Mission: Readiness calls for $1 billion from Congress for early childhood programs.
Police are seeking a suspect who demanded payment for construction permits.
Police said the suspects kidnapped a teller and her husband, hoping to use her to get into a Springtown bank where she worked, but the plan unraveled.
New chief William Bell will be on the job beginning Jan. 5 after moving from Illinois.
One man is from Mineral Wells and the other is a Fort Worth resident.
Police say the man twice tried to grab the woman by her hair.
Police and firefighters responded at 1:30 a.m. to the wreck on the highway, prior to the exit to Interstate 635, which is just north of DFW Airport.
Gov. Rick Perry rejects a rare parole board recommendation that Robert Lee Thompson's sentence be commuted.
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- Designers promise a Texas feel for Bush library
The facility's design and landscaping should fit in well at SMU.
- It's official: Bush library will be at SMU
After years of pitches and negotiations, Southern Methodist University in Dallas will be home to the George W. Bush Presidential Library, a museum and a public policy institute.
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- Sarah Palin to sign books in Plano next month
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make a stop in North Texas to sign copies of her new book.
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Fighting tears, Oprah Winfrey says her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season.
