'War on Terror' funding great accomplishment this past year
By SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
      Nearly a year ago, when I was sworn into Congress for my third term as U.S. Senator, I knew that 2007 would be a challenging year for passing positive legislation for Texas, and America. The shift in Congressional leadership meant that my goals for strengthening our country, both in terms of dome...
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Justin Hurst killed on his 34th birthday
      Game Warden Justin Hurst is the third law enforcement officer who will be honored on the sheriff's monument. If you would like to make a donation, please contact Darryl Darnell at the sheriff's office.
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Enemy No. 1
      Letter to the Editor: After watching the news on television for a while now, it gets worse all the time. Our nation is in deep trouble. Greed has taken the spotlight. The people who were voted into office are not doing very much to solve any of the problems they promised they would if they were ...
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Tickets to police ball aren't cheap
      A meter maid was about to give a parking violation ticket at a meter she had been watching for a half hour. Sure enough as soon as the red flag went up the owner of the car appeared, nickel in hand to feed the metallic beast. "You're not going to give me a ticket, are you offi- cer?
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Constitutional 'firewalls' critical for American freedoms in times of threat
      At the beginning of this month, we learned that the CIA had destroyed videotapes showing harsh interrogations of al- Qaida operatives. Last week, we found out that the CIA had withheld these tapes from the government's 9/11 Commission, which had asked the CIA for all material relevant to al-Qaida...
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