Senate approves minute of silence bill in Texas
The Texas Senate passed SB 83 by a 27 to 4 vote requiring public school students to observe a minute of silence after pledges. Debates centered on whether the measure mandates prayer, with amendments failing including striking the word pray and a two year review.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Senate
Texas
U.S
Senate
Juan Hinojosa
McAllen
Jeff Wentworth
San Antonio
Wentworth
United States
Gonzalo Barrientos
Mario Gallegos
Houston
Craig Estes
Wichita Falls
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Strayhorn
Iraq
Valley Morning Star
Harlingen
KBGT
Juan G. Garza Jr
San Benito
Temperance
Mich
Garza
Michigan
Camp Pendleton
California
Victor Garza
Washington, D.C
Baghdad
Associated Press Texas
Edwin Dorn
T.J. Costello
LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Dorn
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Ex FBI agent pleads guilty to lying during probe
Tonie Jones, 34, former San Antonio FBI agent, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to investigators about audiotaping between 2001 and FBI managers. He faces up to five years and a $250,000 fine. sentencing set for June 19.
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FBI
Tonie Jones
U.S. District Court
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Justice Department
Attorneys file ephedra lawsuits in Houston area
Houston lawyers file 15 suits charging ephedra linked injuries and deaths against Twin Laboratories Metabolife Herbalife Cytodyne and others. Plaintiffs include athletes like John Bernard Smith who suffered a 2001 heart attack and later linked illness to ephedra usage. Corporate responses claim product safety when used as directed.
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Houston
University of Houston
John Bernard Smith
Smith
University of Texas
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Baltimore Orioles
Steve Bechler
Florida
Bechler
Twin Laboratories Inc
Georgia
Texas
Montgomery
Tarrant
Dallas
van Zandt
Hidalgo
Jefferson
Palo Pinto
Titus
Bernatillo County
N.M
Los Angeles
Hauppage
N.Y
Robert Herrmann
Michael Elis
Herrmann
Tommy Fibich
Ellis
Grand Jury to Probe Houston Police Lab DNA Scrutiny
Harris County Judges plan a grand jury inquiry next month to determine if criminal charges should be filed over the Houston Police Department crime lab DNA section. DA Rosenthal confirmed an investigation is underway, with a possible extension beyond May, as workers allege pressure to back police reports.
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Houston
Harris County
Houston Police Department
Associated Press
Chuck Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Dallas Trinity River on endangered list amid floodway plan
American Rivers ranks the Trinity River tenth and the Rio Grande fifth on its annual 10 most endangered waterways list. The group cites Dallas plans to extend a floodway, build levees, wetlands, a downtown lake, parks, trails, and land acquisitions as a threatened transformation. Riverfront plans draw criticism for risking a pristine urban oasis.
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Brownsville
Texas
American Rivers
Rio Grande
Trinity
Oregon
Colorado
Trinity River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rebecca Vedder
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Little Rock, Ark
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