Articles tagged with texas

Wed, May 23, 2012

Four arrested after 131 immigrants found in Texas house

By Jared Taylor

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Federal agents have arrested four people accused of smuggling 131 illegal immigrants found at a "stash house" in ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Coast Guard suspends search off Texas for fishing boat

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it had suspended its search off the Texas coast for a fishing boat ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

ERCOT says power shortages may dim Texas future

(Reuters) - The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), power grid operator for most of Texas, said Tuesday it foresees potential electricity shortages within the ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Founder of Texas air firm convicted in child porn trial

By Jared Taylor

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - The founder of a Texas air cargo company was convicted on Monday of federal charges of possessing and ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Coast Guard searching off Texas after fishing boat distress call

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching off the Texas coast on Monday for six people feared missing ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

Seaway pipeline sends oil to Texas in historic reversal

By Bruce Nichols

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Seaway pipeline began pumping crude from Cushing, Oklahoma, oil tanks to the heart of the U.S. refining ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Texas town settles council election with coin flip

By Jim Forsyth

(Reuters) - In the small Texas town of Wolfforth, it's "Heads I win."

A city council election there came down to ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Pacesetting Palmer eyes redemption in Texas

(Reuters) - Twelve months after losing a playoff for the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, Ryan Palmer had redemption on his mind after taking ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Darvish claiming ace status as he tosses Texas past A's

(Reuters) - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish continued his blistering start to life in Major League Baseball as the Japanese right-hander breezed through the Oakland ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Texas death prompts call for better protecting firefighters

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Hot shot federal firefighters called in to battle the toughest U.S. wildfires often avoid reporting symptoms of ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Two workers hurt in Texas fracking tank site blast

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two workers were hurt in an explosion at a hydraulic fracturing tank site in south Texas early on Wednesday, a sheriff's ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Body found in creek identified as starved Texas boy

By Jon Nielsen

DALLAS (Reuters) - Officials with the Dallas County medical examiner's office said on Tuesday they have identified a body found in ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Mexican couple admit to 27,000-round ammo cache in Texas

By Jared Taylor

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Two illegal immigrants pleaded guilty in Texas on Monday to possessing 27,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Eagle Ford shale an economic boom for Texas: study

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The Eagle Ford shale oil and natural gas field in south Texas could turn out to be ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Obama wins, but Texas felon steals spotlight in West Virginia primary

NEW YORK (Reuters) - How popular is President Barack Obama in West Virginia? Just slightly more so than federal Inmate No. 11593-051, who received nearly ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Planned Parenthood can be in Texas health program, court says

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood can offer services for now as part of a Texas program for low-income women despite a ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Planned Parenthood can be in Texas health program, court says

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood can participate for now in a Texas health program for low-income women despite a new state ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Two arrested after immigrants found stashed in Texas houses

By Jared Taylor

EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Two men face charges of harboring illegal immigrants after authorities found 115 migrants inside three small South Texas ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Texas Instruments not giving up on OMAP chip biz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Texas Instruments told investors that the company's wireless application chip business would be increasingly important for ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Convicted Texas killer gets stay of execution

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man won a stay of execution on Wednesday for the second time this year, just hours ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

CEOs rank Texas tops for business, California worst

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas remains the top state for business and California still holds the title for the worst, according to an annual ranking ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Stricken Texas "bucket list" baby dies, father says

(Reuters) - A Texas baby born with an incurable disease whose parents created an online "bucket list" for their daughter that became an Internet sensation ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Appeals court allows Texas to exclude Planned Parenthood

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the state of Texas can exclude Planned Parenthood from a state ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Texas cannot exclude Planned Parenthood from health program: judge

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new Texas rule that would have excluded Planned Parenthood clinics from offering women ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Chevron Phillips to build chemical plant in Texas

(Reuters) - Chevron Phillips Chemical Co said on Monday it will build a new chemical plant at its facility in Old Ocean, Texas.

The company ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Corrected: Texas executes man for 2002 shooting

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man was executed on Thursday evening by lethal injection for a brutal triple shooting in a small town that ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Radioactive waste dump opens in Texas, environmentalists worried

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A 1,300-acre dump to bury low-level radioactive waste has opened in a remote corner of west ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Texas executes man for 2002 shooting

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man was executed on Thursday evening by lethal injection for a brutal triple shooting in a small town that ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Accused 'kingpin of cockfighting' arrested in Texas

By Jared Taylor

EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Deputies arrested a purported "kingpin of cockfighting" who they said profited off a Texas cockfighting ring that was ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Texas executes man for 2002 murder

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Thursday for killing a convenience store worker and wounding two female employees ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Remains are those of starved boy in Texas: official

Gunmen open fire on Texas cockfight, killing 3, wounding 8

By Jared Taylor

LA BLANCA, Texas (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed three men and wounded eight others when they opened fire on an illegal cockfighting ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Texas forward electricity prices on the upswing

By Eileen O'Grady

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Forward power prices in Texas have moved up in response to efforts by state regulators to boost the ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Thursday that it will cut about 900 jobs, including roughly 600 at its headquarters, as it ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Texas town hit by tornado saw worse in 1994

By Jon Nielsen

LANCASTER, Texas (Reuters) - Huddled inside a closet with his wife and 9-month-old daughter, Quental Austin could hear bricks and two-by-fours clattering ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Power outages, canceled flights after Texas tornado outbreak

By Marice Richter and Judy Wiley

DALLAS (Reuters) - Thousands of residents were without power and hundreds of flights canceled on Wednesday as authorities surveyed ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Magellan mulls more expansion of Texas-Gulf pipeline

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Magellan Midstream Partners LP is considering further expansion of oil pipeline capacity from west Texas to the Gulf Coast in addition to ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Texas jury slaps $195 million penalty on TaxMasters, CEO Cox

(Reuters) - A Texas jury voted to slap $195 million in civil penalties on Friday against the tax advisory firm TaxMasters and its CEO Patrick ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Texas polygamist sect leader given 10-year bigamy sentence

By Matthew Waller

MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - A jury handed a former leader of a breakaway Mormon polygamist sect a 10-year prison sentence on Friday ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Texas executes man who beat baby boy to death in 2001

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection for beating a 10-month-old boy to death in ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Texas to execute man who beat baby boy to death in 2001

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man is set to be executed on Wednesday evening by lethal injection for beating a 10-month-old ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

JetBlue flight diverted, passengers say captain restrained

(Reuters) - A JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas was diverted to Texas on Tuesday following what federal authorities described as erratic behavior by the ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

BP refinery leaks acid in Texas City; no injuries

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hydrofluoric acid (HF) leaked from an alkylation unit at BP Plc's 406,570-barrels-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Representatives of Johnson & Johnson and the state of Texas will head back to court on Tuesday over a $158 million settlement agreement announced in January involving the drug Risperdal, a spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Sunday.

"As far as we knew, we had a solid settlement," said Tom Kelley, Abbott's spokesman. "We'll have more information on Tuesday about what has caused (Johnson & Johnson) some concerns."

A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson declined to comment about the hearing before state District Judge John Dietz in Austin.

Johnson & Johnson said in January that it would pay $158 million to settle a Texas lawsuit that accused the drugmaker of improperly marketing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug to state residents on the Medicaid health program for the poor.

The settlement would fully resolve all Risperdal-related claims in Texas, the company said at the time. The agreement -- the largest Medicaid fraud recovery ever in Texas -- was specific to the Lone Star State and did not involve other state or federal Risperdal litigation.

