They came over that damn border, didn't they?
"Body of missing Texas deputy found in lake" Associated Press September 20, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas — Divers found the body of a missing Central Texas sheriff’s deputy Friday, a day after her patrol car was found swamped by flood waters after she radioed for help while checking low-water crossings.
Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis was found dead Friday afternoon in Lake Austin, an emotional Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton announced Friday afternoon.
Hamilton said he had been determined to ‘‘bring her home.’’
Efforts to locate the deputy had been suspended before nightfall Thursday because of the storms, which were remnants of Hurricane Odile.
The National Weather Service forecast more heavy rain through Saturday over much of West Texas, with flash flood watches issued through Friday night.
Rain fell Friday in Southeast Texas and elsewhere in the state, with high waters clogging roadways and impeding traffic in metro areas such as Austin and Houston.
Hollis, 35, a seven-year veteran of the department, was checking low-water crossings during storms.
She radioed shortly before 2 a.m. CDT Thursday to say her patrol car was being washed away in an Austin-area subdivision, Travis County sheriff’s spokesman Roger Wade said.
Hollis’s empty car was found a short time later, but she could not be located.
Earlier this week, rainfall pelted parts of the state....
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"Texas cancer doctor convicted of poisoning lover" Associated Press September 27, 2014
HOUSTON — A cancer researcher in Texas was convicted Friday of aggravated assault for poisoning her colleague, who was also her lover, by lacing his coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical found in antifreeze.
Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, 43, a breast cancer doctor based at Houston’s famed Texas Medical Center, had been involved in a relationship with Dr. George Blumenschein.
Prosecutors told jurors that Gonzalez-Angulo was obsessed with Blumenschein, a fellow researcher. They said the affair turned into a ‘‘fatal attraction’’ and she poisoned him with ethylene glycol after Blumenschein spurned her in favor of Evette Toney, his girlfriend of 10 years with whom he was trying to start a family.
Blumenschein told jurors that he became sick Jan. 27, 2013, not long after he and Gonzalez-Angulo had been intimate.
Gonzalez-Angulo had no visible reaction to the verdict. The punishment phase of the trial began shortly after the verdict was read. Gonzalez-Angulo could face up to life in prison.
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I can see why he turned her down.
Related: Fate of Texas’ tough voter ID law in judge’s hands
Seems like a good idea now that illegals have invaded the place.
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"Aircraft carrier at marine scrap plant
BROWNSVILLE — The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Saratoga has arrived at its final destination in South Texas, where it will be scrapped. The Saratoga on Friday reached the Esco Marine ship recycling plant in Brownsville. The Saratoga departed from Newport, R.I., on Aug. 21. Esco Marine, which is being paid a penny by the Navy to dispose of the Saratoga, will sell what it recovers from the ship (AP)."
Also see: Texas college grieves after four killed in bus crash
