Provides the latest RSS feeds for Texas News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Houston Mirror.com http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/10/id/42acbe017a594c30/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:27 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:27 -0500 30 Snow has been missing in action for much of the United States the past couple of months. But it's not just snow. It's prtactically the entire winter season that's gone ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293246/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:01:05 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293246/ dmontgomery@star-telegram.com ROUND ROCK -- Gov. Rick Perry declared Monday night that he still has "plenty of fight left" after his unsuccessful presidential bid, serving notice that ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294725/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:35 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294725/ abatheja@star-telegram.com North Texas would get a new congressional district dominated by minority voters under a new set of political maps proposed by the Texas attorney general Monday, but ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294726/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:26 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294726/ At 30, Vest was being medically retired from the Air Force, his career as a special-operations pilot over just as it began to blossom. His health was declining from a rare, incurable neuromuscular ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293558/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:26 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293558/ jrlabbe@star-telegram.com City Manager Tom Higgins cautioned his assistant city managers in a late January memo that the upcoming budget talks aren't going to be much ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293559/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:22 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293559/ Deadline extended The Fort Worth school district has indefinitely extended the deadline for students to apply for the all-boys school. The school opens in August with sixth and seventh grades and ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294729/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:19 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294729/ mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- Twenty-six years after he was convicted of a rape he did not commit, Tim Cole's reputation has been restored, his supporters ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293561/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:15 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293561/ mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com TARRANT COUNTY -- One man was stabbed with a golf club shaft and was "close to death" after a brawl last month at a golf course at Eagle Mountain ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294728/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:14 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294728/ snishimura@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- Company representatives presented their latest design for a Walmart Neighborhood Market on the south side Monday night, drawing plaudits for some ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293560/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:10 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293560/ So the court moved to evict Ken Robinson, who drew national attention for his ability to secure access to a vacant home in an affluent Denton County neighborhood by filing an affidavit with the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294727/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:10 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294727/ It's Friday night, and rain is still drying on the cold concrete outside as the crowd of damp, bedraggled but visibly excited music fans rushes into the Old Dirty Basement at J&J's ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294730/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:26 -0500 North Texas Daily http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294730/ UNT took to the "Twittersphere" on Monday, as students used the popular social media website to tweet questions about campus life to members of the Student Government Association during ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294731/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:23 -0500 North Texas Daily http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294731/ More than 400,000 babies were born to mothers aged 15 to 19 in the U.S. in 2009, according to the Center for Disease Control. Nearly two-thirds of the pregnancies were unintended, and in 2005, ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294732/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:20 -0500 North Texas Daily http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294732/ North Texas' own homegrown music festival, 35 Denton, is making some changes, including an expanded lineup, new venues and the debut of a new creative director. This spring marks the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294733/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:17 -0500 North Texas Daily http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294733/ Nicole Balderas / Senior Staff Writer UNT will hold its 12th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the University Union’s Silver Eagle Suite. Keynote speaker Dan ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294734/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:14 -0500 North Texas Daily http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294734/ HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - A few hundreds residents in the Dripping Springs area turned out for a town hall meeting Monday night to voice their concerns ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293304/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:42 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293304/ But police say they'll enforce new rules regarding the activity at City Hall. Monday night Occupiers gathered to show they are united in continuing the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293305/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:40 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293305/ AUSTIN (KXAN) - It has been 20 years since the infamous Yogurt Shop murders and the case is no closer to being closed. At the City of Austin's Public Safety Commission meeting on Monday ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293306/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:38 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293306/ BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Burnet County on Monday afternoon. The Department of Public Safety said the accident happened just after 4 p.m. ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293307/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:34 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293307/ This courtroom sketch shows Former Stanford CFO James Davis, replicating for jurors the handcuffing motion he used to make to warn R. Allen Stanford that what they were doing was illegal Thursday, ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294740/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:34 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294740/ - Turns out, it was no fluke that Occupy Austin's eviction from the front plaza of City Hall was carried out as a "surprise" short-notice maneuver under cover of late-night darkness. ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294738/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:36:31 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294738/ at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar tomorrow at 7 p.m. Luis Buñuel, a premier Spanish filmmaker and cinematic surrealist, is most known to film school students as the director of one of the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294739/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:36:23 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294739/ Rick Perry acknowledged Monday that he's not used to losing but also vowed "I'm not slipping off into the sunset" while promising to battle federal energy and environmental ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293546/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:29:57 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293546/ The law requires doctors to show women images from sonograms, play fetal heartbeats aloud and describe the features of fetuses at least 24 hours before ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293547/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:29:17 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293547/ COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- J'Covan Brown hit the go-ahead layup with less than a minute remaining and later added a pair of free throws to lift Texas to a 70-68 win over Texas A&M on ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293556/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:20:18 -0500 Sports Illustrated http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293556/ Kyle Lowry teamed up to score 45 points Monday and the Rockets used accurate long-range shooting to best Denver 99-90. Scola scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds while Lowry contributed 20 ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293484/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:15:25 -0500 UPI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293484/ Tim Duncan scored 19 points and hauled down 17 rebounds for San Antonio Monday, boosting the Spurs to a 89-84 win over Memphis. Duncan dominated inside with five blocked shots ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293753/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:15:05 -0500 UPI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293753/ '); } ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have put off contract negotiations with Josh Hamilton indefinitely, but they are still working to avoid their first arbitration hearing since 2000. Even so, ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293303/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:12 -0500 Texas Rangers http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293303/ PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A tent city that's among the longest-lived Occupy protest encampments is coming down as part of a new wave of eviction orders against demonstrators aligned with the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294736/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:08:40 -0500 Associated Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294736/ ROUND ROCK, Texas – Back on his home turf in the Lone Star State in his first public appearance since leaving the presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed he wouldn’t fade away ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293545/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:48:09 -0500 ABC News http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203293545/ Drew Hanlen and Mick Hedgepeth scored 13 points apiece for the Bruins (18-7), and Blake Jenkins added 12. Belmont extended its winning streak to five games and stayed within a half-game of Atlantic ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294735/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:42:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294735/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- Whether celebrating the Giants' Super Bowl win or lamenting the Patriots' loss, some local motorists got behind the wheel Sunday after drinking a little too much, police ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203291694/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:23:58 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203291694/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- A Nueces County jury awarded a percentage of $7.9 million to a man whose family was killed in an 18-wheeler collision. Tideport Distributing Inc., a Houston-based oil and gas ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294722/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:23:53 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294722/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- A 51-year-old man was arrested Monday in Robstown by a fugitive task force, wanted in connection with the 2007 shooting of his ex-wife's boyfriend in Harris County. Oscar ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294721/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:23:49 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294721/ Contributed photo The Border Patrol has placed six rescue beacons throughout ranches in South Texas that can be used to seek help in an ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294723/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:23:44 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203294723/ MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jury selection is beginning in the trial of two men charged with serving as contract killers in a drug ring accused of operating in Tennessee and several other ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290156/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:42 -0500 WOAI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290156/ TURNERTOWN, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a one-vehicle accident in East Texas has left three men dead after their car struck a tree.The Department of Public Safety says the accident happened ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290157/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:41 -0500 WOAI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290157/ HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say the driver of a recently acquired Lamborghini has been blamed for a wreck that left three people hurt.Police say two pedestrians were struck by the sports car ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290159/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:38 -0500 WOAI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290159/ DALLAS (AP) — Officials say the opening of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Green Line has helped make 2011 the busiest year ever for the light rail service.The Dallas Morning News reported ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290160/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:35 -0500 WOAI http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290160/ AUSTIN (KXAN) - Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for a Texas State University student who was shot to death in the Avery Ranch subdivision in Northwest Austin. Friends and family filled ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288704/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:57 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288704/ WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - It is well known that domestic violence is a big problem, and the Williamson County Attorney's Office is looking for help. In an unconventional move, officials ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288703/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:54 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288703/ FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Hundreds gathered to unveil a historical marker at the grave of a man who died in prison but was later cleared by DNA testing of the crime that sent him there. U.S. Army ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290169/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:53 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290169/ AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry spent 126 days outside Texas during his unsuccessful run for president and the state paid more than $32,000 for the lieutenant governor or Senate pro tem to fill in for ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288702/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:52 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288702/ AUSTIN (KXAN) - A motorcyclist died in a Saturday afternoon accident after slamming into a car on a tollway ramp. The accident occurred on State Highway 45 North onto southbound U.S. Highway 193. ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288701/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:50 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288701/ AUSTIN (AP) -- A federal judge in Austin said Monday that he couldn't block a Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion any longer because an appeals court had ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290168/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:49 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290168/ AUSTIN (KXAN) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday offered a deal that would increase Hispanic representation in the Texas congressional delegation. But because all of the parties did not ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290170/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:46 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290170/ 2012 Convention and Exposition through Friday at the Austin Convention Center. TCEA's goal is to integrate technology into pre-K to 12th grade classrooms through conferences, workshops, ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288705/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:46 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288705/ here to review the program details. Meghan, May, and numerous supporters peacefully marched from Austin City Hall to Republic Square Park where participants heard, "breed specific ordinance, ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290167/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:19:53 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290167/ '); } ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have signed left-handed pitcher Joe Beimel and outfielder/first baseman Conor Jackson to Minor League contracts with an invitation to Spring ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288700/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:48:18 -0500 Texas Rangers http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288700/ '); } HOUSTON -- Astros fans who are clamoring to see some of the club's top prospects in a Major League uniform should make reservations for Spring Training. Astros general manager ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290161/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:48:02 -0500 Houston Astros http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290161/ Univision is the nation's largest Spanish-language media company. The move comes in response to the 2010 census, which showed U.S. born Latinos were the fastest growing segment of the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290164/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:39 -0500 Associated Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290164/ MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's conservative ruling party is gambling that this country known for machismo is ready for a female president and have chosen a devout Roman Catholic and popular ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290166/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:34 -0500 Associated Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290166/ Kenneth Robinson, a man who paid $16 to file a one-page claim so that he could live in a $340,000 suburban Dallas house, has left the house after a judge's order. Robinson had reportedly filed ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288855/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:11 -0500 IBTimes http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288855/ Follow this company to enhance various academic programs within the College of Business Administration. The new new endowment, called the Amato-Dudley Endowed Chair for the College of ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286724/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:26:38 -0500 Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286724/ New Braunfels Economic Development (Build NB) officials have added new high-tech capabilities to the Web site NewBraunfelsProspector.com. The enhancements were designed to make it easier for site ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203289421/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:20 -0500 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203289421/ The Fort Worth-based airline said Monday that it cut domestic capacity by 4.4 percent year-over-year in January. Domestic traffic was down 1.1 percent from January 2010. American's ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203287923/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:48 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203287923/ Verizon and Coinstar said they plan to combine Coinstar's Redbox new release DVDs and Blu-ray disc rentals with an on-demand streaming and download service from ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288850/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:37 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288850/ More details have been obtained about the YMCA's proposed public-private partnership for the Lamar Beach park area currently made up of the Town Lake Animal Center and ball fields north of ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288698/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:29 -0500 Austin Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288698/ Worldwide semiconductor sales hit a record $299.5 billion for 2011, or a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percent from $298.3 billion in 2010, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday. The ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288699/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:24:23 -0500 Austin Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203288699/ Discuss this story on our Facebook page Park spokesman David Elkowitz says the boy, who wasn't identified in a park statement Monday, was treated for puncture wounds and scratches and released ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203289425/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:30 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203289425/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- The San Patricio County Attorney's Office will not seek charges against a former Ingleside volunteer firefighter after he was accused of failing to report arsons that two ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286962/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:59:05 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286962/ Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Susan Sly (left) and Tamala Farrer joined other members of a nursing union Monday at an informational picket as they continue to negotiate with the hospital about ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203287373/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:59:01 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203287373/ Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times This will be the new site for the Department of Public Safety crime laboratory, which law enforcement officials hope will help alleviate long waits for test ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290151/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:58:57 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290151/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- Campers looking to snag a spot in Labonte Park this Easter will have to pay for a permit for the first time. Starting this year, the city of Corpus Christi will charge campers ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290152/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:58:47 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290152/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- A 24-year-old woman who died Friday after her car hit power pole has been identified. The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as Tiffany Nichole ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286901/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:58:39 