Gadzooks goes all girl with store makeover plan
Dallas area teen retailer Gadzooks will convert about 420 stores to all girls merchandise by weekend, shifting focus from boys and girls 14 to 18 to young women 16 to 22. The move follows market trends favoring female shoppers and expands lines to include career wear fragrances cosmetics watches and shoes. Local Frisco shoppers reacted mixed with some praising the appeal and others missing the prior mixed layout.
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Denton
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Bauer
Flores suspect to face separate trial in Muro shooting case
Flores underwent five surgeries on his left arm after a Jan. 26 shooting. He is jailed without bond in Gaines County and will be tried separately for killing Erica Marie Muro, who was four months pregnant. District Attorney weighs death penalty. Flores requested a capital-defense attorney. The incident began with a shots fired call at 301 SW 11th St as Hobbs, shot in the arm, was rescued during a 2.5 hour standoff.
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Erica Marie Muro
Ricky Smith
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Gaines County
Odessa Midland job losses lead to regional unemployment rise
In Odessa Midland total nonagricultural employment fell by 400 jobs in June, the second largest decrease of the year, mainly due to summer school closings. Government education and health services and trade, transportation and utilities shed 900 jobs, while natural resources and mining and construction each gained 100. Odessa unemployment reached 7.9 percent and Midland 5.1 percent for June. Across the 17 county Permian Basin the regional rate rose to 6.6 percent as 1,857 locals became unemployed, suggesting partial economic strengthening ahead of fall hiring.
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Permian’ Basin
Claudette speeds beach erosion at Surfside Beach
Longview doctor Ed Jacobson surveys the damaged lower level of his beach home after Hurricane Claudette swept away about 50 yards of beach. Officials say tides reached nine feet, eroding dunes and damaging access to homes in Surfside Beach Brazoria County. The General Land Office will assess total damage along the coast.
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Jim Suydam
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Brazoria County
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Red Cross Honors Leddon Pummill for Service and Donation
Brian Leddon and Pat Pummill were recognized by the Red Cross. Leddon, a CPR instructor, survived a heart attack after CPR was performed. Pummill donated to Red Cross during Operation Shoebox, a joint Red Cross Odessa American drive for soldiers overseas, and urged transparency after a tour. Northcutt praised Red Cross volunteers and their families for commitment.
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Pat Pummill
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Pummill
Red Cross
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Northcutt
Red Cross Southwest honors 26 county volunteers banquet
The American Red Cross of the Southwest recognized volunteers across 26 counties at a banquet. Clara Barton Award went to Donna Northcutt, Volunteer of the Year also Donna Northcutt, Youth Volunteer of the Year Gladys Ruiz, and multiple awards named for donors and programs honored individuals and organizations including Olive Garden, Cingular, Midland United Way, Snyder, and Ray LeBlanc among others.
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Gladys Ruiz
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Pat Pummill
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DAT
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