MySA.com: Metro | State

Four council members are looking to trim San Antonio’s property tax rate during the upcoming budget negotiations. Three of them — Diane Cibrian, John Clamp and Kevin Wolff — represent the North Side.
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Wolff has proposed cutting the city’s rate by a penny to 56.85 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, as well [...]

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Kiva.org – Loans that change lives
What We Do
We let you loan to the working poorKiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. [...]

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A career ruined: Online feud ends in arson, prison
WACO — Two years ago, Russell Tavares was a clean-cut 25-year-old entrusted with “very high clearance” in missile and fire control in the U.S. Navy, officials say.
Now he’s the subject of a bizarre story: one that investigators say includes short tempers, long-distance vendettas and the Internet’s [...]

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Lifesize cut-outs slow traffic for homeowners
“The speed limit is 55 MPH just down the street,” explained Mike Wood, who lives near the downtown area. “Then over here, it changes to 35 mph so cars come speeding by.”
Then Wood put some pictures of his children in his front yard and ever since then, drivers have [...]

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Just a quick note to say we haven’t fallen off the face of the planet. We will be back in full swing by the beginning of next week. We have a huge event we sponsor every year this weekend so we are busy, busy, busy.    Be back next week.

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DallasCowboys.com – 2007 Training Camp
2007 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Schedule
(dates & times subject to change)
Tuesday, July 24
6:00-9:00PM (Kick-Off Event)
Wednesday, July 25
2:30-4:30PM
Thursday, July 26
9:00-11:00AM and 3:30-5:00PM
Friday, July 27
2:30-4:30PM
Saturday, July 28
9:00-11:00AM and 3:30-5:00PM
Sunday, July 29
2:30-4:30PM
Monday, July 30
9:00-11:00AM and 3:30-5:00PM
Tuesday, July 31
2:30-4:30PM
Wednesday, August 1
9:00-11:00AM and 3:30-5:00PM
Thursday, August 2
2:30-4:30PM
Friday, August 3
2:30-4:30PM
Saturday, August 4
9:00-11:00AM and 3:30-5:00PM
Sunday, August 5
2:30-4:30PM
Monday, August 6
9:00-11:00AM [...]

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MySA.com: State Government

He did it for redistricting and school finance, and now Gov. Rick Perry says he just might call a special legislative session — if necessary — to require state pension funds to divest of any holdings in companies that do business with Iran.

Excuse me, but I can think of a lot of other [...]

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NBC sued after suicide during predator sting | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
The sister of a Rockwall County prosecutor who committed suicide after police busted into his home during a sex predator sting filed a $105 million federal lawsuit against NBC on Monday, according to court records.
Patricia Conradt, [...]

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Austin American-Statesman: Is this the end of Harry Potter?
Not since America spent a summer waiting to find out who shot J.R. have fans of popular culture longed so desperately to learn the fate of a fictional character. Will Harry Potter live or die? As I write these words, it’s the question of the hour, not [...]

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War Room: Political News, Politics News – Salon

After refusing to support the Webb amendment giving the troops a decent interval between deployments, the blocking the defense authorization bill, President Bush and the Republicans are now wailing that the Democrats are refusing to give the military a pay raise.
This is the same pay raise that was [...]

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