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A Department of Justice investigation into Texas mental institutions has concluded they violate the rights of patients by failing to protect them from harm and provide adequate health care.
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Faculty group to sue UT regents over closed-door meeting before layoffs
A group representing faculty says it plans to file a lawsuit Wednesday asserting the University of Texas System's governing board violated state law when it met behind closed doors before authorizing mass ...
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University Briscoe
The University of Texas at Austin is naming its Center for American History for former Gov.
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Former Oklahoma governors urge state to sell water to North Texas towns
Two former Oklahoma governors have urged state officials to reverse course and sell water to thirsty North Texas communities.
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30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays
SMITH POINT, Texas - A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.
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Texas parade accident injures at least 9
A hospital official says an accident at a holiday parade in east Texas has injured at least nine people, some of them children.
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2 Texas death row inmates lose Supreme Court appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court refused appeals Monday from two Texas death row inmates, including a Mexican national convicted of gunning down three El Paso teenagers a dozen years ago.
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Laura Bush says she will mostly `miss the people'
Laura Bush soon will no longer live in the country's most famous mansion or be able to get away to the coveted Camp David presidential retreat.
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UTMB's role in indigent care uncertain after Ike
For years, John Sealy Hospital at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has been known as the hospital of last resort for the uninsured and indigent in Texas.
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Pipelines race out of the mountains; into yards
A photo provided by Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC, showing a natural gas pipeline that is being constructing near Cheyenne, Wyo., near the Colo.
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Rain forecast for parts of Texas on Friday
More rain was forecast for parts of Texas on Friday with a 50 percent chance along the Gulf Coast and a 60 percent chance in North Texas, according to the National Weather Service.
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2,000 gallons of gas spills from Texas refinery
More than 2,000 gallons of gasoline spilled from a tank Friday at the same East Texas refinery where an explosion last week killed one worker and injured five.
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a Scary times' as more ask for help eating
If there were a hunger index, it would be at an all-time high. As stock market indexes like the Dow Jones industrial average have plummeted, the number of Americans seeking help to stave off hunger is ...
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National Briefing
FLORIDA Endeavour leaves space station Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven departed the International Space Station on Friday, ending a 12-day visit that left the orbiting complex with more modern ...
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As Latinos tilt Democratic, can Texas stay a red'?
Election edition: Olga Parada stacked papers as they rolled off the presses Nov.
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Six condemned inmates lose appeals
The rulings came from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. A Harris County jury decided in 1989 that Robert Mitchell Jennings should die for the fatal shooting a year earlier of Houston vice cop ...
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Hurricane Ike, healthcare strain upcoming Texas budget
Last summer, visions of tax rebates danced in the heads of Republican leaders at the mere mention of an $11 billion state budget surplus.
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Drug Bust in South Texas Finds 7-Foot Pet Alligator
Pet in a pit? A drug bust at a home in South Texas led to the discovery of a 7-foot-long alligator in a pit topped by wire.
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Texas Gets $1.3 Billion in Ike Relief
Texas is to receive $1.3 billion in federal money to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike.
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Million dollar hazing verdict against UT fraternity overturned
A state district judge has reversed a $16.2 million judgment against a fraternity sued by the parents of a pledge who died in an alleged alcohol-related hazing incident at the University of Texas.
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