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Judge denies trial delay for Fort Hood suspect

oA military judge Tuesday refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.Maj. Nidal Hasan made the request after the judge earlier this month allowed him to represent himself at the court-martial. Hasan said he needed more time to prepare for his "defense of others" strategy, which must show that a killing was necessary ...
Arlington police seek tips on playground dragon slayer

Arlington police are seeking the public’s help to identify the vandal or vandals, who caused about $5,000 in damage last week by lopping the head off the popular playground ...
East Texas fire kills more than 200 exotic birds

Owner Tommy Hayes said Monday that he's devastated about the fire. Hayes says he raises the birds to protect them but occasionally sells some of the creatures to offset the $2,800 monthly cost for sanctuary ...
Texas Kind Of Protects Your Email Privacy With New Law

Before the NSA leaks, everybody thought the worst the government could do was obtain your email without a warrant. Well, they can still do that, but Texas has just made it harder for local law enforcement to do the ...
Live Oak County sued over jail abuse

GEORGE WEST -- Live Oak County has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women held in its jail. Also named in the lawsuit filed earlier this month in Corpus Christi are three former guards from the Live Oak County jail who were previously convicted of improper sexual contact with prisoners. Attorney Ron Armstrong, who filed the lawsuit, said ...

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Love Actually

As the title suggests, Richard CurtisLove Actually is, quite simply, about love. Not just your standard romantic variety of love (though there is plenty of that to be found), but also the love between friends, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and even a broken down rock star and his portly manager. In an age marked by cynicism and irony, Love Actually is unashamedly upbea ... ...

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OneWest Laying Off Hundreds in Texas

Hundreds of jobs in Texas are being eliminated by OneWest Bank FSB. The disclosure of the layoffs follows last week's revelation that the bank would sell a substantial share of its mortgage servicing rights. As of June 30, 2012, Pasadena, Calif.-based financial institution had a total mortgage servicing staff of nearly 1,300 employees. The headcount was based on national employment. ...
Border Patrol rescues 3 from South Texas ranch

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The Border Patrol says it has saved the lives of two men lost in the brush north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but a third was reported as brain dead in an area ...
Obama thwarted No indication he will win back House

President Obama's non-stop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House and make Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaker again, according to an exhaustive new analysis. But the report from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics also shows that Obama may suffer the ...
Fort Worths proposed bond package is increased to $293 million adding street parks projects

FORT WORTH — The city is increasing its planned May 2014 bond package by $17 million to $293 million, boosting money for transportation and adding several parks ...
El Paso Home Foreclosure Filings Drop

The number of El Paso homes with foreclosure filings declined 51 percent in May compared to a year ago, new data show. El Paso had 57 homes in some stage of foreclosure in May -- 61 fewer than in May 2012, RealtyTrac reported. The home foreclosure filings include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. In Texas, the number of homes with foreclosure filings decreased ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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GDP, Green carry Spurs past Heat

San Antonio Spurs outscored defending champion Miami Heat 114-104 with the help of outstanding performances of GDP (Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker) and shooter Danny Green, moving within one win to their fifth NBA title.

It was Ginobili's first starting in more than one year. The 11-year veteran, who had scored a total of 30 points in the first four games, rewarded Spurs coach Gregg Popovich with 24 points and 10 assists, reports Xinhua.

"Tonight he played his best game in a while," said Popovich.

Spurs point guard Parker wasn't 100 percent because of an injured hamstring but the former Finals MVP astonished everyone with a team high 26 points, including a crucial basket after the Heat cutting the gap to nine with two minutes left.

Duncan's 17-point-and-12-rebound 'double-double' helped Spurs 'Big 3' total 67 points, one more than Heat's 'Big 3'(LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh).

Green had a big night for himself. The second-round-picked shooting guard made six out of his 10 three point attempts to finish a 24-point game. He totalled 25 three pointers through the five games, surpassing Ray Allen (22 in 2008 Finals) to set an new NBA Finals record.

"I've been getting lucky. ...