Mars rover to make risky trip into crater - CNN.com
NASA’s aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet’s geologic history.
The descent into Victoria Crater received the go-ahead because the […]
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As if I couldn’t have guessed they would reach the following conclusion.
MySA.com: Metro | State
A year and a half after the Bexar County District Attorney set out to examine evidence that an innocent man might have been executed in Texas, the DA’s probe has concluded that wrongful execution claims “do not withstand the scrutiny of […]
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NBC sex predator sting shakes up Texas town | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
MURPHY — A sting in which police teamed up with Dateline NBC to catch online pedophiles was supposed to send a flinty-eyed, Texas-style warning about this Dallas suburb: Don’t mess with Murphy.
Instead, it has turned into a fiasco.
One of the 25 men caught […]
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Good argument against one of the reasons, inhibiting long term planning, to change term limits for the city council
San Antonio Current - The Say-Town Lowdown
It is really a matter of how this community makes public decisions, on big projects and little ones, over the years. We don’t fail to plan because of awful term limits. […]
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Bald eagle goes off endangered list | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
WASHINGTON - The American bald eagle, once nearly extinct, is making a comeback. The government will confirm that when it takes the revered bird off a list of protected species on Thursday.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne will make the […]
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As far as I’m concerned, stories like this serve only to undermine the reputation of the education institution rather than enhance it.
UTSA recognized as one of the top business schools in nation - San Antonio Business Journal:
UTSA earned this designation from AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. There are only […]
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Red-light special: Traffic cameras blossom in Texas
Texans, or at least their back bumpers, should get ready for their closeups. Lots of them.
Red light cameras, and the through-the-mail citations they generate, have caught on in cities and hamlets across the state.
More than a dozen municipalities, including Dallas and Houston, have them in place to catch red […]
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So even though the illegal alliens would have to pay fines and return to their home country, it would be amnesty? What about people who get speeding tickets? Do they have to return home before they can continue on their way to their original destination? Haven’t they “cut in line?” If someone robs a store, once they are […]
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U.S. struggles with breadth, depth of war injuries - CNN.com
• Estimated number of Iraq war wounded varies from 35,000 and 53,000
• For every soldier or Marine killed, 15 others have survived illness or injury
• 2,000 brain injuries treated; docs think less obvious cases have gone undetected
• Concerns growing about care once troops return
What do […]
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Memorial park is in the works for Helotes - San Antonio Business Journal:
The Legislature approved $1,125,000 to establish the Frank L. Madla Memorial Park on 33 acres of land near Scenic Loop Road in Helotes. The Helotes Park Foundation has secured $118,000 in contributions to pay for the purchase of the land. In addition, Pulte […]
Filed under: David Leibowitz, Frank L. Madla Memorial Park, Helotes, Helotes Park Foundation, Helotes mayor, Leticia Van de Putte, Pulte Homes, Tom Schoolcraft | No Comments »