The deal marked the first Risperdal settlement with any U.S. state. It settled claims brought by Texas in 2004 involving alleged Medicaid overpayments during the years 1994 to 2008. The settlement was to be paid to the original plaintiff, his attorneys, the state of Texas and the federal government, which provides Medicaid reimbursements, the company said in January.

Tom Melsheimer, a lawyer for plaintiff Allen Jones, said on Sunday that the hearing on Tuesday is "just to finalize the settlement."

But Jones, a whistleblower on J&J's marketing practices, said the sticking point is that Johnson & Johnson wants to reduce the amount of the settlement that he and his attorneys receive.

Johnson & Johnson "has reneged on the agreement and it's back in court," Jones said. "They are trying to produce a chilling effect on the ability of whistleblowers to come forward."

(Reporting By Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by David Bailey)

Fri, March 23, 2012

Texas Rangers to serve up 2-foot-long hot dog

By Jon Nielsen

By Patricia Zengerle

(Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp on Thursday reported a pipe leak during pressure testing of the system at its 76,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Up to three people wounded in Texas courthouse shooting

(Reuters) - A shooting at a courthouse in Beaumont, Texas, has wounded up to three people, Beaumont Fire Captain Earl White said on Wednesday.

The ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

One killed, four wounded in Texas shootout

By Deborah Hensel

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A gunman killed one person outside a Texas courthouse on Wednesday and wounded three others, including one he shot ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

McConaughey moved to Texas for his kids

The actor and his fiancee Camila Alves recently moved into a new home in McConaughey's home state and he reveals they made the ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

(Reuters) - Apple Inc is expanding its presence in Texas with a $304 million investment to build a new campus in Austin, which will add ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Texas for third year warns against spring break Mexico

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas on Tuesday warned residents for the third consecutive year not to travel to Mexico during the upcoming ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Texas warns students against spring break in Mexico

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The state of Texas on Tuesday told residents for the third consecutive year not to travel to Mexico ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

'Top Chef: Texas' Finale: Did the Right Chef Win?

Leap Day served up a wonderful surprise for one lucky culinary expert on Bravo's Top Chef: Texas. Which chef took home the prize ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

AUSTIN (Reuters) - A Texas man who confessed to being the ringleader of a ruthless band of murderers and rapists was executed on Wednesday, hours ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Arizona executes murderer, Texas to follow suit

By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks

(Reuters) - An Arizona man convicted of strangling and stabbing his adoptive mother was executed by lethal injection on ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Texas doctor accused of huge health fraud scheme

By Judy Wiley

DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas doctor and six others were arrested on Tuesday on charges they tried to defraud federal healthcare programs ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Arizona and Texas set to carry out executions Wednesday

By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks

(Reuters) - An Arizona man convicted of strangling and stabbing his adoptive mother and a Texas man who confessed ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Mother pushing stroller in Texas hit with bullet from Mexico

By David Crowder

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A woman pushing her child in a stroller in downtown El Paso, Texas, was struck by an ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Texas drought leads to shade tree die-off

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Some 5.6 million urban shade trees were killed by the record drought that baked Texas last year ...

Sun, February 12, 2012

Exonerated Texas man's grave gets permanent tribute

By Marice Richter

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - The first person in the United States to be exonerated posthumously on the basis of DNA evidence ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Trappers scour Texas park after mountain lion attack

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The National Park Service on Tuesday was scouring the sprawling Big Bend National Park in West Texas following ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

U.S. judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law

By Terry Baynes

(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday allowed the state of Texas to begin enforcing a law requiring abortion providers ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Texas oysters may soon be back on restaurant menus

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Austin, the Gulf Coast oysters on the half shell would typically come from ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

At home in Texas, Perry gets rocky welcome

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry has gotten a rocky welcome home to Texas, facing low poll numbers and criticism over ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA

(Reuters) - Texas executed convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Texas to execute man whose DNA tied him to cold case

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his DNA linked him to a ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Thunderstorms pound Texas; tornado hits Austin

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A tornado hit Austin, Texas, and thunderstorms pounded San Antonio, Dallas and Houston on Wednesday, bringing the parched ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Bus passengers get prison in Texas cash smuggling case

By Jared Taylor

McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a busload of passengers to prison terms of up to three years for their ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

TI says chip demand is improving; to close 2 factories

By Sinead Carew

(Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter chip sales as customers in a broad array of industries replenished depleted inventories.

TI ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Supreme Court throws out Texas election maps

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court handed Texas Republicans a partial victory in a partisan fight over election redistricting that has erupted ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

J&J to pay $158 million to settle Texas Risperdal case

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it will pay $158 million to settle a Texas lawsuit accusing the drugmaker of improperly marketing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug to state residents on the Medicaid health program for the poor.

The settlement fully resolves all Risperdal-related claims in Texas, the company said. The agreement is specific to the state of Texas and does not involve other ongoing state or federal Risperdal litigation.

The deal settles claims brought by Texas in 2004 and involves alleged Medicaid overpayments during the years 1994 to 2008 "and will circumvent potentially lengthy and costly appellate activities," according to a statement from J&J's Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit.

The settlement will be paid to the original plaintiff, his attorneys, the state of Texas and the federal government, which provides Medicaid reimbursements, the company said.

The complaint against J&J and several of its units filed in U.S. district court in Texas had alleged company representatives "targeted every level of the Texas Medicaid Program with misrepresentations about the safety, superiority, efficacy, appropriate uses and cost effectiveness of Risperdal."

"Janssen ran amok," Allen Jones, the Pennsylvania-based whistleblower on J&J's marketing practices who was a plaintiff along with state of Texas, told reporters in the Austin courthouse.

"They trashed the Johnson & Johnson credo and they misused Texas and, I believe, well-meaning officials, to further their marketing aims," Jones said. "They subverted science and they induced others to betray the people they were supposed to be taking care of. To me that is reprehensible."

The deal marks the first Risperdal settlement with any U.S. state, Janssen spokeswoman Teresa Mueller said.

J&J's once sterling reputation has been battered in the past two years over quality control problems at several of its plants and manufacturing errors that led to massive recalls of a wide variety of its products, including hip replacements, contact lenses, insulin cartridges and heart devices.

Its biggest black eye came from its McNeil consumer healthcare unit, which in a series recalls was forced to pull hundreds of millions of bottles and packages of popular medicines, such as Children's Tylenol, Motrin, Rolaids and Benadryl.

J&J shares were down 28 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $65 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

(Reporting by Corrie MacLaggan; additional reporting and writing by Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson in New York; editing by Michele Gershberg ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Perry ends presidential run, backs Gingrich

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Thursday after a ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Woman makes it onto flight in Texas with gun in her purse

DALLAS (Reuters) - A 65-year-old woman made it past a checkpoint and onto a flight at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday with ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Citrus tree disease spreads to Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Agriculture inspectors in Texas have detected the plant disease citrus greening in an orange tree, bringing to five the number of ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Texas nearly ends rabies with aerial vaccine drops

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three King Air planes are lined up on a small runway in the town of Del Rio preparing ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

After record heat and drought, Texas parks face crunch

By Corrie MacLaggan

JOHNSON CITY, Texas (Reuters) - Who wants to go camping without a camp fire, hiking in 105-degree heat or fishing in a ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Texas nearly ends rabies with aerial vaccine drops

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three King Air planes are lined up on a small runway in the town of Del Rio preparing ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court next week will step into a partisan battle over remapping congressional districts in Texas, the court ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Texas teen mistakenly deported to Colombia comes home

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Texas girl mistakenly deported to Colombia was reunited with her family on Friday, after she was ...

