Congressional Hispanic Caucus backs Obama to win Latino vote
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus including Texas members shifted support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama vowing to help Democrats win the Latino vote. Obama met with the caucus in a cordial session and outlined a national Hispanic outreach plan. Ten Texas members attended alongside Rep. Charlie Gonzalez who had backed Obama from the start.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Texas
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Barack Obama
Obama
Texas Hispanic Caucus
Charlie Gonzalez
San Antonio
Clinton
Henry Cuellar
Gonzalez
Cuellar
Ruben Hinojosa
D-Mer
Cedes
Solomon Ortiz
D-Corpus Christi
Silvestre Reyes
D-El Paso
Bush
Iraq
NBC
Wall Street Journal
John McCain
Reyes
John Cornyn
Hessy Fernandez
Republican National Committee
Fernandez
McCain
Arizona
Senate
Hillary Clinton
Linda Sanchez
D-Calif
McAllen mother charged with murder in death of 2 year old
McAllen police say Maria Almaguer 30 arrested after autopsy showed Isaias Ismael Alvarez died from blunt force trauma She is to be arraigned on a capital murder charge and held at the McAllen jail. no lawyer information available. In Canyon Tex Randall statue may be moved as owner and chamber seek nonprofit save historic landmark. Fort Worth man Julius Ajah convicted of possession with intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine at DFW Airport. Houston approves five new light rail lines to add 30 miles of track by 2012 to ease congestion.
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Isaias Ismael Alvarez
Victor Rodriguez
Almaguer
Rodriguez
Canyon
Texas Panhandle
Tex Randall
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Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Cheryl Malcolm
Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
Julius Junior Ajah
Dallas-Fort Worth
U.S
Richard B. Roper
Texas
Ajah
Houston Chronicle
Inrix
Metro
Sandra Salazar
Metropolitan Transit Authority Metro
Frank Wilson
Officials name groups in terrorism financing case
About 250 Muslim individuals and groups including the Islamic Society of North America and the North American Islamic Trust were named in the Holy Land Foundation case. The trial against five former Holy Land officials ended in a mistrial last year and another trial is set for September. The U S Attorney declined comment while the ACLU criticized naming co conspirators to admit hearsay evidence.
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Islamic Society of North America
North American
Islamic Trust
Holy Land Foundation For Relief and Development
Holy Land
Hamas
U.S
Theft at All American Dodge on E Eighth St
A theft at All American Dodge at 2510 E Eighth St involved wheels and tires valued at $3,000. The incident occurred between 12:01 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Eighth St
Camp teaches kids outdoor science through archery and snakes
ECISD vocational facility programs bring eight year olds to a ranch for wildlife lessons taught by Pettigrew. Students meet bull, hog and king snakes, learn snake behavior, deer and hog tracks, and try archery while touring aquaculture and horticulture centers.
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4-H Association
Pettigrew
Connor McKeehan
Connor
ECISD
Voca
Sankofa Experience highlights Juneteenth in Dallas farm village
Act of Change, Inc. presents an annual two day Sankofa Experience on a Morney Berry Farm site near Dallas. On Juneteenth weekend the event re-creates an 18th century African village and slave ship raid to teach descendants about enslaved life through guided, two hour group reenactments ending in a return to the village. About 500 participants are expected this year, with scenes from village life to auction and plantation, then a simulated Underground Railroad escape to freedom.
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Esudele Fagbenro
Safisha Hill
Texas
Africa
Hill
Gordon Granger
Galveston
U.S
Sankofa
Fagbenro
Act of Change, Inc
Atlantic Ocean
Morney- Berry
Murdine Berry
Berry
James Morney
Catherine
Pecos man sentenced to 165 months in carjacking case
A 26 year old Pecos man Jimmy James Montour received 165 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a Midland County carjacking in December 2007. He and a juvenile accomplice forced a resident at South County Road Midland to drive to a remote location with a knife at the victim. The pair ordered the victim from the car and fled. Authorities from the FBI West Texas Major Offenders Task Force and Midland County Sheriff's Office investigated, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenn Roque Jackson handling the case.
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Pecos
Midland County
U.S
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Robert Jonell
Jimmy James Montour
Ments
Montour
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Sutton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Texas
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