AUSTIN, Texas — New classes of Texas troopers will be dispatched with less training time than their colleagues.Read more

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AMARILLO, Texas — A remorseful robber who confessed to Amarillo police that she was stealing from her workplace is going to prison.Read more

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's fame could pose a challenge for Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team as his lawyers fight an involuntary manslaughter charge against the physician in the singer's death.Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth.Read more

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TEMPLE, Texas — A federal investigation found that nearly 700 pieces of mail sat undelivered in the Temple post office last July, more than half of it first class.Read more

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After a day of sunshine, chances for rain and snow again will return to Oklahoma's forecast.Read more

Toyota's recall of eight car and truck models over potentially sticky gas pedals, which affects 2.3 million U.S. vehicles:Read more

TOKYO — Japan Airlines, wooed for months by Delta Air Lines with promises of cash and global reach, spurned the world's biggest carrier and opted to keep its alliance with American Airlines.Read more

HOUSTON — Jose Salaz left a trail of blood after cutting himself on razor wire while climbing over three prison fences in 1997, fleeing across a field and disappearing into an exclusive class of fugitives: the only escapee from a Texas prison who still remains at large.Read more

NEWRY, Maine — A 58-year-old Texas man has died after skiing into a tree at Maine's Sunday River ski resort.Read more

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