Boy Scouts vote on lifting gay youth ban; America waits for final decision
Posted by: jodijill
Grapevine :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 20:57:09 -0700 | political-news
The Boy Scouts of America maybe lifting the controversial a long-standing ban on openly gay scouts. On Thursday a vote on whether to lift the ban for the Boy Scouts of America has people watching Grapevine, Texas news closely. Dividing...
Boy Scouts voting on end to ban on gay members
Source: United Press International
Grapevine :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 20:57:09 -0700 | political-news
Delegates voted Thursday afternoon at a resort in Grapevine, Texas, on overturning the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay members. No protests were reported at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Gravevine, USA Today reported.
Accused Fort Hood shooter wants to represent himself
Source: United Press International
Fort Hood :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:28:52 -0700 | disasters-news
Nidal Malik Hasan , charged with gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, wants to act as his own lawyer, military officials said. Fort Hood officials said Wednesday Hasan told a court he wants "to waive his right to...
Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners
Source: Reuters
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:33:20 -0700 | political-news
Topics A woman waits for an elevator in the foyer of the Fort Worth Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Fort Worth, Texas June 28, 2012...Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities...
Boy Scouts OK plan to accept openly gay boys
Source: Fox
Grapevine :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 18:13:00 -0700 | political-news
Texas The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders -- a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and...
Haas, Waldorf share Senior PGA Championship lead
Source: United Press International
Missouri City :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 17:57:10 -0700 | sports-news
Two-time former champion Jay Haas shot a 5-under 66 Thursday that gave him a share of the lead after the opening round of the 74th Senior PGA Championship. Duffy Waldorf, playing his 12th event on the Champions Tour, also posted...
Widow of fallen Dallas firefighter thanks community for support since fatal blaze
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 16:18:43 -0700 | political-news
The widow of fallen Dallas firefighter Stanley Wilson thanked the community for their support in a statement to the media Thursday. Jenny Wilson and her 16-year-old son Noah both gave brief on-camera statements to the news media. Both honored Wilson,...
Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,' at National Gallery
Source: International Herald Tribune
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:40:10 -0700 | entertainment-news
Victoria and Albert Museum, London A poster with a Cocteau drawing of Nijinsky, for the company's 1913 season. To visit the big Diaghilev show at the National Gallery of Art here is to feel all this anew. It's well known...
Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
Source: The Boston Globe
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 13:55:58 -0700 | political-news
A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday. Jurors took less than 10 minutes to convict Naim Rasool Muhammad last week...
Mother of man who drowned sons interrupts closing arguments, proclaiming killer 'is not a monster'
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:37:50 -0700 | political-news
A family photo was displayed at the boys' funeral in August 2011. A Dallas County jury is now deliberating whether to send 34-year-old Naim Rasool Muhammad to death row for drowning his sons in a smelly shallow creek. Closing arguments...
Lockheed tests new GMLRS warhead
Source: United Press International
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 10:35:51 -0700 | travel-news
Lockheed Martin's new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Alternative Warhead has successfully concluded its first EMD flight test...In the engineering, manufacturing and development exercise, it flew 21.7 miles to the target and detonated.
Ex-DA testifies in own defense in bribery trial
Source: Denver Post
Brownsville :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 18:16:57 -0700 | allnews
TexasBoth sides have now rested their cases in the trial of a former South Texas district attorney charged with helping a crooked judge. The defense rested Thursday after former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos (vee-yah-LOH'-bohs) finished testifying in his...
TV Alert: With rosters finalized, here's where to watch the Storm and other WNBA teams
Source: Seattle Times
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 17:56:51 -0700 | sports-news
The latest news and analysis on college and pro women's basketball...Second-round draft pick Chelsea Poppens (Iowa State) was waived in favor of rookie Cierra Bravard , a 6-foot-4 former Florida State forward. Seattle will play with a 10-player rotation, however,...
Deputy shot by Evan Ebel to return to work (VIDEO)
Source: The Denver Post
Lubbock :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:20:49 -0700 | political-news
TexasA North Texas sheriff's deputy has been cleared to return to work two months after he was shot by a paroled inmate suspected of slaying Colorado's prison chief, authorities said Thursday. On March 21, Deputy James Boyd pulled over a...
Legislature approves sexual assault protections
Source: SF Gate
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 13:17:27 -0700 | political-news
Texas (AP) Gov. Rick Perry will consider new measures to protect victims of sexual assault. In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that would give victims the right to track physical evidence collected in a rape kit...Another...
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