Texas Independence Relay Posted: 1 year ago by icepigs
The Texas Independence Relay is composed of 40 relay legs of various lengths, totaling 200 miles. The course starts in Gonzales, TX, where the Texas Revolution began, and it finishes at the San Jacinto Monument, where Texas Independence was won!
I'm trying to get the Texas Chainsaw Repairmen to run this one.
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Texas bans nibbling fish pedicures Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
The US state of Texas has banned fish, pedicures over health and safety concerns, denying salon customers the opportunity to enjoy the sensation of hundreds of small fish nibbling away the dead skin from their feet.
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Son of Evel Knievel jumps 21 Hummers in Texas Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo
Next time, he'll do it on a bike...(just kidding)
Daredevil Robbie Knievel, son of the late Evel Knievel, rode his motorcycle against a stiff 30-mpg headwind over 21 Hummers, at the at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.
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North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns Posted: 4 months ago by MayhemIsBeautiful
A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month.
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F-16s at Scene of U.F.O. Sighting in Texas Posted: 11 months ago by willster09
As the hype around a U.F.O. sighting in Texas garners an unusual amount of attention, a local Air Force reserve base stepped up on Wednesday with a statement that either completely debunks the story or fuels it further, depending on who you ask and when you ask them.
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Texas passes new "Pole" tax Posted: 12 months ago by icepigs
Starting January 1st, there will be an additional $5.00 cover charge at 150 different strip clubs in Texas. All because the State thinks Strip Clubs lead to sex crimes.
What's next? A $10 per fetus tax on abortion clinics?
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Endangered turtle nests found in Texas Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas beaches.
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52 Girls Removed From Texas Compound Posted: 8 months ago by indisguise
Officials from Texas Child Protective Services, escorted by state troopers, took 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the remote retreat on Friday afternoon.
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Sex Toys Now Legal In Texas Posted: 10 months ago by tigertony
Sex toys are now legal in Texas, after a 1970s law banning the sale of "obscene devices" was overturned in court.
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The foot bone's connected to the... Posted: 5 months ago by badbud
ankle? Not if you live in Texas.
In the newest way to increase revenue, texas orthopedics (bone doctors) have sued to prevent podiatrists (foot doctors) from treating any aliments above the heel. And they won, the ankle no longer exists in texas.
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Sprawling spider web engulfs Texas park trail Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.
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Hardcore Molesters to Face Death Penalty in Texas Posted: 2 years ago by Maxriter
Repeat sex offenders сould be sentenced to death in Texas after the bill named Jessica's Law was approved this week by Texas House of Representatives.
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'Catastrophic' storm hits Texas Posted: 3 months ago by spocksmyhomeboy
Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause "potentially catastrophic" flooding and damage.
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Car hits child. Bystanders start to attack driver. Passenger intervenes. Crowd kills passenger. Yes, it's Texas Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
One injured child and one dead passenger. Texas street justice in action.
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Video: Plane lands on top of another at Texas airport Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off.
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Texas Mayor in Mess Over Shih Tzu Theft Posted: 10 months ago by MandolinOrange
Grace Saenz-Lopez was forced to quit her job as Mayor of Alice, Texas, for keeping her neighbor’s dog, but insists it was a rescue.
*Pic unrelated.
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"One State, Under God." Texas adds four new words to state pledge Posted: 1 year ago by ReBoot
Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance.
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Texas Is No. 1 Carbon Polluter In U.S. Posted: 11 months ago by dollyllama
The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Last year's worst pass defence meets last year's best pass offense. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Texas A & M's easy 4-0 record meets it's first real test Saturday against the Red Raiders. Fireworks expected.
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5,000 gallons of molasses spill on Texas highway Posted: 5 months ago by LeehBlanc
A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.
Now THAT is what I call a "sticky" situation
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A gimme for texas troopers Posted: 4 months ago by unzercharlie
Snoop Dogg's tour bus was pulled over in Texas, two fall guys fall for posession.
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