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  • Premont AM-Kingsville to announce partnership

    The Premont (PREE'-mahnt) Independent School District and the Texas A&M University System scheduled a news conference Tuesday. The announcement on the campus of Texas A&M-Kingsville is being touted as an academic ...

  • Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo to miss workouts after cyst removal

    Dallas quarterback Tony Romo warms up before the Cowboys' game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) IRVING, Texas -- Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss at least three weeks of offseason workouts after a procedure to remove a cyst from his back. The team's website reported Tuesday that Romo underwent the procedure last month ...

  • Texas House to vote on drug testing for welfare benefits

    AUSTIN -- Texas lawmakers will be voting on whether to require some welfare recipients to take drug tests. The Texas House is scheduled to vote on the measure on Tuesday afternoon. Senate Bill 11 would require people enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to answer questions to see if they are at risk of abusing drugs. If they fail the screening, they'll be required to ...

  • Bill to guide fund Texas water projects OKd

    Legislation to tackle Texas' water woes was approved by the Texas Senate on Monday. House Bill 4, filed by State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, would direct $2 billion into a water infrastructure fund that would offer loans for projects such as new water reservoirs, pipelines and conservation projects. The legislation will restructure the Texas Water Development Board to a three-member, ...

  • Austin investment office properties trade at rapid clip

    Barton Oaks Plaza I in Southwest Austin was one of several major investment sales that closed in the first four months of 2013. Austin office properties have been trading at a rapid clip since the first of the year, resulting in nearly 3 million square feet of commercial space being sold to a wide variety of investors through April, according to information provided by Kennedy Wilson. Of deals ...

Movie Review

Blue Streak

Few movies can survive on the charisma of their leading actors alone. Only the strongest performers are able to carry an underwritten movie and make it amount to something, and despite his talent and energy, Martin Lawrence is not one of those actors. Lawrence is at his best when he's teamed with someone of equal or superior energy and talent (Will Smith in "Bad Boys," Eddie Murphy in "Life") bec ... ...

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  • Lawmakers agree on $50 million for ETF

    The governor's office and legislative leaders have agreed to supply the Texas Emerging Technology Fund with $50 million over two years to continue operations, State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told the Austin American-Statesman yesterday. Gov. Rick Perry originally requested $69.5 million for each of the next two years. Lawmakers still must decide whether to strip the states top three ...

  • Austin firefighter catches a wave among U.S. entrepreneurs

    Matt Thomson founded Wavecation to reach vacationers looking for homes to rent where the surf is up. Upstart Business Journal which names five people across to country to its "Entrepreneurs of the Week" list highlights an Austin firefighter on its most-recent slideshow. Matt Thomson founded Wavecation LLC in early 2011 to provide an online listing of vacation homes geared toward ...

  • Four Teens Wounded In Austin Shooting

    CHICAGO (STMW) – Four people were hurt in a gang-related shooting after large groups of teenagers started fighting in the street Monday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood. About 9:30 p.m., someone in a light-colored sedan drove by the fight in the 5300 block of West Iowa Street and opened fire, police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro ...

  • Why Texas loves trucks

    A 1998 Ford F-150 Forget hybrids and small, fuel-frugal cars when you're in Texas. The Lone Star State, where I spent five days last week, loves big, gas-guzzling pickup trucks. The number of trucks of various nameplates and ages seen on the road or parked at shopping centers is so ubiquitous that I just had to go around taking snapshots of them. The pickups I saw in Dallas and Plano were ...

  • Texas parents charged after adopted son 4 dies

    CLEBURNE, Texas-A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home. Cleburne police arrested David and Angel Cook after an autopsy report released Monday indicated Buddy Cook's death was a homicide. The body was discovered March 22. Earlier Child Protective Services affidavits said Buddy apparently ...

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