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  • Texas lawmakers approve a fair pay bill

    That’s why they worked together to pass a bill designed to prevent pay discrimination against women, because women on the average are paid only 77 cents for every $1 earned by men for the same ...

  • Perry greatly disappointed by Boy Scouts vote

    Perry is an Eagle Scout and wrote a 2008 book praising the organization and saying it should continue to exclude openly gay members. In February, he dismissed bending the group to the whims of "popular ...

  • Boy Scouts CEO calls for unity

    GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America called the decision to lift the ban on gay youth in the Scouts "truly in the best interests of ...

  • Tax tussle riling Legislature in final week

    The state sales tax rate isn't budging. Another sales tax holiday isn't in the works. Nor is the Texas Legislature raising homestead property exemptions by $10,000, which prevailed as most popular of nearly a dozen tax-cutting options the governor suggested in an online survey when this 140-day session ...

  • Boy Scouts of America approve plan to accept openly gay boys

    Boys Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anit-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. The boxes in front of Derr hold petitions calling for the Boy Scouts of America to end its anti-gay policies. (AP Photo/LM ...

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Going the Distance

Going the Distance

Anyone who has ever been through the travails of a long-distance relationship will find something familiar in Going the Distance, a fashionably vulgar romantic comedy in which Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, who were involved in real life a few years ago, star as a pai ... ...

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  • Portland City Manager Mike Tanner set to retire this summer

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- Portland City Manager Mike Tanner announced plans to retire from his post this summer after more than 17 years on the job. Tanner's last day working for the city, where he has spent half his career, will be July 23. His work in municipal administration began in 1978 as Portland's assistant city manager. He also has worked in West University Place, Flower Mound, ...

  • Lakers Kupchak thinks Dwight Howard can play nice with coach MAY 23

    06:30 PM ET 05.23 | Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak believes Dwight Howard will take a return to Los Angeles seriously. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that Howard is also interested in Dallas, Houston, Golden State and Atlanta as free agency destinations. But he will also consider the Lakers, whose coach, Mike D'Antoni, is rumored to have rubbed Howard the wrong way. Kupchak ...

  • Nate McMillan done as Team USA assistant MAY 23

    05:58 PM ET 05.23 | On the same day coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he would return to coach Team USA, his assistant, Nate McMillan, said he won't. McMillan is currently searching for a head coaching opportunity that would fit him. ...

  • Kobe Bryant ties records for most All-NBA selections MAY 23

    06:11 PM ET 05.23 | Kobe Bryant may not have a chance to usurp Michael Jordan for greatest ever, but he's in the running for having the greatest longevity. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was named to the All-NBA First Team on Thursday, the 11th time he's appeared on the first team and the 15th time he's been on the list overall. That ties him with former Utah Jazz forward Karl ...

  • Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD

    LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...

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