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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2003
Page
2
Today partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs reach the mid 90s. Light winds. Sunrise 6 52 a m, sunset 7 51 p m. Low tide 12 54 a m, high tide 10 58 a m. Tomorrow partly cloudy with a 30 percent storm risk and highs in the mid 90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
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MoveOn.org reports more than 800000 raised within three days for Defend Democracy a nationwide ad blitz supporting Texas Democrats. Eleven of twelve Senate Democrats remain in Albuquerque New Mexico to thwart a quorum and block a redistricting vote while Texas officials consider next steps and a possible third special session.
Anna Russo, a Lake Highlands High sophomore in Richardson, Texas, joins classmates in pledging allegiance to the U.S. and Texas and observing a minute of silence daily as a new state law takes effect September 1. She calls the Texas pledge brief and meaningful in shaping civic duties.
A shrimp boat with eight crew members collided with a 324 foot Russian freighter about 56 miles southeast of Galveston. The Coast Guard rescued the four crew, pumped out flooding, and one member, Kim Dang, was hospitalized with a possible concussion before later being released. The other three were treated on scene. The sister ship towed the damaged boat to Galveston. Authorities are linking the incident to a Mexican human trafficking case explored by the Mexican attorney general's office.
A Houston CPS caseworker, employed three years, was fired for not reporting a tip about two year old Linda Gloria Padilla who was beaten and sexually assaulted by her father and later died after being removed from life support. CPS spokesperson Estella Olguin voiced shock at the decision.
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