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Reports that Dallas, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark Corp. will spin off some of its paper and pulp units into a publicly traded company called Neenah Paper Inc.

The article presents information related to the opening of papers of author Norman Mailer to the public on January 3, 2008 at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin. The Center will have the collection of Mailer's works opened for the public that includes handwritten and typed manuscripts, galley proofs, screenplays, correspondence, photographs, and audio- and videotapes.

Reports that a Texas jury found Merck liable for the death of Robert C. Ernst, who died after taking painkiller Vioxx, and said that Carol Ernst, Ernst's widow, should be awarded $253.5 million. Views of jurors, who concluded that Merck was long aware of Vioxx's potential heart risks but hid those risks from patients; How a number of damaging bad facts overwhelmed the company's defense; Efforts of lawyers, Wall Street analysts and Merck's executives to explain the company's devastating defeat and to predict what the Texas case means for the thousands of additional Vioxx suits that Merck will face; Uncertainty over Merck's future; Intent of jurors to send a powerful message.

Reports on the allegations by former executive Maureen Castaneda that Enron employees were shedding documents at the company's Houston, Texas offices. Action taken by the company in response to the claim; Role of evidence of document destruction in Congressional and criminal inquiries; Description of the shredding by Castaneda on television.

The author reflects on her struggle as an undocumented immigrant in Houston, Texas and the hope that U.S. President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program brings to her and her family.

Relates that `The Fort Worth Star-Telegram' in Fort Worth, Texas transferred Todd Camp, the openly gay editor of a weekly children's section. The paper's apology for failing to oversee Camp's contributions to `The Texas Triangle,' a weekly homosexual newspaper; The reader complaint which preceded Camp's transfer; Actions by the American Family Association, which has actively opposed homosexual rights.

Announces the closure of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.'s paper mills in Lufkin, Texas and Port-Alfred, Quebec.

Reports that, in one of the most closely watched experiments in the publishing industry, Rumbo, a new chain of Spanish-language newspapers, has started four Spanish-language daily newspapers in Texas in the past year. Expectation that Hispanics will be the majority in the state within 20 years; Skepticism and resistance from larger publishers; Reference to the fact that Spanish-speaking readers have long been the domain of small family-owned newspapers.

Reports on the proposed settlement of the class action lawsuit filed by investors against Jenkens & Gilchrist LLP after they were sold tax shelters that were invalid in Dallas, Texas. Income of tax partner Paul Daugerdas from designing and selling questionable tax shelters to investors; Intention of the investment deals to reduce or eliminate income taxes; Refusal of Jenkens chairman Thomas H. Cantrill to comment on the income figures.

Cites the reasons of U.S. Representative Dick Armey for promoting a legislation that would force the Belo Corp., parent company of the 'Dallas Morning News,' to divest one of its media properties in Texas.

Reports that Cox Newspapers of Atlanta, Georgia purchased six weekly newspapers in central Texas from Westward Communications.

Reports that Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark Corporation says that it will eliminate 6,000 jobs and sell as many as 12 plants in plans to reap the benefits of its $9.4 billion acquisition of the Scott Paper Company. What the Kimberly Corporation does; How the cut will affect Kimberly's work force; Kimberly plants to be sold. INSET: For sale..

Thursday night, in the basement of Hill Country Barbecue Market, where pork ribs and slices of brisket are eaten off slick butcher paper and the napkins are rolls of paper towels, the smell of Texas was almost as pungent as the sound. ''It certainly smelled like Austin when we walked in the door tonight,'' said Elana James, fiddler for Hot Club of Cowtown, the revivalists of hot jazz, western swing and, in the case of at least one member, tight and slick pompadours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

''TO bring you an entirely new contact lens solution, we thought outside the box, and found our true inspiration in your eyes,'' a voice says in a commercial for Biotrue. The Biotrue carton opens, and from its interior sides hang two pieces of paper folded to resemble green shutters framing a window, which exposes, in the form of a paper collage, a view of an idyllic island. ''Introducing Biotrue -- it goes beyond cleaning,'' the voice continues, as the collages form a light bulb and then a drop of solution splashing into a contact lens. ''Inspired by the biology of your eyes, it's the only solution with the same pH and the same lubricant found naturally in your eyes, so you'll find it easier on them.'' The spot, by TM Advertising of Dallas, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, is scheduled to begin running widely on Aug. 16. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

