News Headlines for Abbott, Texas

Cory McCartney: No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma (Sports Illustrated)
Granted, there are bigger rivalries on the schedule, i.e. Michigan-Ohio State, BYU-Utah and a game that will be so bad you just can't help but watch: 0-10 Washington vs. 1-10 Washington State. But no game looms larger this weekend than another clash of top-10 Big 12 teams with No. 2 Texas Tech visiting No. 5 Oklahoma.

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Texas governor criticizes federal response to Ike (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called the federal government's efforts to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along.

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Four injured in Tyler, Texas, refinery fire (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Four people were injured in an explosion and fire at Delek US Holdings Inc's 58,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, according to a company spokesman.

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Blast, fire produces injuries at Texas refinery (AP via Yahoo! News)
An explosion at an east Texas oil refinery Thursday started a fire and injured four workers, two of them seriously, authorities said.

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No. 2 Texas Tech's defense gaining respect (MSNBC)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -Texas Tech coach Mike Leach knew something had to change when the Red Raiders rolled up 718 yards last year against Oklahoma State - and lost.

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Former Texas AG Jim Mattox dies at 65 (Houston Chronicle)
Jim Mattox, the self-styled "people's lawyer" who took on major corporations during eight years as Texas attorney general, has died.

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Wal-Mart to purchase wind power in Texas (UPI)
DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would buy 226 million kilowatt hours of wind power per year for use in 360 stores in Texas.

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Big 12 football chat: Texas Tech faces ultimate road test (Dallas Morning News)
Can Oklahoma get to Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell? Is Will Muschamp the right guy to succeed Mack Brown? Chuck Carlton answered those questions and more in Thursday's Big 12 football chat.

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Evolution teachings under debate in Texas (UPI)
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pro-evolution groups in Texas say teaching students statewide the strengths and weaknesses of the theory of evolution could lead to religious teachings.

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Texas border sheriffs launch border camera program (Dallas Morning News)
EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition has launched a new network of Internet cameras aimed at the Mexican border in the latest effort to bolster local border security efforts with live video steaming.

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