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Missing Detroit Girl Found in Texas
DETROIT (TIP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl who was taken from a Detroit school by a parent who didn’t have legal custody has been found safe in Texas. Police say the girl and her […]
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More Republican Snow Disrupts Life in Dallas Hispanics in Texas than elsewhere in US: Poll
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): Hispanic and Anglo residents in Texas identify with the Republican Party far more than the national average, according to new polling data released Friday, February 7 that calls into question how soon […]
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Snow Disrupts Life in Dallas
DALLAS (TIP) As snow fell across North Texas on Thursday, February 6 the bitter cold caused some driving headaches and prompted some school districts to dismiss early. Several school districts will be closed Friday, while […]
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Rare ice storm grips US south, kills at least 6
ATLANTA (TIP): Icy chaos gripped the US south on Wednesday after a rare winter storm that killed at least six people, stranded children in their schools overnight and paralyzed travel in several states, including hundreds […]
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Skydiving Texas girl survives fall in Oklahoma hospital
TULSA (TIP): A 16 year old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident survived and is recovering from her many injuries, a doctor said Tuesday, January […]
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Two Texas energy giants take multibillion-dollar dispute to jury
DALLAS (TIP): Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas contends that Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners broke its commitment to jointly build a pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to Houston. Energy Transfer Partners argues that Enterprise and Enbridge Inc. […]
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Poorer school districts still shortchanged in Texas, expert says
AUSTIN (TIP): The state only slightly reduced big funding gaps between richer and poorer school districts last year, a representative for hundreds of districts told a judge Wednesday, January 29. Wayne Pierce, executive director of […]
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AT&T creating new jobs in Dallas and around Texas
DALLAS (TIP): Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said it was hanging out a help wanted sign. The company wanted to fill more than 1,800 jobs in Texas, including 770 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. More than 1,000 […]
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Texas ranks No. 2 for human trafficking crime
DALLAS (TIP): The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has released its 2013 data and it may or may not come as a surprise to you that Texas ranks No. 2 in number of calls placed […]
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Texas woman charged with murdering 10-year-old son
FRISCO, TX (TIP): A North Texas woman was charged with murder Thursday, January 30, in the death of her 10-year-old son, whose body was found in a bathtub in the family’s suburban Dallas home. Pallavi […]
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Mexican beauty queen arrested in South Texas for allegedly interfering with an officer
LAREDO, TX (TIP): Police say the reigning beauty queen from a Mexican state bordering South Texas could have avoided her weekend arrest for allegedly interfering with an officer. Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza said Thursday, […]
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Doomsdayers’ underground survival shelters spread across Texas
HOUSTON (TIP): Texas is a home for survivalists. Underground bunkers are being built faster here than in any other state. Doomsdayers see Texas as a safe haven for bunkers and guns. And a Houston man […]
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Texas executes Mexican man despite his nation’s objections
HUNTSVILLE (TIP) A Mexican national was executed January 22 night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the […]
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Flu Battle, Vaccinations Continue Across North Texas
As the flu epidemic continues to hit North Texas, health leaders are hammering the message: It’s still not too late to get vaccinated. Some clinics have quickly run out of the shots, but several DFW-area […]
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West Texas in line for solar farm
TEXAS (TIP)For years Texas has watched as solar developers flock to greener pastures in California and Arizona where state subsidies and high power prices have created a solar boom. The announcement Wednesday that First Solar, […]
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116 North Texas schools identified as low performing
DALLAS (TIP): The parents of thousands of North Texas students will get a letter soon telling them their school does not make the grade. The Texas Education Agency has compiled its annual list of low […]
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Supreme Court hears Texas man’s appeal in child pornography case
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Supreme Court wrestled on January 22 with how much a Texas man who possessed child pornography must pay one of the victims. Doyle Paroline, who is from East Texas, was arrested in […]
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Ex-Texas Longhorns quarterback Vince Young files for bankruptcy protection
HOUSTON (TIP): Former NFL and University of Texas quarterback Vince Young has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The petition was filed last week in a Houston federal bankruptcy court, listing Young with estimated assets […]
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Emergency declaration allows Texas to help ease propane shortage
AUSTIN (TIP): Gov. Rick Perry signed an emergency declaration late Wednesday, January 22, easing licensing restrictions that will allow other states facing a propane shortage to tap into Texas’ abundant supply of the home-heating fuel. […]
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Shooter held for US school firing is just 12 years old
ROSWELL (TIP): A 12-year-old boy drew a shotgun from a band-instrument case and shot and wounded two classmates at his middle school before a teacher talked him into dropping the weapon and he was taken […]
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Doctor convicted in Michael Jackson death loses appeal
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A California appellate court refused on January 15 to overturn the conviction of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop […]
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Texas judge recuses herself from lawsuit over brain-dead pregnant woman
TEXAS (TIP): The judge overseeing a lawsuit seeking to force a Texas hospital to remove a braindead pregnant woman from life support abruptly recused herself from the case January 16. In a oneparagraph order issued […]
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Texas Family Of Four Arrested On Drug Charges After Neighbors Report Suspicious Activity To Police
TEXAS TIP): Four members of a Texas family face drug charges after neighbors reported suspicious activity at their home to police using a crimeprevention smartphone app. Parents Raymond and Stephanie Wood were arrested last January […]
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Man gives change to a homeless person, gets handcuffed
HOUSTON (TIP): Greg Snider was in a Houston, Texas parking lot, on the phone making a business call. While in the lot, a homeless man approached his car and asked for change. Snider gave him […]
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Kids believe nicer people over meaner ones
TEXAS (TIP): A new study has found that children are less to believe a mean person than a nice person, even if the pleasant person was described as having no knowledge on the topic. Researchers […]