American jet makes emergency landing in Amarillo
|Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
AMARILLO, Texas — An American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Albuquerque landed in Amarillo after the pilot reported an electrical smell in the cockpit.Read more
Even for Texas, Billie Sol Estes was a big talker, a big dealer and a big storyteller
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Estes turned a childhood sheep herd into a fortune -- but then banks pulled back the woolRead more
Water restrictions likely on the way for North Texans
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
CHICO — Low lake levels mean that twice-a-week-watering restrictions will come sooner rather than later in Tarrant County.Read more
NTSB wants states to lower legal blood-alcohol standard for drunken drivers
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
AUSTIN — The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that states lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol level of 0.05. Texas' level is now 0.08.Read more
Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
WASHINGTON — States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half - from .08 blood alcohol level to 0.05 - matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a U.S. safety board recommends. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 lbs., two for a 160 lb. man.Read more
