Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought. A week before opening, regulators announced that the recreational season in federal waters for the popular game fish will be 17 to 34 days instead of nine to 28.
Ex-police officer gets prison for abusing suspect
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
LAREDO, Texas — A former Laredo police officer has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to abusing a suspect in his patrol car last year.
8th person pleads in $30M NASA contract fraud
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An eighth person pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a $30 million fraud and bribery scheme that duped NASA into awarding contracts to companies that falsely claimed eligibility for preferences granted to minority-owned businesses.
Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
DALLAS — A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday.
Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
DALLAS — A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death.
Texas man found guilty of murder in 1984 case
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
DALLAS — A North Texas man has been convicted of murder in the death of a teenager whose body was dumped in a rock pit in 1984.
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
|Thursday, May. 23, 2013
Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:
Gun measure triggers Republican fight in House
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate among Republicans in the Texas House on Thursday, with conservatives lambasting their colleagues for giving themselves special privileges.
Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say.
Deputy shot by Colo. suspect to return to work
| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas — A North Texas sheriff's deputy has been cleared to return to work two months after he was shot by a paroled inmate suspected of slaying Colorado's prison chief, authorities said Thursday.
