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Texas slowly emerging from months-long economic slump

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas has begun emerging, slowly, from a 14-month economic slump that has contributed to what is expected to be a shortfall of up to $18 billion in the next two-year state budget, the state's top accountant said. More...

Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping

STOCKHOLM (AP) It's slowly drifting across Arctic waters, an iceberg four times the size of Manhattan that broke off from a glacier in Greenland over the weekend. More...

Equipment accident causes farmer’s death

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) The Coles County coroner's office is reporting the accidental death of a rural Charleston farmer. Authorities say 50-yearold David Pearcy died Wednesday after being pinned in between two pieces of equipment. More...

Wis. farmer dies after being hit by son's tractor

TOWN OF BYRON, Wis. (AP) Fond du Lac authorities say a town of Byron farmer has died as a result of a head injury he suffered in a tractor accident this week. More...

Mexico slaps tariffs on US goods over trucking ban

MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico said Monday it will increase tariffs on a total of 99 U.S. products to pressure Washington to lift a ban on Mexican cargo trucks entering the United States. Last year, Mexico added tariffs to 89 products after the U.S. More...

Feds nab 11 Wiscons in gang members

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Federal authorities in Madison have arrested 11 members of the C14 gang and say they will be deported to Mexico for immigration violations. More...

14 Indiana men arrested for foreign gang links

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Federal and local authorities have arrested 14 men in southern Indiana for their alleged involvement with violent foreign gangs. Most of the 14 taken into custody this week are from the Jasper and Evansville areas. More...

Hidden in Wis. national forest: marijuana megafarm

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Northern Wisconsin's Chequam-egon- Nicolet National Forest is a vast, verdant getaway for hundreds of thousands of campers, hikers and anglers every year. But hidden within was a marijuana megafarm. More...

Mexico: Hunting party of 8 killed in Oaxaca state

OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Attackers shot eight men to death and piled their bodies in a pickup truck in the southern state of Oaxaca, and gunmen kidnapped the mayor of a city on the outskirts of the northern industrial hub of Monterrey, Mexican authorit More...

Aggies look to get back on top

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - For a program steeped in as much tradition as Texas A&M, the last several years have been tough. More...

Trend continues with second hottest July on record

WASHINGTON (AP) The Earth continues to feel the heat. Last month was the second warmest July on record, and so far 2010 remains on track to be the hottest year. More...

Police: Utah pot farm bust nets 17,000 plants

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Garfield County sheriffs office says a raid on three marijuana farms in southern Utah uncovered more than 17,000 plants. More...

Stung by BCS loss, Texas returns with new QB

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The start of a new season means the Texas Longhorns can finally thankfully start talking about something other than their last game and answering the constant questions of ``What if?'' What if Colt McCoy hadn't been hurt on the More...

Lugar urges 'common sense' in new farm dust rules

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is urging federal regulators to use ``common sense'' as they consider tightening rules on the dust kicked up by the nation's farms. More...

TCU stadium expansion will send bowl to temp spot

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ TCU has released plans for a $105 million renovation of its 80-year-old football stadium, a project that will force the Armed Forces Bowl to temporarily move its Dec. 30 game. More...

Rifle-wielding Texas man shot dead

GEORGETOWN, Texas Texas Rangers are investigating the fatal shooting of a central Texas man during a confrontation with sheriffs deputies. More...

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