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Texas marriages in legal limbo due to 2005 error, Democrat says

The 2005 Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage included the language, "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

World Record Black Drum Caught Off Texas Coast

Bud Rowland entered the International Game Fish Association world record books in the fly rod line class category for landing a 59 pound 8 ounce Black Drum in South Bay, Port Isabel, Texas, on March 14, 2009.

Taking a Slow Ride in Texas

Saltwater kayak fishing trip report with Slow Ride Anglers out of Port Aransas, Texas.

Goldman Sachs: Record profits from 2009 not related to bailout, they're doing God's work

So, it's business as usual, then, regardless of whether it makes most people howl at the moon with rage? Goldman Sachs, this pillar of the free market, breeder of super-citizens, object of envy and awe will go on raking it in, getting richer than God? An impish grin spreads acr …

The Modest Superpower

Texas is the new retirement mecca -- latimes.com

Reporting from Galveston, Texas - After trying out Pasadena, Atlanta and Miami, Lilian Junco decided this was the place to retire.

Tracking the US Congress

We help you keep tabs on the U.S. Congress. This is the independent, nonpartisan website that started the "civic hacking" movement around the United States Congress.

"Police say guilt was written all over their faces"

When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller's description blocks away, they were stunned by the men's disguises.

Standardized tests are not the answer. I know, I graded them.

While accountability in education may be an important goal, it's critical to realize how difficult that might be to pin down.

Is hotel owner who told Hispanic workers not to speak Spanish and to anglicize names practicing 'racism'?

p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 12px;">Larry Whitten, a 63year-old Texan, has required that Hispanic employees at his Taos, New Mexico hotel to change their names to English sounding ones and not to …

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