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A series of unrelated events in Texas Wednesday could be a conspiracy theorist's dream during this intense news week.  On a week that already brought us the Boston Marathon Bombings and ricin letters, comes a horrific explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas.

UPDATE 10:05am - Authorities say that 5 to 15 people may have died in last night's massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas. Many more, perhaps more than 160, were injured.

As many as 14 people were injured, some of them stabbed, on Tuesday morning at Lone Star College, just outside Houston. Police have arrested one suspect.

Detroit woman Texana Hollis was evicted from the home her late husband bought over 60 years ago last September when her son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reserve mortgage. Two days after she was kicked to the curve, HUD, the federal agency who did the kicking, reversed course and decided the 101-year-old could move her stuff back into her home. The only problem was the house had been co

A Tornado Emergency was declared for the Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex this afternoon as a strong line of storms passed through North Texas.  A tornado emergency, a rare weather alert issued by the National Weather Service that superscedes a tornado warning, was in effect as several twisters stuck.

Society worships its celebs in 2012 with things like wax figures. But when it comes to Beyonce, wax just won’t do. The singer, mother of Blue Ivy and pride and joy of Houston, Texas is fixing to get her own monument, which will be located in her hometown. Screw the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. It’s all about the Beyonce Memorial that is being considered for Houston!

Thanksgiving is upon us. For good pilgrims all across the country, it's a special day to gather together with beloved friends and beloved and/or kind of beloved family to celebrate with a bountiful cornucopia of gravy, green beans and Cool Whip. But ...