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Obama wades back into the health care debate

By JULIE PACE| AP White House Correspondent|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans.Read more

Leak that displaced Lubbock neighborhood stopped

By BETSY BLANEY| Associated Press|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

LUBBOCK, Texas — Crews worked all day Thursday to stop a chemical tank leak at an agricultural chemicals vendor in Lubbock that had forced residents of a nearby neighborhood out of their homes.Read more

Cops: Pa. dad, son abused girl with cerebral palsy

The Associated Press|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

MERCER, Pa. — A father and son from western Pennsylvania have been charged with molesting a girl who is unable to speak because she has cerebral palsy.Read more

East Texas man gets 75 years for machete attacks

The Associated Press|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — An East Texas man convicted of using a machete to attack people after breaking into their homes has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.Read more

Texas police investigate videotaped teen shooting

The Associated Press|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

SANTA FE, Texas — Police in Southeast Texas say the mother of a 14-year-old boy shot in the leg in a videotaped incident didn't seek help for seven hours while researching gunshot wounds online.Read more

Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit

By JUAN A. LOZANO and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI| Associated Press|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

Texas Cheerleaders Scripture

HOUSTON — A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at Kountze High School can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.Read more

Critics to state parks officials: Don’t mess with Texas’ longhorns

By Dave Montgomery| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

WEST TEXAS GALLERY

Texans scramble to try to halt an effort to sell off most of Big Bend longhorn herd.Read more

Outlook bleak for legislation to tighten rules on payday lending

By Dave Montgomery| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com|Thursday, May. 09, 2013

AUSTIN — The architect of the House bill is uncertain he has the votes to get the measure out of his own committee.Read more

Authorities searched motel rooms, home for clues in death of Hillsboro woman

By Domingo Ramirez Jr.| ramirez@star-telegram.com|Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

The body of 23-year-old Kasie Clary was found Saturday near Grandview in north Hill County.Read more

Convicted killer of Fort Worth mom, child, loses appeal

The Associated Press|Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

Convicted murderer Stephen Barbee, shown here at a court hearing in 2012, has lost his state appeal.

HOUSTON — The state's highest criminal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling rejecting an appeal for a Fort Worth man sent to death row for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son eight years ago.Read more

Texas inmate executed for fatal drug-deal robbery

By MICHAEL GRACZYK| Associated Press|Wednesday, May. 08, 2013

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas death row inmate convicted of killing a fellow drug dealer while robbing him outside of a Waco convenience store 10 years ago was executed Tuesday evening.Read more

Dallas millionaire donates more than $100,000 to challengers for water board

By Elizabeth Campbell| liz@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

Donations from Monty Bennett and another wealthy landowner make the Tarrant Regional Water District board election a flashy affair.Read more

Cowtown still a top city for job growth

By Steve Campbell| sfcampbell@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

Oil-rich Midland and Odessa top the chart for small cities while Fort Worth comes in at No. 4 among metro areas.Read more

Kemp police chief rescued from old water well

The Associated Press|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

KEMP — A Dallas-area police chief has been rescued after falling into an abandoned water well while trying to help round up some loose cattle.Read more

Uncle of slain East Texas girl arrested in killing

The Associated Press|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

GREENVILLE, Texas — An uncle of an East Texas girl last seen alive getting off a school bus has been charged in her 2012 slaying.Read more

Texas Senate approves education bill

By Dave Montgomery| dmontgomery@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

AUSTIN — The measure would slash the number of tests required to graduate from the state’s high schools.Read more

Hillsboro woman found dead is identified

By Domingo Ramirez Jr.| ramirez@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

HILLSBORO — The body of a woman found Saturday in north Hill County has been identified as Kasie Clary, 23.Read more

Weatherford man disarmed, arrested after pulling gun at taco stand

By Bill Miller| wmiller@star-telegram.com|Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

WEATHERFORD — A Weatherford man is accused of pulling a gun at Parker County taco stand early Sunday morning, but another man disarmed him, officials said.Read more

Ammonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blast

The Associated Press|Monday, May. 06, 2013

Plant Explosion Thefts

AUSTIN, Texas — A store of ammonium nitrate is what exploded April 17 at a Central Texas plant, killing 14 people, injuring hundreds and devastating an adjoining town.Read more

3 university students die in East Texas wreck

The Associated Press|Monday, May. 06, 2013

MOUNT ENTERPRISE, Texas — Three Stephen F. Austin State University students have been killed and another hurt in a two-vehicle wreck in East Texas.Read more