UTPB Professor Digs Into Past Dinosaurs and Students’ Interest
Dr. Daniel Womachel, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin since 1984, has spent a decade engaging students with field work in the Southwest and fossil hunting in Africa. He describes his background, education, and teaching focus in paleontology and petroleum geology, and recalls collecting bones as a child.
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Texas lawmakers push audits of state investments
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock and House Speaker Pete Laney urged the state auditor to review investment practices at state funded schools and agencies. Odessa College trustees welcomed the move while lamenting the lack of prior scrutiny as the college confronts a financial crisis linked to high risk derivatives.
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Pete Laney
Lawrence F. Alwin
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West Texas towns adopt teen curfew laws
West Texas cities including McCamey Alpine and Big Spring have adopted teen curfews modeled on Dallas after a Supreme Court ruling. Pecos City Council will vote final Thursday. Officials say curfews aim to prevent crime. McCamey reports few violations since Jan. 10. Local sheriff notes small-town context.
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Dan Brown
Zain’s tainted lab work fuels review of Texas West Virginia cases
Police chemist Fred Zain, whose testimony helped convict multiple men, enters the Honda courthouse to surrender as his tainted work and shaky testimony prompt reviews of at least 171 criminal convictions in Texas and West Virginia. His case is set to begin in October.
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WV chemist Zain charged. hundreds convicts may be reviewed
Fred Zain a former West Virginia police chemist linked to many convictions faces charges of aggravated perversion tampering and fabrication tied to a 1990 rape case. He surrendered in Texas after resigning as chief of physical evidence and posting bond. Texas has freed two men convicted on his now-disproven blood tests. Trial set for Oct. 12.
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Nixon Resigns Twenty Years Ago in History Exhibit
An AP report recalls Richard Nixon’s 1974 resignation ending Watergate turmoil at the Nixon Library exhibit. It notes his helicopter departure, his alleged acceptance of responsibility, and his view of the affair as a tragedy of errors as the anniversary approaches.
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