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Tesla CEO takes dealer fight to Texas, says he can sell more cars
In the latest chapter of an ongoing battle against traditional dealer networks, Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has taken his fight to Texas, telling lawmakers his company could sell as many as 2,000 cars next year if allowed to open its own...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Automotive Equipment, Consumers
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Chris Christie won't run but doesn't mind being asked
Top of the TicketChris Christie is asked three times if he'll run for president in one night at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.... -
Supreme Court votes for states' rights in Texas redistricting case
Opinion L.A.For those who follow political and legal controversies over the Voting Rights Act, there were a couple of eyebrow-raising features of the Supreme Court’s decision last week in a Texas case. The court rejected an interim redistricting plan... -
Texas sues for federal approval of voter ID law
Nation NowTexas voter-identification law: Texas is suing to allow enforcement of its voter identification law. Under the law, which was passed in Texas last year, voters must show government-issued photo identification in order to cast their ballots at a polling... -
McManus: A boomlet of Perrymania
For a man who hasn't formally decided whether to run for president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sure sounds a lot like a candidate.
"I'm not ready to tell you that I'm ready to announce that I'm in," Perry told the Des Moines Register, the biggest newspaper in...Tags: Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Science and Technology, Parties and Movements
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No DNA tests for Texas death row inmate, judge decides
Nation NowDeath row: Hank Skinner's attorneys had requested DNA testing of evidence untested before his trial in 1995, but a Texas judge said no; Skinner is now on death row.... -
Rick Perry grins, shrugs and swings away at Reagan Library GOP debate
Top of the TicketRepublican presidential candidates--8 of them--debate under the wings of Ronald Reagan's Air Force One, but it's mostly the Rick Perry Mitt Romney show.... -
Everyone into the pool: Rick Perry latest Republican to flirt with presidential campaign
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Friday said he's thinking more seriously about a presidential run, making him the latest in a growing roster of Republicans suddenly giving the 2012 campaign a look. Texas' longest-serving governor, Perry took office in 2000...Tags: Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Memorial Day, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement
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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It's a no-brainer. Violence against women, all women, is wrong. Only...
Tags: Civil Rights, Social Issues, Rick Perry, Sonia Sotomayor, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Authorities: Fight led to Texas college shooting
HOUSTON (AP) — A fight between two people led to a shooting at a Texas community college, where a maintenance man was caught in the crossfire and wounded, officials said. One of the people involved in the fight was a student, and both people...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Students, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings
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Gov. Perry talks economic development in Houston
KIAHWhen Governor Rick Perry was making out his calendar for the month, he probably thought he would be the Republican standing on the stage in Denver this week debating President Obama. But that would be a no. Instead, he came to Houston to talk economic...Tags: Rick Perry, Healthcare Policies, Government, Politics, Economic Policy
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Man Gets 99 Years For Sexually Abusing Sisters
Tim Curry Criminal Justice CenterA 65-year-old man who repeatedly sexually abused two sisters has been sentenced to 99 years in prison with no possibility for parole. Last week, jurors in state district Judge George Gallagher’s court convicted Charles Samuel Burgess II of one...Tags: Lawyers, Punishment, Prisons, Abusive Behavior, Judges
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