Thu, January 05, 2012

Police kill Texas student, 15, armed with pellet gun

McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Police fatally shot a 15-year-old student armed with a pellet gun at a middle school in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday after ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Police kill Texas student armed with pellet gun

McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Police fatally shot a 15-year-old student armed with a pellet gun at a middle school in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday after ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Texas governor Perry stays in presidential race

By Eric Johnson

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Just hours after announcing he was returning to Texas to reassess his bid for the White House ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

(Reuters) - Six so-called property wealthy school districts in Texas on Friday sued the state to get more funding, arguing that the state had failed ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Texas Instruments cuts revenue outlook, shares slump

By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas Instruments cut its outlook for the current quarter and warned demand was broadly lower as customers reduce ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Girl who predicted her death on Facebook, dies of wounds

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl who was shot by her mother during a standoff inside a Texas food stamp office ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Lockdown at Texas high school ends

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A high school in Austin, Texas, was put on lockdown for hours on Monday after a man being pursued by police ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Bomb threat at Texas A&M a hoax, university says

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A bomb threat that prompted evacuations at Texas A&M University on Monday was a hoax, the university said on its emergency information website.

Four buildings that were evacuated at the campus in College Station remained closed on Monday afternoon after the threat, which "was received through electronic communications," the website said.

(Reporting by Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

Mon, December 05, 2011

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two boys have died after a Wednesday shooting at a Houston-area home, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said on Thursday ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Texas asks top court to stop congressional map

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to stop implementation of an interim Texas map for congressional ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Texas man, locked out of home, gets stuck sliding down chimney

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - It looks great when Santa Claus slides down the chimney in the movies, but one Texas man learned ...

Sat, November 26, 2011

Texas Democrat Gonzalez won't run again for House

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Charles Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat and the head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said on Saturday he will ...

Fri, November 25, 2011

Indiana State Beats Texas Tech

The Indiana State Men’s Basketball team has many things to be thankful for this season. The team is 5-0 for the first time ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Thanksgiving marks end of era for Texas football rivalry

By Erin Mulvaney

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) - In the middle of a plot of sparse land near the Texas A&M University campus, a 45-foot-tall tiered pile of timber represents the Aggies' "burning desire" to beat arch-rival the University of Texas in the teams' annual Thanksgiving Day football matchup.

This year's game marks the end of a rivalry that dates back to 1894 between the two biggest universities in the Lone Star State, as A&M is preparing to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference next summer. So the bonfire and other traditions at both universities hold special significance.

The game, which is in College Station this year, is the end of not only a sports rivalry but also a tradition deeply embedded in both the state and universities' identities. Earlier this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry, a onetime A&M yell leader who is now a Republican presidential candidate, joked that he had promised his wife, Texas First Lady Anita Perry, that he would avoid controversial topics such as A&M's decision to leave the Big 12.

"It's really about more than just football," said Travis Springer, a senior at A&M who helped organize the bonfire, which is made from wood collected and chopped by students over several months and is topped with an outhouse decorated in UT burnt orange. Because of a widespread burn ban in Texas, the structure will not be set ablaze for this year's ceremony, but students and fans are visiting the site before the game.

In Austin on Monday night, about 2,000 students decked out in burnt orange crowded in the center of the University of Texas campus holding candles for their own tradition called the Hex Rally. Student groups, cheerleaders, dancers and a school choir led the rally for the football team as the marching band played school songs. Parents put orange-clad children on their shoulders for a better view of the band and dancers.

Former UT football player Ahmad Brooks pointed out that Texas has won 75 of the 118 matchups between the two teams.

"This is one team we have beat more than any other team in America," Brooks said to the roaring crowd of students and alumni, many of whom had their faces painted orange and white. "So, anyway, we're good."

Texas Coach Mack Brown called the night "historic."

"This will be a night you remember for your kids and your grandkids," Brown said. "It will be something that will go down in history."

The Hex Rally dates back to 1941, when a group of students from Texas sought the advice of a fortune teller before facing A&M, which was undefeated that year leading up to the game. Madame Augusta Hipple told the students to burn red candles before the game to send a curse to their opponents. Following her advice, the Longhorns cruised to victory. The tradition continued and eventually became an official university event in the 1980s.

The A&M bonfire dates back to 1909, but became disassociated with the university after the then-55-foot-high bonfire collapsed in 1999, killing 12. That year, Texas A&M won the Thanksgiving game against Texas, playing with determination. The bonfire is now run and organized independently from the university with a smaller structure than the one that toppled 11 years ago.

Both universities and student groups have said they would like to continue their respective traditions. A&M student bonfire organizers have said that next year's event will center around whichever team they play during the week of Thanksgiving. The outhouse that tops the structure will simply be painted a different color. The future of the Hex Rally is uncertain.

Darrell Royal, who coached the Longhorns from 1957 to 1976, told Reuters that the game was always important to him because winning meant an edge for enticing the best recruits in the state. As the coach with the most wins in the team's history, he is the namesake of the Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium, the Longhorn's home turf.

"They were a great rival and we were too; it was just a ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Thanksgiving marks end of era for Texas football rivalry

By Erin Mulvaney

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Muslim convert from Texas who once e-mailed a radical Muslim cleric saying he wanted "to do my ...

Mon, October 17, 2011

Exclusive: Sam Worthington Talks 'Texas Killing Fields,' 'Rogue Trooper,' and More

In the indie crime drama Texas Killing Fields, Avatar star Sam Worthington plays a gruff Texas homicide detective on the trail of an elusive ...

Sun, October 16, 2011

Exclusive: Sam Worthington Talks 'Texas Killing Fields,' 'Rogue Trooper,' and More

In the indie crime drama Texas Killing Fields, Avatar star Sam Worthington plays a gruff Texas homicide detective on the trail of an elusive ...

Sat, October 15, 2011

Exclusive: Sam Worthington Talks 'Texas Killing Fields,' 'Rogue Trooper,' and More

In the indie crime drama Texas Killing Fields, Avatar star Sam Worthington plays a gruff Texas homicide detective on the trail of an elusive ...

Fri, October 14, 2011

Exclusive: Sam Worthington Talks 'Texas Killing Fields,' 'Rogue Trooper,' and More

In the indie crime drama Texas Killing Fields, Avatar star Sam Worthington plays a gruff Texas homicide detective on the trail of an elusive ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Tigers manager says MLB already a postseason winner

(Reuters) - Whether or not his Tigers advance, Major League Baseball has been a winner in his team's American League Championship Series against the ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

I can create 1.2 million energy jobs: Perry

By Steve Holland

WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry outlined plans on Friday to dramatically increase energy production and create 1 ...

