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James helps Heat stave off elimination in Game 6

| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

LeBron James led a title-saving charge, and now his crown will be on the line one more time in Game 7.

Office manager sent to prison for embezzlement

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

A dental office manager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzling $353,000 from her employer and using the money for such things as Beyonce and Lil Wayne concert tickets, a limousine rental to take her to church and replenishment of her boyfriend's prison commissary account.

Police: South Texas teen run over by own car

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

Police are investigating the death of a South Texas teenager who appears to have been run over by her own vehicle.

Police: South Texas teen run over by own car

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

Police are investigating the death of a South Texas teenager who appears to have been run over by her own vehicle.

Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman

| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm.

Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm.

Texas Gov. Perry looking to lure NY companies

| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday said his efforts to lure companies out of New York and to his state is similar to a sports final series between rival teams, and that states are in a competition with each other over businesses and jobs.

South Texas county sued over jail abuse

|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

A South Texas county has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women in its jail.

Texas DA: veto doesn't take away ethics duties

| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013

The Travis County district attorney on Tuesday said she remains legally responsible for investigating state ethics violations, despite Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the Public Integrity Unit based in her office.