Tag: texas
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$2 million tex/mex surveillance system nets 500lbs of pot
from danger room: A new $2-million citizen surveillance system installed along the Tex-Mex border has yielded just one crime bust after about 6 weeks in operation – 3 suspects who were allegedly caught hauling 540 pounds of marijuana over the border after someone spotted them online, according to the Houston Chronicle. The expensive system of…
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former drug officer launches ‘kopbusters’ tv show
from raw story: Barry Cooper, a former Texas police officer with eight years of specialty in drug interdiction, first made waves when he released the film “Never Get Busted Again,” a how-to guide for evading police drug seizures. Austin, Texas-based Cooper’s latest project is not nearly so benign, and will likely generate for the former…
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the 45th anniversary of the assassination of jfk
thus was all hope lost, 45yrs ago todayfrom winter patriot: Forty-five years ago today, the world was changed by an audacious act of terrorism. Ensuing events have confirmed the suspicions that arose at the time: the changes that came in the wake of the terror have been forever, and not for better. Humanity’s last reasonable…
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northrop/fema to run ‘national level exercise’ in 2009
from washington technology: Northrop Grumman Corp. will conduct a national preparedness drill for the Federal Emergency Management Agency next year under a two-year, $12 million contract. Northrop Grumman will conduct and evaluate the 2009 Tier 1 National Level Exercise, which is the largest and most complex national disaster drill conducted by FEMA’s National Exercise Division.…
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cheney & gonzales indictment moves forward in south texas
from ap: A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse. Presiding Judge Manuel Banales (buh-NAHL’-ehs) said Wednesday he will allow them to waive arraignment or have attorneys present rather than appear in person Friday. Banales also said…
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jfk: students honored for bullet study & new exhibit
study of jfk assassination bullets honoredfrom upi: Three Texas A&M University faculty members were honored for a study challenging the lone-gunman theory in the assassination of U.S. President John Kennedy. Statistics Professors Cliff Spiegelman and Simon Seather along with research chemist William James analyzed the makeup of bullets that came from the same production batch…
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texas governor’s mansion fire probe stalled
firebombing leads to finger-pointing, but not at suspectfrom new york times: It has been nearly eight weeks since someone tossed a Molotov cocktail over the wall of the Governor’s Mansion here, and the Texas Rangers seem no closer to finding the culprit than they did on the day of the fire, which gutted the historic…
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nader says obama supporters are in ‘political slavery’
from raw story: During a Sunday press conference and campaign rally attended by RAW STORY, Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader claimed that liberals and Democrats who will vote for Sen. Barack Obama as the “least worst candidate” are actually trapped in “political slavery.” At the campaign stop in Austin, Texas, Nader spoke to an audience…
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beijing missiles, israeli aid, reconquista & ‘plan mercator’
beijing deploys missiles around the olympic stadiumfrom epoch times: The Opening of the Beijing Olympics will occur in about 40 days. The Chinese Communist regime has deployed surface-to-air missiles in Beijing City to prevent an airborne terrorist attack on the Olympics. According to a June 22 report from Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily, Beijing’s surface-to-air…
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forced dwi blood samples challenged in texas
from raw replay: North Texas law enforcement agencies will be cracking down on drunk driving over the July 4th weekend – including taking blood samples of suspected drunk drivers. But one man says how those samples are collected is sometimes illegal. Defense attorney Avery McDaniel said, “If an officer believes you are intoxicated they will…
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texas high court rules exorcism protected by law
from ft. worth star-telegram: A divided Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former Colleyville church Friday, saying church members who were involved in a traumatic exorcism that ultimately injured a young woman are protected by the First Amendment. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God staff’s…
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the strange case of the governor’s mansion fire
let’s start at the beginning, here’s the oldest report on google news from june 8… blaze destroys texas governor’s mansionfrom necn: Texas state officials say a four-alarm fire has caused “catastrophic” damage to the Texas Governor’s Mansion in Austin. Governor’s spokesman Robert Black says said no one was inside the 150-year-old home when the fire…
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ron paul to end campaign outside texas convention?
ron paul doesn’t concede, but intends to lead from latimes: The “Ron Paul Revolution” isn’t over until Ron Paul says it’s over. And he’s not done yet. Amid reports that Paul would formally end his presidential campaign, the iconoclastic Texas Republican congressman instead told supporters Thursday night that he intended to lead a “Campaign for…
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polygamist case cost texas $7m as kids go home
from orange punch: As AP reports, “More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their tearful parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified.” It’s one thing for Child Protective Services to remove…
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cops & customs agents caught smuggling drugs
from paul joseph watson: Following last September’s crash of a Gulfstream jet used by the CIA for torture flights that contained 4 tonnes of cocaine, more customs officials and cops have been caught in drug smuggling and drug dealing rackets. Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and officer John Ajello face narcotics, bribery and conspiracy charges after…