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  • Muppets creators items head to NY museum

    NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image.Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand for the announcement Tuesday.The museum plans to build a new gallery to house the new contributions. The city is ...

  • Rare $10 bill marked for city of West to be sold

    DALLAS (AP) — A rare $10 bill from 1929 marked with the name of the Texas town of West is set to be auctioned off to benefit the families of victims of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion there.Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will offer up the bill Tuesday. The April 17 explosion killed 14 people.Heritage says that, beginning in 1865, banks could place bonds and other securities on ...

  • Texas House mulls new district for failing schools

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House is considering a proposal that would create special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling schools.The bill by Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West cleared the Senate May 1.The House will likely vote on it on Tuesday — but has proposed enough changes to send its version to conference committee to be reconciled with what the ...

  • Former Texas Marine kidnapped in Mexico

    Armando Torres, 27 A former Marine from Texas who served for seven years has been kidnapped by armed men in Mexico, his family said.Armando Torres, 27, crossed the Los Indios Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on Tuesday night to visit his dad and was supposed to return Wednesday morning.Torres' uncle, Eduardo Torres, says he's worried and claims he and two other family members from Mexico ...

  • Ban on soda in elementary middle schools advances

    By MICHAEL BRICKAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A proposed ban on sales of sugary sodas in public elementary and junior high schools is on its way to the governor. In a 24-6 vote on Tuesday, the Senate approved a bill intended to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious drinking habits. It would allow schools to sell only water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Democratic ...

Movie Review

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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  • Key part of budget deal near deadline

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A must-pass bill that is part of a Texas budget deal remains in limbo as time is running out before a midnight deadline in the House. The House on Tuesday must pass a measure that would ask voters this November to approve a constitutional amendment creating a new state water fund. If the bill doesn't pass, a budget compromise between the House and Senate is likely to ...

  • Texas mother worried about torture traffickers

    During a phone interview Tuesday, Dunn said she imagined 13-year-old Hailey Dunn being tortured or that she'd fallen victim to human traffickers. But possibly the most painful part was thinking of Hailey wondering why her mother and father hadn't found ...

  • Many Texas women getting more invasive breast biopsy

    Many women getting breast surgical biopsy instead less invasive biopsy. A pink ribbon to recognize breast cancer awareness hangs on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. UPI/Kevin ...

  • Port of Corpus Christi commissioner Mike Scott resigns

    Pretty soon, there's going to be no commissioners to decide the fate of the bridge, seems like the whole bunch of dudes will have to recuse themselves from this money making scheme called: The Port of Corpus ...

  • Letter to the Editor Uninformed on renewable energy

    I find it ironic that many of the posters decry petroleum as being so harmful to the environment but don't think birds are worth caring about. Aren't they part of the environment too? Obviously both sources if energy impact the the earth but so does man. BTW, how many of you drive ...

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