Feds urge safety changes at Citgo Corpus Christi refinery
Federal officials issued urgent safety recommendations after a July HF acid release at Citgo Corpus Christi injured a worker. Investigations continue into HF-related accidents in Illinois and Pennsylvania. About one third of US refineries use hydrofluoric acid. Citgo will cooperate with the board.
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Woman on death row loses appeal in starved boy case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upholds the conviction of Arlington woman Lisa Ann Coleman for starving 99 year old boy Davontae Williams to 35 pounds. Coleman beat bound neglected and starved the child in 2006 in Tarrant County. The boy’s mother Marcella Williams pleaded guilty to avoid a death sentence and serves a life term. Relatives found the stabbed body of 31 year old Kassandra Williams. Andra Rivers faces capital murder charges with bail set at 1 million.
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Lisa Ann Coleman
Tarrant County
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Andra Rivers
Rivers
Bexar County
Exoneree sues Innocence Project lawyer in Dallas suit
A DNA exoneree amended a September suit in Dallas to name Jeff Blackburn as a defendant in a dispute over a $1 million attorney’s fee. Steven Phillips, a former Innocence Project of Texas official, claims Blackburn steered cases to Lubbock attorney Kevin Glasheen, who lobbied for higher compensation for the wrongly convicted. Glasheen said he is not receiving payments from Blackburn.
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Jeff Blackburn
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Blackburn
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Texas
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Glasheen
Pope names new bishop for Brownsville
Pope Benedict XVI named Texas native Daniel Flores as the new bishop of Brownsville, succeeding 75 year old Bishop Raymundo Pena. Flores, 48, will lead a diocese of about 800000 Catholics, with Hispanics forming the vast majority. He began in Corpus Christi, studied in Rome, served as chancellor, taught in Houston, and became rector of the Corpus Christi Cathedral.
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Houston
Death penalty for guard killer in escape
Texas inmate Jerry Duane Martin, 39, was sentenced to death for killing corrections officer Susan Canfield during a September 2007 Wynne Unit escape. Canfield, 59, was struck by a stolen truck after Martin and fellow inmate John Ray Falk fled a work detail in Huntsville. The pair were captured within hours.
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Leon County
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Huntsville
Neighbor charged in 1992 killing SAN ANTONIO AP report
A neighbor of a woman found raped and slain in her San Antonio house has been charged in connection with the 1992 killing. Authorities say the suspect, identified as a neighbor, faces formal charges and is in custody as the investigation continues.
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