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Early Voting Ends Today for East Texas Elections
Election day is coming up Saturday (May 11) and East Texans have until 7 p.m. today to cast a ballot in early voting to avoid the rush on election day.
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New ‘Plan B’ Decision Completely Leaves Out a Child’s Parents [POLL]
3 weeks ago In case you missed the big news this morning, The Food and Drug Administration has approved Plan B One Step, an emergency contraceptive, to be available for women 15 and older without a prescription.
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Gun Barrel City, Texas, Encourages Residents to … Own a Gun
Gun Barrel City located in Henderson County is living up to its name by passing a resolution encouraging homeowners to own a firearm.
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FDA Approves Morning-After-Pill for Over the Counter Sales + Lowers Age Requirement
In a surprise twist to the effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government has lowered the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and given the go-ahead for the Plan B morning-after-pill to be placed on store shelves, not kept behind pharmacy counters.
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Rick Perry Demands Apology Over Sacramento Bee’s Political Cartoon
4 weeks ago So, what do you take from this political cartoon?
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New Early Voting Location in Tyler Opens Today
Monday is the start of early voting across the state for the May 11th elections, but in Tyler voter administration officials say a large number of voters are showing up at the old location to cast their ballot.
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CISPA Amendment Banning Employers from Requiring Facebook Passwords Has Been Blocked
5 weeks ago Bad news for all Facebook users (or at least employed ones). There has been a last minute amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, that would ban employers from asking employers for their social media passwords -- but the measure was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Senate Rejects Gun Control Bill Expanding Background Checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control.
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Letters Containing Ricin Sent to President, Two Senators [UPDATED]
1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.
12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.
The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility. This comes just after a letter sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) was found to contain the poison ricin.
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Law Requiring Gun Ownership Passed in Georgia
If you live in Nelson, Georgia, the government has decided that you must own a firearm.
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Willie Nelson on Gay Marriage: ‘I’d Never Marry a Guy I Didn’t Like’
Willie Nelson may be approaching his 80th birthday, but he's still a spitfire with a whole lot to say -- and he's not afraid to speak his mind, especially when it's a cause he believes in. Nelson recently opened up on his views of the Supreme Court's consideration of gay rights and same-sex marriage, and he was his usual 'Shotgun Willie' self.
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Texas Lawmakers Consider Bill to Drug Test Unemployment Applicants
A proposal to drug test applicants for welfare and unemployment benefits is meeting little resistance so far in the Texas Legislature.