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    Hurricane Earl is photographed by astronaut Douglas Wheelock aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, Aug. 31. American astronaut Douglas Wheelock of NASA has been photographing hurricanes from the International Space Station and posting them on Twitter. (Douglas H. Wheelcock / NASA)
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    The Transportation Division of the Public Services Department will host a bike plan meeting on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. at the San Marcos Activity Center.
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    The Heart of Texas Chorus performs during the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. Thousands of people turned out for the two-day event.

Cops: No more bombs found
after Discovery hostage standoff

September 2, 2010
Officers scoured the Discovery Communications building overnight after a hostage-taker claiming to have "several bombs" was shot dead, but did not find any "active devices" at the scene, NBC News reported Thursday.

Montgomery County, Md. police told NBC News that they had given the "all-clear," but were still treating the building — where a man who identified himself as James J. Lee had held three people hostage — as a crime scene.

It remained closed overnight after Wednesday's standoff; police did not indicate whether or not employees would be permitted to return to work Thursday, NBC News added.

Police shot to death the man Wednesday at the building in suburban Washington, D.C. Authorities said the hostages were safe.

 

At least one device on the man's body went off when he was shot inside the building in suburban Washington, D.C., Montgomery County police Chief Thomas Manger said. Police had been trying to determine whether two boxes and two backpacks the gunman had also contained explosives.

Manger said SWAT officers shot the gunman about 4:50 p.m. EDT because officials "believed the hostages were in danger."
The hostages — two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard — were unhurt after the four-hour standoff.

An NBC News producer who called the building to find out what was going on had a brief telephone conversation with the man when he came on the line unexpectedly. He said, "I have a gun and I have a bomb. ... I have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go off."

Earl strengthens;
N.Y. coast put on alert

September 2, 2010

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. — Forecasters added New York's Long Island coast to the list of areas under a tropical storm warning Thursday, as Hurricane Earl barrels toward the Eastern Seaboard.

The National Hurricane Center also issued a hurricane watch Thursday for areas of Massachusetts and a tropical storm watch for other parts of the state and several places in Maine. Canadian officials put parts of the Nova Scotia coast under a tropical storm watch.

Much of the East Coast is under warnings and watches as the Labor Day weekend approaches, including hurricane warnings for parts of North Carolina and the latest warning for Long Island includes areas from Fire Island Inlet to Port Jefferson Harbor.

Category four storm Earl, which has maximum sustained winds near 145 mph, is located about 410 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and is moving north-northwest near 18 mph. 

Forecasters expect gradual weakening to start later Thursday. Hurricane-force winds extend outward 90 miles from the center.

Farther south, tourists were largely gone from North Carolina's Outer Banks, but those resolute residents who stayed behind said they were prepared to potentially face down the most powerful hurricane to threaten the coast in years.


Manufacturing facility creates jobs

September 2, 2010
BAYTOWN - Gov. Rick Perry today, at a press conference announ1cing a $675,000 Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) investment in Tapco International, Inc., credited Texas’ low taxes, reasonable and predictable regulatory climate, educated workforce and investments through the TEF with helping attract jobs and businesses to the state. The company is creating a new manufacturing facility in Baytown, which will create 100 jobs and generate an estimated $26 million in capital investment.
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Shafer to retire from San Marcos CISD

September 1, 2010
San Marcos CISD Superintendent Dr. Patty Shafer presented a letter announcing her retirement effective December 31, 2010, to the School Board trustees at a Special Board meeting held Monday, August 30, 2010. Shafer joined the SMCISD team as superintendent in spring 2007.  Story

Progress seen in new security measures along Texas Border

August 31, 2010
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights will begin out of Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning on Wednesday, Sept.1.

With the deployment of an UAS in Texas, DHS unmanned aerial capabilities will now cover the Southwest Border—from the El Centro Sector in California all the way to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas—providing critical aerial surveillance assistance to personnel on the ground. Story
 
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