Because the state is one of the largest buyers of textbooks, the changes approved by the Texas School Board will have a broad influence.
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Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards
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Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards
Friday, March 12th, 2010Beliefs: Beliefs: A Christian Overture to Muslims Has Its Critics
Friday, March 12th, 2010“The Camel Method” for preaching to Muslims has prompted controversy among Southern Baptists.
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Beliefs: Beliefs: A Christian Overture to Muslims Has Its Critics
Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors
Thursday, March 11th, 2010The ex-husband of the woman who called herself “JihadJane” said she “was just like anyone else.”
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Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors
Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The Texas school board held hearings on proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum that would portray conservatives in a more positive light.
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Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks
Gambit in Texan’s Battle to Unseat the Governor
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010The confetti had barely settled on the primaries when the Democratic nominee went after Gov. Rick Perry
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Gambit in Texan’s Battle to Unseat the Governor
On Primary Eve, Texas Race Seems Close No More
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Gov. Rick Perry’s success in portraying Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as a Washington insider has given him a comfortable lead heading into Tuesday’s primary for governor
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On Primary Eve, Texas Race Seems Close No More
From Churchgoer to Charges as Church Burner
Monday, March 1st, 2010People in East Texas are trying to figure out how two men raised in religious families came to be accused of breaking into and setting fire to 10 churches.
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From Churchgoer to Charges as Church Burner
Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 25 Years in Secret Hearing
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the head of the Gulf Cartel on the Texas border, has agreed to cooperate with the federal government, according to the transcript of the hearing.
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Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 25 Years in Secret Hearing
California Deputy Is Killed in Gun Battle
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Two other officers were wounded when a fire investigation in rural Fresno County turned into a gun battle and standoff.
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California Deputy Is Killed in Gun Battle
Tip Helped Lead to Arrests in Texas Fires
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Footprints and an anonymous caller aided the arrests of two young men in connection with fires that destroyed 10 churches.
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Tip Helped Lead to Arrests in Texas Fires