Debate Over Horse Meat Slaughter In US Congress
Washington reports a battle over a federal bill to ban slaughter of horses for human consumption. Texas plants challenge state law while others seek a nationwide ban to curb exports. Key lawmakers and groups clash over interstate commerce and humane concerns.
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Washington
Congress
Illinois
U.S. House
Bill
Senate
House
Bob Goodlatte
Virginia
Charlie Stenholm
Stenholm
Eunaigler
United States
Agriculture Department
Fort Worth
Italy
Holland
Mexico
Japan
Animal Welfare Institute
John Cornyn
The
Humane Society of the United
U.S
North Texan Missing in Big Bend National Park
Park rangers in Big Bend search for Peter Bastien of Dallas who has been missing from a backpacking area for over two weeks. A seven day effort using ground teams, helicopters, planes, horse units and dogs covered 5,600 acres with air crews extending to 330,000 acres, but no evidence found and searches scaled back after June 14. Bastien’s car was found in Mule Ears on the park’s West Side. authorities warn dehydration and extreme heat pose dangers in the region. Bastien previously worked at Lincoln Laboratory in Massachusetts.
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Big Bend National Park
North Texas
Peter Bastien
Dallas
Texas
Bastien
David Elkowitz
Dallas Morning News
Park Rangers
Big Bend
New York
Elkowitz
Sierra Club
Arthur Kuehne
Massachusetts’ Lincoln Laboratory
Identity theft hits Houston DA Rosenthal in fraud case
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal became a victim of identity theft when 30-year-old Sharon Durbin allegedly passed as Cathy Rosenthal and forged nearly two dozen checks totaling over 9000 dollars. Durbin, who has prior felony fraud history, was indicted for using a fake check. Durbin was arrested and later posted bail. Prosecutors note check fraud cases are common in the county.
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Harris County
Chuck Rosenthal
Rosenthal
The
Houston Chronicle
Beaumont
Sharon Durbin
Cathy Rosenthal
Durbin
Carol Davies
Wayne Hill
Gaylyn Cooper
Associated Press
John Boone
Judge tosses death sentence in Plainview murder case
A federal judge in Lubbock voided the death penalty for Joe Lee Guy in the 1993 Plainview slaying of Larry Howell. Guy remains convicted, but sentencing moves back to Hale County court. The ruling avoids Gov. Perry deciding clemency while the case prompts plea talks for life imprisonment.
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Plainview
Joe Lee Guy
U.S
Sam Cummings
Guy
State District Court
Hale County
Rick Perry
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Perry
Kathy Walt
Attorney General’s
Cummings
Jerry Strickland
Larry Howell
Howell
Pat McLaughlin
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
McLaughlin
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