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  • Appeals court vacates West Texas corruption ruling

    EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling by a West Texas judge that resulted in a six-year prison sentence for a man accused of fraud.The federal panel determined in a filing Tuesday that the judge interfered with plea negotiations involving Adrian Pena. The El Paso contractor pleaded guilty in December 2010 to fraud for his participation in a scheme to bribe ...

  • Future of Houstons historic Astrodome debated

    HOUSTON (AP) — Several plans are being debated that could reveal the future of Houston's historic but deteriorating Astrodome.The Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. is meeting Wednesday in Houston to formally consider 19 plans that have been submitted for reusing the stadium.The stadium has been vacant since 2009, when it was deemed unfit for occupancy. It hasn't been ...

  • South Texas youngsters help with bird count

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Eight-year-old Irene De La Fuente is already working toward her goal of becoming a superstar birder.And she says she wouldn't be able to do it without the help of the Children's Museum of Brownsville."Here at the Children's Museum they help me a lot. They don't let you just play all day. They just help you focus on your work and show you ...

  • Review Thirty-five years on “Manhattan” sparkles

    Iconic director Woody Allen, who last made waves with 2011's acclaimed "Midnight in Paris," is quite literally in love with New York City, and his 1979 film "Manhattan" was certainly meant to be a love letter to that city. This effort is a near perfect film with a charismatic cast led by Allen and Diane Keaton, who also appeared as Allen's love interest in ...

  • Entrepreneurship “Boot Camp” offers expert advice

    Obed Manuel/Staff Writer The Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship at UNT is hosting its fourth annual Entrepreneurship Boot Camp. The five-week program gives graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to hear from experts in the fields of accounting, legal affairs, investments and other crucial elements of business. The camp began June 6 and runs through July 2. This year, the boot ...

Movie Review

Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Faan Kui)

Even if you could overlook the lame slapstick comedy, the stilted, poorly dubbed dialogue, stolen diamonds that look like glass marbles, the producers' attempt to pass off a Canadian location crested with scenic mountains as the Bronx, and the fact that the only sympathy in the film comes from gangsters beating on a whiny kid in a wheelchair, "Rumble in the Bronx" would still be a bad movie. Ever ... ...

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  • As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...

  • Texas tops list of lost stolen guns

    DALLAS (AP) - Federal authorities say Texas has far and away the largest number of firearms in the U.S. reported as lost or stolen. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a report this week showing there were 18,874 firearms lost or stolen in Texas in 2012. The figure represents 10 percent of the total national number. The next closest state was Georgia with 12,906. ...

  • Fitch Rates Galena Park ISD Texas ULT Rfdg Bonds AAA PSFAA+ Underlying Outlook Stable

    Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

  • FBI is using drones inside US director tells Congress

    The Federal Bureau of Investigations uses unmanned drones for surveillance inside the United States, the agency's director told lawmakers on Wednesday. FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing thatthe agency is making use of unmanned aircraft, but he did not provide many details, other than to say the information obtained by the drones can at ...

  • New safety rules too lax Corpus Christi harbor pilots say

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES ARCHIVE An oil tanker pulls into the Port of Corpus Christi. The port said Tuesday it would adopt stricter navigation guidelines for large vessels, but the pilots who guide the vessels said the rules don’t go far enough. Industries said they support the new restrictions, but pilots who guide vessels say they leave the port susceptible to ...

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