Browsing all posts tagged with Texas.

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Mysterious Viruses, Pt. 4. Swine Flu

A ‘STARTLING,’ ‘RARE’, ‘MYSTERIOUS’ flu with components from bird flu and human flu and swine flu is turning up in the South West US and México. No one is sure yet why or how this is happening.

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Hernández v. Texas

IN 1951 IN THE TOWN OF EDNA, TEXAS, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a gritty cantina. From this seemingly unremarkable small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever change the lives and legal standing of tens of millions of Americans.

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How to Conceal Your Stash (& Catch Crooked Cops on Camera)

HAVE YOU EVER been forced out of your car late at night, or had someone illegally force themselves into your home or your pockets, someone with a badge, someone telling you to take various clothes items off or prone out, someone claiming they had the right to invade your space and command you about? Then dig this.

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Dolly Comes to Town

From the AP: Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border, packing 85 mph winds that could strengthen when it hits land later Wednesday. The Category 1 hurricane was expected to dump up to 15 inches of rain, threatening flooding that could breach levees in the heavily populated Rio Grande valley.