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You Aren’t Here

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His Town

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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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Thursday, December 27th, 2012, 11:33 am
Ms Carol Elder says:
Dear Texanist, After reading your response to Mr. Brookshire’s question about Crazy Water I was persuaded to respond. Crazy Water has been continually bottled from wells right here in Mineral Wells since the 1880’s, and our company has been in operation bottling since 1904. We are a small company that has experienced significant growth over the past few years thanks to grass roots efforts. It may look from an outsider as if we have recently just started re-marketing our waters but we have MANY “ol’ timers” like Mr. Brookshire that have been drinking Crazy Water since their childhood and have made Crazy Water part of their healthful routine. Over the past few years many health seekers have once again been drawn to the simplicity of replenishing their bodies with the minerals like those found in Crazy Water. Because of FDA restrictions, we do not make health claims on the waters but have thousands of customers that have once again come to rely on the minerals and electrolytes they gain from Crazy Water. Mineral waters are like organic gardening for your body. No synthetic minerals, no additives, no minerals in isolation and no over processing or over engineering. Simple, natural and easy. Your response to Mr. Brookshire’s question of the Crazy Water being a key to health as being unfounded would be like saying that his body does not need essential minerals such as Magnesium or Calcium. In our modern ways of eating less fruits and vegetables and more processed foods and meats, Crazy Water is a very smart addition to ones diet. Crazy Water’s advocates have brought the waters back into their grocery stores across the state of Texas and last summer went into distribution in the Rocky Mountain States of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Kansas. For the past decade, we have experienced huge growth each year in the numbers of people who “take the waters”. WFAA Channel 8- Dallas health reporter Janet St James did a story on Crazy Water a few years back. You can see and hear for yourself what she discovered and people said about Crazy Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPs__1htJO0&list=FLcL8vh_-IJzFGeBMPLswFvw Some of the stories we hear do sound a bit “Crazy,” but is it because we think good health can’t be this easy? We are shifting our beliefs once again to the benefits of simple whole foods so why is it a stretch to believe that natural unadulterated mineral waters could not be a simple, easy, key to good health as well? I hope that you can reopen your investigation on Crazy Water and we can gain you as an advocate as well. Carol Elder Crazy Water Bottling Company Mineral Wells, Texas

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