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Jury to deliberate man's penalty for killing sons

|Thursday, May. 23, 2013

Jurors will begin deliberating whether a North Texas man should die for drowning his two young sons.

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

|Thursday, May. 23, 2013

A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States.

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Fire Marshal's Office: Panel had blast site access

|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The State Fire Marshal's Office says a federal safety panel's investigators had access to the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others.

House, Senate OK key bills to end budget stalemate

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

A stalemate over a Texas budget deal ended late Wednesday when the House and Senate finally backed down and approved major pieces of a roughly $100 billion spending package that is the only necessary order of business left for the Legislature.

Texas House Democrat Eiland won't seek re-election

|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

Veteran Democratic Rep. Craig Eiland of Galveston says he won't seek re-election.

House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review.

Legislature OKs measure mitigating libel lawsuits

|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The Texas Legislature has approved a bill allowing publishers to mitigate libel lawsuits if the party affected by a mistake doesn't request a correction or retraction.

Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.

Fort Hood suspect seeks to fire Army attorneys

|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage says he wants to represent himself at his upcoming trial.