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Texas House panel approves new youth punishment
A Texas House panel has endorsed a bill to create a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 40 years for 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee sent the bill Wednesday to the full House, which is expected to vote before the end of the ...
AL teen charged with abducting baby found in Texas
An Alabama teenager was charged Wednesday with abducting a 10-month-old boy who was found safe in Texas almost two days after being taken from a home in Birmingham, police said. Breanna Nicole Walker, 19, of Birmingham was in federal custody with bond set at $100,000. Walker was arrested in Dallas, ...
Texas tops US in number of lost, stolen firearms
Federal authorities say Texas has far and away the largest number of firearms in the U.S. reported as lost or stolen. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a report this week showing there were 18,874 firearms lost or stolen in Texas in 2012. The figure amounts to ...
Dewhurst tweet says bill attempt to close clinics
Texas Senate Republicans insist proposed new restrictions on abortion facilities are designed to protect women's health. But a tweet Wednesday from the account of Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said what Democrats have claimed all along: the plan is an attempt to shut down clinics and all but ban abortion ...
Texas teacher finds, returns bank bag with $20K
An unemployed teacher was driving home after dropping her cat off at a veterinarian when she noticed a bag on the street. She stopped but doubted it contained anything, but soon discovered the bag was holding about $20,000. Candace Scott said the bag had a Chase bank label, so she ...
Ousted founder of Men's Wearhouse fights back
George Zimmer, the ousted founder and executive chairman of Men's Wearhouse, says Wednesday he was dismissed after he and the company's board disagreed about how it should look. In a statement released to CNBC following his termination, Zimmer says he expressed concerns to the board over the company's direction and ...
Judge to hear new evidence in school finance case
The judge in Texas' sweeping school finance case says he will hear new evidence based on the Legislature's recent restoring of about $3.4 billion in funding to classrooms. State District Judge John Dietz presided over months of testimony, then ruled in February that how Texas funds schools is inadequate and ...
Decherd to retire from Dallas-based AH Belo
The CEO of Dallas-based A.H. Belo (BEE'-loh) Corporation plans to retire in September and will become vice chairman of the board of directors. Company officials on Wednesday announced 62-year-old Robert Decherd (DEK'-erd) will be succeeded by James Moroney III. Moroney is executive vice president of A.H. Belo and has served ...
Fed: fracking study won't be done until 2016
A comprehensive government study of the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality and the environment won't be completed until 2016, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said this week during an Ohio conference. Jeanne Briskin, coordinator of hydraulic fracturing research at the EPA, said Tuesday during the conference ...
Appeal seeks halt to Texas woman's execution
The lawyer for a Dallas County woman set to die next week has appealed to block her execution. Kimberly McCarthy on June 26 would be the first woman put to death in the U.S. since 2010 and the 500th prisoner executed in Texas since the death penalty resumed in 1982. ...
Tucson names Texas educator as new superintendent
The Tucson Unified School District has selected a new next superintendent. The district's governing board voted 4-1 Tuesday to appoint Heliodoro Torres Sanchez to lead Tucson schools after John Pedicone announced his resignation in March. Sanchez currently is interim superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, Texas. He ...
Mailman accused of taking money from gift cards
Federal authorities say a South Texas mailman has been arrested for opening customer mail and stealing money contained in gift cards. The Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/15jrnVk ) Wednesday that Jose Mario Cavazos was arrested at the U.S. Postal Service's processing and distribution center in McAllen. He appeared in federal court Tuesday ...
Social services worker in Texas stole from clients
A social services worker in Southeast Texas serving as a guardian to help people manage their money has pleaded guilty to felony theft. The Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1bVyS8l ) reported Wednesday that 47-year-old Sylvia Ann Villarreal of Hitchcock faces up to 20 years in prison. The penalty phase begins ...
Leander officer with warrant shoots therapy dog
A Central Texas police officer faces an administrative review after shooting a family's trained therapy dog while trying to serve a traffic-related warrant. Homeowner James Simmons said Tuesday that the Leander police officer had the wrong house. Police say Officer Woodson Blase felt threatened when he opened fire Monday and ...
Outlaw items up for auction by Dallas company
Fans of cowboy bad guys have a chance to buy some outlaw items offered by a Dallas auction house. Officials with Heritage Auctions say Saturday's Legends of the Wild West Auction features a gun belt belonging to outlaw Jesse James. The auction will include more than 140 artifacts from the ...
Suspected prostitution ring busted in North Texas
Several women have been arrested on organized crime charges after law officers broke up an alleged prostitution ring in North Texas. Dallas police and the FBI are part of the investigation into spas allegedly operating as brothels. Federal prosecutors planned a news conference Wednesday afternoon in Plano to announce further ...
Waco investigators seek help after possible arsons
Investigators in Central Texas have asked for the public's help in solving about two dozen suspicious fires that could be arson. Waco police and fire officials are seeking tips after blazes in the past 18 months mainly at vacant homes. Authorities say the fires happened in the north part of ...
Texas orthodontist pleads guilty to health fraud
A Southeast Texas dentist has pleaded guilty to health care fraud and agreed to forfeit more than $829,000. A federal magistrate in Beaumont on Tuesday accepted the plea from 70-year-old Terrence Ewing Syler. He ran Syler Orthodontics in Beaumont. Prosecutors say Syler since 2007 defrauded Medicaid by submitting claims for ...
Service set for officer hit by truck in Texarkana
Family and friends were set to hold a funeral service for an East Texas police officer who died after being hit by a truck during a disturbance at a park. The service for Texarkana police officer William Jason Sprague is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in Texarkana at First Baptist ...
Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks
The Republican-led Texas Senate voted late Tuesday night for tough new restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, but abandoned efforts to ban the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy. While the U.S. House approved a similar ban after 20 weeks earlier in the day, the sponsor of the Texas ...
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