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Brian Edward Phipps commits suicide in Dimitt County
Suicide believed to have been a results from game of Russian Roulette
Staff
-Dimitt County
According to a report from the District Attorney's office, Brian Edward Phipps who was recently found not guilty in District Court, was found dead on Monday morning in Dimitt County.
The death of Brian Edward Phipps this week is believed to have been a result of a game of Russian Roulette gone awry.
According to reports from the District Attorney's office, Phipps was found dead in his home in Dimitt County with a single gunshot wound to the head and a .38 caliber pistol at his side with no other casings except the bullet which robbed him of his life.
More information was not given by press time on Tuesday.
Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million mark
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) —
The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration says.
Combined with numbers for state-run markets, that should put total enrollment in the new private insurance plans under President Barack Obama's health law at about 2 million people through the end of the year, independent experts said.
That would be about two-thirds of the administration's original goal of signing up 3.3 million by Dec. 31, a significant improvement given the technical problems that crippled the federal market during much of the fall. The overall goal remains to enroll 7 million people by March 31.
"It looks like current enrollment is around 2 million despite all the issues," said Dan Mendelson, CEO of Avalere Health, a market analysis firm. "It was a very impressive showing for December."
A.D. Ibarra
-International Bridge II
The Maverick County Sheriff's Department reported the recovery of a vehicle which had been stolen in the Austin area early in the wee hours of Friday morning. Customs officers pulled the vehicle over for secondary inspection and it was determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen. A 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, charcoal gray in color was confiscated and Steven Travis Turner, 28, of San Antonio was detained and is being held at the Tom Bowles Detention Center.