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Pirate Under Attack. Avast, Ye Swabs!

If Texas Tech fires Leach, there will be a mushroom cloud over Lubbock for thousands of miles and a likely revolt of Tech fans, alums, and former players.
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You Aren’t Here

A lack of reverence for the Alamo’s sacred battleground has turned much of the iconic site into a place no one remembers.
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His Town

When Marty Rathbun became an outspoken defector from the Church of Scientology, a group of filmmakers began to disrupt life in his adopted hometown. But they weren’t counting on the response of his neighbors.
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Still Life

Thirty-five years ago Dallas—and the country—was gripped by the tragic story of John McClamrock, a high school football player paralyzed during a violent tackle. But after the newspapers moved on, another story was quietly unfolding, one of courage, perseverance, and a mother’s fierce love.
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Across The Line

According to the district attorney in Smith County, this building was the site of the most horrific child sex ring in Texas history. Three of the adults convicted of running it have already been sentenced to life in prison. There’s just one problem: The DA in neighboring Wood County, where the building is located, says nothing happened here at all.
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Runway or Another

From her hometown of Lake Jackson to the Big Apple, Kalyn Hemphill, the winner of Models of the Runway, takes it all in stride.
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Dear Yankee

Eight things you ought to know before you start writing stories about Rick Perry. You’re welcome.
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The 50 Greatest Hamburgers In Texas

A gastro-scientific inquiry into the finest burgers in the state that invented the burger, including the Toro (#4), the Stodg (#6), the Miss Hattie (#28), and, in our top slot, a miracle of meat served only on Sundays. No wonder they call it the Lord’s day.
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Innocence Lost

Since August 23, 1992, Anthony Graves has been behind bars for the gruesome murder of a family in Somerville. There was no clear motive, no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, and the only witness against him recanted, declaring again and again before his death, in 2000, that Graves didn’t do it. If he didn’t, the truth will come out. Won’t it?
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Right Place, Right Time

An exquisite sense of timing—and a good deal of luck—has helped transform Rick Perry from an unknown Democratic state legislator into a swaggering Republican who’s spent more years in the Governor’s Mansion than anyone in Texas history. Is it enough to carry him past Kay Bailey Hutchison and all the way to the White House?
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A Bend in the River

A cheerleader lies dead in dark waters, and life in the small towns along the Red River will never be the same. A tale of restless youth in a lonely land.

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Monday, November 9th, 2009, 1:55 pm
BeeJay says:
I agree with callie to a certain extint. Violent henious crimes happen for a reason. So that reason has to be researched. Why can you be charged with the actual crime if you didn’t pull the trigger? Hand of one hand of all, thats how and its a . I agree Texas takes things beyond the extreme - for instance you don’t send a mentally ill 15 to prison for the rest of his life because he made a mistake. You give young people a chance to correct thier mistakes. How is it a 31 year old man can rape a two year old until she’s four and only gets 3 years but a rapist of an adult woman who can fight back you’ll give out a life sentence for. If anyone ever touches my children the police won’t be called but you might read about it in the paper. Theres no stability in Texas. They look for convictions and not the truth.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 1:23 pm
callie says:
I think its terrible what happen to Heather! I think that the state of Tx has THE WORST laws in the country!!!!! Randy Woods was a part of what happen. Who freakin cares what type of person Heather was or wasnt, I DONT think that a person should be convicted of a crime if he didnt actually have a physical part in the crime itself!!! If ya didnt pull the trigger, ya dont deserve to go down!! If you were only driving the get away car, you wernt part of the robbery! Not to say that these people dont deserve some form of punishment!!! But not to the extent that Texas takes it!!

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