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Cat tips police to suspect
Corpus Christi — Corpus Christi police looking for a man wanted for an alleged parole violation got an assist help from a discerning feline.
Police records show officers were searching a mobile home for 34-year-old Roger Crossland on Wednesday but couldn't find him inside. they stepped outside and peered under the trailer and saw a cat staring at the crossbeams on its bottom. The cat's gaze led them to Crossland.
He's now in Nueces County Jail charged with violating a 10-year probationary term from a 2000 theft case.
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Wildflowers: Rainfall expected to bring Texans an abundant array
Texas should have a colorful spring, with recent rains bringing an abundance of wildflowers and blooms already popping up, experts say.
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Soldier from San Benito killed in Iraq
A 20-year-old soldier from south Texas has been killed in Iraq.
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Roof collapses at Fort Worth brewing company
Storm damage is helping keep the beer cold after part of the roof at a Fort Worth brewery collapsed under heavy snow.
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Texas Supreme Court will hear strip-club fee case
The legal dance over Texas' so-called "pole tax," a $5 entrance fee at strip clubs, is going before the state Supreme Court.
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Ex-President Clinton undergoes heart procedure
Former President Bill Clinton had two stents inserted in one of his heart arteries after being hospitalized with chest pains, an adviser said Thursday.
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Retail gasoline prices down 3 cents in Texas
Retail gasoline prices in Texas slipped for the fourth straight week to settle at $2.48 a gallon.
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Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76
The late Rep. Charlie Wilson worked tenaciously to funnel millions of dollars in weapons to Afghan rebels who fought off the Soviet Union, only to watch Afghanistan plunge into chaos and eventually harbor al-Qaida terrorists.
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Snow slows travel across North Texas
Snow blanketed parts of Texas in a winter storm that slowed traffic and led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
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