18 August 2008, 4:27 pm
Emergency workers rescued dozens of trapped residents after torrential rains deluged more than 400 homes in southern Texas and forced the closure of the main road through the Rio Grande Valley. Officials used any available boat to pluck about 60 people from their flooded homes after more than 13 inc... read more
17 August 2008, 4:10 pm
A body found in a remote area was been identified as the clerk whose abduction from a store in a small North Texas town was recorded by security cameras, authorities said Sunday. Mindy Daffern, 46, had been missing since Friday from the store her family owns in the city of Scotland, 130 miles northw... read more
17 August 2008, 3:10 pm
The missing four-seat private plane carrying the Jacomini family has been found in Summit County, Colo. Susie Jacomini's father called KPRC-TV to say they found the plane and that there were no survivors. He hung up after delivering the grim news. A hiker from Denver found the plane in the mountains... read more
16 August 2008, 1:26 pm
The Dallas lawyer who helped John Edwards' former mistress move across the country has donated $3.5 million since 2005 to help fuel a Democratic resurgence in Texas, a newspaper reported Saturday. Fred Baron has been by far the largest donor to a group called the Texas Democratic Trust, and Republic... read more
16 August 2008, 12:52 pm
Comedian Stephen Colbert's one-man campaign against towns named Canton has its latest target firing back. A city councilman in Canton, Texas, called Colbert a sucker and joked that he would "mash his nose," days after the comedian referred to the town as an "incorporated outhouse." "What does that... read more
16 August 2008, 7:57 am
HARROLD, Texas (AP) -- A tiny Texas school district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms to protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting employees follow certain requirements. The small community of Harrold in north Texas is a 30-minute drive from the Wilbar... read more
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