Sun, October 09, 2011

Texas pastor stands ground on "cult" comment about Mormons

By Judy Wiley

DALLAS (Reuters) - An unapologetic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who created a stir for calling Mormonism a "cult" at a political gathering, told ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Verlander and Wilson open Detroit-Texas series

By Larry Fine

(Reuters) - On paper, the Texas Rangers look to have some advantages in their American League Championship Series (ALCS) against the Detroit ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Analysis: After heat wave, Texas debates power needs next summer

By Eileen O'Grady

AUSTIN (Reuters) - The summer heat wave that pushed Texas' power grid to the brink of blackouts has faded, but the ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas that sent an enormous plume of smoke into the ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Texas man to go free after DNA shows he did not kill wife

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man imprisoned for 25 years in the beating death of his wife will walk free this ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire

By Marice Richter

DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant about 30 miles south of Dallas forced the evacuation of hundreds of ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Rays thump Texas in American league opener

(Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays, riding high on confidence and form, extended their incredible late season surge to six consecutive wins when they thumped ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Records of 4.9 mln stolen from car in Texas data breach

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A massive data breach, in which the personal and medical records of millions of military patients and their ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas death row inmate, Cleve Foster, a 47-year-old former Army ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Supreme Court grants stay of execution in Texas case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas death row inmate, Cleve Foster, a 47-year-old former Army ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Cause of record-breaking Texas wildfire deemed "electrical"

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The cause of a massive, record-breaking wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,600 homes in Central Texas was "electrical ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Texas execution on Tuesday will be first of two this week

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 20 - Texas on Tuesday evening is scheduled to execute a man for the rape and murder of a ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Oklahoma and Texas get the green light to bolt Big 12

By Steve Olafson and Karen Brooks

TULSA, Okla./AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The landscape of college sports could be gearing up for a seismic shift ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

U. Texas, U. Oklahoma heads won't rule out leaving Big 12

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The presidents of the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma said on Monday they wouldn't rule out leaving the ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Crowe calls for donations for Texas fire victims

Thousands of residents were evacuated after high winds, brought about by Tropical Storm Lee, sparked dozens of fires in the southern state.

Now the ...

Sun, September 18, 2011

Crowe calls for donations for Texas fire victims

Thousands of residents were evacuated after high winds, brought about by Tropical Storm Lee, sparked dozens of fires in the southern state.

Now the ...

Sat, September 17, 2011

Crowe calls for donations for Texas fire victims

Thousands of residents were evacuated after high winds, brought about by Tropical Storm Lee, sparked dozens of fires in the southern state.

Now the ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Supreme Court stays Texas death row inmate execution

By James Vicini and Karen Brooks

WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Supreme Court gave a reprieve on Thursday to a Texas death row inmate ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry canceled a scheduled appearance at a Republican presidential campaign forum in South Carolina on Monday to ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Officials triple number of homes charred in Texas fire

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Some 1,386 homes have been destroyed in a monstrous fire burning southeast of Austin that has destroyed ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Tropical storm Lee hits Texas with wind, some rain

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - James Taylor once sang, "I've seen fire, and I've seen rain," and Texas was seeing some ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Rough waters from Tropical Storm Lee lead to Texas drowning

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Rough waters off Galveston Island kicked up by Tropical Storm Lee led to the drowning death of a tourist on Saturday morning ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Dry Texas expected to again miss out on rain from storm

Polygamist leader sedated, responsive in hospital

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, serving a life sentence for raping two child brides, was under sedation but ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Texas power grid agency initiated an electric emergency on Wednesday for the second day in a row as available power supplies ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Sam Worthington Goes Southern in the 'Texas Killing Fields' Trailer

The Texas Killing Fields trailer recreates the true story of the desert wasteland outside Texas City, wherein over sixty murder victims have been discovered ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Sam Worthington Goes Southern in the 'Texas Killing Fields' Trailer

The Texas Killing Fields trailer recreates the true story of the desert wasteland outside Texas City, wherein over sixty murder victims have been discovered ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Park along Texas, Mexico border sees boost from partnership

By Benjamin Wermund

MARFA, Texas (Reuters) - Dwindling funding and resources to protect wildlife, maintain historic structures and keep out invasive species have put America ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Sam Worthington Goes Southern in the 'Texas Killing Fields' Trailer

The Texas Killing Fields trailer recreates the true story of the desert wasteland outside Texas City, wherein over sixty murder victims have been discovered ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Nation's largest tax-free weekend gets underway in Texas

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Doorbuster specials. Stores open at 12:01 a.m. Mall parking lots jammed. It's not Black Friday ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Don, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was churning northwestward across the southern Gulf of Mexico toward the ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Texas jail guard guilty of serving up hacksaw blade

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - In old movies, the inmate usually got a hacksaw blade secreted into his cell baked in a cake.

But in Texas ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

U.S. returns 33 Mexican troops who strayed into Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors returned 33 Mexican soldiers on Tuesday who inadvertently crossed over the Rio Grande river ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

U.S. returns 33 Mexican troops who strayed into Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors returned 33 Mexican soldiers on Tuesday who inadvertently crossed over the Rio Grande river ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Jury selection begins in polygamist leader's Texas trial

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Jury selection got underway in a Texas ranching community on Monday for the child sexual abuse trial ...

Sun, July 24, 2011

Texas trial of alleged polygamist leader to start this week

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Flora Jessop never believed that Warren Steed Jeffs, the man she was taught to revere as son ...

Sun, July 24, 2011

DALLAS (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna cut short a Dallas concert on Friday after a fire broke out near the stage, the artist said ...

Sat, July 09, 2011

Texas jury rejects ex-KBR employee Iraq rape claim

HOUSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Texas jury rejected claims brought by a woman who said she was raped by fellow employees while working for ...

Fri, July 08, 2011

U.S. seeks to limit damage of Texas execution case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working to limit the diplomatic fallout after Texas executed a Mexican national over Washington's objections that ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Texas Governor Perry likely to run in 2012

By John Whitesides

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Among political insiders in the Texas state capital, one thing is considered certain: Governor Rick Perry will jump ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Rain relieves Texas drought, South needs more

By Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Heavy rains brought some relief to drought-stricken Texas over the last week, but much more is needed to ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Government asks Texas to halt Mexican's death sentence

By Andrew Quinn and Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has called on Texas to delay the execution this week of a ...

Mon, July 04, 2011

Wi-LAN settles suit with Texas Instruments, shares jump

(Reuters) - Canadian patent licensing firm Wi-LAN Inc agreed to settle a lawsuit related to Bluetooth technology with chipmaker Texas Instruments, sending its shares up ...

Sat, July 02, 2011

Texas warns against travel to Mexican border town

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The state of Texas warned U.S. citizens on Saturday to stay away from the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

Texas to receive federal disaster help for wildfires

Texas executes man with possible mental disability

By Karen Brooks

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally stabbing a fellow inmate in a state prison in 1999 is scheduled to ...

Thu, June 16, 2011

High court delays Texas execution

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a stay of execution for a man who was scheduled to be ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Texas Senate passes bill on cities aiding illegal immigrants

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Senate early on Wednesday passed a measure pushed by Governor Rick Perry aimed at cracking down ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Texas to execute man who killed three teens

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN (Reuters) - Texas on Wednesday evening is scheduled to execute a man for fatally shooting three sleeping teenagers in Amarillo in ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Texas governor Rick Perry weighs presidential run

By Joan Gralla

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Governor Rick Perry of Texas said on Tuesday he was thinking seriously about a run for the ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Record heat forecast for Texas and Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - Above-average temperatures were hitting across the southern United States on Tuesday, with drought-parched west Texas and north Florida bearing the ...

Mon, June 13, 2011

Texas governor addresses L.A. anti-abortion rally

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, viewed as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, ventured far from his home state on Sunday to ...

