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...shout-out heard around the world: Texas' Republican governor Rick Perry's praise for his state's tea-party protesters, accompanied by not-so-veiled references to a potential Lone Star State secession. The remarks prompted glaring red-website headlines and instant fodder for cable-TV pundits. But for Texas political insiders, Perry's waving of the flag of secession was just the latest volley in a Texas-size Republican civil war - a face-off between Perry and his potential rival for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. (See pictures of tea-party tax protests across...
...Washington has been an abject failure at defending our border.' RICK PERRY, saying the Lone Star State will simply have to "take care of itself." Obama later agreed to send 37 federal agents to the region...
...Lone Star Losses Nowhere has the pace been more punishing than inside the Houston Recruiting Battalion. One of every 10 of the Army's recruits last year came from Texas - the highest share of any state - and recruiters in Harris County enlisted 1,104, just 37 shy of first-place Phoenix's Maricopa County. The Houston unit's nearly 300 recruiters are spread among 49 stations across southeast Texas. Since 2005, four members recently back from Iraq or Afghanistan have committed suicide while struggling, as recruiters say, to "put 'em in boots." TIME has obtained a copy of the Army...
Southern California was the spring break destination of choice for the women’s golf team, which showed it could handle the heat just fine. The lone East Coast representative in a battle of California schools, the Crimson competed in the Desert Individual Classic last Friday and was by no means left out in the cold. Taking on players from Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA, the Harvard contingent held its own in the 18-hole individual tournament, held at the famed Stadium Course at La Quinta, a par 72, 6,166-yard course. Two Crimson golfers placed...
...Green said of her players.SAN DIEGO STATE 6, HARVARD 1In the fifth meeting between the Crimson and Aztecs (12-4), No. 25 San Diego State replicated last year’s 6-1 win over Harvard to take the lead in the all-time series 3-2.The lone victory for the Crimson on the afternoon came from Cao, who took the No. 5 court in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. She was playing her first match since last October.“It felt good to be out on the court finally,” Cao said.Cao played well...