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Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

News for Houston Texas from HoustonChronicle.com

U.S. stocks gear up to extend Monday's huge rally

Oct 14, 2008 12:52 pm

Wall Street is gearing up for another surge today following the Dow Jones industrial average's historic 936-point jump, with investors encouraged by the U.S. government's plans to buy stock in private...

 

Bush announces plan to buy shares in banks

Oct 14, 2008 12:48 pm

The Treasury's plan would help the U.S. catch up to Europe in the race to reassure investors that their banks will not default.

 

Soyuz with tourist from Austin docks at space station

Oct 14, 2008 8:37 am

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including Austin space tourist Richard Garriott, successfully docked with the international space station early today.

 

Paolilla gets life in 4 Clear Lake slayings (w/video)

Oct 14, 2008 5:30 am

Although Christine Paolilla claimed her former boyfriend fired fatal gunshots at four young people five years ago, the former Clear Lake High School student was convicted of capital murder and sentenc...

 

A month after Ike, Galveston grieves as Houston moves on

Oct 14, 2008 5:30 am

Ike, which blasted into the Galveston area with 100-plus mph winds early on Sept. 13, was the worst storm to hit the Houston region in 25 years. And its impact long will be felt.

 

Houston plan: No red-light fine payments, no auto tags

Oct 14, 2008 5:30 am

A quarter of the drivers nabbed by Houston's red-light cameras have never paid the $75 citation. The result, officials said, is more than $7 million owed to city and state coffers.

 

Texas GOP throws its weight to bottom of ballot

Oct 14, 2008 5:30 am

As Republican John McCain's presidential campaign struggles nationally, Texas Republicans are working to make sure that uncertainty at the top of the ticket doesn't hurt down-ballot races across the s...

 

Over 30 HPD officers punished for other work while on clock

Oct 14, 2008 5:30 am

Thirty Houston police officers were suspended without pay or given written reprimands for working at part-time security jobs while still on the clock for the city.

 
 

Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

Dell increases global shipments 11% in Q3

Oct 14, 2008 10:16 pm

Dell Inc. is holding steady as the No. 1 shipper of personal computers in the United States and No. 2 worldwide. (HPQ)

 

T3 cutting jobs after losing Marriott business

Oct 14, 2008 8:57 pm

Independent advertising agency T3 is cutting jobs after losing its account with Marriott.

 
 

Texas Headlines from Statesman.com

Experts: Schools need billions

Oct 15, 2008 4:14 am

Texas schools will need an infusion of almost $5 billion in the next state budget to keep the state out of court, school finance experts said Tuesday.

 

TYC out of conservatorship

Oct 15, 2008 4:12 am

Nineteen months after a sex abuse scandal at the Texas Youth Commission triggered an official takeover, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday removed the agency from conservatorship and proclaimed that the probl...

 

Dallas suburb drops plans for immigration task force

Oct 14, 2008 4:09 am

CARROLLTON

 

A look at immigration issues among Hispanic voters

Oct 13, 2008 5:19 am

Time was when politicians tended to make their appeals to Latino voters with a one-issue-fits-all approach: immigration.

 

Woman accused of getting U.S. passport illegally

Oct 13, 2008 4:01 am

A woman accused of entering the United States illegally has a U.S. passport and used it 89 times before federal agents detained her last month on her way back from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, her attorney ...

 

Whiskey distillery in Waco?

Oct 13, 2008 3:25 am

Chip Tate hopes to join the ranks of fewer than a dozen distillers operating in Texas by producing whiskey with a regional flair.

 

Majorities of Anglo and Latino voters support immigration reform, but not everyone agrees

Oct 13, 2008 2:52 am

In advocating broad immigration reforms that combine more enforcement with opportunities for illegal immigrants already here to become legal residents, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama favor a cours...

 

Digest: Man stabbed in attempted carjacking; Police investigate convenience store robberies.

Oct 12, 2008 4:48 am

AUSTIN

 

Conference targets East Austin economy

Oct 12, 2008 4:19 am

As pastor of an East Austin church,Nathan Robertson Jr. said he hears from people who have concerns about the state of the economy.

 

Texas drivers owe $815 million in unpaid state fines

Oct 12, 2008 2:40 am

Nearly 1 million Texas motorists owe a combined $815 million for violations such as a driving while intoxicated and failure to have insurance, and the state wants them to start paying up.

 
 

Local Headlines for Austin Texas from Statesman.com

Austin police adopting new foot-chase policy

Oct 15, 2008 4:50 am

Austin police officers must evaluate immediate danger, consider whether a suspect is known and can be arrested later, and ask themselves "what would be gained from pursuing the suspect" befo...

 

Texas chief justice denies suppressing Delay dissent

Oct 15, 2008 4:24 am

Chief Justice Ken Law of the 3rd Court of Appeals has denied that he tried to suppress a colleague's dissent in a case involving two associates of former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.

 

Does neighborhood need new stop signs? Neighbors are divided

Oct 15, 2008 3:58 am

After stopping at the new stop sign on Wooldridge Drive, Bill Pewitt rolled down his window and yelled out to a neighbor: "Ridiculous."

 

Fewer Texas schools reach federal goals

Oct 15, 2008 3:50 am

Hundreds of Texas schools and school districts missed academic targets established by the federal No Child Left Behind Act this year because of new federal rules requiring special education students t...

 

No Child Left Behind

Oct 15, 2008 3:47 am

No Child Left Behind

 

McCallum academy plans open house; Hays seeks committee members

Oct 15, 2008 2:12 am

AUSTIN

 

Ad campaign launched supporting foster care children

Oct 14, 2008 11:44 pm

A two-month multimedia campaign sponsored by a national foundation was launched in Austin on Monday to raise awareness about ways to help children in foster care.

 

"He looked the part. He played the part. He was the part."

Oct 14, 2008 5:00 am

To this day, Richard Hodges is an enigma to former Austin police officer Burt Gerding.

 

Austin might buy or swap land to keep Muny golf course.

Oct 14, 2008 3:58 am

The Austin City Council is expected to approve a resolution this week calling on the governing board of the University of Texas to preserve the Lions Municipal Golf Course in West Austin by selling it...

 

Police chief reinstates fired officer

Oct 14, 2008 2:50 am

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo reinstated an officer Monday whom he had fired amid allegations that the officer provided false information in an arrest affidavit and a police report late last year.