Turnout to decide runoff in 19th District race
With 17 candidates narrowed to two in the 19th Congressional District, Neugebauer leads Conaway into a June 3 runoff. Early voting May 19–30, turnout uncertain as students leave town and past turnout patterns suggest about half of initial voters may return.
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Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Midland Republi
Mike Conaway
Rick Perry
Neugebauer
Gary Johnson
Cam
Midland
Odessa
Conaway
Midland County
Andrews County
Permian High School grad stars on ER as medical student
Sulekha Naidu, daughter of Dr J B Naidu and Sujani Naidu, a 1994 Permian alum, is back on ER playing a medical student. Her father J B Naidu recalls urging friends to tune in on the April 24 episode while praising his daughter's Hollywood exposure and support from her proud parents.
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Cindera Nealy
Odessa
Sulekha Naidu
Permian High School
J.B. Gis Naidu
Sujani Naidu
Sulekha
J.B. Naidu
Hollywood
Hunt for WMD in Kuwait faces translator and data gaps
U S weapons hunters in CAMP DOHA Kuwait report seven weeks of field work without translators and minimal contact with Iraqi scientists. Looted sites hinder identification of missing items as teams lack tagging and cataloging, delaying confirmation of chemical or biological weapons. Former U N inspectors join, Pentagon-led command shift expected to improve operations.
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Doha
Kuwait
U.S
Associated Press
U.N
Pentagon
Bush Administration
Iraq
White House
Jonathan Tucker
US. Institute For Peace
Michael Slifka
Texas Legislature Faces Sleepy Yet Tense Final Weeks
In Austin AP reports the Texas Legislature barrels toward a final three weeks with a $9.9 billion shortfall. House deadlines loom for school finance bills while House and Senate negotiators seek agreement on HB1 the state budget. The House pushes deeper cuts while the Senate seeks about $60 billion in state money. the House proposes $58.6 billion. See LEGISLATURE on Page 2A.
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Austin
Capitol
Republican Congress
House
Senate
Fourth convicted rapist given extra year in jail
The court sentenced a fourth convicted rapist to an additional year in prison. The ruling doubles the time served in the case, extending the defendant’s incarceration and prompting reaction from prosecutors and defense counsel.
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Conaway, Neugebauer
U.S. Congress
Lubbock and
Ector County
GOP
Dan Isett
Paign
Isett
Carl Isett
Ector
Lecefon
Texas
Anse
Phil King
Weatherford
House of Representatives
Andrews Middle School
CBS