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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 47 minutes ago
Bethel 38, Wisconsin Lutheran 10: Aaron Bernstetter caught five passes for 198 yards and three touchdowns, including a 98-yard Reid Velo pass to lead the host Royals to the nonconference victory. Velo passed for 241 yards and four touchdowns.
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
2 Texas men charged in RNC scheme against police
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Darnell Hartsfield, 47, will go on trial in one of Texas' oldest unresolved mass murder cases — the slayings a quarter-century ago of five people abducted during a robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in East Texas.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jerrod Johnson replaced the injured Stephen McGee and threw three touchdown passes as Texas A&M gave coach Mike Sherman his first win with the Aggies, 28-22 over New Mexico on Saturday. Texas A&M (1-1), making its first trip to Albuquerque, survived New Mexico's swarming defensive scheme and bounced back from an embarrassing season-opening loss, 18-14 to Arkansas State. [an error...
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kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Two Texas men who authorities say planned to target law enforcement during the Republican National Convention face federal charges of illegally possessing Molotov
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Two Texas men are charged in federal court in Minneapolis with illegally possessing Molotov cocktails.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
But the channel would need a strong dose of football and men's basketball to be successful, Texas women's athletics director Chris Plonsky said. That could come in the form of highlight shows and replays of games dating back many years. A few men's basketball games could be carried by the channel.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year. But prosecutors contend the Tyler man was involved in a far more heinous crime just three days before his arrest for that September 1983 robbery.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
HOUSTON - When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year. But prosecutors contend the Tyler man was involved in a far more heinous crime just three days before his arrest for that September 1983 robbery.
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Law Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
To wrap up the week, let’s stay down in the Lone Star state and get you up to speed on one of the odder death-penalty cases we’ve ever read about. It’s almost too nutty to be true: Lawyers for Charles Dean Hood (pictured), a convicted murderer set to die Wednesday, want retired state District Judge Verla Sue Holland and former Collin County District Attorney Tom O’Connell to be deposed about claims...
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Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
: daveydave: Frank Sodolak is a HERO.His restaurant must be the last one in Texas with a smoking section.I love the guy on that video who is eating the bacon strips and puffing on a cigarette. Soon, this will be a fantastic story to tell your grandkids. "WOW Grampa, they actually ate that and smoked within the Earth's public atmosphere?! No way!"
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup could sell its Primerica financial services unit and its First American banking subsidiary in Texas as the bank continues to restructure its business, Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Richard Bove said in a research note.
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Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
[Guest post by DRJ] The Presidential election is 60 days away and most of us, including me, are primarily interested in that. However, for those who are also interested in other stories, I’ve updated the status of the Texas FLDS child custody cases below. The Austin American-Statesman reports the State of Texas has dropped 235 FLDS [...]
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icelebz | 08/28/2008
Hilary Duff 's father has been jailed for contempt of court. Robert Duff was reportedly arrested Wednesday and sent by a judge to a Texas county jail for allegedly violating an injunction by selling assets without court approval. He must pay the $368,000 he earned from the sale into a court fund and serve 10 days in jail. Read Full Story
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icelebz | 08/12/2008
Sir Paul McCartney played the harmonica for a boy named after one of his songs. Paul, was in Amarillo, Texas, during his U.S. road trip along the iconic Route 66 with girlfriend Nancy Shevell, when a male fan approached him with his four-month-old son Jude. Read Full Story
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richardpalace | 08/03/2008
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal is a movie about a group of mean high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, ran their high school and lived to break the rules. Teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior.