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Financial terms of the deal were not released, but Eagle Merchant said it raised from outside investors to complete the acquisition.

Rick Perry's visit to New York lasted only three days, but he sure did make some Texas-sized noise.

In many parts of the country, potential buyers can still find a good price on a distressed home.

If you live here, generally, you'll die from what most of your fellow countrymen and women die from: cancer, heart disease, or lung disease.

Now that's a snack! Teenager who can eat TEN cheeseburgers in two minutes and 50 Weet-Bix in one sitting is hungry to be world champion A teenager who holds a world record for eating 10 cheeseburgers in under two minutes and trains for his sport by eating 50 Weet-Bix in one sitting is on a mission to be the best competitive eater on the planet.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry was in New York today to make his pitch to business leaders he hopes to lure to the Lone Star State, and took the opportunity to reissue his debate challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo-who today declined the request.

Nasa is asking people around the world to take a picture and post it to Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Facebook or Flickr with the hashtag #globalselfie.

Benefiting from the booming Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin, Texas likely will best the oil output of every OPEC country but Saudi Arabia by year-end, says a top exploration official at ConocoPhillips , a key acreage holder in both of those oil-and-gas formations.

Appearing Tuesday morning on Fred Dicker's radio program, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he'd be up for a debate with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the best way to foster a state business climate.

Houston, Texas is one of the country's few major cities that doesn't have a human rights ordinance, but that might soon change.

Since the reverse mortgage for purchase was approved by Texas voters in November and lenders began originating it earlier this year, the first lenders are reporting that they are beginning to close the newest reverse mortgage loan type available in the Lone Star State.

Lone Star College System was recently honored by the Center for Digital Education for its innovative uses of technology to achieve first-rate student learning environments.

Compared to leaving college, graduates are mentored and spend time prepping for the workplace during their last year of school.

It's no secret that Texas' economy is booming - as it is No. 1 in terms of economic performance in the country - but it falls short in terms of its economic outlook.

Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against the Board of Directors of DFC Global Corp. relating to the proposed acquisition by Lone Star Funds .

Hailed as an economic champion during a Great Recession that knocked out cities and states across the country, Texas ranks No.

In the Washington Post last week E.J. Dionne penned an Op-Ed piece noting the 'changing' historical image of former President Lyndon Johnson and feted this development by labeling it as '...a thoroughly justified revival of Lyndon B. Johnson's standing.'

When you sit down to a medley of classic country, Lone Star beer and a plate of handcrafted pimento cheese, deviled eggs and buttermilk biscuits that make your mouth melt, you've found Punk's Simple Southern Food nestled on the edges of the family centric neighborhoods near Rice Village in Houston.

The Lone Star State has led a surprisingly progressive overhaul of its incarceration system.

Do you need more proof that life is good in San Antonio? Seattle-based online residential resource Zillow Inc. has compiled a list of the counties with the highest and lowest property taxes.