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  • Flash Flood Warning Issued in San Antonio Texas

    The city of San Antonio, Texas is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected Saturday night in the already flooded area. As much as 39 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. At least one person was killed when floodwaters swept away her car. Rescuers have spent much of the day pulling more than 100 people from their flooded cars and ...

  • Butterflies tell UT climatologist about climate

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas' star climatologist was planning a career in medical research until she met the white rats."The cutest little white rats," she says with a smile, remembering the creatures she encountered on the first day of vertebrate physiology lab in her premed senior year at UT. She read the instructions on how to anesthetize the rats, cut ...

  • Proudfoot drives in 5 Texas Tech beats Baylor 8-2

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tim Proudfoot singled twice, doubled and drove in five runs to lead Texas Tech to an 8-2 win against Baylor in the Big 12 baseball tournament.Proudfoot's RBI single in the fifth inning tied Saturday's game at 2, and the eighth-seeded Red Raiders (26-30) took their first lead on Bryant Burleson's RBI single two batters later. Proudfoot added a two-run ...

  • Perry vetoes ‘dark money’ campaign transparency bill

    AUSTIN — A bill designed to shed light on contributions to politically active non-profits was vetoed Saturday by Gov. Rick Perry, who said the measure would have had a "chilling effect" on participation in the democratic ...

  • How do Texas lawmakers’ bills affect your daily life

    During the 140-day session that wraps up Monday, they have worked to address big issues — paying for schools, transportation and future water needs — but they also weighed in on a lot of smaller issues that will affect the everyday lives of ...

Movie Review

The Master [Blu-Ray]

The Master [Blu-Ray]

There is no questionnone at all, in my mind at leastthat Paul Thomas Andersons The Master is a magnificently ambitious film. The first feature production to be shot in 65mm since Kenneth Branaghs Hamlet in 1996, it mixes exquisite period recreation of the post-World War II Eisenh ... ...

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  • Gathered 50 years ago for President Kennedy’s Fort Worth visit artworks now retell the story

    A new exhibit opening Sunday in the Dallas Museum of Art reassembles 13 of the 16 masterpieces rounded up to decorate the Kennedys’ Fort Worth hotel suite on the last morning of the President’s ...

  • San Antonio flooding kills 1 200-plus rescued

    SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Fire Department says it's rescued more than 200 people from homes and cars amid flooding that killed at least one person.The massive flooding Saturday was caused by torrential rains in San Antonio. The Fire Department says it's conducted more than 235 water-related rescues.Department spokesman Christian Bove says a woman died after being trapped in her ...

  • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Texas William Kerns column

    May 25--Filmmaker Alan Parker is no stranger to working with music. His musicals included the original "Fame," "Pink Floyd -- The Wall" and "Evita" -- and in fact he began his motion picture career with a gangster musical called "Bugsy Malone." The latter featured an all-child cast. One actor was Jodie Foster, who could not have been more than 13 at the ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 25

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • Two believed dead as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets

    SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - One woman died when her car was washed off a bridge and a second was believed to have drowned on Saturday as drenching rains in San Antonio triggered floodwaters so strong they swept a city bus off the street and forced the rescue of some 130 people, officials ...

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