Sat, June 11, 2011

Texas governor renews statewide fire disaster declaration

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The governor of Texas, where drought-triggered deadly wildfires have scorched millions of acres, renewed his proclamation of a statewide disaster on ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Mexican official challenges Texas travel warnings

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas state government warnings to Americans about travel to Mexico are "ludicrous," "misinformed," and may damage the country ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Police hunt for Texas tipster with story about bodies

By Deborah Quinn Hensel

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials in Liberty County, Texas, were hunting on Wednesday for a tipster who claimed to have ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Bring BBQ indoors: Texas county bans grills for July 4

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Light up the grill for July 4 and get six months in jail under stringent new burn rules ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Texas authorities find no bodies after psychic tip

By Heather Nolan

HARDIN, Texas (Reuters) - A false tip from a psychic prompted Texas authorities to swarm a rural home searching for a nonexistent ...

Sun, June 05, 2011

Texas' Perry urges other governors to join him at prayer event

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -- Saying "there is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees," Texas Governor Rick Perry ...

Sat, June 04, 2011

Federal appeals court opens doors for prayer at Texas graduation

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday afternoon that students may pray and mention God at Saturday night ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Saggy pants mean no ride on one Texas bus system

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Don't get on the bus in Ft. Worth, Texas, if you're not properly dressed.

The Ft ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

Texas inmate executed for killing security guard

By Ben Wermund

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Wednesday executed a man who shot and killed a security guard during a 1988 robbery at ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Texas inmate set to die for killing security guard

By Ben Wermund

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Wednesday is set to execute a man who shot and killed a security guard during a ...

Tue, May 31, 2011

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - A controversial proposal to criminalize "enhanced pat-downs" at Texas airports stalled in the state senate late on Tuesday night, following a ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Drought, fire jeopardize ranching lifestyle in Texas

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A miserable sea of dry brown West Texas grass and charred scrub could cripple ranching operations in the ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Lauded Dallas campus could help shoulder Texas school cuts

By Laurie Fox

DALLAS (Reuters) - Philip Templet listened intently and leaned in as his students debated poetic literary devices, engaging them and pushing for ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

DALLAS (Reuters) - American League most valuable player Josh Hamilton, sidelined for five weeks with a broken right arm, has been given medical clearance to ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Energy company targeting teachers in scam, Texas officials say

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - The Texas Securities Commissioner has issued an emergency cease and desist order against a Dallas-area energy company, alleging ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Texas county official says "stupid" feds sparked fire

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The fight between Texas and Washington, D.C., over wildfires in the Lone Star State just got nastier ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Texas House passes bill banning TSA airport "groping"

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives late on Thursday approved a bill that would make invasive pat-downs at Texas airports a crime ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Drought expands dramatically in Texas, losses mount

By Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Another dry week in the southern United States has driven the spread of a devastating drought further across ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Texas school cameras will watch kids' calorie counts

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The next time kids in five San Antonio elementary schools try to sneak those extra french fries onto ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Retired Iraq commander to seek Texas Senate seat

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Ricardo Sanchez, who rose from a childhood of grinding poverty in South Texas to become a three-star Army ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Texas Instruments wins Ubiquisys small cell deal

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Ubiquisys, a technology start-up backed by Google, will partner with Texas Instruments to develop a new ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry has criticized the Obama administration for denying a request for a major disaster declaration ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Texas executes first inmate using drug used on animals

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Tuesday carried out its first execution using a sedative often used to euthanize animals.

Cary Kerr ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Shifting weather aids battle against Texas wildfires

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Firefighters worked under a thick haze of ash on Sunday to starve a still-burning West Texas blaze that ...

Sat, April 30, 2011

Firefighters battle Texas wildfire with hand tools

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Federal firefighters toiled with hand tools in rugged West Texas terrain to cut off a fast moving fire ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

After brief respite, Texas wildfires kick up again

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK (Reuters) - After a brief respite of cooler, calmer weather, the wildfires that have ravaged Texas kicked up again on Friday ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Tex (Reuters) - Texans returned to some of the most heavily scorched parts of the state on Monday after rains helped ...

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Hundreds of weary firefighters were racing against the clock on Sunday, pushing back massive brush fires that have ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Cool front brings brief respite to Texas firefighters

By Elliott Blackburn

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - A wave of moisture and cooler temperatures on Thursday helped firefighters contain thousands of acres of wildfires that ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Calmer winds give hope in Texas wildfires; another death

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Calmer winds and higher humidity on Wednesday gave the army of firefighters battling several major blazes in north ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Bees sting elderly couple to death in south Texas

By Jared Taylor

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - An elderly South Texas couple died and their son was injured after a swarm of bees attacked them ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Texas wildfires creep closer to Dallas area

By Laurie Fox

ARLINGTON, Tex (Reuters) - Wildfires in Texas crept closer to the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday, razing some upscale homes near a ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Texas wildfires creep closer to Dallas-Fort Worth area

By Laurie Fox

ARLINGTON, Tex (Reuters) - Wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres in Texas crept closer to the Dallas-Fort Worth area ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Texas Instruments misses forecasts, blames Japan

By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip maker Texas Instruments Inc <TXN.N> warned of slower-than-usual quarterly sales growth as it scrambles to restart ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Texas governor asks for disaster declaration over wildfires

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry has requested a Major Disaster Declaration for the entire state, as brush fires which ...

Sun, April 17, 2011

Texas seeks more help as wildfires burn Austin homes

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought additional federal help in battling wildfires across his drought-parched state as a woodland blaze gutted at ...

Sun, April 17, 2011

West Texas ranchers lose cattle, livelihood to fires

By Ben Wermund

FORT DAVIS, Texas (Reuters) - Bobby McKnight knew fire was coming when he saw the pall of white smoke rising into the ...

Sat, April 16, 2011

Winds spare city threatened by Texas wildfires

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Shifting winds gave some relief to Texans menaced by wildfires that have scorched more than 230,000 acres ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Nerves of Steele earn rookie victory at Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - American Brendan Steele held his nerve on an error-free back nine for a one-shot victory over compatriots Kevin Chappell and ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Americans Henry and Cink grab narrow lead at Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Americans J.J. Henry and Stewart Cink shared a one stroke lead after the first round of the Texas Open ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

The Tigers Yesterday Beat Texas 5-To-4

The Tigers yesterday afternoon snapped their 3-game losing streak by beating the Rangers 5-to-4 on Miguel Cabrera’s walk-off bases loaded single in the ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Texas slugger Hamilton breaks arm, to miss up to eight weeks

DETROIT (Reuters) - American League MVP Josh Hamilton will be side lined for up to eight weeks after breaking a bone in his arm during ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Crews fight major wildfires in Texas, governor tours damage

Austin, Tex (Reuters) - Firefighters in drought-stricken Texas battled 14 major wildfires on Tuesday and braced for dangerously dry and windy weather conditions on Wednesday ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Texas schools get $830 million from federal budget deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Schools in Texas will get $830 million of federal aid freed up under a provision in the last-minute Congress' budget deal ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Private records of 3.5 million people exposed by Texas

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The personal records of some 3.5 million Texans were inadvertently exposed after they were placed on a ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Private records of 3.5 million people exposed by Texas

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The personal records of some 3.5 million Texans were inadvertently exposed after they were placed on a ...

