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Jan 30, 2013 9:07 AM CST

1 Dead as Storms Bear Down on South

Tornado warnings issued amid widespread property damage

(Newser) - It's getting ugly in the South, where fierce winds and heavy rain are slamming the region as unusually warm temperatures meet a coming cold front, creating a storm that could produce tornadoes. Fox News rounds up reports of damage and, in one case, death thus far: As many as...

Judge Halts
Woman's
Execution
in Texas

UPDATED

Jan 29, 2013 4:21 PM CST

Judge Halts Woman's Execution in Texas

Her lawyers will get more time for appeal

(Newser) - The first woman scheduled to be executed in the US since 2010 won a reprieve today, mere hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber. A state district judge rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy's punishment for April 3 so lawyers could have more time to pursue...

Texas AG to
NY Gun Owners:
Come Live Here

Jan 21, 2013 6:46 AM CST

Texas AG to NY Gun Owners: Come Live Here

Attorney General Greg Abbott runs unconventional ads

(Newser) - Now that New York has the country's toughest gun laws , some New York gun owners may be looking for a change of scenery. At least, that's what the Texas attorney general thinks. In a series of Internet ads, Greg Abbott has been inviting New York gun owners to...

White House to Texas:
No, You Can't Secede

Jan 15, 2013 7:35 AM CST

White House to Texas: No, You Can't Secede

Texas, 7 other states told they're staying in the union

(Newser) - White House to Texas: You're staying in America. The Obama administration has officially rejected a petition signed by more than 125,000 people demanding that the Lone Star State be allowed to leave the union, the Houston Chronicle reports. Similar petitions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South...

Judge: School
Can Make Students
Wear Tracking Device

Judge: School Can Make Students Wear Tracking Device

Teen sued after being expelled for refusing

(Newser) - Pencils? Check. Textbooks? Check. Tracking devices? Check. A judge in Texas has ruled against a student who was expelled after she refused to wear a tracking device mandatory for all students at her high school. The case is making its way toward federal courts, but come spring semester Andrea Hernandez,...

Texas Gun Store Owner
Offers Teachers' Discount

Dec 18, 2012 2:14 PM CST

Texas Gun Store Owner Offers Teachers' Discount

In wake of Newtown shooting, they get 10% off his class

(Newser) - Some firearm purveyors may have decided to lie low in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, but not Crockett Keller—he's having a sale. The Texas gun store owner is offering local teachers a 10% discount on his concealed carry handgun classes, the Huffington Post reports. "I thought,...

Two Injured in Texas
Movie Theater Shooting

Dec 17, 2012 8:16 AM CST

Two Injured in Texas Movie Theater Shooting

Suspected gunman in custody

(Newser) - Gunshots rang out at a San Antonio movie theater last night, sending moviegoers scrambling for the exits and barricading themselves in bathroom stalls, and leaving two people injured, the Express-News reports. The incident started at a Chinese restaurant nearby and "carried on into the theater," a detective says....

Suspect Thrown
in Cop Car Ends
Up Stealing It

Dec 8, 2012 8:30 AM CST

Suspect Thrown in Cop Car Ends Up Stealing It

He manages to roll down back window in handcuffs

(Newser) - After they nabbed a man suspected of burglary, Texas police ended up as theft victims themselves. Authorities in the city of White Settlement detained a man reportedly stealing from an antiques shop, leaving him in their car while they spoke to the store's owner. Despite his handcuffs, Darren Douglas...

Texas Millionaire Hit With 11 Counts of Child Molestation

Nov 29, 2012 2:00 AM CST

Texas Millionaire Hit With 11 Counts of Child Molestation

Stanley Marsh 3 faces 20 years in prison

(Newser) - Texas millionaire and eccentric artist Stanley Marsh 3 has been charged with 11 felony counts of child molestation. Police sought the 74-year-old, whose claim to fame is his "Cadillac Ranch" display along a Texas interstate, following a series of lawsuits saying he paid 10 teens to perform sex acts....

Train Warning Was
10 Seconds Late
in Texas Crash

Nov 29, 2012 1:03 AM CST

Train Warning Was 10 Seconds Late in Texas Crash

Alert designed to sound 10 seconds earlier

(Newser) - The railroad crossing where four veterans were killed this month should have given a 30-second warning of an approaching train, the Wall Street Journal finds. Instead, it gave just 20 seconds' notice, via bells and flashing lights, investigators say. Seven seconds after the lights began flashing , the rail gate began...

