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Fess Parker dies at 85; actor played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV
Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday.
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Perry Orders National Guard Helicopters To Mexican Border
Gov. Rick Perry ordered Texas National Guard helicopters to the border Thursday to support law enforcement efforts to block spillover of Mexican border violence into Texas.
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Appeal rejected for convicted Selena killer
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a fan serving life in prison for the 1995 killing of Tejano singing star Selena.
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Top 10 List of Texasa most wanted child support evaders
AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Child Support Division today released its annual Top Ten List of Texas' Most Wanted Child Support Evaders.
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Fact Check: Premiums would rise under Obama plan
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
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Former state senator wants Texas seat back
Former state Sen. David Sibley wants to retake the Texas Senate seat he held for 11 years.
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Texas polygamist guilty of child sexual assault
The temple on the ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is seen in Eldorado, Texas.
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Gov. Perry asks for drones to help protect border
Governor Rick Perry has sent a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, requesting the federal government base its next predator drone in Texas.
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Mexico's president calls on US to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries.
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Texas crop, weather
However, some parts of the state received more moisture, which continued to be a mixed blessing.
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Former Army Recruiter Loses Texas Death Row Appeal
A federal appeals court Tuesday refused the case of a former Army recruiter on Texas death row for the Valentinea TMs Day 2002 abduction, rape and murder of a 28-year-old woman.
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Texas Inmates Offered Fast Food as Part of Take-Out Program
Prison food has never been considered a delicacy ... so one Texas jail is adding to the menu.
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Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
This April 1998 picture shows al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 that bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
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Perry puts Texas law enforcement, Guard on alert
AUSTIN Following the recent escalation of murders in northern Mexico and the increasing threat of violence crossing over into neighboring border communities in Texas -- including a military intrusion by armed Mexican forces last week -- Texas Gov.
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Tour Bus Crashes in South Texas
At least two people are dead and several others injured after a Mexican tour bus overturns near Campbellton.
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Editorial: Voters should look beyond rhetoric of Perry, White
As Texans settle into their seats for the next stage of the 2010 gubernatorial race, we offer this suggestion: Prepare yourselves now for a dizzying set of claims and counter-claims. That's natural for big races, but the pace already has accelerated for a pivotal statewide race that's certain to attract national attention.
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Robinson: Terrorists not from central casting
It took the case of "JihadJane" to illuminate what should have been obvious by now: Anyone who claims to be able to identify a potential terrorist by appearance or nationality is delusional.
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Denton man sentenced to 17 years in drilling scheme 2:13 PM CT
A Denton man has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $18 million after pleading guilty to fraud in an oil and natural gas drilling scheme.
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Thousands of non-U.S. citizens in Texas get in-state tuition
More than 12,000 illegal immigrants, non-permanent residents or non-U.S. citizens paid in-state tuition or received other such financial aid at public colleges and universities across Texas during late 2009, the Dallas Morning News reported Monday.
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Census Could Lead To Congressional Redistricting
Usually out of the national spotlight, state legislative races are taking on new prominence this year.
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