Scouts approve accepting openly gay youths in Boy Scouts
In Texas the Boy Scouts of America voted to admit openly gay youths while maintaining a ban on gay adults as leaders. More than 60 percent of about 1400 National Council members backed the proposal at their annual meeting near Dallas. The change may affect donations and sponsor units but does not end the broader debate.
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Three transported after Thursday evening crash on I 20
Odessa Police responded to a one vehicle rollover on Interstate 20 near the Grandview exit Thursday evening. A Ford F 150 driven by 26 year old Andy Taylor rolled into the westbound lanes, injuring three occupants. One woman was in serious condition while another woman and a man were transported in fair condition. One female passenger Negan Goodwin, 24, was listed in good condition. the other female passenger, 31, remained unidentified and was in critical condition.
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Father sentenced to death for drowning two sons in creek
Naim Rasool Muhammad, 34, was condemned by a Dallas County jury after being found guilty of capital murder in the August 2011 drowning of his sons Naim, 5, and Elijah, 3. He had forced the mother Kametra Sampson and the boys into a car before driving to a Glenn Heights creek and ordering them to pretend they were swimming before he killed them.
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Texas House Debate Over Gun Measure Sparks Fallout
AUSTIN conservatives in the Texas House clash over a gun rights bill that would exempt lawmakers from handgun restrictions. The Senate added lawmakers to the exemption, provoking anger from GOP members as Rep. Jonathan Stickland denounced the self exemption amid chaotic floor shouting.
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Legislature approves sexual assault protections
In a unanimous Senate vote Gov. Perry weighs new protections for sexual assault victims. A bill gives victims the right to track evidence from rape kits, while another measure requires hospitals to assemble kits or transfer them. Memory of a survivor cited due to a hospital delay. Budget versions propose 11 million to clear a backlog of over 22,000 untested kits.
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