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Democrats' debate targets Perry, jobs (San Antonio Express-News)
Former Houston mayor uses TV airtime to critique Gov. Perry as Shami promises “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Blogging the Texas debate Complete election coverage
8 Feb 2010, 9:07 pm | click here for more
Tiny N. Texas town bans gas drilling for 90 days (KCEN-TV Temple)
DALLAS (AP) - The governing commission of the tiny north Texas town of Dish in the Barnett Shale natural gas field has voted a 90-day moratorium on new gas well drilling.
8 Feb 2010, 9:05 pm | click here for more
Tiny N. Texas town bans gas drilling for 90 days (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 10:55 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - The governing commission of the tiny north Texas town of Dish in the Barnett Shale natural gas field has voted a 90-day moratorium...
8 Feb 2010, 8:56 pm | click here for more
Tesco: We will not bail out Carlisle's Viaduct estate (The News and Star)
Tesco will not step in to bail out Carlisle’s Viaduct Estate after the University of Cumbria backed out of a scheme to build a new campus there.
8 Feb 2010, 6:52 am | click here for more
Tesco: We won’t bail out Viaduct estate (The News and Star)
TESCO will not step in to bail out Carlisle’s Viaduct Estate after the University of Cumbria backed out of a scheme to build a new campus there.
8 Feb 2010, 4:51 am | click here for more
Natural gas operations to stop in DISH (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)
DISH, Texas — The DISH Board of Commissioners will vote to suspend every natural gas drilling operations for 90 days Monday night at a town meeting. The move comes after an air study in the Denton County town, located in the heart of the Barnett Shale, showed high levels of toxin benzene. "It is clear that the State of Texas is not going to take appropriate action to protect the citizens of DISH ...
8 Feb 2010, 2:39 pm | click here for more
Fracking elicits complaints but no violations (Denton Record-Chronicle)
As Cathy McMullen surveyed the Rayzor Ranch gas well site on Friday afternoon from nearby McKenna Park, she felt her eyes water and nose burn. Smoke and a steady roar of noise rose from the 3-acre drilling site at Bonnie Brae and Scripture streets in Denton. To McMullen, the air smelled like pesticide.
8 Feb 2010, 10:59 pm | click here for more
‘Split Estate’ shows Thursday, library (Telluride Daily Planet)
The interests of those who live on Colorado’s mesas, plains and mountains, and those who want what’s below them, are often in conflict.
8 Feb 2010, 10:59 am | click here for more
White, Shami disagree on death penalty moratorium, border security in Democratic debate (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Farouk Shami and Bill White air their viewpoints and plans to make Texas a better place.
8 Feb 2010, 10:38 pm | click here for more
White skips primary talk and guns straight for Perry (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Meanwhile, Shami seemed to launch his campaign against himself.
8 Feb 2010, 10:34 pm | click here for more