No matter how bad this recession gets, you'll probably never again see Robert De Niro behind the wheel of a taxi. But if you'd like to see the actual hack license that Mr. De Niro wielded while he was preparing for his role in ''Taxi Driver,'' along with artifacts and papers from 68 of his other films, they're now easy enough to find. On Monday the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin announced that it had made available to researchers and the public the more than 1,300 boxes of papers, film, movie props and costumes donated by Mr. De Niro, above. The collection covers his career from the 1968 Brian De Palma feature ''Greetings'' through the 2005 film ''Hide and Seek.'' It includes the leopard-print boxing robe Mr. De Niro wore in ''Raging Bull'' and the coats he wore as the Creature in ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lawyers for a Texas inmate facing execution next week filed court papers on Thursday accusing the judge at his double-murder trial of having an affair with the prosecutor. The papers, filed in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, argue that the relationship between the judge, Verla Sue Holland, and the man who was district attorney of Collin County, Tom O'Connell, should nullify the conviction of the inmate, Charles Hood, in 1990. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that author Norman Mailer has sold his archives to the University of Texas. Size of the archive which contains 25,000 letters as well as books, articles, and screenplays; Opinion that his papers need to be used by scholars.

The article focuses on lawyer George P. Bush, nephew of former U.S. President George W. Bush. It says that Bush has filed papers as campaign treasurer in November 2012, which is the first legal step for the Texas governor candidacy in 2014. It mentions his uncle, who held only two political offices as governor and president. Moreover, the performance of Bush at the election polls will rely on his performance as candidate.

In the fall of 2010, Dr. Ferric C. Fang made an unsettling discovery. Dr. Fang, who is editor in chief of the journal Infection and Immunity, found that one of his authors had doctored several papers. It was a new experience for him. ''Prior to that time,'' he said in an interview, ''Infection and Immunity had only retracted nine articles over a 40-year period.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Can you take barbecue out of Texas and still call it Texas barbecue? A growing number of restaurateurs born or bred in Texas say you can, and they are opening establishments across America where customers can be indoctrinated into the unique tradition of Lone Star barbecue -- smoked meat ordered by the pound, served on butcher paper, without sauce or utensils. While dozens of restaurants outside our borders claim to serve ''authentic Texas barbecue,'' in most cases, the description turns out to be little more than a marketing gimmick. But several places serving legitimate Texas barbecue have popped up around the country -- from Compton, Calif., to New York City -- and the proprietors of these restaurants remain true to the history and techniques of Texas barbecue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HOUSTON -- For two years, Diego Gala, a Mexican immigrant in the country illegally, worked five days a week cleaning a private school for less than minimum wage. His employer refused to pay him overtime even when he was forced to work on the weekends. Mr. Gala did not speak up, fearing deportation if he reported his boss. ''I couldn't say nothing because I did not have papers,'' Mr. Gala said. ''So he was like, 'If you say something, you can just get deported. I can call immigration on you, or you can get fired.' '' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BASTROP, Tex. -- It was one simple line of text, one out of 243: 112 South Buckhorn Drive. Bettye Porterfield found it on Wednesday as she ran her finger over a piece of paper taped to a window. She and her husband, Ken, had lived at that address for nearly nine years -- they called it their little cottage in the pines -- but now her home was gone. The list made it official. Tears welled up in her eyes as she turned from the list attached to the windows of the Bastrop convention center. Her husband put his arm around her shoulders. The quilt his mother had made by hand, the Bible that had been in his family for generations, the coconut carved up like an owl that their daughter had given him -- they lost all of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BASTROP, Tex. -- Bob and Margaret Austin stared at the hills in the distance, where towering plumes of white and black smoke stretched across the blue horizon Tuesday. They had survived the flames of a wildfire, but they had no idea if their house had been as lucky. About 11 a.m. Monday, a state trooper told the couple that they had 15 minutes to evacuate. They filled their two vehicles with her grandmother's jewelry, his firearms and their mortgage papers and photo albums, along with a puppy and a kitten. They realized later that they had left behind the urn with Mr. Austin's mother's ashes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DALLAS -- On a muggy afternoon in mid-April, Mary Ruiz, an animated 18-year-old, bounced through the air-conditioned corridors of her South Dallas high school. ''Excuse the mess,'' she said, brushing away a small scrap of paper in an otherwise spotless stairwell, giggling as she added, ''I'm acting like this is my house.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HOUSTON -- Arson investigators have been called in to scrutinize a fire that destroyed the warehouse where all of Harris County's voting machines were stored. The blaze left county officials scrambling to find enough equipment to hold an election in the nation's third-most-populous county. Election officials have come up with emergency plans to buy new electronic voting machines, borrow hundreds from other counties and use paper ballots as well. Still, the destruction of nearly 10,000 voting machines in the fire last month has raised fears here that voters will face long lines or other disruptions at polling stations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CORRECTION APPENDED GALVESTON, Tex. -- The crayons and paper were out, but not too many children made it to family day at the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. Granted, the exhibits of pipelines and seismic vessels may have been over the heads of many grade-schoolers. And despite a few cheerful displays about marine life around rigs and all the bounty that oil helps provide -- including Barbie dolls and cellphones -- the message of the museum is that offshore drilling is complicated and potentially risky, a big business overseen by grave-looking men whose mostly unsmiling faces line the Hall of Fame. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A legal dispute that had riveted the chess world and hobbled the United States Chess Federation, the game's governing body, has been settled -- mostly. Papers filed on Friday in Federal District Court in Lubbock, Tex., stipulate that two former federation board members, the federation and some of its other members are dismissing almost all of their claims and counterclaims. The dispute began with accusations over Internet postings and evolved into a series of lawsuits in several states. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The chief judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, who was accused of judicial misconduct and incompetence last month for refusing to keep court offices open to receive a last-minute death-penalty appeal, denied the charges in papers filed Tuesday. The action against the judge, Sharon Keller, was initiated by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. It could result in her removal from office after a hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A jail in North Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as the authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars, including cells that locked from the inside. Five inmates had already been moved from the Montague County Jail to one in a nearby county after an F.B.I. raid, said Jack McGaughey, district attorney for Montague, Clay and Archer Counties. Mr. McGaughey said some surveillance cameras had been disconnected; recliners were in cells; some bathrooms and cells could be locked from the inside; and inmates had made partitions out of paper towels to block jailers' views inside their cells. No one has been arrested, but Mr. McGaughey plans to present evidence to a grand jury and said ''a number of people'' -- inmates as well as jailers -- could be indicted. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Roger Clemens asked a United States judge to let a Texas jury decide if his former trainer slandered him with accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs. In court papers filed after hours Thursday in Houston, Clemens urged United States District Judge Keith Ellison to reject the trainer Brian McNamee's motion to either throw out the defamation case or try it in New York. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the author's comment about U.S. President George W. Bush's plans to build a presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The author views that the university should accept the papers and build the library and school. Bush is one of the most controversial presidents, however, in one of the most difficult of times.

