Odessa Officials Blast Vanity Fair Article Over Oil City Critique
Odessa officials and business leaders condemned a Vanity Fair piece by Gail Sheehy as biased against the city and its Huntsman Polymers plant. The Oct issue portrays Odessa as Midland’s hazardous backyard with high carcinogenic pollution claims, prompting reassurances from local leaders.
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Vanity Fair
Gov. Bush
Odessa
Huntsman Polymers
George W. Bush
Huntsman Polymers Corp
Gail Sheehy
Bush
Midland
New York
Huntsman Olefius
Vanity Fair Magazine
Mexican Cooking for Dummies offers Smoky Chicken Quesadillas
A recipe feature presents Smoky Chicken Quesadillas as part of a Mexican meal in Mexican Cooking for Dummies. Archaeologists in Roman London speculate that remains found may belong to a female gladiator.
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London
Texas sets final plan to plug idle wells by November
The Texas Railroad Commission approved a final plan requiring oil and gas operators to plug or restore wells inactive for three or more years by November 1. Extensions granted before then remain for one year, after which wells must be active or plugged. Operators needing extensions must prove no pollution threat and secure bonds or letters of credit equal to plugging costs.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Fair fries delight kids at Permian Basin Fair
Amanda Defrance eight and Jacob six sampled curly fries Tuesday at the Permian Basin Fair and Exposition. Their mother Debbie Defrance of Odessa said curly fries are the kids favorite fair fare. They praised the grease and salt saying they are better than Mom’s.
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John Finke
Texas
Amanda Defrance
Jacob
Permian Basin Fair and Exposition
Amanda
Debbie Defrance
Odessa
Rain showers scatter across Texas breaking drought
The north central Texas drought stretched to 74 days while surrounding counties received up to six inches of rain. Odessa saw light showers as a cold front moved through the Permian Basin but Odessa Midland reported no measurable rainfall. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport logged no rain as wind gusts biased gauges. reports in Dallas Ellis and Hill counties noted up to two inches leading to street flooding.
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Fort Worth
North
Texas
Odessa
Permian
Midland
National Weather Service
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Dallas
Ellis
Hill
House votes on repealing federal charter of Boy Scouts
Washington AP report says a small group of House lawmakers moved to repeal the Boy Scouts federal charter over the group's stance on gays. Rep Lynn Woolsey, a Girl Scout and mother of a Scout, led the measure amid opposition from the Scouts and Republicans.
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Boy Scouts
Lynn Woolsey
D-Calif
J.C. Watts
Oklahoma
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