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Supreme Court looking at use of race in college admissions

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:19:00 EST

WASHINGTON 8212 Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign.

Ted Cruz content to ignore Rep. Paul Sadler in Texas Senate race

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:14:00 EST

AUSTIN 8212 U.S. Senate candidate and tea party firebrand Ted Cruz is fond of saying there's only two ways to campaign scared or unopposed 8212 and that he is not running unopposed. Lately, though, he's sure acting like he's the only one in the race.The...

Analysis: Voter registration deadline marks turning point

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:10:00 EST

AUSTIN 8212 The voter registration deadline on Tuesday marks an important turning point for the Texas elections.Who turns out to vote is unlikely to decide the presidency 8212 Mitt Romney pretty much has Texas wrapped up 8212 but many races for the...

4 family members killed in plane crash en route to Aggie game

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:09:00 EST

A Southlake dentist was killed along with his two teenage sons and his older brother in a plane crash while en route to the Texas AampM football game over the weekend, according to multiple media reports.Brothers Leonard Ledet, 60, and Greg Ledet, 62,...

Texas Renaissance Festival returns to eager fans

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:00:00 EST

TODD MISSION 8212 A sick husband wasn't going to keep Jana Wesson from missing opening weekend of the 38th annual Texas Renaissance Festival.

Senate race in Tarrant County key to Texas future

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:48:00 EST

AUSTIN A race to represent western Tarrant County in the state Senate has become the most important legislative race of the year, determining whether Democrats can continue to demand compromise.

'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:10:00 EST

AUSTIN ? Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium?s 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees how much has changed since the 1990s, when she was a black student at what was an inordinately white school.

FBI: Company coached electronics secrecy

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:33:00 EST

HOUSTON An FBI agent testified Friday that employees at a Houston company were coached to hide information about the cutting-edge microelectronics the firm was buying from U.S. manufacturers and later illegally reselling to Russian military and intelligence agencies.

Teen tells 911 about slayings

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:29:00 EST

ALEDO A chilling recording of a 911 call captured a 17-year-old Texas boy telling the operator in a calm, monotone voice that he had just shot his mother and sister multiple times.

Test scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:25:00 EST

EL PASO A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday for his participation in a conspiracy to improve the districts high-stakes tests scores by removing low-performing students from classrooms.

School: Teen gulps memory card with nude picture

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:21:00 EST

SAN ANTONIO A 16-year-old suburban San Antonio high school student is charged with evidence tampering. Thats after school officials said he swallowed a digital memory card containing at least one photo of a nude underage girl.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst moves to make state Senate more conservative

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:36:00 EST

AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst shuffled a senior Democrat out of the higher education committee chairmanship Wednesday and promoted Republicans to key posts in an effort to create a more conservative state Senate.

Texas agencies duel over Alamo letter

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:11:00 EST

DALLAS Its a new Battle of the Alamo, with one Texas agency mounting pressure on another to loan out one of the states most sacred texts for display at the shrine of Texas independence.

Many states fall short of federal sex offender law

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:03:00 EST

OKLAHOMA CITY Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, including five states that have completely given up on the effort because of persistent doubts about how it works and how much it costs.

Immigrant allegedly stole U.S. military technology for Russia

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:25:00 EST

NEW YORK An American success story of an immigrant from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm took a Cold War-era turn on Wednesday when U.S. authorities accused him of being a secret agent whos been stealing military technology for the Russian military.