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Texas lawmakers: Don’t sell sugary drinks in elementary and middle schools

By Anna M. Tinsley| atinsley@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

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AUSTIN — State lawmakers try to cut down on childhood obesity in Texas.

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Cleburne parents face charge of injury to child after death of adopted boy

By Bill Miller| wmiller@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

Adoptive parents of emotionally disturbed 4-year-old boy are arrested and face charges in his death, Cleburne police report.

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Construction worker killed in Grapevine

By Domingo Ramirez Jr.| ramirez@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

GRAPEVINE — A worker fell from rafters on a home under construction and died in Grapevine on Monday, police said.

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Mother of wrongfully convicted man honored by state Senate

By Dave Montgomery| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

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AUSTIN — Ruby Cole Session will also meet with lawmakers on stalled innocence commission bill.

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Water plan complicates passage of budget deal in Texas House

By Dave Montgomery and Anna M. Tinsley| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com atinsley@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

AUSTIN — Texas House suspends rules to keep bills from dying late Tuesday night.

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Bill to allow Blue Mound to take control of troubled system moves forward

By Elizabeth Campbell| liz@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

An amendment allowing Tyler to possibly take similar actions briefly stalled the bill.

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Local universities in line for big improvements

By Dave Montgomery| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com|Monday, May. 20, 2013

The $2.7 billion package of tuition revenue bonds would finance a $66.6 million research building at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth and $64.3 million to renovate and expand the life science building at UT Arlington.

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Fire leads authorities to marijuana operation in Springtown

By Domingo Ramirez Jr.| ramirez@star-telegram.com|Monday, May. 20, 2013

A Springtown man was in custody Monday after authorities responded to a fire call and discovered a marijuana growing operation in a Springtown home.

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Two women burned inside convenience store

By Bill Hanna| billhanna@star-telegram.com|Monday, May. 20, 2013

FORT WORTH — One woman was flown to a Dallas hospital with life-threatening burns.

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Severe thunderstorm warning lifted in much of North Texas

Star-Telegram|Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

Storm threat diminished throughout North Texas but there was still a chance for an isolated tornado east of Dallas, the National Weather Service reported.

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