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Gunmen kill 4 police officers in central Mexico

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) - Authorities say four police officers were killed by assailants who opened fired on them during a traffic stop in the central Mexico city of Puebla. More...

Safe Haven 2009 in Raymondville

(PHOTO ON THE LEFT) YANNI MARTINEZ is ready to scare the town with his outfit. He also seen at the Safe Haven. More...

Texas edges Alabama in BCS standings

NEW YORK (AP) - Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots. More...

More tortillas containing whey recalled

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Another Texas company is recalling flour tortillas after company officials discovered they may contain an ingredient not listed on product labels. San Angelo-based Mrs. More...

Hospital limits visitors to curb spread of H1N1 virus

Children 12 and younger who are not patients not allowed at hospital and ER

GALVESTON, Texas - To protect patients, employees, students and visitors during this unusual flu season, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is changing its visitation policy and will no longer allow visitors aged 12 and younger int More...

Mexico extradites 11 fugitives to U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mexico has extradited 11 fugitives, accused of crimes including murder, sex offenses, drug trafficking and money laundering, to face trial in the United States, the Justice Department said Sunday. More...

Deere to recall 452 workers at Iowa plant

Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday it will recall most of the workers it laid off from an Iowa plant earlier this year to start production of the company's 2010 models. More...

Cowboy missing near Dayton

DAYTON, Texas (AP) - Boats have been used in the search for a cowboy who disappeared in Liberty County while moving cattle near the rainswollen Trinity River. Searchers planned to resume their efforts Monday. More...

San Antonio police shoot, kill man in standoff

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - San Antonio police say officers have fatally shot a man after a nearly four-hour standoff. Police Chief William McManus said the 29-year-old man barricaded himself in an apartment around 6 p.m. More...

5,100 crosses at Mexico border mark alien deaths

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate aliens who have died trying to cross. More...

Thieves steal 37 cars from Mexican rail facility

TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican authorities say a band of thieves swarmed into a railroad facility and held security guards at gunpoint while making off with three dozen new automobiles and trucks from a storage lot west of the capital. More...

Texas food stamp jobs: more hours, less training

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As Texas begins hiring hundreds of food stamp workers to help erase an application backlog that has left families waiting months for aid, no one expects the problems to disappear any time soon. More...

Texas getting at least 2 million swine flu doses

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas has been allocated about 2 million swine flu vaccine doses from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...

Texas colleges seeing record enrollment

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas colleges are seeing a nine percent jump in student enrollment compared to a year ago which some officials say is due to the recession. More...

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No. 2 Texas avoids Halloween haunting

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Texas safety Earl Thomas had a feeling that teammate Curtis Brown was about to break his interception drought. Thought he'd score, too. More...

More than 100 animals die in Killeen shelter fire

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) - A fire at a no-kill animal shelter in Killeen claimed the lives of more than 100 dogs and cats. The cause of the fire early Sunday at the Second Chance Animal Shelter is sought. More...

Longhorns, Leathernecks, Warriors, Lions, Hawks, Tarpons, Red Ants, Pirates and Bobcats...Oh my...

GOOD PASS AND GOOD TOUCHDOWN!" #7 Johnny Esparza and #12 Jacob Carranco celebrating after Esparza threw a touchdown pass to Carranco in the 1st quarter against the Bobcats. They both jumped up in the air making their side bump. More...

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