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Texas Instruments Takes A Haircut, National Semi...
Texas Instruments is off by 1.4% but National Semiconductor sinks 7.4% on weak forecast.
Texas Instruments Tightens 3Q View
Texas Instruments tightened its third-quarter revenue and earnings outlook range but kept the mid-point of that range unchanged, as demand for personal computers and televisions show signs of weakness in a sluggish economy.
Texas Threatens To Close For-Profit College
Texas regulators are threatening to revoke the licenses of three campuses of a for-profit college.
Texas' financial aid for college students could...
The TEXAS grant program, the state's largest financial aid fund, already has tens of thousands more applicants than it can serve, and with state budget cuts looming next year, about 24,000 more could be left behind.
Texas' school-funds bid rejected
Texas leaders, including Gov. Rick Perry, exchanged finger-pointing blame again with a Democratic congressman on Thursday after federal education officials denied an $830 million allocation for Texas schools.
Texas Instruments Lowers Top End of Forecast Range
Texas Instruments Inc., the second- largest U.S. chipmaker, lowered the upper end of its forecast range for third-quarter profit and sales, indicating that semiconductor demand may be slipping as economic growth slows.
Texas Instruments Trims Top-End 3Q Targets
Texas Instruments lowers top-end estimates for 3rd-quarter earnings per share, revenue Earnings per share - Texas Instruments - Business - Recreation - Shopping
Texas Instruments Narrows Outlook
Texas Instruments narrowed its forecast but kept outlook at the midpoint of Wall Street's expectations.
Texas officials defend arson investigation
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Texas Fire Marshal's Office maintains that a man executed for murdering his children deliberately set the fire that killed them. Texas - United States - AUSTIN - Austin Texas - Business and Economy
Texas officials stop search for 2 missing swimmers
Authorities in Texas say it is unlikely they will find alive two missing swimmers swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine (hur-MEEN').
Texas flooding claims one life
The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused massive flooding in northern Texas yesterday, killing at least one person and submerging much of the city of Arlington under water. Texas - Tropical Storm Hermine - Arlington - United States - Earth Sciences
Texas lessens backlog of food stamp applications
AUSTIN - Texas has significantly reduced a backlog of food stamp applications and improved the accuracy of processing them, thanks to the help of hundreds of new workers, a state official said Wednesday.
Texas trims food stamp backlog
AUSTIN -- Texas has significantly reduced a backlog of food stamp applications and improved the accuracy of processing them, thanks to the help of hundreds of new workers, a state official said Wednesday.But Health and Human Services Executive Commis ...
Texas' White promises monthly state budget updates
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White on Wednesday accused Republican Gov. Rick Perry of hiding from an anticipated $18 billion state budget deficit and promised to provide monthly updates of the state's financial condition if he's elected.
Texas to pay tribute to Wyoming player killed
Texas will have a pregame tribute for Wyoming freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse, who was killed this week in a traffic accident. The No. 5 Longhorns hosts the Cowboys on Saturday in Austin. Texas coach Mack Brown says the tribute will include a moment of silence and Narcisse's photograph on Texas' massive scoreboard video screen.

Southland Notebook: Bearkats trying to 'amp up' efforts
Sam Houston State head coach Willie Fritz and his staff have had plenty of time to review the game film from last weekend’s 34-3 loss at Baylor. While the Bearkats showed plenty of positive signs, there are still a lot of areas the team needs to work on in order to have a better outing at Western Illinois on Sept. 18.
Blinn sending six to all-star game in Waco
Six members of the Blinn College baseball team have been selected to participate in the Texas-New Mexico all-star game Sept. 24-25 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Baylor College of Medicine gets two NIH grants
Baylor College of Medicine has received two separate grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling $5.7 million.
Good news, Bears: QB Griffin back from injury,...
WACO - The vast majority of the almost 43,000 people who flocked to Floyd Casey Stadium came to see if Robert Griffin still was the player he once was.The answer was yes - eventually. A verdict that sounds as two-sided as the performance turned in by the Baylor quarterback and his Bears teammates.
College football preview: Texas QB Gilbert makes...
HOUSTON - No. 5 Texas has more than a dozen freshmen on its depth chart.Coach Mack Brown doesn't see that as cause for concern as the Longhorns prepare for today's opener against Rice.
Fatal crash adds to HPD safety debate
A wreck involving a first-year patrolman, and killing a Baylor scientist, is the latest example of the department's inability to persuade officers to consistently wear seat belts.
