Texas Rangers Talk to Man in Polygamist Probe

James Joyner | Sunday, April 13, 2008

I was a rather bemused to get the CNN Breaking News Alert, “Texas Rangers meet with and then release a man suspected of abusing a teenage girl at a polygamist compound.”

While I think this would disrupt team chemistry, the Rangers are currently last in the AL West and might have to take that risk. (Shoot, the crosstown Dallas Cowboys are trying to trade for Pacman Jones, who’s been arrested half a dozen times.) But why is that breaking news, especially if they didn’t even sign him?

It turns out that the story is about the other Texas Rangers. The ones with Chuck Norris.

Still not sure why this triggered a breaking news alert, however.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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The Rangers, as always, need all the help they can get.

Posted by Steven Taylor | April 13, 2008 | 12:20 pm | Permalink

 

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