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Austin essentials: Music sets background beat, but food, cultural offerings also a draw

200 Austin venues host live performances nightly AUSTIN, Texas _ Austin is the capital of Texas, but it brands itself as the “Live Music Capital of the World.” And for good reason: On any given night, 200 venues across the city host live performances. The city is also known for South by Southwest, its annual […]

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U.S. army veteran receives new home from Houston Texans, FMC Technologies

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Oilfield equipment manufacturer, NFL team join forces to help say ‘thank you’ to the brave men and women of military HOUSTON – Injured U.S. Army veteran Israel “Izzy” Raylan Hillyer got the surprise of his life Sunday as he watched the Houston Texans square off against the New York Jets — a new mortgage-free home in the

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Reel Thanx fundraising fishing tournament Oct. 17 – register now!

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Reel Thanx has helped 168 injured American veterans since 2007 Reel Thanx is a Midland-based charity that supports injured American military veterans. Twice a year Reel Thanx holds fund-raising events and registration is now open for the next one, a fishing tournament at Lake Amistad. American Energy News is proud to be a supporter of Reel

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Texas A&M trains Canadian natives to rid reserve land of bullets, bombs

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Texas A&M to help band clear reserve of war training ordnance material VANCOUVER – Ten members from British Columbia’s Okanagan Indian Band have been selected for specialized training to learn how to rid their reserve of the buried bullets and bombs that have accumulated over a century. Military training dating back to the Boer War has littered

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Alamo receives UNESCO world heritage site status

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Alamo designation likely to boost tourism BONN, Germany – The United States has succeeded in its bid to “Remember the Alamo,” after the U.N. cultural body approved its status as a world heritage site Sunday. The Alamo was one of five Spanish Roman Catholic sites, known as the San Antonio Missions, to receive the coveted label likely to boost tourism.

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Marsha Hendler and her quest to build biggest woman-owned oil company

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Before starting Terrafina Energy, Marsha Hendler worked in hospitality, owned a marketing consultancy Marsha Hendler never set out to own an oil company. Or become a well operator, for that matter. She was content in her career as an accomplished San Antonio marketing consultant, but then along came the Eagle Ford shale boom and she

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Texas space race: Internet billionaires vie for the skies

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PayPal, Amazon founders in Texas space race An isolated edge of vast West Texas is home to a highly secretive part of the 21st-century space race, one of two being directed in the Lone Star State by Internet billionaires whose personalities and corporate strategies seem worlds apart. The presence of Blue Origin, LLC, the brainchild of

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Bront Bird: NFL linebacker turned Permian entrepreneur

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NFL players entrust Bront Bird with savings to help start West Texas pipe inspection company What do professional football and oilfield businesses have in common? According to Bront Bird, running his Midland-based pipe inspection company like an NFL team gives him a big leg up over his competitors. Bird brings the same fiercely competitive nature

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Reel Thanx of Midland, Texas throws a line to injured soldiers

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Reel Thanx has taken 168 soldiers on fishing weekend to Lake Amastad, changed lives Mike Hutt was a broken man when he stepped off the plane at Midland Airport in 2012. And a little apprehensive about the upcoming weekend fishing trip with local charity Reel Thanx. After 17 years in the military, Hutt was discharged

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