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Texas state inmates use fans to beat the heat
HOUSTON (AP) — Only 19 of 112 Texas state prisons are air conditioned, leaving the majority of inmates to face the summer heat with fans.
Officials say the 19 prisons are generally reserved for the sick and mentally ill, the Houston Chronicle reported.
So far this year, nine inmates and seven prison employees have suffered heat-related illnesses.
Prison officials have established hot-weather procedures that go into effect when the heat index reaches 90 degrees.
State Senator John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said the heat is “part of the reality of going to prison.”
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Rain adds to sliding soil threat in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Rain on Friday threatened to exacerbate ground shifting in a San Antonio neighborhood where homes were endangered when a retaining wall split nearly a week ago.
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Manslaughter defense ruled out in abortion slaying
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The judge in the trial of a man accused of murdering an abortion doctor dealt the defense a major setback Thursday, ruling that the jury cannot consider a lesser charge of manslaughter.
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Voters to president: Less talk, more action
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Dems vow to resurrect health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving up on health care overhaul is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation.
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Smuggled phone used to post death row inmate photo
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row prisoner’s photo that he took with a smuggled cell phone and sent via the Internet has been removed from an inmate Web site.
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Obama plans to help a middle class ‘under assault’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring America’s middle class is “under assault,” President Barack Obama unveiled plans Monday to help hurting families pay their bills, save for retirement and care for their kids and aging parents. His comments previewed Wednesday’s State of the Union Address.
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Game over: Inmate can’t play Dungeons & Dragons
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man serving life in prison for first-degree intentional homicide lost his legal battle Monday to play Dungeons & Dragons behind bars.
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SC politician’s welfare comments called ‘immoral’
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford — when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress — his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.
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You’re number 1: Alaska village up first in census
NOORVIK, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is launching its 2010 count of the nation’s residents in a remote Alaska village.
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Confusion bars children’s author from curriculum
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — What do the authors of the children’s book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” and a 2008 book called “Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation” have in common?
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Rain adds to sliding soil threat in San Antonio
