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Did an Actual Fireball Shoot Through the Sky in Texas?

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:31:31 +0000

The folks in San Antonio, Texas got quite a treat earlier this month when an unexplained fireball, or rather something that looked like a fireball streaked across the midday sky.

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Police Shoot And Kill Texas 8th Grader [VIDEO]

1450 KMMS AM — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:08 +0000

After being called by a teacher, police showed up at the Brownsville Middle School to reports of a 15 year old with a gun. After refusing to drop the weapon, police opened fire. The boy later died from the gunshot wounds. The most shocking part is that the gun turned out to be a pellet gun and the police were unaware of this fact. See the news report inside.

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'Hairy Crazy Ants' Invade Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:06:33 +0000

If ants creep you out, this particular breed will truly give you nightmares.

Dubbed “hairy crazy ants,” they move at warp speed and little deters them. In fact, if one is killed, it releases a chemical cue for the others to attack the threat — making standard pesticides nearly useless.

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Texas Officials Call for Additional Help as Wildfires Spread [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:36:49 +0000

Forest service officials are calling on firefighters from outside agencies to help battle fast-moving wildfires in Texas. In the past week, the fires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes.

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Wildfires Burn More Than 1,000 Homes in Texas, California [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:20:52 +0000

Dozens of wildfires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Texas and California in the past week.

Fueled by drought conditions and wind gusts from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, the massive Bastrop County Complex fire east of Austin is the most destructive fire of the year, Texas Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd said. Despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters, the blaze has grown to 30,000 acres and is still uncontained.

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Texas Governor Rick Perry Will 'Make Clear' He's Running for President

Shauna Wright — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:07:14 +0000

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has yet to formally announce his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination, is certainly acting like he’s in the running. Two associates have said he will visit the early-voting states South Carolina and New Hampshire on Saturday.

Perry will give a speech in South Carolina “to make clear that he’s running for president” before then heading to a house party in New Hampshire at the home of state representative, Pamela Tucker, who has been encouraging Perry to run.

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Another Piece of the Space Shuttle Columbia Found in Texas

Shauna Wright — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:13:16 +0000

Authorities in the East Texas city of Nacogdoches have found an object about four feet in diameter that NASA believes to be a power and water tank from the space shuttle Columbia.

“It’s one of ours,” said NASA spokeswoman Lisa Malone. “We’re looking into whether we’ll send a team out or local authorities can.”

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Wildfires Burn in 12 States; 11,000 Evacuated

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:09:46 +0000

As the largest wildfire in Arizona state history continued to burn in the eastern central part of the state on Wednesday, firefighters in 11 other states were busy battling blazes.

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Texas To Raise Speed Limit To 85 MPH

1450 KMMS AM — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:09:12 +0000

Texas has outdone us passed a bill in the House to increase the speed limit to 85mph! Back when Montana didn't have actual speed limits on highways, I assumed the prudent speed was around 85mph, but we changed that because it just wasn't safe. How do you feel about Texas making this change, and how long do you think it will last if passed?

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Terrorist Aimed At George W. Bush

1450 KMMS AM — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:47:04 +0000

A 20 year old would be terrorist, was thwarted by the FBI before he could carry out his plan to bomb George W. Bush's home in Dallas.

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