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RRC touts propane
TERP helps businesses make the switch
The Texas Railroad Commission, the state’s chief energy agency, has received an additional $12 million from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The grant will help fleet operators in 34...
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The bell and howl at the Great Wolf
By TUMBLEWEED SMITH WE HAD A blast at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. It’s a water park under roof. We picked it to have a family reunion. While taking a break from the water slides and ...
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The bell and howl at the Great Wolf
By TUMBLEWEED SMITH WE HAD A blast at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. It’s a water park under roof. We picked it to have a family reunion. While taking a break from the water slides and ...
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Sideglances
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL Airshow to be sponsored here by Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum — this year as a Veterans Day tribute — held many delights for aviation buffs. The event at Gilmer’s ...
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Sideglances
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL Airshow to be sponsored here by Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum — this year as a Veterans Day tribute — held many delights for aviation buffs. The event at Gilmer’s ...
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Government is already an income-transfer machine
ISN’T IT a little late for John McCain and the Republicans to start worrying about government redistribution of wealth? McCain claims to be alarmed by Barack Obama’s tax plan, which would tax uppe...
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Government is already an income-transfer machine
by SHELDON RICHMAN
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ISN’T IT a little late for John McCain and the Republicans to start worrying about government redistribution of wealth? McCain claims to be alarmed by Barack Obama’s tax plan, which would tax upper...
U.S. elections need better vote tallying
by DONALD KAUL
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I HAVE long been astonished and dismayed at how carelessly we, the oldest continuous democracy in the world, treat elections. We spent months and millions preparing for them but when it comes time ...
U.S. elections need better vote tallying
by DONALD KAUL
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I HAVE long been astonished and dismayed at how carelessly we, the oldest continuous democracy in the world, treat elections. We spent months and millions preparing for them but when it comes time ...
Celebrating a 101st birthday
by BOB BOWMAN
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OVER THE years, I have collected stories about dozens of East Texans who have been fortunate to reach their 100th birthday and most of them have some wonderful tales about the early history of East...
Celebrating a 101st birthday
by BOB BOWMAN
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OVER THE years, I have collected stories about dozens of East Texans who have been fortunate to reach their 100th birthday and most of them have some wonderful tales about the early history of East...
A Boy's First Car
by PAPPY MOORE
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MEN LOVE their cars, their trucks, their rides. We fall in love with them when we’re little boys, and anticipate our “first” with an intensity which mirrors our other primary interest in those teen...
national news
Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., followed by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., leaves her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.


Thu Mar 18 06:23:01 -0500 2010
Obama to sign bill to spur job growth (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is set to sign a jobs bill into law Thursday morning.
Thu Mar 18 04:04:36 -0500 2010