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Imperial Sugar, 2 Others to Build Cane Sugar Plant

Imperial Sugar enters three-way joint venture to build cane sugar refinery plant in Louisiana SUGAR LAND, Texas November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Imperial Sugar Co. said Friday it has entered a...

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'Heartburn' damage or GERD not acid burn

DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Reflux damage to the esophagus may be an immune response, not acid burn, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Stuart Spechler and Dr. Rhonda Souza of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas...

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BP reports Texas City ultracracker upset -filing

HOUSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - BP Plc reported an ultracracker malfunction at its 475,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Friday.

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New Economy cities: Houston aims to move beyond the oil age

The moment oil came spewing out of the Lucas No. 1 well at Spindletop on Jan. 10, 1901, Texas’ economy was forever wrenched from its agricultural roots and thrust into the Industrial Age of the 20th century. Today, nearby...

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Five cities that will rise in the New Economy

In Houston, the Texas Medical Center is expanding so quickly that it will soon become the seventh largest downtown in the US. By itself. The hospital complex brims with restaurants, shops, and hotels, and employs 100,000 people...

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More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. The...

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Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case

By JOHN McFARLAND Associated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with...

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Texas Lawmaker Wants More Hispanics Included in Academic History Books

Nov. 19--AUSTIN -- Hispanic leaders this week assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and...

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Tea partiers turn on each other (Politico)

Politico - After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of...

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Governor of Poker

The game is No-Limit Texas Hold'em, and 's attempt to build a story around it will make you long for a simple game of cards. As a cowboy in the Old West, you travel from tournament to tournament, playing ...

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