Man Holds Truck Driver Hostage In Three-County Chase
A man abducted a truck driver and led a more than three hour pursuit across Dallas County Collin County and Tarrant County with DPS troopers and Dallas SWAT joining. The siege ended when troopers fired at the engine block and tires. the semi halted near Fort Worth and traffic on I 20 was shut down. The hostage woman remained inside the cab as the suspect criticized perceived racial injustice in a telecast interview with WFAA.
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Interstate 20
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Dallas
WFAA
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Collin County
Car bombs kill over sixty in Baghdad and Kirkuk
Bombs tore through Baghdad and Kirkuk, killing more than 60 people and wounding over 200. Attacks targeted Sadr City and a Kirkuk courthouse as U.S. and Iraqi forces pressed a crackdown on the Mahdi Army. An American soldier died in Anbar, the surge in sectarian violence prompting talks in Washington between Maliki and Bush.
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Muqtada al-Sadr
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Samarra
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Shula
Sadr City
Shura
Indiana sniper targets pickups in Seymour and beyond
A sniper on a busy highway in Seymour Indiana killed one person and wounded another in two pickup trucks early Sunday. Police urged motorists to check for bullet holes in their vehicles. Hours later bullets hit two more vehicles on a nearby four lane highway about 100 miles away with no confirmed link. One shot killed a passenger in an Interstate 65 northbound pickup. A second bullet grazed another passenger’s head in a separate nearby truck.
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Seymour
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Interstate 65
Bassist Arrest for Los Lonely Boys Deemed Misunderstanding
In Austin police arrested Joey JoJo Sacarais Garza 26 bassist for Los Lonely Boys on assault and marijuana charges. Band publicist stated the incident was a misunderstanding caused by loudness. Garza released on bond and fiancé Carina Lyn apologized noting their plans to marry.
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Los Lonely Boys
Joey “JoJo” Sacarais Garza
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Travis County
Carina Lyn
JoJo
Syria pressed to end violence amid Hezbollah rockets
Sidon, Lebanon. Mideast diplomats urged Syria to stop backing Hezbollah as guerrillas fired more deadly rockets on Israel’s third-largest city. Israel battled tougher ground fighting, bombarding southern Lebanon and hitting a refugee convoy. Israel urged an international border force, preferably NATO, after driving back Hezbollah. Troops described militants as smart, well organized, and ruthless, willing to die.
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Lebanon
Mideast
Syria
Hezbollah
Israel
NATO
Postal talks loom over Mont Belvieu ZIP code split
Officials from Harris Liberty and Chambers counties met with USPS Houston district to address overlapping ZIP codes. Proposals include adding Cove and Old River Winfree to 77520 and 77530, and converting 77580 to a home delivery code with a new Mont Belvieu post office. August meeting to discuss funding follows.
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Harris
Liberty
Beach City
Rita Standridge
Cove
Lee Wiley
Mont Belvieu
Nick Dixon
Bryan Easum
Old River-Winfree
Joe Landry
John Koonce
West Chambers County
Ron Paul
Chambers County
Postal Service
Baytown
Dayton
Morello
Old River- Winfree
Datyon
Tom Lizardo
Paul
Persiani
Jeff Deist
Police arrest man for driving with no license or insurance
Baytown police stopped a driver on the feeder road of I 10 at Garth Road for speeding and found no license or insurance. An extermination business on North Main Street was burglarized Friday night with about $35 in change stolen. A car on Morrell Avenue was shot at five times with a BB gun, shattering two windows. Between 6 am Saturday and 6 am Sunday, Baytown police logged 159 calls including 11 burglaries 8 criminal mischief 17 disturbances and several other incidents. Crime Stoppers offers cash tips at 281 427 TIPS.
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Morrell Avenue
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