Sun, April 10, 2011

Severe weather with warm front from Texas to Wisconsin

By Wendell Marsh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Severe weather including possible tornadoes, damaging winds, rain and hail were expected on Sunday from Texas to Wisconsin, forecasters ...

Sat, April 09, 2011

Texas wildfires destroy homes, buildings

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Tex (Reuters) - Wildfires scorched more than 230,000 acres in Texas on Sunday, roaring through a West Texas town, destroying ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Texas city renames street, drive for slain ICE agent

AUSTIN (Reuters) - A Texas border city has renamed a street and a private drive for Jaime Jorge Zapata, the U.S. federal agent shot ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Texas House OKs 85-mph speed limit, would be nation's highest

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Rocker Sammy Hagar, who once sang "I Can't Drive 55," might want to move to Texas. The ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Dramatic rise in skull flattening in Texas babies

By Alison McCook

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of infants born with "flat-head" syndrome has risen dramatically in Texas - but is probably not ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Texas inmate seeks execution delay, citing drug

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - An attorney for a death row inmate set to die on Tuesday urged Governor Rick Perry on Monday ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

Texas man gets temporary execution stay from Supreme Court

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - A Texas man scheduled to be put to death later on Tuesday received a temporary stay of execution ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

Texas Instruments to buy NatSemi for $6.5 billion

By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc is buying National Semiconductor Corp for $6.5 billion, paying a rich 78 percent premium ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

Texas House approves budget that makes sweeping cuts

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - The Republican-dominated Texas House late Sunday passed a budget for the next two fiscal years that does not ...

Sat, April 02, 2011

Campus gun debate is personal at University of Texas

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - University of Texas junior Sonia Escot was studying at her usual first-floor spot at a campus library on ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Beware on the range: Cattle rustling in Texas is up

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -- Watch out on the range, pardner, because cattle rustling in Texas is up.

The number of cattle stolen ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

Jury gives crown back to taco-eating Texas beauty queen

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Thursday gave the Miss San Antonio crown back to a 17-year-old woman stripped ...

Wed, March 23, 2011

Hispanic students now majority in Texas public schools

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - Hispanic students are now the majority in Texas public schools, according to the state education agency.

"This has definitely been a ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Police in Cleveland, Texas, said on Tuesday they are continuing to investigate an alleged gang rape last November of an 11-year-old girl ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Texas youth to school districts: Let's talk about sex

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas teens and young adults descended on the Texas Capitol on Tuesday with an unusual message for public ...

Mon, March 07, 2011

Texas Tech fires basketball coach Pat Knight

By Elliott Blackburn

LUBBOCK, Tex (Reuters) - Texas Tech University fired men's basketball Coach Pat Knight on Monday after a losing season, the university ...

Sun, March 06, 2011

Alamo 175th has different tone in changing Texas

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Ceremonies marking the Battle of the Alamo kicked off on Sunday at 6 a.m., the exact ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Longoria denounces Texas budget cuts

The actress addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 in San Antonio to denounce proposed cuts to services for people with intellectual developmental ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Texas approves bill requiring sonogram before abortion

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - Women seeking an abortion would have to first get an ultrasound under a measure approved on Thursday by ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Texas man charged with illegal sports event streaming

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas man was charged on Thursday with illegally streaming live sporting events and other programs on one of the most ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Texas man charged with illegal sports event streaming

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas man was charged on Thursday with illegally streaming live sporting events and other programs on one of the most ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Spring Break party in Mexico? Texas officials advise no

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - As college students prepare for the annual ritual of drunken Spring Break partying, Texas officials are urging them to stay away ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

Texas fires scorch homes, threaten to spread

LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Calmer winds on Monday allowed an airborne assault on West Texas wildfires that destroyed dozens of homes and a dog kennel ...

Sat, February 26, 2011

Fourth child dies after Texas day care fire

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fourth child has died following a fire at a Houston home day care on Thursday, fire officials said.

The boy died ...

Sat, February 26, 2011

Texas group to offer college scholarships to white men

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Reuters) - Members of a new Texas association are starting a college scholarship program for a group of students ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

Judge strips taco-eating Texas beauty queen of crown

By Jim Forsyth

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would require women seeking an abortion to first get ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Family of Texas man set to die pleads for his life

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - Relatives of a man scheduled to be executed in Texas next week for killing his infant son pleaded ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

Texas executes man for murder of mentally-disabled woman

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - Texas on Tuesday executed the second of two men convicted of abducting a former co-worker with mental disabilities ...

Sat, February 12, 2011

Need quick entry into Texas Capitol? Just get a gun permit

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - Security is newly tightened at the Texas Capitol, but plenty of gun-toting visitors can breeze right through.

Concealed ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Record low temperatures in Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas

By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oklahoma recorded its coldest temperature in state history on Thursday morning and records fell in cities in Missouri and ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

Record winter demand strains Texas power grid

HOUSTON (Reuters) - ERCOT, the power grid operator for most of Texas, again urged customers to conserve power on Thursday morning to avoid a return ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

No budget Armageddon in Texas: Governor Perry

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas does not face a fiscal meltdown and its economy remains strong, Governor Rick Perry said on Tuesday ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

Blast rocks Enterprise natgas plant in Texas

By Erwin Seba and Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker was unaccounted for after explosions rocked a natural gas liquids storage complex on Tuesday ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Snowy Texas offers unlikely backdrop for classic Super Bowl

By Julian Linden

DALLAS (Reuters) - A rare snow storm deep in the heart of Texas has added another unusual twist to Sunday's Super ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Regulators look at why cold shut Texas power plants

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators will investigate why more than 50 power generating units in Texas failed due cold weather on Wednesday, forcing the state ...

Wed, February 02, 2011

Texas weathers rolling blackouts as mercury drops

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas imposed statewide rolling blackouts for only the second time in more than two decades on Wednesday, after frigid ...

Wed, February 02, 2011

Texas weathers rolling blackouts as mercury drops

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas imposed statewide rolling blackouts for only the second time in more than two decades on Wednesday, after frigid ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Val Kilmer going "Deep" with Texas indie drama

By Paul Bond

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Val Kilmer is reteaming with the star of his 1985 breakthrough film "Real Genius" for a feature ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Packers Head To Texas

GREEN BAY (WSAU) The Green Bay Packers leave this afternoon for Dallas, bound-and-determined to avoid the distractions and pitfalls of past Super Bowl contestants ...

Sat, January 29, 2011

Gas leak at Texas oil refinery prompts evacuation

HOUSTON (Reuters) - No injuries were reported due to a gas leak at a Texas City, Texas, refinery that forced the evacuation of nearby homes ...

Fri, January 28, 2011

Super Bowl to be super-sized in big Texas venue

By Ed Stoddard

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Some say everything is bigger in Texas and when fans come to Arlington for Super Bowl XLV on ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

U.S. missionary shot in Mexico, dies in Texas

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - An American missionary was shot by a gunmen in northern Mexico and died shortly after her husband raced her back ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Jays deal newly acquired Napoli to Texas for Francisco

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays wasted little time trading newly acquired Mike Napoli, sending the first baseman-catcher to the Texas Rangers for relief ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

Giffords leaves hospital for Texas rehab facility

By Brad Poole

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Arizona hospital where she was treated after being shot in the ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Appeals court upholds University of Texas over race admissions

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the University of Texas' use of race in admissions to ensure ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Giffords leaves hospital for Texas rehab facility

By Brad Poole

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Arizona hospital where she was treated after being shot in the ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

South Texas highway crew shot at from Mexico side of border

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Highway construction crews doing road work on a highway near the Rio Grande river border with Mexico were shot at by ...

