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Texas explosion: Gov. Perry describes 'absolute devastation'
WEST, Texas -- Authorities here said Friday that the death toll from the fertilizer plant explosion Wednesday night stood at at least 14 people, but they were optimistic that the number of those unaccounted for -- placed at about 60 earlier in the day...Tags: Government, Explosions, Politics, Executive Branch, Emergency Incidents
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Fertilizer plant blast stuns, shatters Texas town
WEST, Texas — Alicia McCowan had just finished her shift at the Sonic drive-in when the blast erupted nearby, leveling buildings in a wide circle. Above, a mushroom cloud bloomed against a yellow-pink sky. She knew the source — the West...Tags: Radio Industry, Plant Openings, Fertilizer, Sports, Walmart
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Rescuers comb ruins of Texas fertilizer plant; as many as 15 dead
Associated PressRescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. The accident killed as...Tags: Explosions, Long Term Care, Disasters and Accidents, Environmental Issues, Nursing Homes
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...Tags: Plant Openings, Barack Obama, FEMA, Fertilizer, CBS Corp.
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Utah, Virginia governors visit California to woo businesses
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell were in California this week on a whirlwind tour to woo Golden State businesses to expand or relocate to their states. At the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa on Thursday, both state...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Executive Branch, Gary Herbert, Business
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Republicans turn back effort to change party rules
As members of the Republican National Committee met in Hollywood to debate how to reverse their party's recent losses in presidential campaigns, they narrowly defeated an effort by a Virginia committeeman to undo all the changes to party rules made during...
Tags: Barack Obama, Voting, Politics, Ron Paul, Elections
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Utah, Virginia are next up on woo-California-businesses circuit
First it was Texas Gov. Rick Perry who came to California with his cowboy swagger and boasts about lassoing away businesses. Then the South Dakota governor swept through to recruit dairy farmers. Soon after, the Iowa governor made an appearance. Now...Tags: Government, Travel, Executive Branch, Gary Herbert, Disneyland Park
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Rick Perry on Texas prosecutor slayings: 'We cannot react in fear'
KAUFMAN, Texas -- The state's governor denounced what he called "attacks on the rule of law," and vowed justice. Kaufman County's new district attorney mourned her fatherlike predecessor, fatally shot along with his wife in their home two months after...
Tags: Government, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mark Hasse, FBI, Executive Branch
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Texas Gov. Perry to hold briefing on slayings, speak at memorial
KAUFMAN, Texas — This North Texas community about 35 miles east of Dallas prepared early Thursday to mourn the sudden loss of Dist. Atty. Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. McLelland, 63, and his wife, 65, were gunned down at their home in...
Tags: Government, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mark Hasse, FBI, Organized Crime
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Budget cuts border security, immigrant detention
PHOENIX (AP) — Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell. "Obama doesn't have any money," the officer said. "We found it very funny," Durazo...
Tags: Government, National Security, Organized Crime, Janet Napolitano, Government Debt
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Can anybody save the Republican Party?
The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Electoral College, Elections, Parties and Movements, U.S. House of Representatives
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Group therapy for conservatives
WASHINGTON -- If this week's Conservative Political Action Conference were a papal conclave, black smoke would be billowing from the chimney at the Gaylord Convention Center. The cardinals of the conservative movement, assembling for their annual...
Tags: Government, Republican Party, Fox News Channel (tv network), Donald Trump, Chris Christie
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