Trappers scour Texas park after mountain lion attack
February 07, 2012
| Reuters
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The National Park Service on Tuesday was scouring the sprawling Big Bend National Park in West Texas following the first mountain lion attack on a person...
Top Stanford witness says he tried to conceal fraud
February 07, 2012
| Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A former top aide to Texas financier Allen Stanford said on Tuesday he continued to hide financial misdeeds as Stanford's empire was crumbling in early 2009...
Randy Travis arrested for public intoxication
February 06, 2012
| AP
Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church. Denton County sheriff's spokesman Tom Reedy says...
Judge upholds controversial Texas abortion law
February 06, 2012
| Reuters
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday upheld a controversial Texas law that asks abortion providers to play pregnant women the sounds of the fetal heartbeat, saying an appeals...
AP NewsAlert
February 06, 2012
| AP Alerts
Judge: Deal in Texas redistricting lawsuit needs more support, all sides must keep talking ...
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Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas. Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km), and a growing population of 25.1 million residents. Houston...
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