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  • Unnecessary Breast Biopsy Surgery Performed On More Than One Third Of Texas Women Diagnosed With A Breast Mass

    Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women ...

  • NE Texas expects severe storms possible tornadoes

    DALLAS-Forecasters expect a stormy day across North Texas and East Texas as another day of severe thunderstorms are expected to make it into the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A layer of warm air over the area had limited storm development in much of North Texas over the past two days. That layer is expected to dissipate on Tuesday, allowing storms and isolated tornadoes to develop. Storms have ...

  • Forensic scientists exhume Brooks County graves in hopes of reunited unidentified bodies with loved ones

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Lori Baker with the Baylor University and members of her team, students Audrey Murchland, 20, and Marissa Salley, 21, (left to right) catalog a set of bones after they were exhumed Monday from Sacred Heart Burial Park in Falfurrias. The forensic team from the university made up of students and professors are taking the unclaimed bodies back to Baylor for DNA testing in ...

  • Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty

    - black birds - perched on the tops of palm trees swell to a noisy, unavoidable cacophony. That is also the strategy, it could be said, that local officials, health care providers and frustrated Valley residents are trying to use to convince Governor Rick Perry and state Republican lawmakers to set aside their opposition and expand Medicaid, a key provision of the federal health law. The Rio ...

  • Memphis Grizzlies Zach Randolph spurred on to do better against San Antonio

    Memphis Grizzlies ' blowout loss in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals. No one on either team expects him to play so poorly for the rest of the series. As ...

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Crash (2005)

Crash (2005)

The message of Crash is simple and direct: Racism not only still exists, but it perniciously affects -- both directly and indirectly -- the everyday experiences of people from all walks of life. To make this point and drive it home, first-time director Paul Haggis (who wrote the screenplay fo ... ...

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  • Austin Seferian-Jenkins pretrial hearing postponed until July | Northwest roundup

    Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence in April, had a pretrial hearing in Seattle Municipal Court on Monday postponed until July 1. Defense attorney Bill Kirk asked for the delay and a release of $1,000 bail on the condition that Seferian-Jenkins abstain from drinking and not drive without an ignition interlock device. ...

  • Norris rested ready for turn against Royals

    Astros pitcher Bud Norris could have taken his regular turn in the rotation on Sunday in Pittsburgh after leaving a May 13 start against the Tigers with back spasms. However, manager Bo Porter didn't want to take a chance, though, by pitching Norris in a National League park where he would have had to also swing the bat. Instead, the 28-year-old right-hander will take the mound on Tuesday ...

  • Monstrous Oklahoma tornado kills at least 91

    Disaster workers toiled in hail, lightning and rain early Tuesday in Moore, Okla., hoping to find survivors of a giant tornado that killed at least 91 people. Hundreds of crews, including National Guardsmen, Red Cross workers and city and county employees, worked feverishly under stadium lights through the night, cutting through fallen beams and clearing debris. Three thunderstorms pummeled ...

  • 10th Annual Get Active America program

    For this year's 10th Annual Get Active America! program, which runs throughout the month of May, The Corpus Christi Athletic Club is joining with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of Get Active America! The Corpus Christi Athletic Club will encourage its community to work towards ...

  • Swacha To Host May 23 Ach Compliance Webinar

    This webinar is designed to provide financial institutions and third party service providers with an understanding of the compliance requirements associated with processing ACH Entries on a day-to-day basis. Attendees will examine the bodies of law associated with each aspect of processing ACH Entries, including the NACHA Operating Rules, Regulation E, UCC4A and the processing of ACH government ...

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