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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FEMA, Fertilizer, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Geological Survey
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Bob Perry dies at 80; Houston real estate magnate who supported GOP candidates
Bob Perry, a Houston real estate magnate who shunned the limelight while generously bankrolling Republican Party candidates and becoming a force in a new era of lavish spending in American politics, has died. He was 80. Perry died in his sleep...
Tags: Regional Authority, George W. Bush, Sheldon Adelson, Politics, Elections
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Mayor of West, Texas: The face of a ravaged town
WEST, Texas — The two-tone brown Ford F-150 careens into the downtown parking space and out jumps Tommy Muska, a mayor on the move. Wearing a baseball cap, green long-sleeved shirt and bluejeans, his face ruddy from a life under the central Texas...
Tags: Payne Stewart, FEMA, Services and Shopping, Broken Leg, Chemical Industry
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Jimmy Carter, Ehud Olmert, Arts and Culture, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Texas Gov. Perry to hold briefing on slayings, speak at memorial
KAUFMAN, Texas — This North Texas community about 35 miles east of Dallas prepared early Thursday to mourn the sudden loss of Dist. Atty. Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. McLelland, 63, and his wife, 65, were gunned down at their home in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fox News Channel (tv network), Justice System, Regional Authority, Murder
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Employers wait longer to hire, waiting for perfect candidate
Despite an improving economy, employers are waiting longer to fill job openings in their companies even when they receive many applications to a vacancy. Employers now take an average of 23 business days to hire someone for a position, more than a...
Tags: Employment, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, University of Chicago, Labor Markets
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Rick Perry on Texas prosecutor slayings: 'We cannot react in fear'
KAUFMAN, Texas -- The state's governor denounced what he called "attacks on the rule of law," and vowed justice. Kaufman County's new district attorney mourned her fatherlike predecessor, fatally shot along with his wife in their home two months after...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fox News Channel (tv network), Justice System, Regional Authority, Murder
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Protesters march to urge Texas Gov. Rick Perry to expand Medicaid
Several hundred protesters marched in Austin on Tuesday to protest Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hard stance against expanding Medicaid coverage in the state. Perry has dismissed calls to follow two tenets of the federal Affordable Care Act: expand Medicaid,...
Tags: Personal Income, Rick Scott, Regional Authority, Politics, Medicaid
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Machinery orders jump as U.S. businesses show confidence
In another sign of a recovering economy, U.S. orders for machinery and factory goods jumped in January as businesses invested for future growth. The Commerce Department said U.S. companies upped their orders for such goods by 7.2% in January from the...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Business
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Fed says economy growing modestly in the West and much of nation
WASHINGTON -- The economy grew modestly in California and the West this year, helped by increasing auto sales and a strengthening housing market, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its periodic business survey. Modest growth was reported in an...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Labor Markets, Federal Reserve, Real Estate
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Marco Rubio, Rand Paul go head-to-head at CPAC conference
FORT WASHINGTON, MD -- High-profile speeches by a pair of Republican presidential possibilities suggested that noneconomic issues are likely to emerge as 2014 and 2016 campaign themes as the economy continues to recover. Beyond pocketbook concerns,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bobby Jindal, Ron Paul, Interior Policy, Conservative Political Action Conference
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Motor City blues
Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, took the unprecedented step last week of announcing that he considers Detroit's elected leaders incapable of fixing the city's fiscal problems, and so he will appoint an emergency financial manager with...
Tags: The Detroit News, Racism, Collective Contract, Finance, Career and Workplace
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