Thu, January 06, 2011

Texas men sentenced for smuggling aliens to Northeast

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owners of a Texas transportation company were sentenced to prison on Thursday for smuggling illegal aliens, sometimes dozens a month ...

Wed, December 29, 2010

Polygamist leader Jeffs makes Texas court appearance

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Wednesday entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Warren Jeffs after the polygamist sect ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Number 18 Texas 67, #12 Michigan State 55

Michigan State’s 52-game home court winning streak against non-conference opponents came to an end last night as the 12th-ranked Spartans fell to number-18 ...

Mon, December 20, 2010

Texas, home to Big Oil, takes shine to solar power

By Chris Baltimore

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has long been home to Big Oil companies that specialize in extracting petroleum from hard-to-reach places. Now ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Small Mexican drone crashes in Texas, no injuries

By Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A small unmanned Mexican drone has crashed near El Paso triggering an investigation by U.S. federal ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

Texas Instruments sees short, shallow correction

Sat, October 23, 2010

Colby Lewis Pitched Eight Great Innings And The Texas Rangers Last Night Gained Their First Trip To The World Series

The Texas Rangers advanced to the World Series for the first time in franchise history after defeating the New York Yankees 6-to-1 last night ...

Sat, October 23, 2010

Yankees tip caps to triumphant Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers, who had never won a playoff series in 50 years as a franchise, booked a World Series debut ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Texas sends Amazon.com a $269 million tax bill

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said Texas sent it a $269 million bill last month for uncollected sales taxes for purchases that its ...

Wed, October 20, 2010

Yankees beat Texas, stay alive in AL Series

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees stayed alive in the American League Championship Series by beating the Texas Rangers 7-2 ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

The Rangers Beat The Yankees 8-To-0 Last Night, Giving Texas A 2-To-1 Lead American League Championship Series

Cliff Lee added to his spotless playoff resume and continued his mastery of the Yankees by outdueling Andy Pettite, as the Texas Rangers took ...

Thu, October 14, 2010

NY Yankees v Texas Rangers a David-Goliath affair

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The reigning World Series champion New York Yankees take on the Texas Rangers in a David and Goliath ...

Wed, October 13, 2010

Court considers Texas death row DNA case

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether a Texas death row inmate should be allowed to use civil rights ...

Wed, October 13, 2010

The Rangers Beat The Rays Last Night, Texas Will Now Host The Yankees On Friday

The Texas Rangers last night won a playoff series for the first time in franchise history with a 5-to-1 victory at Tampa Bay in ...

Sun, October 10, 2010

In Big Oil Texas, Democrat looks to sun and wind

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - As a former oil entrepreneur, Bill White is by no means a foe of Big Oil, the engine at ...

Tue, September 28, 2010

Gunman shoots himself at University of Texas

By Eileen O'Grady

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A lone gunman killed himself with an AK-47 assault rifle in the University of Texas library on ...

Sat, September 25, 2010

Texas back in playoffs after 11-year wait

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers booked their first trip to the playoffs in 11 years by clinching the American League West title with ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Texas sues government to get $830 million of school aid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas on Thursday sued the Department of Education to get $830 million of extra aid that it was denied due to ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

The Tigers Last Night Dropped The Opener Of Their 2-Game Series At Texas

The Tigers faded down the stretch last night at Texas, where the Rangers rallied to beat Detroit 11-to-4 in the opener of a 2-game ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

The Tigers Take On The Rangers Tonight In Texas

Jeremy Bonderman goes to the mound tonight for the Tigers, who open a 2-game series at Texas. Both teams were idle yesterday. The Rangers ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

Texas governor offers school grants to spur sharing

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas schools that cut bureaucratic costs by sharing services -- from accounting to transportation -- would get grants worth 10 percent of their ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

"Texas Chainsaw" director shooting "Titans" sequel

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jonathan Liebesman ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning") has signed a deal to direct a sequel to ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

Texas breaks electric record as schools reopen

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas set a fourth all-time electric use record on Monday afternoon as many school districts and universities across the state resumed classes ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Bullock supporting James' Texas move

The Oscar-winner fled to Austin, Texas when news of James' cheating scandal broke in March (10), and she has also been spending time at ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

One dead after shots fired near Texas college

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed Tuesday after shots were fired outside a police station in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas, local media reported on ...

Thu, August 12, 2010

Texas Rangers sale to Ryan group wins owners' OK

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sale of the Texas Rangers baseball team to a group including Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan ...

Thu, August 12, 2010

BP to pay $50.6 million fine for Texas refinery blast

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay a record $50.6 million fine for lingering safety problems from a deadly 2005 explosion ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Lindemulder denied child support increase to fund Texas move

The disgraced reality TV star was granted permission to relocate from California to Texas with the six year old last month (Jul10), after expressing ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

Greenberg/Ryan win Texas Rangers auction

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A group led by Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg has won court approval to buy ...

Mon, August 02, 2010

Conoco Texas refinery upset hurts 13: report

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Thirteen workers were hurt on Saturday in a process upset at ConocoPhillips 146,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) joint-venture refinery in Borger, Texas, according ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

Guzman goes from last to first with move to Texas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Nationals traded infielder Cristian Guzman to the Texas Rangers on Friday for pitching prospects Ryan Tatusko and Tanner Roark.

Nationals ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

No Texas For Gopher Football

(Undated) -- Texas has canceled its home-and-home football series with the University of Minnesota, which was scheduled to take place in 2015 and 2016. U-of-M ...

Fri, July 16, 2010

Rise of Texas Hold-Em Poker Breeds the Same Old Characters

by Steve Cash

You can’t go anywhere these days without seeing or hearing about poker. The extensive television coverage has helped make poker ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Tropical depression soaks Mexico-Texas border

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A tropical depression churned over Mexico's border with Texas on Thursday, dumping heavy rains on a region badly flooded by ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Tropical storm could hit Texas-Mexico border Thursday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical storm might hit the Texas-Mexico border Thursday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast.

Currently, the storm system ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

Texas Has Decided To Stay Put

A busy spring of changes in the makeup of conferences kicked off by news of the pending expansion of the Big Ten seems to ...

Fri, June 11, 2010

Nebraska to Big Ten, Texas to Leave Big 12 Tuesday

LINCOLN, Neb. (WTAQ) - Nebraska is headed to the Big Ten. The conference unanimously approved the school's application to be the 12th team in ...

Fri, June 11, 2010

Texas two-year deficit may hit $18 billion: Moody's

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Though Texas kept the top credit rating from Moody's Investors Service, the state's next two-year deficit could soar to ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

Texas Instruments says demand strong

By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc <TXN.N> said second-quarter earnings and revenue would be at the high end of its ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

Texas panhandle gas pipeline blast kills 2

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A natural gas pipeline exploded Tuesday in the Texas panhandle near the border with Oklahoma, killing two people, authorities said.

A total ...

Mon, June 07, 2010

At Least 3 Killed in North Texas Natural Gas Blast

FORT WORTH, Tex. (WTAQ) - A fire shooting from a natural gas line that exploded Monday afternoon in north Texas is now out.

Investigators say ...

Mon, June 07, 2010

Texas natural gas pipeline blast kills one

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker died and seven were injured on Monday when digging to set power line poles punctured a natural gas pipeline, triggering ...

