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  • Parkland takes step toward paying $1.4M settlement

    DALLAS (AP) — The board of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has voted to pay $1.4 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid.The proposed agreement with the U.S. Justice Department was approved late Wednesday. Parkland does not admit liability in the settlement.The Dallas Morning News (http://dallasne.ws/12xEWQW ) reports details remain confidential because ...

  • Man gets life for razor attack on Texas barber

    NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — A man who claimed self-defense has been sentenced to life in prison for grabbing a razor and slitting the throat of an East Texas barber during a robbery.Jurors in Nacogdoches earlier convicted Timothy Blanton of Garrison of aggravated robbery. The attack last July at a barber shop in Nacogdoches also left Chester Pleasant with hand and shoulder wounds.Blanton ...

  • Federal indictment in real estate investment scam

    HOUSTON (AP) — A 52-year-old Houston man who portrayed himself as a pastor running a religious-themed investment program is charged with 24 counts of fraud for what federal prosecutors say was a real estate scheme that cost a Mississippi woman $650,000.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson says Samuel Ray Palasota has surrendered to authorities and was to appear before a federal magistrate in ...

  • WATCH Burning railroad bridge collapses in Central Texas

    (Jamie Smart, Jamie Smart via KXAN) SAN SABA, Texas (AP) — A 300-yard wooden railroad bridge in Central Texas has fallen after catching fire in a dramatic collapse captured on cellphone ...

  • Texan could get life term $5M fine over meth ring

    FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring.Federal prosecutors in Fort Worth on Wednesday announced Jermaine Duane Irvin was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The 41-year-old Arlington man has been in custody since being arrested Feb. 28 at his home.A ...

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Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

The ads for Alex & Emma, both in print and on television, proudly declare that it comes to us from Rob Reiner, the director of When Harry Met Sally, but dont be fooled. For every bit that the latter is a warm, engaging, funny, and knowing exploration of modern romance, the former is an awkward, trite, manufactured romantic comedy that is not particularly romantic or funny. If the ad ... ...

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  • Man killed in Texas had fake anthrax containers

    SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Police say an armed robbery suspect who was shot and killed in a South Texas neighborhood had containers falsely labeled ...

  • Austin moves to No. 11 among US cities

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday validated what most people here had figured out long ago: Austin is among the nation's fastest-growing cities. Texas' capital city also shot from the 13th largest U.S. city to No. 11, and the state led the nation in overall population growth for the year that ended July 1, 2012, the Census Bureau said. "The fastest-growing ...

  • Safety Board ATF Blocking Texas Plant Blast Probe

    Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel’s chairman said. In a May 17 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso asked the California Democrat to help the board ...

  • Texas bills tackle road safety insurance not statewide texting ban

    House Bill 63, which has yet to be heard by Senate committee, proposes a statewide ban on texting. Legislation that deals with safety and insurance on Texas roads are headed to the governor for his signature but a proposed statewide ban on texting isn't among them. Texas ranks among the worst states for passing highway safety laws, according to a January report released by Advocates for ...

  • Private-equity firm KKR exploring Saks-Neiman Marcus merger reports say Video

    May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloombergs Cristina Alesci reports on major luxury retailers and the affects of possible M&A within the industry. She speaks on Bloomberg Televisions In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg) Shares of Saks Inc. stock rose on Wednesday, May 23 amid reports that private equity firm KKR was mulling an investment and exploring a possible merger with Neiman Marcus Group. Could Saks Inc. ...

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