MySA.com: Metro | State
If they can prove his death was due to negligence or improper care, his widow, who now is in assisted living, may qualify for additional VA death benefits.
Since Texas voters supported a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases in 2003, none of the lawyers the family approached would take [...]

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Via the Washington Monthly. There’s a very interesting chart the Pew Research Center. It shows how candidates are rated on the ideological spectrum by Democrats and Republicans.
Pew Research Center: In GOP Primaries: Three Victors, Three Constituencies
What’s interesting is that Democrats don’t see Republican candidates as any more conservative than Republicans do. In other words, Democrats [...]

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So we should allow states more flexibility in building toll roads to meet our transportation needs.
Hike in federal gas tax floated | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas-Fort Worth Transportation News | Dallas-Fort Worth News

Like Mr. Perry, Ms. Peters believes the federal government should reduce the role it plays in building [...]

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Walker Report – Shedding Light on Bexar County
T.J. Connolly
After six long months…Judge Susan Reed and District Attorney’s Office is completing their investigation of our firm’s (my involvement) as it pertains to the the May, 2007, BexarMet elections.

The Walker Report has a letter up from T.J. Connolly himself about the investigation and that he [...]

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Military: Slain Marine said she was not afraid of suspect – CNN.com
JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina (CNN) — A pregnant Marine who disappeared in December told victims’ advocates at Camp Lejeune that she didn’t feel unsafe being around another Marine now wanted in her death, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday.
Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean never violated [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
EAGLE PASS — Weeks of investigation and a resume full of lies caught up with this border town’s interim city manager Tuesday as council members voted unanimously to take steps to fire him amid applause and whistles from a standing-room-only crowd.
“Once the investigation was completed, it was an easy decision,” said [...]

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MySA.com: Jaime Castillo | Politics
For most of BexarMet’s 82,000 customers, let this be your first warning that your water bill is going up.
And when it does, don’t let Olivares and the BexarMet board blame it on the rain.
After pushing through a rate reduction and hiding behind a consultant last April, Olivares and company are [...]

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The UT Health Science Center hasn’t wasted any time in getting its branding on the CTRC. Never mind that employees still haven’t been told how to fill out time sheets, this is the important stuff.
Cancer Therapy & Research Center

And, of course, it’s absolutely necessary as part of UTHSCSA policy, right? I’m sure they consider [...]

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For those of you who don’t get the newspaper, the Express-News made some changes in its comics.
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The changes reflect results of recent E-N reader polls, which tells me if you have favorite comic strips, don’t hesitate to tout them in future polling.

I remember the poll. I just don’t remember the part where they had [...]

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I woke up this article on CNN.
Police: Mom told us pregnant Marine is a ‘compulsive liar’ – CNN.com
JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina (CNN) — It’s possible that a pregnant Marine missing since December 14 may have left willingly, perhaps after being upset by a phone call, documents released Thursday by Onslow County authorities show.
Those records [...]

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