Mon, June 07, 2010

Oil well explodes in north Texas: media reports

HOUSTON (Reuters) - An oil well located about 50 miles south of Fort Worth, Texas, exploded on Monday afternoon, according to local media reports.

As ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Texas police seize 147 Mexico-bound AK-47 rifles

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - Police in a Texas city just north of the Mexican border said on Wednesday they had seized 147 assault rifles ...

Mon, May 31, 2010

Johnson keeps his cool in Texas heat to win Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - American Zach Johnson nervelessly sank four long-range birdie putts over the closing stretch to overhaul British pacesetter Brian Davis for ...

Sun, May 30, 2010

Johnson keeps his cool in Texas heat to win Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - American Zach Johnson nervelessly sank four long-range birdie putts over the closing stretch to overhaul British pacesetter Brian Davis for ...

Sat, May 29, 2010

Texas Rangers lenders sue to force bankruptcy

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of lenders to the Texas Rangers sued on Friday to put the baseball team's equity owners, controlled by private ...

Mon, May 24, 2010

Texas Rangers file for bankruptcy protection

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers baseball team filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday to ease the sale of ...

Mon, May 24, 2010

Court to hear Texas death row inmate DNA case

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether a Texas death row inmate can use a civil rights ...

Sun, May 16, 2010

Scott ends two-year drought with Texas Open win

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Australian Adam Scott ended a two-year title drought by shooting rounds of 66 and 67 on Sunday to win the rain-hit Texas ...

Sat, May 15, 2010

Jones bogeys last but shares lead at Texas Open

HOUSTON (Reuters) - First-round leader Matt Jones of Australia bogeyed his last hole on Saturday to slip into a four-way tie for the lead at ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Jones hits course record for Texas lead

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Australian Matt Jones fired a course-record 66 at the new Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio for a one-stroke lead after the ...

Wed, May 12, 2010

Brand new challenge for Texas Open champion Johnson

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Masters champion Zach Johnson is viewing this week's Texas Open in San Antonio as a fresh challenge, though he will ...

Fri, April 30, 2010

Spurs spike Mavs for payback in Texas shootout

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - San Antonio's battle-hardened players settled a score by eliminating the Dallas Mavericks from the NBA playoffs in a Texas shootout ...

Sat, April 24, 2010

Texas Tops the Tigers

Tough loss for the Tigers last night at Texas when they wasted a two out ninth-inning comeback and fell to the Rangers 5-to-4. A ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Texas man pleads guilty to hiding money at UBS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to hiding assets and related income from accounts at giant Swiss bank UBS AG, the U ...

Thu, April 08, 2010

Man charged in case linked to bombs planted in Texas

DALLAS (Reuters) - An east Texas man has been charged in a case linked to a spate of bombs found in U.S. mail collection ...

Wed, April 07, 2010

Man linked to bombs planted in east Texas arrested

DALLAS (Reuters) - A man was arrested in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday in connection with bombs found in mailboxes in the eastern part of the ...

Thu, March 04, 2010

Murder Suspect Found in Texas

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — The teenager who investigators believe fatally stabbed his twin brother, father and stepmother in their central Indiana home has been returned ...

Wed, March 03, 2010

Anti-Washington message propels Perry in Texas

DALLAS (Reuters) - Conservative incumbent Rick Perry rode strong anti-Washington rhetoric to a victory over a sitting U.S. senator for the Texas Republican gubernatorial ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

Perry wins Texas Republican governor primary

By Ed Stoddard

DALLAS (Reuters) - Incumbent Rick Perry beat Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in a bruising primary election on Tuesday to decide the Republican ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

In Texas governor showdown, nice doesn't cut it

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tuesday's primary election to decide which Republican will run for Texas governor has put a spotlight on the ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

Indy Man Arrested in Texas for Murders

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WIBQ)-Texas Rangers arrest an Indiana teen wanted in connection with the murders of three relatives.

The bodies of Judy Schindler, Alejandro ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

UPDATE: Plane Crash Into Texas Office Building Intentional

AUSTIN, Tex. (WTAQ) - An apparently highly disgruntled Texas man intentionally flew a light plane into a seven-story building in Austin this morning, killing himself ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

Small plane is crashed into tax offices in Texas

By Pat Jackson

AUSTIN (Reuters) - An apparently disgruntled man crashed a small plane into a federal building housing U.S. tax offices in Austin ...

Fri, February 12, 2010

Texas Takes A Look At Joining Big Ten

The big buzz in college sports is a report that Texas has had preliminary discussions about possibly joining the Big Ten, which wants to ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

Texas judge warns CPS in Texas nuclear dispute

HOUSTON (Reuters) - NRG Energy Inc <NRG.N> CEO David Crane said on Friday the company would not pursue construction of two nuclear reactors in ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Ryan group agrees deal to buy Texas Rangers

DALLAS (Reuters) - Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan is part of an investment group that has reached a definitive agreement to purchase the Texas ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Texas waterway remains closed after oil spill

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Sabine-Neches Waterway, that supplies oil to four Texas refineries representing 6.5 percent of U.S. capacity, remained ...

Fri, January 15, 2010

Hunters force lock-down at Texas nuclear arms plant

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of duck hunters prompted a lock-down at a Texas nuclear weapons plant on Friday but there was ...

Wed, January 13, 2010

Texas won't vie for "Race to the Top" school aid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas will not compete for the new federal "Race to the Top" school aid as it would cost the state more ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

Texas power usage sets another winter record

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Electricity usage in Texas rose Friday as arctic air covered most of the state, hitting another winter power record after setting one ...

Mon, January 04, 2010

Texas mayor wants meeting between NRG and utility

HOUSTON (Reuters) - San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro on Monday invited feuding partners in the proposed South Texas Project nuclear expansion to meet in an ...

Tue, December 29, 2009

Texas study confirms lower autism rate in Hispanics

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanic kids are less likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to be diagnosed with autism, and socioeconomic factors don't ...

Sun, December 13, 2009

BP Texas City FCC malfunctions, shuts down

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit No. 3 malfunctioned and shut down late on Saturday night at BP Plc's 475,000 barrel ...

Sun, December 06, 2009

Safety board won't probe Valero Texas City blast

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said on Sunday it decided against investigating a deadly explosion on Friday at Valero Energy Corp ...

Sat, December 05, 2009

Texas refinery boiler failure kills 1, injures 2

By Kristen Hays and Erwin Seba

TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) - Workers at a Texas refinery were trying to restart a giant industrial boiler when ...

Sat, December 05, 2009

Texas refinery explosion kills 1, injures 2

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and two injured in a Friday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's refinery in Texas City, Texas ...

Tue, November 24, 2009

Texas ranchers welcome rain after historic drought

By Ed Stoddard

DALLAS (Reuters) - Autumn rains have soaked scorched parts of Texas, heralding the end of the worst drought on record in at ...

Mon, November 23, 2009

Texas court tosses state Vioxx suit against Merck

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Texas court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state against drugmaker Merck & Co that sought a refund for money ...

Thu, November 12, 2009

Texas veterans face extraordinary claim delays

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas veterans must wait "extraordinary amounts of time" to get the federal benefits they earned, which costs them and the state ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

Obama calls mass shooting at Texas army base horrific

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in which at least 12 people were killed ...

Fri, October 30, 2009

BP Texas refinery hit with record safety fine

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