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  • Toyota San Antonio Chamber Present STEM Project

    Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas is supporting the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber's CORE4 STEM project to the tune of $100,000, it was announced this week. Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president, National Philanthropy and Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. made the presentation to Hispanic Chamber CEO Ramiro Cavazos and the chamber's chairman of the board, Alexander ...

  • Texas approves bill to guide fund water projects

    Legislation to tackle Texas' water woes was approved by the Texas Senate on Monday. House Bill 4, filed by State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, would direct $2 billion into a water infrastructure fund that would offer loans for projects such as new water reservoirs, pipelines and conservation projects. The legislation will restructure the Texas Water Development Board to a three-member, ...

  • Lawmakers agree on $50 million for ETF

    The governor's office and legislative leaders have agreed to supply the Texas Emerging Technology Fund with $50 million over two years to continue operations, State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told the Austin American-Statesman yesterday. Gov. Rick Perry originally requested $69.5 million for each of the next two years. Lawmakers still must decide whether to strip the states top three ...

  • Pica Pica Plaza creating new event space in South San Antonio

    Pica Pica Plaza has launched a new Celebrations Event Center. Pica Pica Plaza, a 130,000-square-foot retail/entrepreneur incubator on San Antonios South Side is adding a new service the Celebrations Event Center. The newly completed event center will be open for any kind of event, be it formal or casual. Celebrations will also provide such services as catering, party planning and floral ...

  • Army major found dead at Texas military base

    Sam Houston in San Antonio, Army officials say. The officer was not immediately identified pending notification of family, and an Army statement did not give a possible cause of death, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday. The base's firefighters discovered the officer about 7 a.m. Monday while responding to a call about a water leak, the statement said. He was found in his room ...


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The Naked City [DVD]

The Naked City [DVD]

Shot on 107 different locations around New York City, Jules Dassins The Naked City was a new kind of a crime thriller, one whose striking originality when it premiered in 1948 subsequently paved the way for every detailed police procedural that followed, from Dragnet to ...

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  • ATT U-verse TV named countrys leading video company

    AT&T U-verse TV has been named the leading video service in the country by Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan has named AT&T U-verse TV the market research companys 2013 Video Company of the Year. Frost selected AT&T U-verse as the leading provider due to excellence in customer value, innovation and growth. The company also won the award in 2009. Growing market share in a ...

  • $900M for transportation wont cut it lawmaker says

    Putting about $900 million into Texas roadways over the next two years is not enough for the long term, said State Rep. Joseph Pickett, D-El Paso. As the final days of the session draw near, lawmakers are still wrestling over legislation to deal with Texas' transportation infrastructure challenges. Funding a $2 billion water plan and providing $1.8 billion in tax cuts are two issues that ...

  • San Antonio IT firms YL Operari combine operations

    Y&L Consulting has finalized its buy-out of The Operari Group. Y&L Consulting has closed on the companys buy-out of the Operari Group. Now that the acquisition is completed, San Antonio-based Y&L plans on significantly expanding its information technology offerings. This is a good union for all concerned, Operari co-founder and managing partner Shaun Williams says. Operari has spent the last ...

  • Forge Energy hit with wrongful death suit over oilfield fatality

    The family of a slain oilfield worker has filed a lawsuit against San Antonio-based Forge Energy LLC and Thornton Drilling Co. in Odessa. The family of an electrocuted oilfield worker has filed a wrongful death suit against rig owner San Antonio-based Forge Energy LLC, and its contractor, Thornton Drilling Co. in Odessa, claiming the companies gross negligence led to the fatality. Officials at ...

  • Billions for campus construction close to passage

    In its tentative approval of campus construction bonds, the Texas House upped the total from about $2.4 billion to almost $2.7 billion. Billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction have received tentative approval by the Texas House, the Texas Tribune reports. The version of Senate Bill 16 by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, considered by the House on Monday allocated bonds to ...

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