TexasTexas is a state of the United States of America located in the country's Southern and Southwestern regions. With an area of 678,051 km? (261,797 mi?) and a population of 23.5 million in 254 counties, the state is second-largest in both area, behind Alaska, and population, behind California. About half the state's population resides in either the Dallas-Fort Worth or Houston metropolitan areas. The state's name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai, t?ysha?,...Heller: Staving off city's red-ink budget- September 16, 2008 Flush with income from increased revenues and great returns on investments, lower energy bills and operating expenses, perhaps you have far more money this year.http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080915_Karen_Heller__Staving_off_red-ink_budget.... Alamo City ad firm lands big pact- September 16, 2008 TracFone Wireless , which bills itself as the nation's largest prepaid cellular phone provider, has dialed up San Antonio advertising agency Interlex to help it brand and market the roll-out of the company's ...http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/09/15/story2.html?b=1221451200^1... Carnival Cruise ships' Galveston passengers rerouted to New Orleans- September 16, 2008 Passengers on two Carnival Cruise ships that sailed from the Port of Galveston before Hurricane Ike hit the island have been rerouted to a port in New Orleans.http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/16/0916iketourism.html SC gas crunch brings complaints, restrictions- September 15, 2008 South Carolina drivers continued paying high prices for gas when they could find it Monday and the governor ordered some agencies to halt travel as the aftermath of Hurricane Ike continued to squeeze the state.http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2008/09/15/ap-state-sc/d937cv4g0.txt September 2008 - Waco Tribune-Herald- September 15, 2008 Wall Street dropped precipitously today, with the Dow Jones industrials suffering their worst point drop in seven years. The Dow Jones industrials are down more than 504 points, their sixth-largest point drop ever and their worst showing since the ...http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/breakingnews/entries/20... Brewster commissioners analyze aftermath of Union Pacific gas leak - Alpine Avalanche- September 15, 2008 Brewster County Commissioners heard some frightening figures at Mondays meeting, but they also heard some truly positive ones. Tom Santry, emergency management coordinator, recapped the Aug. 30 incident in which argon gas leaked from three Union ...http://alpineavalanche.com/articles/2008/09/15/front/front03.txt Emirates suspends daily direct flights to Houston - Gulf News- September 15, 2008 Dubai: Emirates has suspended its daily direct flights to Houston, Texas, and passengers are advised the next flight will only be on Thursday (September 18), an airline spokesperson said. The airline stopped flights to the oil centre since September ...http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Travel_and_Tourism/10245222.html Protest to be held against potential Nac MTC prison- September 15, 2008 A group of local citizens, including some SFA students, will stage its first protest against building a federal prison in Nacogdoches at 5 p.m. Tuesday downtown in front of city hall.http://media.www.thepinelog.com/media/storage/paper954/news/2008/09/15/News/Protest.To.Be.... Trying to compete with fewer incentives- September 15, 2008 South Carolina recently lost a bid to land an aircraft manufacturer that would have brought hundreds of jobs to its growing aeronautics cluster.http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/14_19/news/12779-1.html Hawaii Red Cross volunteers fly to mainland - KPUA.net- September 15, 2008 HONOLULU (AP) _ Five Hawaii Red Cross volunteers from Oahu, Maui and the Big Island left over the weekend to join 17 Hawaii volunteers already assisting with hurricane relief in Louisiana and Texas. They will help with damage assessment and providing ...http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=15847 |