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- First Hearing For Accused Fort Hood Gunman Is Saturday
The first hearing for accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be held Saturday in a hospital room.
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- Slain Teen Was Beaten Then Strangled
A 16-year-old Killeen boy whose body was found dead eight days after he disappeared from his family’s home was beaten and then strangled with a rope, according to documents released Friday that detail what police say happened.
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- Fallen Central Texas Marine Laid To Rest Friday
A 22-year-old Marine lance corporal who died in action in Afghanistan was laid to rest Friday in the small Central Texas town where he grew up and where he’s remembered as a jokester who loved the outdoors.
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- Four Victims Of Fort Hood Rampage Still Hospitalized
Four victims of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting rampage remained in hospitals Friday, but all were in either stable or fair condition, the post said Friday.
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- UPDATE: Texas Man Dies In Crash Of Miley Cyrus’ Tour Bus
A Texas man who was driving one of Miley Cyrus’ tour buses died Friday when the bus overturned on an interstate highway in Virginia.
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- Three Die Friday In Crash On Rain-Slick Texas Highway
Three people died Friday in a head-on collision on a rain-slick Texas highway.,
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- Police Make Second Arrest In Shooting Of Local College Student
A second arrest has been made in the robbery and shooting that left a local junior college student injured.
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- Missing Girl Who Police Thought Was In Waco Found Closer To Home
A missing Grand Prairie teenager who police thought was in Waco has turned up a little closer to home.
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- Texas Supreme Court Favors Waco In Suit Over Deadly Cameron Park Fall
The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City of Waco Friday in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Baylor student who fell to his death in 2004 from a cliff in Cameron Park.
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- Oprah Holds Back Tears As She Announces Her Show Will End
Oprah Winfrey was holding back tears Friday as she told her viewers that her powerhouse show will end its run after 25 seasons on the air.
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- Shot Fired During Waco Robbery; Gunman Still At Large Friday
Police were looking Friday for a man who walked into a Waco convenience store and fired a shot into the floor before demanding money from the clerk.
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- Man Shot By Texas School District Police Officer Dies
A man shot by a Texas school district police officer during an altercation Friday near an alternative school campus has died, school officials say.
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- Central Texas Man Arrested After Mother Threatened With Knife
The 22-year-old son of a Central Texas woman who was threatened with a knife during a disturbance was in the Coryell County Jail Friday.
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- Unoccupied Rural Falls County House Destroyed By Friday Morning Fire
Firefighters were called early Friday morning to a rural address in Falls County where an abandoned house was destroyed by fire
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- Bacteria Found In Popular Nasal Spray; Recall Issued
More than 100,000 bottles of a popular nasal spray are being recalled after routine testing discovered bacteria in some samples.
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- Fire Causes Anxious Moments At Temple Assisted Living Facility
A fire that broke out in a laundry room caused a few anxious moments at an assisted living facility in Temple.
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- Fire Knocks Landmark Texas TV Station Off The Air
An electrical fire knocked the state’s longest-serving TV station off the air and did more than $400,000 in damage.
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- Central Texas Man Who Complained Of Prowler Is Later Found Dead
A Central Texas man who called 911 earlier this month to report that there was a prowler on his property and that he had been shot in the leg was found shot to death after sheriff’s deputies returned to his rural home to follow up on the original complaint.
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- Infant’s Mummified Body Found Under Sink In Texas Apartment
Police have discovered the mummified body of an infant under a bathroom sink in a Houston apartment.
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- Local Jobless Rates Dropped Slightly In October
Metropolitan unemployment rates dropped slightly last month in Central Texas, even as the statewide rate increased by a tenth of a percent.
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- Perry Denies Clemency; Texas Death Row Inmate Executed
Gov. Rick Perry rejected a recommendation that he commute the sentence of a Texas death row inmate convicted in a deadly convenience store holdup and the execution was carried out just after 6 p.m. Thursday in Huntsville.
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- Fort Hood Soldiers Part Of Military Experiment Aimed At Predicting PTSD
A military experiment of which Fort Hood soldiers are a part is aimed at trying to predict who’s most at risk for PTSD.
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- Army Specialist From Texas Dies In Afghanistan
A roadside bomb has claimed the life of a 26-year-old Army specialist from Texas.
