Perry's approval sinks amid gossip and campaign worries
Texas voters fault Governor Perry with 40 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval amid rumors about his personal life, a campaign finance probe, and economic concerns. Analysts note GOP and independent declines, while Bush's rating stays weak. The poll, conducted Feb 12 to March 3 by Scripps, surveys 1000 adults with a 3 percent margin.
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Scripps Howard
Texas Po
Perry
Texas
George W. Bush
Anita
House
Tom Craddick
R-Midland
Bruce Buchanan
University of Texas At Austin
White House
Bush
Iraq
Allan Saxe
University of Texas At Arlington
John Kerry
Massachusetts
John Edwards
North Carolina
Edwards
Kerry
Scripps Research Center
Abilene
Education Commissioner seeks dialogue with Texas teachers
Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley addressed the Texas Classroom Teachers Association in Houston urging consensus building. She defended a board-approved rule allowing those with a bachelor's degree to teach 8th through 12th grade on temporary certificates, with a mandated inservice and mentoring plan to move to a permanent certificate.
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Houston
Shirley Neeley
Texas
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Neeley
Linda Hancock
Midland
TCTA
State Board of
Texas Education
Woman charged in connection with February abuse of daughter
Odessa police report a 20-year-old woman Courtney Dawn Hinkle was arrested on Friday in the Feb 18 biting and bruising of her 2 year old daughter. Hinkle and her boyfriend Cecil Derreck Clary Jr were charged after CPS alerted police. Clary already faces injury to a child and sex offender registration charges. The child spent three days hospitalized and was placed in CPS custody.
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Odessa
Courtney Dawn Hinkle
25Th St
Ector County
Hinkle
Cecil Derreck Clary Jr
Clary
Child Protective Services
25Th Street
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Sex Offender Database
Woman Arrested For Possession Of Heroin In Big Spring
A 29 year old Big Spring woman Melinda Boyd Baluch of 2504 Rebecca St was arrested on possession of heroin at 11 26 p m Thursday in the 2000 block of East Second Street on a 7500 bond. A separate report notes Civigenics 203 N Grant Ave received a box containing tobacco and rolling papers hidden in shoes mailed to an inmate on Feb 24.
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Big Spring
East Second Street
Melinda Boyd Baluch
Rebecca St
Ector County Detention Center
Civigenics
N. Grant Ave
Alamo film spurs new album by Asleep at the Wheel
Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel learned from Billy Bob Thornton that no Alamo movie soundtrack existed, so the Austin based band decided to create their own album inspired by the Battle of the Alamo and its history.
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San Antonio
Ray Benson
Asleep At the Wheel
Billy Bob Thornton
Benson
Austin
Six Mexican nationals plead guilty in Brewster County carjacking
Six Mexican nationals pleaded guilty to a Brewster County carjacking case. They admitted conspiracy to commit carjacking and firearm offenses tied to a 1984 Ford Crown Victoria theft. Defendants Varied ages from 21 to 27, all from Ciudad Muzquiz and Melchor Muzquiz, with sentencing ranges cited by US Attorney Johnny Sutton.
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Alpine
Brewster County
Johnny Sutton
Durwood Edwards
Cipriano Flores-Morales
Ciudad Muzquiz
Coahuila
Mexico
Ricardo Morales-Herrera
Manuel Antonio Torres- Hernandez
Jose Alejandro Delgado- Ruiz
Sergio Garza-Martinez
Melchor Muzquiz
Santos Baldemar Marines- Galvan
Flores-Morales
Sutton
Morales-Herrera
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Southern Methodist University
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David Cunnector
Pet
David Dunn
David Dun
Rane Cambs
Tim
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BRECK
Oreck
Creck Floor
Midkiff
Southwestern Bell
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Caenti
Ector County Clerk’s Office
Barbara Bedford
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Marin Stevens
Ida Haney
Idessa
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