Month: May 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Obama administration’s top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years ago when he used the word “crucify” to [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas attorney general has appealed a federal judge’s order stopping the state from banning Planned Parenthood clinics from a women’s health program. Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the notice of [Read More…]

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) _ Thomas Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston Jr., an acclaimed professional poker player who fancied himself the “World’s Greatest Gambler,” has died. Bunky Preston said Monday that his father died of colon cancer [Read More…]