Giraffe project spurs interest at Midland traveling zoo visit
Fourth grader Tasha Cauler described a zoo trip that sparked curiosity about giraffes and their skin color variation. Her yearlong school project includes maps, skin color photos, and a paper cardboard giraffe sculpture. The school hosts an invention convention and a Civil War reenactment on Friday.
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Tasha Cauler
Midland
Lisa Cauler
Tasha
PTA
Nimitz
Baker
Gale Pond Alamo
Seminole culture and native education push boosts scores
Byrd-Gaffney leads Seminole education reform in Florida with 2400 tribal members and five reservations. Reading writing and math scores rise 21 percent while dropout rates drop 18 percent. Seminole culture classes teach tribal history and crafts to merge indigenous and mainstream curricula.
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Oklahoma
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Conservative Christian group dominates Texas GOP delegation
Texas Republicans named a national delegation heavily tied to Christian Coalition and Eagle Forum affiliates, with leaders like Dick Weinhold Cathie Adams and Susan Weddington. The selection reflects strong conservative religious influence ahead of the Philadelphia convention, drawing debate over inclusion of Log Cabin Republicans and the party’s outreach to liberal-minded voters.
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Circuit Court of Delegates
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Fort Worth
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Dripping Springs
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Log Cabin Republicans
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Party
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San Antonio
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Garland
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Plano
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Dallas
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Henry Bonilla
Denise McNamara
Clinton
Paula Jones
Paul Brace
Clarence L. Carter
Rice University
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Gifted Child Revealed as Royal Heir in Enchanted Tale
In a palace tale, Rhiannon recognizes a brocaded cloth as hers and learns the golden haired infant in her life is her grandson. Terragon and his wife explain a demon, a laboring mare, and a blue fairy claim the child as Pwyll’s son. The king weeps, forgiving and uniting realms of fairy and human in peaceful happiness.
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Terragon
Pwyll
Teiragon
Palace of Pwyll
Study Shows Drinking Levels Vary by Age Group
A study of more than 7,000 students reveals 42 percent of drinkers consume at least five drinks per occasion. Among those 21 or older in the past month, 74 percent drank, but only 27 percent reached five drinks. The Centers for Alcohol Prevention note differences across ages and campuses nationwide.
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Dallas officers target red light violators at 50 intersections
Dallas police use 2 million federal funds to pay 18 officers overtime at the 50 worst intersections. Since May they have issued over 7,500 citations to red light runners, with 73 traffic fatalities in Dallas this year.
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Dallas Police Department
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Dallas Morning News
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D -Fort Worth
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Intel pilots home buying aid for Santa Clara teachers
Intel and Santa Clara Unified launch a mortgage assistance program to help teachers in the costly Bay Area market. A $1.25 million housing fund will provide $500 monthly support toward home value changes, enabling a teacher earning about 74,000 dollars to qualify for a 338,000 dollar mortgage.
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Intel Corp
Santa Clara Unified
San Francisco
Silicon Valley
Paul Perotti
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara
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Orleck Destroyer Returns Home After Turkish Service
The WWII destroyer USS Orleck departs Turkey after 55 days at sea and heads for Orange, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel, laid down in 1944 by Consolidated Steel in Orange and launched in 1945, will anchor a memorial complex with a museum, boating facilities, river trips, and swamp tours once it arrives in early August.
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Heritage Up
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The
Orange Leader
Consolidated Steel Corp
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