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- TxDOT Approves I-35 Expansion Projects In Bell, McLennan, Hill Counties
The Texas Department of Transportation voted Thursday to improve $2 billion in highway projects funded by bonds authorized by a 2007constitutional amendment, including the expansion of Interstate 35 in Bell, McLennan and Hill Counties.
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- Waco School Locked Down After Man With Gun Spotted Nearby
A Waco elementary school was locked down briefly Thursday after a teacher spotted a man with a gun nearby.
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- Waco School Bus Accident Sends 19 Students To The Hospital
A collision Thursday morning between a Waco ISD bus and an SUV sent 19 students area hospitals.
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- Police Officer Hit By Car, Taken To Hospital
A Killeen police officer was hit by a car while working an accident Wednesday night.
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- New Business, Same Address, Old Problems
An East Waco business owner tries to build business on site of murder, but faces his own problems.
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- Central Texas Daycare Owner Acquitted Of Injury To A Child Charges
The owner of a Central Texas daycare has been acquitted of injury to a child charges stemming from an incident in April 2008 that left an infant seriously injured.
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- Texas Man Awakes From Coma, Discover’s He’s A Crime Victim
A Texas man who spent two months in a coma awoke to discover that someone was using his stolen debit card.
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- Prosecutors: 15-Year-Old Girl Killed 9-Year-Old To See What It Felt Like
A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old girl to see what it felt like has been charged as an adult.
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- Texas Woman Arrested In Alleged Plot To Have Husband Killed
A Texas woman accused of offering to pay $20,000 for someone to kill her husband has been charged with solicitation of capital murder.
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- Texas Specialty License Plates On Sale Thursday
Want to customize your ride? An updated selection of personalized license plates is now available for purchase online.
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- Texas Man Dies In Gas Well Blowout
Authorities Thursday identified a Texas man who was killed in a natural gas well blowout.
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- Activists Protest Texas Coal Plant Construction
Activists rallied Thursday in Dallas to protest the construction of coal-fired power plants in Texas.
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- Seastrunk Up For Prestigious Award
Temple running back Lache Seastrunk is one of 16 players nominated for the 2010 U.S. Army Player of the Year Award.
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- Services Held For Another Soldier Killed At Fort Hood
Funeral services were held Thursday for another of the victims of the deadly Fort Hood shooting.
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- Gates Names Two Former Pentagon Officials To Review Fort Hood Shooting
Defense Secretary Robert Gates named two former top Pentagon officials Thursday to head a review of the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
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- Pilot Survives Crash Of Small Plane Thursday In Texas
A pilot survived the crash of a small plane early Thursday in Texas.
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- Swine Flu Vaccine Shipments Now Arriving Regularly, Health Officials Say
Small swine vaccine flu shipments are now arriving regularly and vaccinations are available to residents in priority groups, Waco-McLennan County health officials said Thursday.
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- Texas Man Rescued From Storm Drain
A Texas man called 911 after he somehow got trapped in a storm drain.
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- FAA Glitch Backs Up Flights Nationwide Thursday
A glitch in an FAA system backed up flights nationwide Thursday and American Airlines was among the carriers affected.
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- Two Die When Tour Bus Overturns
Two people are dead and 21 more are injured after a tour bus overturned on an interstate highway.
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- Gov. Perry Could Decide Condemned Killer's Fate
Robert Lee Thompson, 34, was not the triggerman but got the death penalty for a fatal shooting 13 years ago; the actual shooter was tried separately and got life in prison.
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- AP Source: Ex-Pentagon Official To Head Fort Hood Review
An announcement Thursday is expected to include plans to bring in a former senior defense official to head the wide-ranging probe.
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- Hearing Set Thursday on Fort Hood Shootings
Just two weeks to the day following the fatal shootings at Fort Hood, the first Capitol Hill hearing on the Fort Hood shootings was scheduled for Thursday morning.
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- Waco Man Indicted In Hit-And-Run Death Of Bicyclist
A 35-year-old Waco man who was arrested after a vehicle whose driver was fleeing police struck and killed a bicyclist was indicted Wednesday.
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- SUV Strikes Waco High Student At Busy Intersection
An SUV struck a Waco High School student Wednesday afternoon at of a busy intersection.
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- Convicted Texas Killer Changed Mind About Execution; State Didn’t
A convicted Texas killer who volunteered for execution and then changed his mind was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville.
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- Deputies Investigate Death Of Central Texas Infant
Deputies are investigating what they say is the suspicious death of a 13-month-old Central Texas infant who was found unresponsive in a rural home and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
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