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“I was trying to come up something that didn't use 'bone' because that's something you see all over the place with trombone groups”

When Steve Wiest was trying to name a new trombone group at the University of North Texas, he really, really wanted to avoid the typical cliches. via Denton Record-Chronicle

A tragic accident on LBJ freeway last week cost a huge family of refugees their sole breadwinner. via WFAA

“We have software that we're about to install to process the new bills and we should have it in place by May 1, which we understand is the day the new bills will truly hit the market.”

School officials in Houston, as elsewhere in Texas, take the TAKS basic-skills test very, very seriously. via Houston Press

“It's difficult to say how well he will do and how long it will take him to recover and how well he will recover”

Fantasia Barrino is festival grand marshal An "American Idol" will serve as grand marshal of this year's Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. via Knoxville News Sentinel

The Lufkin City Council will consider an addition to the red light camera ordinance tonight. via The Lufkin Daily News

The origin of the names of some Texas cities is rather easy to determine. For example, Houston honors Texas war hero Sam Houston, while Austin is named for Stephen F. Austin, who brought the first Anglo ... via Corsicana Daily Sun

The largest Texas Child Protective Services action in state history is bringing with it problems regarding housing the more then 4 hundred children removed from the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado. via KKSA-AM San Angelo

“This type of mobilization is unprecedented, there's no doubt about it”

Texas Rangers met Saturday in Arizona with the man accused of abusing the 16-year-old girl whose call for help triggered a massive raid on the West Texas compound of a secretive polygamous sect. via KHOU-TV Houston

“He picked the ones that would be the most obedient, the ones that would be qualified to go to Zion.”

All their lives, the girls in the polygamist sect in the West Texas desert were told that the outside world was hostile and immoral, and that venturing beyond the brilliant white limestone walls of their ... via The New Braunfels Herald

A bank robbery suspect is dead and a police officer is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg after an attempted holdup at a Wells Fargo Bank in the South Texas town of Alice. via The Brownsville Herald

Houston Business Journal - by Greg Barr Geoffrey Greenwade, a veteran Texas banker, has been named president and chief executive officer of Green Bank. via Bizjournals

“Israel Wants Peace"; "Peace is Possible"; "Teach Peace & Love"; "Z-i-o-n-i-s-m Spells Democracy"; "Texas & Israel, Lone Star States"; and "Coexist”

Posted on 04/05/2008 8:44:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks On March 26, 18 concerned Houstonians ensured that afternoon commuters on U.S. Highway 59 North were not bombarded with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish ... via Free Republic

Cory Walters has filed suit against Wells Fargo in a San Antonio federal court alleging it violated the Federal Securities Act and Texas Business Commerce Code when it gave him financial direction. via Kerrville Daily Times

WCN Correspondent May 30, 2007 LA VERNIA - The vote canvass to officially conclude an election is normally a perfunctory item on the agenda. via The Wilson County News

“They're walking right past me”

By SCOTT FARWELL / The Dallas Morning News sfarwell@dallasnews.com A hedge row once divided a Dallas neighborhood, blacks from whites. via The Dallas Morning News

“Selling Texas -- One Region At A Time.”

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage will have a free VA home-buying seminar to educate active- duty military personnel and veterans on using their VA benefit to buy a home. via El Paso Times

Hospital officials say Tejano music star Emilio Navaira, who was severely injured after his tour bus crashed, is slowly regaining consciousness. via Valley Morning Star

Grammy-winning singer Emilio Navaira underwent more brain surgery as doctors try to save the life of the Tejano entertainer severely injured in the crash of his tour bus Easter morning, doctors said Wednesday. via The Brownsville Herald

The article in the March 17 Victoria Advocate about the Trans-Texas Corridor brought up two issues I would like discussed a little further. via Victoria Advocate

United Way of Denton County is working with several local entities to increase awareness and provide free tax preparation to county residents earning less than $40,000 per year. via Denton Record-Chronicle