News Headlines for Adrian, Texas

What a Knight! Texas Tech scores 167 points in win (AP via Yahoo! News)
Texas Tech gave coach Pat Knight something his famous father never received from the Red Raiders: 167 points.

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Jim Mattox, Combative Texas Politician, Dies at 65 (New York Times)
Mr. Mattox, a former attorney general of Texas and member of Congress, was best remembered as a fierce political campaigner who battled Ann Richards in a vicious primary campaign for governor.

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No. 14 Texas beats Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 87-36 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Kathleen Nash had 11 points and 12 rebounds, leading No. 14 Texas to a 87-36 rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday night.

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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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Texas executes man who killed ex-girlfriend (AP via Yahoo! News)
Texas executed a killer Thursday who was on parole when authorities say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage after beating down the door to her Dallas-area apartment nearly a decade ago.

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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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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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Fired inspectors sue Texas Education Agency (Dallas Morning News)
AUSTIN – Two former inspectors for the Texas Education Agency sued the agency Thursday, alleging they were wrongfully fired for trying to investigate fraud and waste in the TEA and certain school districts – and then speaking out when their efforts were blocked.

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Delek Texas Refinery Hit by Blast, Workers Injured (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Delek U.S. Holdings Inc ., a unit of Israeli holding company Delek Group Ltd., was struck by an explosion and fire at its refinery in Tyler, Texas, today that forced at least six people to get medical attention.

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