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SAN ANTONIO — As much beauty as there is in a Tony Parker floater or a Manu Ginobili falling reverse-layup, 25 artists have signed up to put that into artwork.
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Spurs show off championship rings on social media
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Luminaria guide: What to see, when to go, how to get there
Seven years ago, nobody knew if Luminaria would work at all.
Rodeo announces some of its 2015 entertainment
An Australian country music superstar, the Justin Bieber of country and a Grammy-winning R&B star are among the acts the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has announced as part of its entertainment lineup for the 2015 season.
Council passes ban on handheld devices while driving
SAN ANTONIO — The City Council on Thursday agreed unanimously to prohibit drivers in San Antonio from using handheld devices behind the wheel.
DA-elect LaHood says he won't clean house
SAN ANTONIO — Hours after clinching a hard fought victory, District Attorney-elect Nicholas “Nico” LaHood met in his office just north of downtown Wednesday afternoon with lawyer Woody Halstead, who he announced will serve as his second-in-command.
Hurd edged Gallego thanks to S.A.-area support
SAN ANTONIO — The outcome wasn't clear until after midnight, but the reality set in quickly early Wednesday.
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Texas' Perry in court for heated pretrial hearing
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6 Dallas students slightly hurt in bus accident
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Inventor of CorningWare glass dies in New York
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Vaccine spray may not work for swine flu in kids
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School shelling deaths in Ukraine hurt peace hopes
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Used-car GPS helps police find abducted woman
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Stained glass creation a tribute to Texas heroes
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Libya's top court rules against elected parliament
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Remains of missing Fox movie executive found
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Tim and Pop win No. 900 together
The number mentioned most often in the Spurs' locker room after Wednesday's 94-92 win over Atlanta at the AT&T Center was not 21.
Abbott is new sheriff in town
By Peggy Fikac
AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott wasted no time in getting to work Wednesday as Texas' governor-elect, meeting with legislative and agency leaders on border security, tax relief and Ebola.
City attorney to join old boss Castro at HUD
By Josh Baugh
SAN ANTONIO — City Attorney Robbie Greenblum is resigning his position to take a job with his old boss, who now is the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
After fracking ban, an expensive fight ahead
AUSTIN – For Texas progressives, especially defenders of clean air and water, it looked like the consolation prize in an election dominated by the party of big business: Voters in the city of Denton approved the state's first local ban on the petroleum extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing.
Fall’s hottest shoe trends
No fall wardrobe is complete without boots and this season has everything from knee-high to thigh-high, from combat to the much-touted bootie.
Scandal rocks one of S.A.'s top oncology practices
Radiation Oncology San Antonio (ROSA), which does business as Oncology San Antonio, alleges in a lawsuit that former President Dr. Rajiv Dahiya “misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions” from the company to support his various “investment schemes and extravagant lifestyle.” He also made attempts to cover up the alleged fraud, another court filing states.
The art of kayak fishing
ROCKPORT — All his life, singer, musician and artist Ty Southerland has created a living out of nothing.
Scorpions goalkeeper battles back from bone infection
By Dan McCarney
The pain was like nothing Josh Saunders ever experienced.
Company acknowledges Abbott ballot mistake
By John Tedesco
SAN ANTONIO— The company that supplies Bexar County with iVotronic voting machines acknowledged Wednesday that a glitch caused an electronic ballot to display the wrong name for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
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Republican allies helped Wolff win
For a Democrat who just rode to re-election against a Republican tide, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff was in a strangely pensive mood Wednesday morning. “The world is changing,” the 74-year-old said.
Way back for Ferry? Starts with old friends
Had he caught himself last June before the words came out of his mouth, Danny Ferry would be out in public. He would be doing his job, monitoring his basketball team, and he might have come to San Antonio on Wednesday to watch the Hawks play the Spurs.
Hurd leaves it all on field in Dist. 23
Will Hurd stood in front of Cross Mountain Church on Tuesday afternoon when a young woman approached the Northwest Side polling center. Hurd, the Republican challenger in this state's only congressional swing district (U.S. District 23), introduced himself, and the woman responded, “I'm voting for you.” A moment later, she turned back, and with a stern look on her face, said, “Mr. Hurd, don't let us down.” That was a message that echoed — even when it was unspoken — across the country in recent weeks, in an election that veered Republican but reflected a fed-up voting public reluctant to trust anyone with the reins of government.
Strong finds UT’s name may be losing relevance
AUSTIN — Charlie Strong thought he’d be welcome in any home in Texas. That’s what he said when he arrived here, anyway. Nine months ago, when Strong still was settling in as football coach at the state’s flagship school, he embraced everything about the Longhorns, including the hubris.
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Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO — In film noir, the stories often are told on the rain-slickened streets of the urban jungle.
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In the bitter race for Bexar County district attorney, money won the day.