Immigrant allegedly stole U.S. military technology for Russia
NEW YORK An American success story of an immigrant from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm took a Cold War-era turn on Wednesday when U.S. authorities accused him of being a secret...
View ArticleMany states fall short of federal sex offender law
OKLAHOMA CITY Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, including five states that have...
View ArticleTexas agencies duel over Alamo letter
DALLAS Its a new Battle of the Alamo, with one Texas agency mounting pressure on another to loan out one of the states most sacred texts for display at the shrine of Texas independence.
View ArticleLt. Gov. David Dewhurst moves to make state Senate more conservative
AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst shuffled a senior Democrat out of the higher education committee chairmanship Wednesday and promoted Republicans to key posts in an effort to create a more conservative...
View ArticleSchool: Teen gulps memory card with nude picture
SAN ANTONIO A 16-year-old suburban San Antonio high school student is charged with evidence tampering. Thats after school officials said he swallowed a digital memory card containing at least one photo...
View ArticleTest scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years
EL PASO A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday for his participation in a conspiracy to improve the...
View ArticleTeen tells 911 about slayings
ALEDO A chilling recording of a 911 call captured a 17-year-old Texas boy telling the operator in a calm, monotone voice that he had just shot his mother and sister multiple times.
View ArticleFBI: Company coached electronics secrecy
HOUSTON An FBI agent testified Friday that employees at a Houston company were coached to hide information about the cutting-edge microelectronics the firm was buying from U.S. manufacturers and later...
View Article'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case
AUSTIN ? Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium?s 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees how much has changed since the 1990s, when...
View ArticleSenate race in Tarrant County key to Texas future
AUSTIN A race to represent western Tarrant County in the state Senate has become the most important legislative race of the year, determining whether Democrats can continue to demand compromise.
View ArticleTexas Renaissance Festival returns to eager fans
TODD MISSION 8212 A sick husband wasn't going to keep Jana Wesson from missing opening weekend of the 38th annual Texas Renaissance Festival.
View Article4 family members killed in plane crash en route to Aggie game
A Southlake dentist was killed along with his two teenage sons and his older brother in a plane crash while en route to the Texas AampM football game over the weekend, according to multiple media...
View ArticleAnalysis: Voter registration deadline marks turning point
AUSTIN 8212 The voter registration deadline on Tuesday marks an important turning point for the Texas elections.Who turns out to vote is unlikely to decide the presidency 8212 Mitt Romney pretty much...
View ArticleTed Cruz content to ignore Rep. Paul Sadler in Texas Senate race
AUSTIN 8212 U.S. Senate candidate and tea party firebrand Ted Cruz is fond of saying there's only two ways to campaign scared or unopposed 8212 and that he is not running unopposed. Lately, though,...
View ArticleSupreme Court looking at use of race in college admissions
WASHINGTON 8212 Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their...
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