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Lubbock Real Estate Developers Seek Federal Dollars for Monorail

LUBBOCK, TEXAS–Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent Hance and real estate developer the McDougal Company have proposed the development of a monorail to connect the downtown Central Business District to the Cultural District two miles away. Given municipal budgetary constraints, the

Lubbock Real Estate Developers Seek Federal Dollars for Monorail

Texas Border Sheriff's Office Raided in Corruption Investigation

TEXAS–Federal investigators and Texas Rangers executed a search warrant at the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office Monday in connection to a corruption investigation allegedly involving former Sheriff’s Office Commander Jose Padilla. Padilla was indicted in December 2013 on charges related to

Texas Border Sheriff's Office Raided in Corruption Investigation

Texas: Teen Female Busted with Alleged $1.3 Million in Meth

CONWAY, TEXAS – Leira Cota, 18, from Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 east of Amarillo for the alleged possession of 36 pounds of methamphetamine. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers made a traffic stop

Texas: Teen Female Busted with Alleged $1.3 Million in Meth

Media Duped By Amazon's Spectacular Drone Ploy

You couldn’t turn on the television or radio Monday without seeing or hearing a discussion of drones delivering packages to your home.  Monday was “Cyber Monday,” the day set aside as the highest volume sales day of the year. Every

Media Duped By Amazon's Spectacular Drone Ploy

No, A Boy Wasn't Tasered For Breaking Up A School Fight

This morning, a Tweet by Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) caught my eye, reading: “17-year-old boy in coma, fighting for life after Texas cop tasered him for breaking up a school fight.” Shocked, I clicked on the link provided in the Tweet, leading

ObamaCare: Local Media Goes Where Mainstream Media Won't

A CBS News affiliate in Virginia tells the story of a cancer patient losing her employer-based insurance. Townhall’s Guy Benson calls the segment “unsparingly brutal,” and that it is: [Debra] Fishericks is (a) fighting kidney cancer, (b) loves her soon-to-be-canceled

ObamaCare: Local Media Goes Where Mainstream Media Won't

Gunfire at LAX, Terminal Evacuated

UPDATE: The suspect in the LAX shooting on Friday, Paul Ciancia, hailed from Pennsville, New Jersey, according to the Associated Press. He was living in Los Angeles, according to his family. The AP reports that Ciancia wore fatigues and carried a

Gunfire at LAX, Terminal Evacuated

Sen Portman: Restrict Spending by Leadership PACs

Ohio Senator Rob Portman told a local news affiliate on Wednesday that he felt changes needed to be made to Leadership campaign PACs. Portman’s statement comes in the wake explosive allegations detailed in a new book,”Extortion“, by Breitbart Senior-Editor-at-Large Peter

Sen Portman: Restrict Spending by Leadership PACs

Justice for Darryl

On Thursday, July 11, police discovered the rotting body of 17-year-old Darryl Green, a black child from the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Green’s body was found behind a boarded-up house in the 6500-block of South Damen, face down on basement

Justice for Darryl

Cops: Evidence Found in Secret Hernandez Apartment

(AP) Cops: Evidence found in secret Hernandez apartmentBy JAY LINDSAYAssociated PressWRENTHAM, Mass.Aaron Hernandez’s home address was no secret after the media camped outside the massive house for days, and cameras caught him leaving, hands cuffed behind his back, when he

Cops: Evidence Found in Secret Hernandez Apartment

100K Protesters Flood Brazilian Streets in Protest

(AP) 100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protestBy BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated PressSAO PAULOSome of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services,

100K Protesters Flood Brazilian Streets in Protest