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203286901/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- A more accurate jury summons system caused overcrowding Monday morning at the Nueces County Courthouse. About 625 people flooded the jury room, which exceeded its capacity of ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290153/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:58:34 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203290153/ ramirez@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- Ninety-year-old Bobby Hubbard was the watchdog on Moorview Avenue, keeping an eye out for suspicious people and caring for the neighborhood, moving trash ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283806/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:16 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283806/ atinsley@star-telegram.com Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott agreed today to a temporary voting map that could keep Texas' primary election on April ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285111/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:15 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285111/ SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A congressman's lawyer says the Texas attorney general has agreed to a temporary voting map that could keep the April 3 date for primary elections in Texas. Democratic ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285115/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:38 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285115/ AUSTIN (KXAN) - One of the people participating in the Occupy Austin movement at City Hall was arrested last week on charges that he threw a full can of soda at police during the effort to disband ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283534/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:37 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283534/ developing Capstone Ranch in Marble Falls. The family also owns a private well there that produces a million gallons of water per day. The family read about water running short in Spicewood and ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283535/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:35 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283535/ AUSTIN (kxan) - Jordan Gibbs Nash, 23, died early Sunday morning in a car crash, according to Austin police officers who responded to the scene in the 5500 block of Shoal Creek Boulevard. The 2008 ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283536/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:30 -0500 KXAN 36 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283536/ SANGER, Texas (AP) -- Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285114/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:51:24 -0500 Associated Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203285114/ Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: MFRM) has plans to hire close to 100 new Houston employees and open between three and four new Houston-area stores in ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281495/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:32:19 -0500 Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281495/ The Austin-based company announced Monday that it won the dismissal of an appeal by Montreal-based Hydro-Quebec of a decision of the European Patent Office revoking a HQ European ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281589/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:31:54 -0500 Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281589/ Follow this company 's Roadrunner Caf as an official Por Vida! healthy restaurant. This makes the main campus dining facility the first institution of higher learning to have the Por ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281410/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:59 -0500 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281410/ Follow this company has launched a new program in San Antonio that is designed to combat loneliness among the elderly. The new program is called Elder Friends and it involves adult ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203282121/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:53 -0500 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203282121/ Mission Pharmacal Co. has formed a new business unit called Alamo Pharma Services that will provide smaller pharmaceutical firms with operational and human resources support for their pharmaceutical ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281683/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:47 -0500 San Antonio Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281683/ Follow this company customers. Pharmacy same-store sales fell 7.9 percent in January and prescriptions filled at comparable stores decreased 8.6 percent in January, Walgreen said. Express ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283698/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:20 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283698/ smartphone shipments worldwide last year, while Nokia and Research in Motion struggled to keep up. Data released Monday by the Massachusetts market-research firm International Data ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283700/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:14 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283700/ A round-the-world relay by Dallas-based MoneyGram International Inc. raised more than $73,000 for education and school supplies. The company donated $10,000 and school supplies to the students of ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283701/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:08 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283701/ Follow this company after her long-suffering stint as head of the bank's troubled mortgage operations. BofA announced her retirement in an internal ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281322/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:04 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281322/ Tom Horton said the Fort Worth-based airline intends to exit bankruptcy independently, but could try to buy another carrier after leaving Chapter ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281268/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:52 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281268/ Getty Images (reprinted with permission) Country music star Miranda Lambert wore the pair of oversized tourmaline and diamond teardrop ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283828/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:49 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283828/ Elizabeth "Liz" Trocchio Smith is out of breath, finishing an activity many people in commercial real estate rarely encounter: running with her dogs mid-morning Monday. I had a chance to ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283703/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:47 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283703/ The Houston-area added 63,400 private-sector jobs between 2010 and 2011, more than any other market in the U.S. In total, Houston supported 2.21 million private-sector jobs in 2011, according to an ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283830/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:43 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283830/ Stock ownership by members of Congress has been an issue recently after several media reports that were critical of what some viewed as politicians capitalizing on inside information about the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283704/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:40 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203283704/ KPMB Centre, a 34-story, 828,000-square-foot office tower at 717 North Harwood St. in downtown Dallas, has been transferred to a special receiver and is being managed ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281184/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:34 -0500 Dallas Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/42acbe017a594c30/id/203281184/