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Man gunned down in Southlake Town Square police report

wmiller@star-telegram.com A 43-year-old man sitting in a car with his wife in busy Southlake Town Square was fatally shot Wednesday evening by a gunman who fled in a white sport utility vehicle, police ...
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The San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 94-82 in Game 6 of the NBA's Western Conference playoffs semi-final, to go 4-2 up in the series. Spurs coach Greg Popovich says a strong defensive performance won the game and his team did well to hold the Warriors to around 80 ...
Bastrop semitruck rollover catches fire

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - Bastrop County Sheriff's deputies and firefighters responded to an 18-wheeler rollover wreck that caught fire early Thursday morning. It happened on State Highway 71 around 6:15 a.m. when the big rig caught fire rolling in Garfield, shutting down the lanes heading west near the intersection of Old 71. Firefighters managed to put out the fire, and by 7:15 a.m. ...
Texas lawyer gets prison for mail medical fraud

A federal judge in Tyler on Wednesday also ordered 55-year-old Steven Rushing of Longview to repay more than $929,000. Rushing in February pleaded guilty to mail ...
Funeral Saturday for Dallas firefighter Wilson

DALLAS (AP) -- A funeral will be held this weekend for a veteran Dallas firefighter who died after being trapped battling a blaze at a condominium ...

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The Natural arrived in movie theaters during the fabled re-election year of Ronald Reagans Morning in America, and the film couldnt have been better timed to take advantage of the American cultures newfound yearning for nostalgia and hero worship. Deeply old-fashioned in virtually eve ... ...

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Suspect sought after man fatally shot at Southlake

Southlake police on Thursday sought clues to the shooting of a 43-year-old man as he sat in the parked vehicle with his wife in the shopping ...
Man pleads guilty to stabbing Border Patrol dog

Prosecutors in McAllen say 19-year-old Luis Gilberto Cruz-Solis faces up to a year in prison when he's sentenced next month. Cruz-Solis on Wednesday pleaded guilty to willfully and maliciously harming a police animal and to entering the U.S. ...
One hospitalized in 10-car I-35 wreck

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Emergency crews took one person to the hospital in a wreck involving 10 cars on Interstate 35 Thursday morning. A dozen other people refused any medical treatment. It happened in the lanes heading north in the 10th block of I-35 near Riverside Drive. The highway was shut down for some time but reopened at 7:13 ...
Humana will fill 620 jobs in Texas

Louisville-based Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will open a mail order pharmacy call center and support operation in Irving, Texas that is expected to to create more than 620 new jobs over the next three years. Business First, citing a story in The Dallas Business Journal, reports that RightSource, Humanas pharmacy-management company, will operate the facility that is expected to open in ...
Mavs shopping pick eyeing Howard MAY 23

Mavericks ], with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on a bigger prize. Multiple sources have told ESPN.com's Chad Ford ...

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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. ...