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Grandson of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies
A 21-year-old grandson of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens died Tuesday after being rushed to a hospital in Fort Worth, according to police and a ...
Fort Hood shooting suspect wants death penalty out
The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting rampage case faces a controversial decision next week: whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan a possible death ...
EPA changed course after gas company protested
When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun bubbling like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: A ...
Air Force faces Rice in Armed Forces Bowl
Troy Calhoun remembers the day almost six years ago when he returned to Air Force as the first academy graduate to become the head coach. The Falcons ...
Handcuffed suspect who took squad car arrested
Police say the theft suspect who managed to escape from the back of police squad car while handcuffed and make his getaway in the car has been ...
Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner
In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles away on the plains of north ...
No. 3 K-State bolsters title shot, 23-10 at TCU
Collin Klein and third-ranked Kansas State bolstered their chances in the national championship chase by doing what Alabama failed to do. The Wildcats ...
Coming to Texas ballots: another Bush in 2014?
George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward ...
Brother: Man didn't know Texas pastor he killed
Worried after a week of increasingly bizarre conversations with his younger brother, Glen Birdow drove to Fort Worth last weekend, hoping to ...
Court: Fort Hood suspect can be forcibly shaved
An Army appeals court ruled Thursday that the Fort Hood shooting suspect can have his beard forcibly shaved off before his murder trial. The U.S.
Police probe Texas agency in case where child died
Police have launched a rare investigation of the Texas child protection agency after a 22-month-old girl died and her mother claimed her military ...
3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas, Texas, suburb
A small earthquake followed by an aftershock rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, cracking some walls and knocking down pictures, but ...
RadioShack CEO Gooch steps down
RadioShack said Wednesday that its CEO is leaving under an agreement with the board, the latest blow for the struggling electronics retailer.
Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves
A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the ...
Texas district expands corporal punishment policy
Like many schools in Texas, "spare the rod and spoil the child" might be considered the motto at Springtown High School. But when two teenage girls ...
Texas inmate prepares for 3rd trip death house
What Cleve Foster remembers most about his recent brushes with death is the steel door, the last one condemned Texas inmates typically walk through ...
Exhibit reunites art JFK saw before assassination
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy realized that their Fort Worth hotel suite featured an ...
AMR expects about 4,400 job cuts, warns 11,000
American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be ...
Police say Texas teen killed to keep her quiet
A Texas man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl used social media to lure her to a meeting, abduct her from her school and drive her to a river, ...
A look at tornadoes that have hit major cities
Two tornadoes touched down at the edge of New York City on Saturday. No serious injuries were reported. Once exceedingly rare in New York, tornadoes ...
What a birthday: Hoax removes man from Philly jet
A man flying home to Texas to celebrate his 29th birthday instead spent Thursday as the unwitting victim of a midair explosives hoax that forced the ...
Experts: Fort Hood suspect's beard might bias jury
The Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage should be forced to shave his beard to avoid any potential jury bias in his pending ...
Renowned pianist Van Cliburn diagnosed with cancer
Renowned classical pianist Van Cliburn has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer and is resting comfortably at his Texas home, his publicist said ...
Texas man freed after DNA clears him of 1988 rape
A man who spent more than two decades behind bars was freed Friday after DNA evidence cleared him in the rape of a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl.
Judge: Fort Hood suspect's beard disrupts court
A judge has the authority to order an Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage to be forcibly shaved before his murder trial, ...