TxDot launches new Web site to find uninsured drivers
      The Texas Department of Transportation recently launched two new programs to help out drivers in time for the busy summer driving season. The first program, a new Web site - www.texassure.com - recently was developed to help make the search for the more than 4 million uninsured drivers in the s...
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Officials say Governor's mansion fire politically motivated
By APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer
      AUSTIN (AP) - Investigators said Monday that the arson at the Texas Governor's Mansion was politically motivated and offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who torched the historic building.
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UK's Brown: Britain needs technology to defeat terrorism
By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer
      LONDON (AP) - Britain must set aside worries that DNA technology, security cameras or identity cards are diminishing civil liberties and harness modern technology to tackle terrorism, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday.
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Soldiers risk ruin while awaiting benefits
By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
      SAN ANTONIO (AP) - His lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had, in the end, come to this for Isaac Stevens: 28, penniless, in a wheelchair, fending off the sexual advances of another man in a homeless shelter.
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Twain, Wharton homes join others in financial peril
By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press Writer
      HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Mark Twain, Edith Wharton and other boldfaced names among the dead have something in common with living Americans in these hard financial times: Their homes are in jeopardy. For scores of historic house museums, simply keeping the lights on has become a challenge. The Moun...
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