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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...
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.


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FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


Sat Nov 07 05:58:25 -0600 2009