Texas Moves to Seize
Warren Jeffs' Ranch

Nov 28, 2012 12:52 PM CST

Texas Moves to Seize Warren Jeffs' Ranch

He's imprisoned, but his polygamist sect remains on 1,600-acre spread

(Newser) - Texas authorities succeeded in getting polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs locked up for life for sexually abusing underage girls, and now they want to shut down the massive ranch where his followers still live, reports the Salt Lake Tribune . The state attorney general today took the first step in seizing...

2 Dead in
150-Car
Pileup

UPDATED

Nov 22, 2012 2:37 PM CST

2 Dead in 150-Car Pileup

As many as 120 hurt in Texas accident

(Newser) - Dense fog may have contributed to a horrific Thanksgiving morning pileup in Texas: At least 150 cars were involved, and two fatalities have been confirmed so far, Reuters reports. As many as 120 people were injured; KFDM reports that at least eight of them were in critical condition. Emergency workers...

Longhorns Beaten by
... Division II Team

Nov 20, 2012 8:44 AM CST

Longhorns Beaten by ... Division II Team

Comes 30 years after another big surprise victory

(Newser) - Three decades after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade knocked off another big-time opponent last night. The Division II Silverswords beat Texas 86-73 at the Maui Invitational, topping a Butler buzzer-beater and an impressive showing from No. 9 North Carolina as the day's...

Doomed Parade Float Used Tried-and-True Route

Nov 19, 2012 8:51 AM CST

Doomed Parade Float Used Tried-and-True Route

Floats had followed same one for 3 years

(Newser) - Organizers of the parade in West Texas in which four US military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said yesterday. The NTSB says the company that owned the truck is cooperating with investigators, who expect to...

Float Hit by Train Crossed Track Against Signals

Nov 18, 2012 5:27 AM CST

Float Hit by Train Crossed Track Against Signals

Officials say truck entered tracks after warning bells, signals

(Newser) - A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators say. It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday's parade in Midland, Texas. The first was exiting the tracks...

Vets Killed in Train Crash Pushed Wives to Safety

Nov 16, 2012 2:27 PM CST

Vets Killed in Train Crash Pushed Wives to Safety

Four servicemen were killed in Texas accident

(Newser) - Two of the military veterans killed in yesterday's horrific train accident in Midland, Texas, died saving their wives, reports ABC News . Witnesses say Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, and Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47, pushed their wives to safety but were unable to escape themselves as the train bore...

Train Hits 'Wounded Vets' Parade Float, Killing 4

Nov 16, 2012 1:10 AM CST

Train Hits 'Wounded Vets' Parade Float, Killing 4

17 injured in horrific Texas accident

(Newser) - A freight train crashed into a wounded veterans' parade float in west Texas yesterday, killing four people and wounding 17. At least one of the wounded is still in critical condition; 11 have been released from the hospital, officials say. The float had been carrying 25 people—mainly veterans and...

Now All 50 States
on Secession
Bandwagon

Nov 14, 2012 12:16 PM CST

Now All 50 States on Secession Bandwagon

And more from the group leading Texas' charge

(Newser) - An online Texas petition to secede from the union is nearing 100,000 votes now, giving the group leading the charge its 15 minutes. Politico interviews Texas Nationalist Movement leader Daniel Miller:

On Obama: Election Day "was a catalyzing moment," but this isn't just about the president.

...

Texas' Secession Petition
to Get White House Review

Nov 13, 2012 6:55 AM CST

Texas' Secession Petition to Get White House Review

Not because Obama takes it seriously ... it just got enough signatures

(Newser) - Will we soon be a nation of 49 states? Not a snowball's chance in hell. But the Houston Chronicle reports that residents of Texas who petitioned for the right to secede from the Union will indeed have their plea considered by the White House. That's not because the...

Big Tex Has Bad Day:
It's Like 'Losing Santa'

Oct 20, 2012 7:58 AM CDT

Big Tex Has Bad Day: It's Like 'Losing Santa'

State fair icon burns, but Texas officials vow he'll be back

(Newser) - Dallas' mayor vows Big Tex will be back "bigger and better" after the 52-foot statue that has towered over the Texas state fair for 60 years burned to a crisp yesterday, reports AP . It's not clear what happened, but officials suspect a mechanical glitch at the base started...