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No permit for failed wall
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Antonio Express News Share    
Centex, the Texas-based developer that Pulte Homes acquired last year, did not have a permit for "an improperly constructed retaining wall" that collapsed Sunday, causing
damage to at least three homes and forcing the evacuation of dozens of families, according to city officials. The city announced the disclosure a little more than an hour after Pulte officials met with the Northwest Side homeowners in a closed meeting. More
Crews try to save endangered San Antonio homes
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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Construction crews moved dirt to shore up a group of houses precariously perched on a crumbling hill in San Antonio on Monday as
engineers tried to determine why the land below was shifting, causing dozens of homes to evacuate. Gaping crevices, some 15 feet deep, cut across several yards as dirt cascaded into a towering stone retaining wall that nearly split in half. Fences crumpled like accordions as crews packed dirt under one home and around its exterior after part of its foundation was exposed.
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December
home sales down nearly 17 percent
The Associated Press via The Dallas Morning News
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ales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years last month, sinking more dramatically than expected after lawmakers gave buyers additional time to use a tax credit. The report reflects a sharp drop in demand after buyers stopped scrambling to
qualify for a tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time homeowners. It had been due to expire on Nov. 30. But Congress extended the deadline until April 30 and expanded it with a new $6,500 credit for existing homeowners who move.
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Perry will not meet with newspaper editorial boards but Hutchison will
El Paso Times Texas Capitol Report Blog
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Gov. Rick Perry will not be actively seeking the endorsement of the El Paso Times editorial board. In fact, he will not be visiting the editorial boards for any Texas newspaper before the March 2 primary election, according to his campaign staff. Later in the day, the
Associated Press reported that Hutchison said she would seek newspaper endorsements during a campaign stop in Lubbock.
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Feds find dubious home tax credit claims
from Texas
The Dallas Morning News
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Federal inspectors scouring tax returns that contain a credit for first-time homebuyers have found something curious about claims from Texas. Nearly 1,000 were filed by people employing a special taxpayer identification number primarily used by
illegal immigrants, who are not entitled to the credit.
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Laura Bush joins Smithsonian black history board
The Associated Press via The Austin American-Statesman
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Former first lady Laura Bush is
joining an advisory board to help raise money to build the Smithsonian Institution's planned black history museum. Bush will join Brown University President Ruth Simmons and Target Corp. CEO Gregg Steinhafel as new members of the National Museum of African American History and Culture advisory board.
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Fort Hood suspect's lawyer seeks mental exam delay
The Associated Press via The San Antonio Express News
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An attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said Monday he wants his client's mental evaluation delayed citing a potential conflict of interest with the exam panel. Army officials previously appointed
a three-member board of military mental health professionals to determine whether Maj. Nidal Hasan is competent to stand trial and his mental status the day of the November shooting, which left 13 dead and dozens wounded on the Texas Army post.
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Halliburton asks high court to block trial
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Halliburton Co. is asking the Supreme Court to block a Texas woman's lawsuit alleging she was raped by military contractor co-workers in Iraq. The company wants the justices to reverse a lower court ruling that Jamie Leigh Jones' case can go to trial.
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Joe the Plumber orders local candidates to "follow directions"
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Joe the Plumber was peeved. The man legally named Samuel Wurzelbacher was invited by the NE Tarrant Tea Party and
the 912 Project Fort Worth to speak at an event aimed at letting voters speak directly to local candidates.
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Critics say Texas transportation dollars are being flushed down very nice toilets
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Gordon Dickson, the Star-Telegram's transportation guru, began a two-part series on Texas transportation dollars going to projects other than reducing traffic.
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Members of Congress putting money into Legislative races
The Austin American-Statesman First Reading Blog
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Since 2011 is a redistricting year, we're going to see an unusually high amount of money coming into Texas legislative races from members of Congress - particularly since either party could win control of the Texas House this year. It has started already.
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Progress continues in cleanup of oil spill
El Paso Times
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Three days into a massive cleanup effort and the complete shutdown of one of the country's busiest shipping channels, officials said that the area seems to have dodged an environmental bullet after a stricken oil tanker dumped more
than 450,000 gallons of crude into a Port Arthur waterway.
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Grasslands in North and East Texas will serve as living laboratory
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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What was once Dust
Bowl farmland in North Texas is poised to be on the front line of one of the nation’s largest ecological projects. Over 30 years, the rolling prairies and woodlands of the Caddo-LBJ National Grasslands will serve as part of a living, changing laboratory in the first-ever continental ecological observatory.
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