Some encircle the epicenters of Texas, others embody the state’s pioneering past. They are the Lone Star State’s smaller destinations,

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Much has been made about a "perfect storm" hitting the U.S.—and indeed, the world’s—economy. The plummeting stock market and

During a news conference just days before Thanksgiving, then-president-elect Barak Obama announced his economic plan and conceded that the economy is

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Sinatra Family Estates in Napa Valley is poised to release its first vintage cabernet sauvignon, named after the song Come Fly With Me,

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