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US Doctors Testing Ketamine To Treat Depression

6:15PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Part of why Special K — the drug, not the cereal — became popular with some US clubbers is because of its ability to instantly improve the user’s mood. Now doctors in Texas are studying if that effect can help treat cases of severe depression. More »


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US Drone Pilot Discovers River Of Meat Blood

8:30PM January 24, 2012 | Sam Biddle

A Dallas drone hobbyist was flying his rig around one bright Texan afternoon, scouting the skies, when he hovered across something perturbing: an enormous, oozing river of blood behind a meatpacking plant. That’s gross and illegal! Here come the cops. More »


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Watch A West Texas Town Get Consumed By A Dust Storm

1:00AM October 20, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

This is what it feels like to have your world completely engulfed in a hell of dust. Lubbock, Texas just got nailed by a 2400m high wall of red dirt. Dust storms make awesome video, but this is terrifying. More »


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This Is How Insanely Fast The Texas Wildfires Are Spreading

6:31AM September 8, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The place: North of Bastrop State Park, Texas. The time: September 5, 2011. The bottom line: wildfires spread so insanely fast that it’s unbelievable. This has not been altered in any way. It’s real time. More »


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The Wildfires Burning Texas Right Now Can Be Seen From Space

3:22AM September 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

Texas is burning right now. More than a thousand homes have already been lost, 5000 people have been evacuated and more fires are popping up. Some of the fires are so big that you can see them from space. More »


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Texas Town Is Drinking Recycled Pee Water Because Of Drought

2:40PM August 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

I wouldn’t want to live in West Texas right now. Why? Because the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies water to the region, is recycling wastewater (aka pisswater) into tap water. Recycle, reduce, reuse… it never sounded so gross. More »


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Destroyed Chunk Of Columbia Shuttle Discovered Under Dried Lake

9:40AM August 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Eight years after the fiery horror of the Columbia disaster, a lost piece of the atmospheric sorrow has been discovered beneath a drought-shrivelled Texan lake, CNN reports. The dilapidated, muddy orb remains a painful symbol of the cracked vessel. More »


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TSA Threatens To Ban Flights From Texas Over Anti-Patdown Legislation

5:40AM May 28, 2011 | Margaret Hartmann

Texas lawmakers are standing up to the TSA, saying that invasive patdowns amount to sexual harassment. In response, the federal government has threatened to “cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew.” More »


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Private Records Of 3.5 Million Texans Were Mistakenly Leaked

6:40AM April 12, 2011 | Davey Alba

Today is not a good day to be a Texan. Sure, they’ve got good steak, the Rangers, oil and sharp-looking cowboy hats – but now, some 3.5 million Texans are also facing public exposure of their private records. The information includes citizens’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and possibly dates of birth and drivers licence numbers. More »


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The Girl At The Video Game Store Might Be There To Rob It

5:50AM March 9, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Just because she’s a female shopping by herself in at a major video game retailer doesn’t mean she’s shopping for her boyfriend. This is the 21st century. She might also be there to rob the place. More »