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Employer Refuses To Hire Smokers, Cites Rising Care Costs

Currently there are some 14 million jobless Americans. And if you’re one of the thousands of North Texans looking for work, the competition is tough. Now, a new hiring limitation by one employer could make the job search even harder.

White supremacist executed for Texas dragging

White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas.

Officials: 1,000 Texas homes burned in past week

WILL WEISSERT Yahoo! News 09/06/2011

Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas

WILL WEISSERT and MICHAEL GRACZYK My Way News 09/05/2011
Officials: 1,000 Texas homes burned in past week

More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, most of them in one devastating blaze near Austin that is still raging out of control, officials said Tuesday.

Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas

Firefighters trying to control a wind-fueled wildfire that has destroyed nearly 500 homes in Central Texas were looking for a few overnight hours of diminished winds as thousands of evacuees spent the night away from their threatened homes.

University bucks convention in Texas with vegan dining hall

Texas cattle country seems an odd place to break new ground in veganism, but a public university near Dallas is doing just that.

A Galveston man is under arrest following a bizarre incident in a woman's apartment over the weekend.

Police: 6 Killed In Texas Roller Rink Shooting

Matt Goodman CBS DFW 07/24/2011
Police: 6 Killed In Texas Roller Rink Shooting

A shooter opened fire at a skating rink during a private family event Saturday night, killing five and wounding four before fatally shooting himself, Grand Prairie Police spokesman John Brimmer said.

Texas executes Mexican after court stay rejected

Texas executed a Mexican citizen Thursday for the rape-slaying of a teenager after he and the White House pleaded in vain for a Supreme Court stay, saying he was denied help from his home country that could have helped him avoid the death penalty.

Police Issue Warning After Several Craigslist Users Robbed

Police in North Texas have a warning for anyone who buys things from internet sites like Craigslist. The alert comes after several people were robbed.

Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer

President Barack Obama is attempting to block the execution in Texas on Thursday of a Mexican man because it would breach an international convention and do "irreparable harm" to US interests.


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