Wanted: Playmakers
Quarterback. Check. Offensive line. Check. Running backs and wide receivers? Well, the Bearkats finally will find out who will emerge at the skill positions when they open the season today against Baylor in Waco.
Scott Peek named president of Baylor-McKinney
Scott Peek, the chief operating officer for Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, has been named president of Baylor Medical Center at McKinney.
Seymour: Texas Weather Record Holder
Texas is in the midst of another sizzling summer with blistering temperatures. The community of Seymour holds an unenviable record regarding Texas weather. Located southwest of Wichita Falls, Seymour is the county seat of Baylor County.
Baylor, Texas Children's get $14.9M NIH grant
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have received a $14.9 million infusion from the National Institutes of Health.
Construction to begin on West Sixth Street
Sidewalk reconstruction, parking, and bike lane project along the north side of West 6th Street from Baylor Street to Blanco Street is scheduled to start construction on Monday, July 12, 2010, lasting approximately eight weeks. To minimize the impact
West 6th Street roadway project to begin Monday
From the City of Austin: Sidewalk reconstruction, parking, and bike lane project along the north side of West 6th Street from Baylor Street to Blanco Street is scheduled to start construction on Monday, July 12, 2010, lasting approximately eight
Colt, fiancee ready for wedding this month
AUSTIN - Just weeks before her wedding to No. 12, Rachel Glandorf, a 6-foot, lean and blond Baylor University graduate, appears calm and relaxed on a late June afternoon despite her serious to-do list, which includes officially becoming an NFL wife and moving from Austin to Cleveland.Little did she know that her decision to go to Baylor would lead her into the gaze of a star University of Texas and former Jim Ned High School quarterback. He's Colt McCoy, now a rookie for the Cleveland Browns who...
Colt McCoy, fiancee ready for wedding
AUSTIN - Just weeks before her wedding to No. 12, Rachel Glandorf, a 6-foot, lean and blonde Baylor University graduate, appears calm and relaxed on a late June afternoon despite her serious to-do list, which includes officially becoming an NFL...
Klotman new Baylor College of Medicine president,...
Dr. Paul Klotman has been named president and chief executive of Baylor College of Medicine.
Stem cell donation less invasive than bone marrow...
Stem cell donation is less invasive than bone marrow donation, and it is an out-patient procedure, said Denise Kramer, transplant coordinator for Dr. Louis Pineiro at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.
Baylor medical school falls from Top 20
As if it weren’t enough that the University of Texas’ football ambitions left Baylor University in a lurch last week, it now turns out that some UT medical leaders one-upped the state’s other Baylor in an influential national ranking of medical schools.
With eye on BCS, Mountain West Conference brings...
The league adds Boise State and wants more, but Baylor may not be on the list.
Colts' Snow talks about Super Bowls, Baylor's fate
Few players can say they've played in a Super Bowl. Justin Snow has played in two.Snow, a 10-year veteran and long snapper with the Indianapolis Colts, won a Super Bowl in 2007 when the Colts beat the Bears 29-17. This past season, the New Orleans Saints beat the Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.Snow, a 1995 Cooper graduate, said he's lucky just to have played in a Super Bowl.
Baylor coach talks realignment, upcoming season
A wreck on I-45 may have delayed the guest of honor, but local Baylor alumnus eventually got to see the man they hope will bring Baylor football back to respectability.
Deconstructing the Big 12: Fate of conference...
In 1996, the Southwest Conference dissolved and four members - the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor - joined the teams of the Big Eight to form the Big 12.At the time, it was the biggest tremor in a changing college football landscape.Fourteen years later, the Big 12 appears headed for the same fate suffered by the league it absorbed. And this time, the seismic shifts stemming from a potential collapse could reshape college athletics forever.
Texas economy would suffer in Big 12 loss
Texas economist M. Ray Perryman predicts a slide in the state's economy if Baylor University is separated from the three other Texas universities currently in the Big 12 conference.
Mount Sinai chief to lead Baylor medical school
Dr. Paul Klotman, a nephrologist, will join Baylor Sept. 1, Mount Sinai President Dr. Kenneth Davis announced to the medical college in an internal e-mail.
A different take on Bullock and Baylor
The Big 12 is in Big Trouble, Perry calls on White to quit running and Burka finds little in Perry claims against White. (Happy birthday to Monica Pinon.) OK, yeah, this is usually a political column. But this is
Anderson graduates
Robin Nicole Anderson of Scroggins was among the more than 2,000 graduates on which degrees were conferred by Baylor University

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