The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 1, 2012

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Less than a week before Election Day, a money mystery in Missouri's U.S. Senate race may lead back to Texas. 

As reported Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, the controversial GOP Senate candidate from Missouri, is preparing to launch a $700,000 ad campaign in the final days of the race with a $386,000 assist from the Missouri Republican Party.

Where the state party got the money, though, has attracted more attention than the ad buy itself. The party had only $375,000 cash on hand as of last month, and only national committees ...

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