Beaming Katie Coy Gets Hank the Cowdog Signed at Texas Book Festival
At the Texas Book Festival Katie Coy and her father met author John R. Erickson who signed Hank the Cowdog books for them. Katie, age 12, said she has read more than 30 Hank the Cowdog titles while her brother Tyler eagerly claimed a signed copy. Children milled around in hats made of colored construction paper, collecting books from tents.
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Katie Coy
Texas
John R. Erickson
Katie
Tyler
Erickson
Coy
Hank the Cowbog
Judge orders woman to stop tapping funds
A Texas state district judge issued a temporary order demanding Tonya Young stop withdrawing money from a severance fund error that deposited more than 700000 dollars too much into her accounts Verizon Wireless confirmed the error and a 100014.49 dollar payout in the severance check was misformatted resulting in 1001449 dollar payment Young has spent about 130000 of the funds and prosecutors seek restitution while her attorney claims the severance agreement waived claims. Meanwhile a separate political scene unfolded as a large crowd gathered in Crawford to show support for President Bush during a picnic near Tonkawa Falls Park with banners and caravans, despite Putin not attending.
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Verizon Wireless
Tonya Young
Verizon Custom Service
Connie Jackson
Sherry Radack
Verizon
Young
Joe Redden
Jeff Goldberg
George
Bush
Crawford Ranch
Vladimir Putin
Shirley Westerfield
Crawford
Washington, D.C
Westerfield
Laura Bush
Tonkawa Falls Park
Putin
Texas
Brian Harris
Waco
Russia
Former Aramark worker sues over racial slurs in Houston
Cesar Estrada, 31, a former Aramark warehouse worker in Houston, sues the company for discrimination alleging a supervisor ignored four years of harassment. He says two co workers used slurs such as wetback and another mocked Mexicans, while the EEOC cites evidence of supervisor liability. Estrada, living in Laredo, was told two harassers were fired last February. company declined to comment.
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Associated Press
Aramark Corp
Cesar Estrada
Houston
Estrada
Jeffrey Davis
Aramark
Cesar
Davis
Laredo
Nine dead as Texas storms batter Central Texas
Rainstorms drenched Austin to San Antonio with over eight inches in spots, washing out roads and killing at least nine. Rescuers recovered Chan Do from Brushy Creek after his car was swept downstream, and bodies of Sharon Zambrzycki Jo Lee Jessee Linda Ruiz Joshua Poe Bertha Vargas Santos Perez Lasoya were found as crews searched flooded areas.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Brushy Creek
Chan Do
Sharon Zambrzycki
Zambrzycki
Jo Lee Jessee
Thorndale
Travis County
Linda Ruiz
Burnet County
Joshua Poe
Siloam Springs
Ark
Texas 71
Steven and
Barbara Poe
Brackenridge Hospital
Bertha Vargas
Amarillo
Santos Perez Lasoya
San
Deadly floods claim Texas lives across multiple counties
A severe flood toll rises with Bertha Vargas of Amarillo killed when a car left a state highway near Rocksprings. Santos Perez Lasoya of San Antonio drowns at a Blanco County crossing while attempting to cross flooded water. Four others die in Marble Falls, Austin, Geronimo, and Burnet and Williamson counties as 40 to 50 mile wide rain bands sweep the region. Rescue crews pull survivors from waterways including Brushy Creek and Guadalupe River as officials monitor the Guadalupe River crest near Gonzales.
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Bertha Vargas
Amarillo
Snent
Rocksprings
Edwards County
San Antonio
Vargas
Santos Perez Lasoya
Blancoounty
Jerry Shorten
Bertram
Marble Falls
J Nathan Leggett
Austin
Latoya Bibbs
Geronimo
Guadalupe County
Bibbs
Jo Lee Jessee
Thorndale
Brushy Creek
Hutto
Williamson County
Jessee
Earline Chau Do
Linda Ruiz
Joshua Poe
Siloam Springs
Ark
Texas 74
Burnet County
Gonzales
Guadalupe River
Airport workers fear federal takeover of screening
Sinang Nouth, screening bags at Bush Intercontinental for two years, faces potential job loss as new federal requirements mandate U S citizenship for checkpoint workers. The bill, approved by Congress on Friday and to be signed by President Bush, would place screening under federal control within a year, leaving thousands at risk while some seek other work or wait for government jobs.
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U.S
Noath
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Congress
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