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Memphis Grizzlies ready to believe vs Spurs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The towels are showing up all around Memphis, hanging over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.The sentiment? Believe Memphis.And the Grizzlies certainly do.While the Grizzlies are down 0-2 to the San Antonio Spurs in their first Western Conference final, they dug themselves out of a 0-2 deficit in the first round ...
Texas Conservatives Mobilize — Ask Governor to Veto Bill Expanding the Definition of ...

Republicans in the Texas Legislature have succeeded where Obama Democrats have failed. Both houses of the Texas Legislature have passed SB 346 and it awaits the governor's signature to become law. SB 346, authored by Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and sponsored in the House by Representative Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), would greatly expand the definition of what is political activity ...
Opening of Euless Aquatic Park postponed

Northeast Tarrant water parks While the Euless Aquatics Center won’t open Memorial Day weekend, plenty of other water parks in Northeast Tarrant County ...
Ex-Yogurt shop murders figure seeks compensation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man whose conviction in the 1991 slayings of 4 teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop was overturned wants compensation for his imprisonment. Robert Springsteen IV spent nine years in prison before an appeals court overturned his sentence, but Travis County prosecutors haven't declared him innocent. Now, the Austin American-Statesman ...
Ex-yogurt shop suspect seeking $700000

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Robert Springsteen, whose conviction in the 1991 yogurt shop killings was overturned, is seeking $700,000 from the state as compensation for the nine years he spent in prison. In a petition filed in the federal court, Springsteen says he is entitled to the compensation because the conviction deprived him of his rights to earn a living and of his freedom. At one point, Springsteen ...

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Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks, a comedy in which smug, wealthy men hold a monthly dinner party as a contest to see who can find the biggest dolt to invite, is now in its third incarnation, after having been a 1998 French film written and directed by the venerable Francis Veber ... ...

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Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater at the top of his game with Before Midnight

May 24--It is fitting that in a historic year for area filmmakers, the greatest movie coming out of Austin is from the godfather of the local film ...
Six Austin Bridal Gown Shops

Unbridaled701 S Lamar Blvd. Signature Bridal Salon12717 Shops Parkway Ste. #200 Serendipity2438 W Anderson Lane Blush Bridal Lounge1815 W 35th Street Blue Bridal Boutique1007 S Congress Ave Balina Bridal5025 Burnet ...
Overhaul of troubled cancer agency heads to Perry

In a unanimous vote Friday, the Senate gave final approval to sweeping reforms at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The bill now heads to Gov. Rick ...
Legislature approves tax breaks for data centers

The bill approved on Friday exempts from sales tax the equipment needed to operate a data center, a computer facility that makes the Internet ...
Valero Energy Foundation makes $100000 donation to aid tornado victims

The Valero Energy Foundation has donated $100,000 to Oklahoma relief efforts. The Valero Energy Foundation the charitable arm of San Antonio refiner Valero Energy Corp. has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist people affected by the tornadoes that ripped through Central Oklahoma. The foundation also will match employees Red Cross donations up to $50,000. Valero (NYSE: VLO) ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

Barack Obama

The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Hotel InterContinental Singapore

I took a taxi from Changi International Airport, and arrived about 15 minutes later at the InterContinental. The cab fare ...

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Deadly US Twister Hits 'Tornado Alley'

Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes.

Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries.

Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 x Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 The region is susceptible to tornadoes when cold, dry air moving south from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and warm, dry air moving east across the Rockies. The collision of warm and cold air breeds severe thunderstorms, which spawn tornadoes.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says Tornado Alley is a nickname used by the media and stresses it only indicates the area where most tornadoes occur. It says violent or killer tornadoes happen outside Tornado Alley every year and can strike almost anywhere in the United States, as well as in Canada and overseas.

Studies have shown the deadliest twisters in the U.S. happen to the east of Tornado Alley, in an area known as "Dixie Alley. ...