Kristen Blair, 22, competing as Miss North Texas, had made quite an impression with her vocal range while singing an aria from a Puccini opera.
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Healthcare overhaul plans are provoking debate in North Texas
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Texas stimulus application for education draws concerns.
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- Father of 2-year-old found in day-care shed wants to lock owners up
- Navy investigating fatal shooting of gay sailor
- Taxi driver's body found burned and dumped in field
- Programs helps put Texas middle and high school students on path to careers in science, math
- On Texas Gulf Coast and elsewhere, cities must face mosquito menace with less money
- Spoetzl Brewery, once close to last call, marks its 100th birthday
- 2009 bank failures total 52, including 1 in Texas
- 'Tea party' rallies planned across state this weekend
GUIDE TO THE 81st LEGISLATURE
- Star-Telegram PoliTex blog
- 81st Texas Legislature official site
- How to contact your legislators
- The Tarrant County delegation
- Keep tabs on the Legislature from your computer
- Track a bill
- Six key issues facing lawmakers
- Key dates in the 81st Legislature
MORE HELPFUL LINKS
Latest State headlines from AP
- Texas brewer, once near defeat, still shines
- Father, son pastry chefs share bond
- North Texas student crowned Miss Texas
- Cash Five Texas results
- Texas judge orders inmate to be force fed
- Rain forecast in Texas on Independence Day
- Sailor's family say death motivated by hate
- Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito control
- North Texas cab driver killed
- Man gored by bull at Falfurrias rodeo
- Math-based summer class prepares future engineers
- Galveston police baffled by burnt palm trees
- Average fuel prices fall across Texas
- San Antonio woman sentenced in baby's death
- 11 horses found dead on North Texas ranch
- Man condemned a second time in Dallas slaying
- Father finds daughter dead in closet
- Texas hit man gets life in Michigan killing
- Giant 'tea party' slated for Southfork on the 4th
- San Antonio standoff ends with house found empty
Texas Legislature
- State lawmakers wrap up special session, passing two of three bills
- Legislators make quick progress on two of three special-session issues
- Tim Cole's family still pushing for pardon
- Senate joins House in special session
- For Texas lawmakers, special session that starts today could be a quick one
- Former Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis arrested in DWI case
- Perry predicts special session will be short
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Texas ethics laws are tightened, but not as much as they could have been
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- Perry calls for special session to start Wednesday
- Fort Worth officials sort through fallout from 81st Legislature