Reports on conflicting political loyalties in President George W. Bush's hometown of Crawford, Texas. Response to W. Leon Smith, editor in chief of The Lone Star Iconoclast, and Mayor Robert Campbell, both of whom have endorsed Senator Kerry; Arrival of canceled subscriptions and hate mail at the newspaper; Response to a September 29, 2004 editorial called "Kerry Will Restore American Dignity"; Hopes of the mayor to get the Bush presidential papers for the Baylor University library nearby; Strong support for Bush in the 2000 election and among businesses, banks, and many of the townspeople.

This paper reports about the 24 year sentence given to ex-executive of Dynergy Inc. located in Houston, Texas. A federal judge Sim Lake, has sentenced a former middle level executive at Dynergy Inc. to more than 24 years in prison on March 25, 2004 for his role in secretive project to disguise the company's financial difficulties. The executive Jim Olis, a former tax planning official at Dynergy Inc., risked the imprisonment after deciding to go to trial on charges of helping to device a plan in 2001 called Project Alpha. That plan disguised a $300 million loan to Dynergy Inc.

Reports on the preservation of the lives of inmates resulting from court inaction in Texas. Failure of resolving the legal issues involved in death penalty; Submission of the appeal papers to a panel of the Fifth Circuit; Assessment of court judgments.

States that terrorist Osama bin Laden pictures have become the paper target of choice at the DFW Gun Range in Dallas, Texas.

Reports that Texas has turned to the courts to block a faction of the Ku Klux Klan called the United Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from joining a statewide anti-litter program. What the clean-up involves; What the group will be entitled to if accepted; Information on papers filed by Attorney General Dan Morales against the Klan.