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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 ...

  • New needleless acupuncture therapy reduces diabetics indigestion symptoms

    A study from Texas Tech University, El Paso, and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, holds promising results for diabetic patients suffering from indigestion symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating and heartburn. The study tested a new method of therapy using a custom-made wireless device to stimulate acupuncture points with electrical waves on the surface of the skin rather than ...

  • Tornado-hit Granbury subdivision residents allowed back to inspect their property

    smcfarland@star-telegram.com With mixed emotions, residents of Granbury’s Rancho Brazos Estates began returning to their homes Saturday, the first time since last week’s deadly tornadoes ravaged their ...

  • Memorial for dead Texas cheerleader set for Sunday

    COLORADO CITY, Texas (AP) — Hundreds are expected to attend a memorial for a Texas cheerleader whose remains were found more than two years after she disappeared.Family, friends and supporters of 13-year-old Hailey Darlene Dunn will gather at Colorado Middle School on Sunday to bid a final farewell to the teenager who went missing in December 2010.Dunn's remains were found March 16 ...

  • ‘Doggie ice cream social’ raises money to help pet owners in need

    FORT WORTH — Four hundred people attended a doggie ice cream social with their pooches Saturday at the Trinity Pavilion and raised $5,000 to supply dog food to owners who can’t afford ...

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Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Brief Encounter [Blu-Ray]

Tender without being melodramatic, intense without being tawdry, David Leans Brief Encounter tells the story of a doomed romance between a man and woman who are married to other people but hopelessly in love with each other. Yet, they are so torn by the guilt of deceiving t ... ...

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  • Cost of Diabetes Corpus Christi family loses father too soon

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Danita Reyes and her twins Simon and Sophie Reyes, 10, place dirt on the casket of Mike Reyes during his burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mike, 38, died in March after suffering cardiac arrest during dialysis. Diagnosed at age 23 with diabetes, Mike had suffered years of complications, including blindness, kidney failure and toe amputations. In a region where ...

  • 2013 Beach to Bay Relay Marathon Leg 1

    Runners come off the starting line Saturday at the kick off of the first leg of the Beach to Bay Relay Marathon on Padre Island in Corpus ...

  • Spotlight on Spending Stifled subdivision plans leaves taxpayers with idle sewer stations

    Agreements meant to encourage new subdivisions in Corpus Christi instead gave taxpayers four new sewer pumping stations — none of which have moved a drop of wastewater since they were built a few years ...

  • Tejas Grill boasts food with flair in Corpus Christi

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Orlando Quintanilla and Debra Foster, co-owners of the new downtown grill Tejas Grill, stand outside their new business, which is beneath the parking garage for the downtown Wilson Plaza building. Everything is made from scratch including their cilantro/garlic mayo and homemade zesty tartar ...

  • Seattle wins 4-2 to end Dallas unbeaten streak

    SEATTLE - Seattle's Eddie Johnson scored twice as the Sounders ended Dallas' nine-game MLS unbeaten streak with a 4-2 victory on Saturday.Johnson's second goal of the game came in the 62nd minute, just one minute after Dallas completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit when Michel drilled a corner from the right into the upper left roof of the Seattle net to equalize.The Sounders ...

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