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1 hr ago | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Parties waging internal fights before battling each other in 2010 elections

A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll asked members of both parties about purity: 51 percent of Republicans would rather see their GOP candidates agree with them on the major party issues than stand a chance of beating their Democratic opponent.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kay Granger, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Democrat, Texas Christian University, Rick Perry, US Governors

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Bill Whitaker: A mission for mammoths

When civic leaders and scholars gather to open the Waco Mammoth Site on Dec. 5, plenty of palaver will air about the paleontological wonders of the complex founded on the bones of two dozen or so Columbian mammoths, most victims of a sudden flood or mudslide 68,000 years ago.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, Waco Metro, Science, Paleontology, Mudflow, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Thu Nov 26, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Texas loses lucrative Pentagon contract

The Pentagon's decision to shift the production of Army trucks from Texas to Wisconsin after 17 years caught Texas' elected officials by surprise, raising questions about overconfidence, a loss of political clout and the impact of economic incentives provided the winning company by Wisconsin's Democratic governor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Democrat, Texas Government, Texas, John Cornyn

Waco Tribune-Herald

Central Texas GOP congressional candidate helped nab Carlos the Jackal

A newly publicized portion of former Central Intelligence Agency agent and Republican primary candidate Chuck Wilson's rsum reads like, well, a spy novel.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Waco, TX, Waco Metro, Terrorism

Wed Nov 25, 2009

About.com

December Marks Grand Opening of Waco Mammoth Site

Between 1978 and 1990, the fossil remains of 16 Columbian mammoths were discovered.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Baylor University

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Waco Mammoth Site just about ready for Dec. 5 opening

Thirty-one years after mammoth bones were discovered in a ravine near the Bosque River, members of the public will take the first tour of the site Dec.

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Related Topix: Waco, TX, Waco Metro, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Officials award almost $1.1 billion for I-35 expansion in Central Texas

State transportation officials approved spending more than half of $2 billion worth of voter-approved bond money to widen six stretches of Interstate 35 in Central Texas.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texas Government, Texas, Temple, TX, Hewitt, TX

Waco Tribune-Herald

House OKs staving off cuts to doctors; Waco's Chet Edwards votes no

The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Waco, TX, Waco Metro, Healthcare Law, Law

Waco Tribune-Herald

Bill Whitaker: Former county GOP chairman not finished with hardball politics

Local Republicans came to praise former GOP county chairman M.A. Taylor, not to bury him, during their Thanksgiving feed Thursday afternoon, but, as usual, Taylor had to play contrarian.

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Related Topix: US News, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, US Politics, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KWTX

TxDOT Approves I-35 Expansion Projects In Bell, McLennan, Hill Counties

The Texas Department of Transportation voted unanimously Thursday to approve about $2 billion in highway projects funded with proceeds from bonds authorized by Proposition 12, which the state's voters approved in 2007.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bell County, TX, North Loop, TX, Temple, TX, Killeen Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Gov. Perry authorizes group to assist in expediting veterans' benefit claims

The state's two Veterans Affairs regional-processing centers will get some extra help in expediting benefits claims to eliminate a backlog of applications.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Waco, TX, Waco Metro, CPU, Science / Technology

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Tea Party's unlikely target: Republicans

Canyon Clowdus thinks Americans "have less freedom and pay more taxes than ever." "We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington," the Marble Falls rancher and businessman declares.

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Related Topix: US News, Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, US Politics, Kevin Brady, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Democrat, Texas

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

1 GOP candidate goes against FairTax tide

While most of the candidates in a six-way Republican congressional primary back a proposal to scrap the Internal Revenue Service and create a national sales tax, Granbury restaurateur Eric Finley says the tax would make the prices on consumer goods and on his menus unappetizing.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, Granbury, TX, Restaurant Management, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Edwards and Cao, two representatives to cross party lines on health care vote, have Waco ties

Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, a Louisiana Republican who spent his undergraduate years at Baylor University, sit on different sides of the political aisle, sharing little beyond their Waco connection.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Waco, TX, Waco Metro, Louie Gohmert, Republican

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Perry, Hutchison to address same crowd this weekend

TFRW in Galveston Drudge loves him some Rick Perry Three Texas congressional races deemed possibly competitive Happy birthday to Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, Democrat, Rick Perry, US Governors

Theeagle.com

America's heroes

Langston Gardner, 11, of Bryan smiles as he dons a World War II-era combat helmet while riding in the Sunday parade celebrating Veterans Day in downtown Bryan.

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Related Topix: Bryan Metro, Bryan, TX, Life, Veteran Affairs, College Station, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Military, Fort Sill, US Army

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Bill Whitaker: Yes, the issues are big -- and more and more Americans are speaking up

Supporters of President Barack Obama being the friendly sorts they are, I wasn't surprised when one of them strolled across the parking lot to greet me, hand outstretched, during the local Organizing for America Wednesday evening bash marking the first anniversary of Obama's election.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Waco, TX, Waco Metro, Opinion

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Killeen Daily Herald

Central Texas observes Veterans Day

From staff reports Several local events and programs are planned across Central Texas today in observance of Veterans Day.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Carter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texas, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WJHG-TV Panama City

Fort Hood Memorial Service, NewsChannel 7 Live Streaming from Killeen, Texas

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are at Fort Hood where they'll attend a memorial service this afternoon for the 12 soldiers and one civilian who died in the shooting rampage Thursday at the post's Soldier Readiness Center.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, John Carter, US News, Al Green, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kay Granger, Michael Burgess, Democrat

Star-telegram.com

Needs of Fort Hood families, victims being aggressively tended to

By DARREN BARBEE One family needed new clothes for today's memorial service at Fort Hood.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

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