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U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed. "I'm happy (when.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church's ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter. But on Thursday, a judge was to hear from their attorneys, along.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- An investigation of abuse at the private ranch of a polygamous sect is moving to a Texas courthouse this week as the state argues to retain custody of 416 children removed from their parents. Texas bar officials say more than 350 attorneys from across the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Three crew members died in a fiery Navy helicopter crash near Corpus Christi, Texas, a military spokesman said, and a fourth is hospitalized in critical condition. The Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter crashed in a field about four miles south of Corpus Ch.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 2:29pm neoform

USA Today -- The Houston Chronicle says Texas has added the phrase "one state, under God" to its pledge of allegiance. Since 2003, students in the Lone Star State have been required to begin their day by pledging allegiance to the state and federal governments. Stu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 1:59pm neoform

New York Times -- Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the Texas oilman accused of cheating the United Nations oil-for-food program, pleaded guilty yesterday to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative Iraqi o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Fierce storms that deluged widely separated parts of the country from the upper Mississippi to Texas have caused at least 20 deaths since last week, authorities said Monday. New rain threatened further flooding in southeastern Minnesota and adjacent Wisco.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 17, 2007 @ 11:54am neoform

FOX News -- Murder charges were filed Monday in the burning death of Texas child-welfare caseworker Terry Leigh Lee, allegedly at the hands of her new boyfriend — who has shown "little remorse," police told FOXNews.com. John Marshall Dodd, 42, is behind bars, ac.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 3, 2007 @ 5:49pm neoform

Yahoo News -- America may spew more greenhouse gases than any other country, but some states are astonishingly more prolific polluters than others — and it's not always the ones you might expect. The Associated Press analyzed state-by-state emissions of carbon dio.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

FOX News -- Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about 200,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday. At least three people have been killed — two hit by lightning and a third stuck in a submerged c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jan 20, 2007 @ 2:36pm neoform

MSNBC -- In a case that has renewed questions about the quality of Texas justice, a man who spent 10 years behind bars for the rape of a boy has become the 12th person in Dallas County to be cleared by DNA evidence... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 10:49am mrmdc

Star-Telegram -- The Tarrant County Democratic Party and four local voters have filed a federal lawsuit against the Texas secretary of state declaring that the electronic voting machines used in Tarrant County are unconstitutional and in violation of federal law... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Children from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges began handling hundreds of hearings that attorneys for the children's parents decried for their cookie-cutter approach. State child.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- A line of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas. The band of storms stretched from Co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- An apparent tornado with winds of up to 70 mph moved through West Texas early Thursday, tearing shingles from roofs, shattering glass and flipping vehicles. Paramedics were dispatched throughout the city, but San Angelo police didn't have a number of i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

SF Gate -- A Navy student pilot ejected safely just before his T-45 Goshawk jet trainer crashed Thursday on the King Ranch in South Texas. The student with Training Squadron 21 was returning from a routine training flight, said Lt. Sean Robertson, spokesman for t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 14, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- While thousands of people in Louisiana and Texas will have a heavy cleanup job from the unexpected force of Hurricane Humberto, the storm's strongest effect could be an emotional one. Still rebuilding from past storms, communities throughout the region.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- In Erin's footsteps Last month, at least six deaths were blamed on Tropical Storm Erin, which dropped nearly a foot of rain in parts of San Antonio, Houston and the Texas Hill Country. In 2001, slow-moving Tropical Storm Allison soaked Houston, dump.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

CBS News -- Hurricane Humberto crashed ashore along southeast Texas early Thursday, bringing heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of up to 80 mph as it made its way to Louisiana, the National Weather Service said. The Category 1 storm made landfall about 5 mile.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- Hurricane Humberto crashed ashore along southeast Texas early Thursday, bringing heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of up to 80 mph as it made its way to Louisiana, the National Weather Service said. The Category 1 storm made landfall about 5 mile.. Read More