Galveston

Galveston

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  Man sentenced to death in Texas courthouse killing

  After disrupting his capital murder trial several times with profanity-filled outbursts, a Texas man erupted in one final chaotic fit when a jury ... 

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  Texas man convicted in killing yells at judge

  The start of the trial penalty phase for a Houston man convicted of killing a 79-year-old bystander during a shooting rampage outside a courthouse was ... 

• Man accused in Texas rampage denies killing woman

  A Houston man accused in a shooting rampage outside a courthouse admitted Monday that he opened fire on his daughter for testifying against him in a ... 

• Search ends for fishermen missing off Texas coast

  John Reynolds and the four others aboard the Nite Owl weren't worried when the thunderstorms made it impossible for the commercial fishing boat to ... 

• Correction: Fishermen Missing-Texas story

  In a story April 20 about the missing fisherman off the Texas Gulf Coast, The Associated Press misidentified the crew member who was rescued. 

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  1st black heavyweight champ's family wants pardon

  Relatives and hometown supporters of the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion are turning to YouTube to convince President Barack Obama ... 

• Correction: Vatican-Pope story

  In a story March 5 about American cardinals exerting a surprising amount of control over the message coming out of Vatican City ahead of the papal ... 

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  Cruise passengers return home, feds probe fire

  Passengers of the Carnival Triumph tried to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise behind them Friday, boarding buses and planes for home after ... 

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  Cruise passengers became comrades on trip home

  When their cruise ship lost power, passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph could have been selfish and looked out only for themselves and their loved ... 

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  Crippled cruise ship finally docks after 5 days

  A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf of Mexico finally docked with some 4,200 people aboard late Thursday, passengers ... 

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  Carnival cancels 12 more cruises on troubled ship

  Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other ... 

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  3-D sonar provides new view of Civil War shipwreck

  The remains of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during Civil War combat now can be seen in 3-D sonar images from the Gulf's murky ...