5 burned in North Texas cement plant accident

05/19/11 Associated Press - May 19, 2011 11:55 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - Five workers were burned, 3 of them critically, in an accident at a cement plant near Dallas.

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Wal-Mart is testing the home appliance business in Texas

05/19/11 The departments will be staffed by Dallas-based Flexi Compras, a chain of 140 appliance and furniture stores.

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Outdoors: Area bass enthusiasts capture reward at O.H. Ivie

05/15/11 O.H. Ivie Reservoir in western Central Texas has become a big-time destination for Texas bass fishing.

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Baseball playoffs: Palmer ends No. 9 Troy's season; Belton, Salado, Rogers postponed

05/13/11 MIDLOTHIAN - A 3-run home run was all the scoring in an expected pitchers' duel that ended Troy's season on Thursday. Judge Wolfe hit the home run off a Tyler Hoelscher curve ball to send the Palmer Bulldogs to the 3-0 win in a Class 2A area-round playoff game over the Trojans.

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SouthPeak Interactive to Distribute Epic Roman Mythology Title Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising at Retail in North America ...

05/12/11 Leading videogame publisher SouthPeak Interactive Corporation will bring the gritty action of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, the highly anticipated Roman mythology MMO game, to players across North America and the United Kingdom with the game's retail release this June.

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Southpeak to Distribute Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising at Retail in North America and the UK

05/12/11 MIDLOTHIAN, Va. and LEICESTER, UK - Leading videogame publisher SouthPeak Interactive Corporation (OTC BB: SOPK) will bring the gritty action of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, the highly anticipated Roman mythology MMO game, to players across North America and the United Kingdom with the game's retail release this June. SouthPeak secured the distribution rights from Heatwave Interactive, the Austin ...

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First Financial Bankshares Announces New Location in Grapevine, Texas

05/12/11 First Financial Bank, N.A., Southlake, today announced plans to build a new bank location in Grapevine, Texas. First Financial Bank Southlake is a subsidiary of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. . ?

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Commentary: Anything Goes

05/09/11 Commentator Tom Dodge takes issue with the large amount of false information on the Internet.

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No. 22 Softball Ready for Rematch Against 3rd-Ranked Texas in State Farm Lone Star Showdown

05/03/11 The 22nd-Ranked Texas A&M softball team (36-13, 8-5 Big 12) aims to extend a 19-game home winning streak and avenge a one-run April loss to No. 3 Texas (44-5, 13-1 Big 12) as the Aggies host the conference-leading Longhorns in the final softball game of the 2011 State Farm Lone Star Showdown. First pitch Wednesday is set to air nationally on FSN at 6:30 p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex.

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Births Staff reports

04/30/11 Byron Coffey of Lancaster and Quantesia McClain of York are the parents of a son, Zay'Den Quantez Coffey, born March 31, 2011. Ms. McClain is the daughter of Cheryl Walmsley of York and Terry Foster of Chester. Paternal grandparents are Otis Coffey Sr.

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Man dies in one-vehicle accident in Brown County

04/30/11 A Midlothian man was killed Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident on Park Road 15 in Brown County.

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Northern California man among 9 Americans killed in Afghanistan

04/30/11 The civilian contractor was James McLaughlin Jr., 55, of Santa Rosa, California. McLaughlin was a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilot who spent 32 years in the Army before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2007.

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Taliban Announce Beginning Of Spring Offensive

04/30/11 The Taliban announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition Saturday, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants' fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield.

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Two Holcim (US) Inc. Cement Plants Recipients of 2011 Chairman's Safety Performance Awards

04/21/11 Holcim Inc. announced today that two of their plants ? ? Midlothian in Midlothian, TX, and Devil's Slide in Morgan, UT ? have received the Portland Cement Association's prestigious Chairman's Safety Performance Award in recognition of their exceptional health and safety programs. ? The award was presented to the company during the PCA's Spring Board of Directors meeting in Chicago.

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Hodges Claims Prestigious "Aggie Heart" Award

04/15/11 Michael Hodges, a senior linebacker from Helotes, Texas, was the heart and soul of the Texas A&M defense and he was named the Aggie Heart Award winner, the highest honor for a Texas A&M senior football player. The award was presented at the annual Texas A&M football banquet held Friday in The Zone Club at Kyle Field to honor the 2010 Aggie football team and especially the senior class.

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State's Best Water Is in Arlington

04/07/11 Arlington's tap water takes home top honors at Texas Water 2011 Convention.

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First Financial Bank to Open New Location in Cisco, Texas

04/07/11 First Financial Bank, N.A., Eastland today announced plans to open a new branch bank at 2107 Conrad Hilton Blvd. in Cisco, Texas. ? The new branch, which is located in the building that formerly housed a Movie Gallery store, is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to open this summer.

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No. 1 Boyd stops one-shot Belton, 2-1; Monogue's goals end Lady Tigers' season in 5A-II quarterfinals

04/06/11 MIDLOTHIAN - Belton converted when it had the chance - as in one, singular chance. And in a nutshell, that lack of plurality was the reason the Lady Tigers soccer team won't be making its second straight trip to the regional tournament.

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There's no denying Coufal: Senior leads Belton into regional quarterfinal vs. Boyd

04/05/11 Senior Madi Coufal and Belton bid for their second straight trip to the regional tournament when they face McKinney Boyd today. (Rusty Schramm/Telegram)

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Born to be Wild 3D Journeys Into IMAX(R) Theatres This Friday

04/04/11 LOS ANGELES -- IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that the family-friendly documentary adventure Born to be Wild 3D will be released exclusively to IMAX theatres on Friday, April 8th.

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