  • Celebrating 125 years of Corpus Christi missionaries

    Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Members of First Baptist Church Mission Minders group release 40 balloons containing the names of missionaries serving throughout the world on Tuesday during a birthday party celebrating 125 years of the Southern Baptist Women’s Missionary ...

  • TxDOT road work projects in Nueces County 05.20.13

    Starting Monday - Ayers Street, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday: Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction for lane reconstruction from Holly Road to Saratoga Blvd. Speed limit has been reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph. - Farm-to-Market Road 1883, through Tuesday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: Traffic will be slowed for road leveling between Farm-to-Market Road 666 and County Road 95. - State ...

  • Corpus Christi ISD staff ask trustees to consider six high schools at Monday meeting

    As a parent of children in schools in the southside of town, I do not think it is fair to put a new Carroll H. S. in the middle of "King Country". We need to just keep the existing Carroll as a high school and add a new high school with a new ...

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