Month: May 2010

DALLAS (AP) _ A Jordanian man accused of trying to blow up a downtown Dallas skyscraper has agreed to enter a guilty plea in return for a prison sentence of no more than 30 years. [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Texas Gov. Rick Perry says an EPA decision to bar the state from issuing an operating permit to a southeast Texas refinery is part of an Obama administration effort to take power [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ George W. Bush says his upcoming book “Decision Points,” due for release in November, begins with an anecdote about his wife convincing him to give up drinking. The former president said Tuesday [Read More…]

A Brazos County jury will soon decide if John Thuesen- the man found guilty of capital murder in the 2009 slayings of Rachel and Travis Joiner – should be executed or spend the rest of [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ A Jordanian man accused of trying to blow up a downtown Dallas skyscraper has agreed to enter a guilty plea in return for a prison sentence of no more than 30 years. [Read More…]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ “I wish I could go back and change it, but I know I can’t.” Those were some of the last words of 54-year-old John Alba before he was executed in Huntsville [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ American Airlines is looking for management employees to volunteer as flight attendants in case the regular attendants go on strike. The airline sent an e-mail Tuesday to managers, appealing for help. Contract [Read More…]

(AP)_A Bastrop County District Judge has ruled that a 15-year-old central Texas girl may be tried as an adult for the slaying of

ROCKDALE, Texas (AP) _ The Department of Public Safety says two children from Rockdale died and two other people were hurt after their car was hit by a train in Milam County. DPS spokesman Tom [Read More…]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) _ Corpus Christi police say a 3-year-old boy died after being struck while trying to run from the family’s vehicle to the entrance of a Chuck E. Cheese theme restaurant. Sgt. [Read More…]