The Brief: Top Texas News for July 16, 2012

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Looking for good financial news, President Obama at least appears poised to break fundraising records in Texas on Tuesday.

Beset by Mitt Romney's surprisingly formidable fundraising strength over the past two months, Obama will visit Texas this week mostly in search of money, not votes.

At Obama's first stop Tuesday, more than 1,000 supporters are expected to attend a San Antonio luncheon that has already been relocated, to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, due to higher-than-expected demand, according to the San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, U.S. Rep. Charlie ...

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