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• Federal judge stops Texas law on women’s health

  April 30, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge today stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting state funds through the Women’s Health Program. 26

• Nothing funny – or apocalyptic – about pulling comic strip

  March 16, 2012 in City on Page A5 A woman walks into a clinic. “Excuse me,” she says. “Is this where I get a sonogram?” 19

• Utes sting Yellow Jackets in overtime for Sun Bowl victory

  January 1, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 EL PASO, Tex – John White took his final hand-off of the day, followed his lead blocker and set off a celebration. White plowed into the end zone from 8 …

• Federal court won’t block its Texas redistricting map

  November 25, 2011 in Nation/World A federal court refused late Friday to block a congressional redistricting map it drew up for Texas, rejecting a request from the state’s attorney general just hours after the Republican …

• Longhorns win, send Aggies packing

  November 25, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas spoiled Texas A&M’s going away party. Justin Tucker kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give the Longhorns a 27-25 victory over Texas …

• Cards, Rangers hope to go batty in World Series

  October 22, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 ARLINGTON, Texas – Strolling behind the batting cage, Matt Holliday watched his St. Louis teammates hit away Friday and offered a simple tip. “Get a good swing!” he hollered.

• White supremacist executed for Texas dragging

  September 21, 2011 in News, Nation/World HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer has been executed for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. 6

• Wildfires destroy 1,000 homes across parched Texas

  September 6, 2011 in Nation/World More than 1,000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, most of them in one devastating blaze close to Austin that’s still raging out of control, … 3

• Texas ruling ends inquiry in death penalty case

  July 29, 2011 The Texas attorney general severely limited the state’s Forensic Science Commission’s ability to investigate past cases Friday, including an arson case that critics say might have ended in the execution … 2

• Group sues to stop Texas governor’s prayer day

  July 13, 2011 A group of atheists and agnostics filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop an evangelical Christian prayer event next month that was proposed and is endorsed by Texas’ … 15

• Unranked Kansas State knocks off No. 7 Texas

  March 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Men’s basketball: Rodney McGruder scored 22 points and surging, unranked Kansas State muscled past slumping No. 7 Texas 75-70 on Monday night, the Wildcats’ fifth straight win. Jacob Pullen scored …

• Clark: Title game trip with EWU band a rootin’, tootin’ success

  January 9, 2011 in City on Page B1 (Second and final episode in an odyssey of self-delusion and collegial glory.) This Eagle has landed! 3

• In the clutch, Just Eastern

  January 8, 2011 in City on Page A1 HEAVEN – And we thought that hamburger was big. In the greatest game in the greatest season in the history of football – perhaps of all sports – our little … 1

• Upon further review, it’s a game of inches

  January 8, 2011 in Sports on Page C2 FRISCO, Texas – So was it or wasn’t it? A first down, that is. Delaware coach K.C. Keeler was adamant: It wasn’t. 2

• Alums hope burger Eagles’ only defeat

  January 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 FRISCO, TEXAS, US of A – All day long, the anticipation weighed on us. Would we be ready? Were we up to the challenge? Not the big game. That’s today, … 1

• Clark: Ticket to Frisco definitely worth the brass

  January 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 (Part 1 of a two-part odyssey of self-delusion and collegial glory.) Hold onto your stadium cushions! 2

• Aggies run over Texas

  November 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 AUSTIN, Texas – Cyrus Gray rushed for 223 yards and had two long touchdown runs to help No. 17 Texas A&M beat Texas 24-17 on Thursday night, sending the Longhorns …

• ’Bama back on top for first time since 1992

  January 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 PASADENA, Calif. – First, the Alabama defense knocked Colt McCoy out of the game. Later, it saved a national championship. Hanging onto a precarious three-point lead and with momentum on …

• Wounded soldier believes fast action at Fort Hood saved life

  November 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 Since a killer’s bullet entered the back of his left shoulder, Pfc. George Stratton III, of Post Falls, has shaken President Barack Obama’s hand and been hugged by the first …

• Texas gunman hit two from region

  November 7, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 George Stratton III, of Post Falls, ducked for cover after hearing a deafening spray of gunfire at the Soldier Readiness Center on Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas. When he peeked …

• Hasan extended courtesies, thanks

  November 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 FORT HOOD, Texas – As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank … 4

• Governor rides tea party horse

  April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry appears to have given new life to the state’s two decades-old tourism promotion – Texas: It’s like a whole other country. The empathy …

• Nation in brief: Mother reports to Army with kids

  March 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A North Carolina woman who was recalled to the Army four years after being honorably discharged drove nearly 400 miles and braved a Southeastern winter storm to report for duty …

• In brief: Arizona bus crash site combed for clues

  February 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Federal investigators on Sunday closely examined a stretch of rural Arizona highway near Hoover Dam looking for clues to the cause of a tour bus crash that killed seven Chinese …

• In brief: Eight hospitalized after prison fight

  January 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A fight broke out at a federal prison northwest of Orlando on Sunday afternoon, and eight inmates have been hospitalized, including one with a gunshot wound, a spokeswoman for the …

• Down home on the iconic ranch

  January 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 CRAWFORD, Texas – The sun is setting on this rural corner of President Bush’s empire. This week, the president is spending what are expected to be his final days as …

• Ex-trooper suspected in shootings dies

  December 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A11 DALLAS – A former Utah state trooper named a suspect in several Dallas-area roadway shootings has died. Brian Smith died Wednesday night at a Dallas hospital.

• Ex-trooper suspected in Dallas shootings

  December 24, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 DALLAS – A man suspected in a series of rush hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper wanted on burglary and robbery warrants who apparently shot himself …