East Texas News

Thanks to services like Yelp, these days, everyone can be an influential reviewer.

But unlike professional reviewers, who try to remain anonymous, some amateur internet opinionators would like to use their online clout to get better service.

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A woman near Houston died after being hit by her own vehicle last Saturday.  The woman was with her family at a car wash, and the car wash attendant accidentally put the vehicle in drive instead of neutral.  

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Being a classic rocker means you could be right around the corner to joining AARP.  It also means that you have had many years of wisdom when it comes to filing Income Tax returns.

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If you’ve made it your goal to get a new job in 2013, your best bet is to see if the skills you have can be utilized in the industries that are predicted to hire the most this year. Keep in mind that even if your education or previous job wasn’t in a particular field, that doesn’t mean there aren’t jobs related to that field to which you could apply your experience and skill set. A growing industry needs all kinds of support.

Here are five industries that will be experiencing considerable growth in 2013:

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Lufkin already has an ordinance that bans smoking at city parks, and limits smoking to restaurants with designated public areas.  Under a new proposed ban that the city council looked at this week, the ban would stretch wider and there would be no smoking at city or county facilities, hospitals, stores, or restaurants.

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Shortly after President Obama's reelection, more than 125,000 folks signed a petition that was eventually received by the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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Number 41 is doing okay, thankfully.  While touch & go for nearly two months, former Pres George Herbert Walker Bush has been discharged from the hospital.

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We can think of many things that upset us on the road. But what is THE #1 pet peeve of drivers?

If you're one that cuts other drivers off and weaves in and out of traffic, other drivers are extremely annoyed.

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