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Anita Ellis wipes away tears. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen)

Another defendent sentenced in rape 11-year-old Texas girl

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - One of six men who have pleaded guilty in the repeated sexual assault of a young southeast Texas girl over a three-month period in late 2010 was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, the term he agreed to in his deal with prosecutors...
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Panda Ross performs in front of the judges on 'THE X FACTOR' Wednesday, Sept. 19 on FOX.

Panda Ross wows 'X-Factor' judges then takes ambulance to hospital

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theGRIO REPORT - Panda Ross captured America’s attention the moment she appeared on-screen during her audition for 'The X Factor'...
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Source: Burnt Orange Report

Texas man 'lynches' empty chair, says Obama can 'go to Hell'

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theGRIO REPORT - In what appears to be an homage to Clint Eastwood's much maligned debate with an imaginary President Barack Obama the Republican National Convention, Bud Johnson, a 73-year-old Texas man has hung an empty chair from a tree in his front yard...
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This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Liberty in a trial for McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)

Texas rape trial fugitive sentenced to 99 years

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - A man who was a fugitive for nearly two weeks after fleeing his trial a day before being convicted in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Southeast Texas girl was told by a judge Thursday that he would spend nearly the next century in prison...
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Kesha Rogers

Black 'Democrat' wants to impeach Obama

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Kesha Rogers, a Democratic congressional candidate, has lost the support of her party for her criticism of President Obama, and for comparing the president’s Affordable Care Act to the same ideology that led to the Holocaust...
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This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Liberty in a trial for McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)

US marshals capture man who fled Texas rape trial

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - A man who fled his trial a day before being convicted in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl was captured Tuesday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service...
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President Barack Obama speaks to supporters, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Andrew Shurtleff)

Obama visits Texas to mark Iraq war anniversary

Matthew Daly, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is serving up an election-year reminder that he ended the Iraq war, visiting a Texas military base two years to the day that he formally declared the end of the U.S. combat mission...
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This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Liberty in a trial for McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)

Defendant still on the lam in 11-year-old girl rape case

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) - Eric McGowen didn't show up a day after skipping out during a break in proceedings Wednesday, which was the first day of testimony...
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Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) look on during a rally at the Fort Worth Convention Center February 28, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. Obama is campaigning through Texas ahead of the March 4 Democratic primary. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

US court rejects Texas voter ID law as unfair

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court on Thursday rejected a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being allowed to vote in November's election, unanimously ruling that it imposes 'strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor'...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry announces he is dropping his run for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination during a news conference in Charleston, South Carolina January 19, 2012. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Federal court: Discrimination in Texas voting maps

Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A federal court has found evidence of discrimination in Texas voting maps drawn by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature...
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