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NEWS ARCHIVES: MAY 09, 2008
Below is a list of stories for Friday, May 09, 2008.
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Handgun Permits Applications Backfire
76 days ago
In some cases it's taking 90 days to receive licenses.
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Municipal Elections On Saturday
76 days ago
Municipal elections are being held Saturday across Texas. In Travis County, early voting totals show only 3.5 percent of the electorate actually cast a ballot. There is one race in Austin that has been generating a lot of talk, not all of it positive.
ROMA-ville
76 days ago
But is there a problem with one firm getting the bulk of the high profile design projects in Austin?
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Thinking Of Mother's Day
76 days ago
If you're looking for peace and quiet, run out of earshot of my house at about 3:30 each afternoon. That's about the time the school bus reunites my eleven year old, Jake, with his fast friend and two and a half year old brother, Ben. That's when terrible two meets tween in a mix that I find both maddening and magical. Especially when I consider what it took to bring these two brothers together, and to make us all one family. See, I'm just the latest one lucky enough to be mother to my boys. Back in 1997, a lovely group of ladies in Russia were doing their best to take care of Jake and so many other orphans in need of forever families. That mothering made a difference in the first six months of his life after his birth mother delivered him to them as a newborn. About ten years later, another special lady opened her heart and home to another orphaned baby in Guatemala City. For the first sixteen months of his life, she gave him the hugs and help he needed to grow up to be my healthy, chatty two year old. Beyond providing care, teams of women around the world also helped guide us through the legalities that come along with adoptions. Back in November, two more motherly types stepped in for my boys. Including Travis County District Judge Jeanne Meurer who presided over a special double adoption ceremony that provided my boys with brand new Travis County Birth Certificates late last year. As we prepare to celebrate Mother's Day, I'm busy thinking of all those mom-types that followed their hearts to help my boys before I could actually call myself a mother.
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Two Texas Soldiers Killed in Baghdad
76 days ago
Jeffrey F. Nichols of Granite Shoals died May 1st in Baghdad. The Army Specialist was wounded after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. Nichols was 21. He joined the Army in 2005 and had won the Purple Heart. He leaves behind a wife and son in Marble Falls and his mother in Granite Shoals. His funeral is May 10th in Marble Falls.
Lawrence D. Ezell was killed April 30th in Baghdad by an IED. The 30-year-old Sergeant First Class was with the 71st Explosive Ordinance Disposal Group from Fort Carson, Colorado. Ezell's hometown was listed by the Defense Department as Portland, Texas. He joined the Army in 1997, earned the Bronze Star Medal and was on his second tour of Iraq. Ezell will be buried near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Department of Defense confirms that as of May 7th, 4,071 U.S. military personnel have been killed in action since the war in Iraq began in March 2003. 320 were from Texas.
