Texas legislators are moving full speed ahead with a bill mandating elective Bible classes in the state's public high schools that appears crafted to facilitate use of a fundamentalist Protestant curriculum.

I reiterate, DO NOT VANDALIZE MY POST. Get a life, loser. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

An explosion rocked a Texas oil refinery Monday morning, shaking homes three miles away. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

They say everything's bigger in Texas. I guess that includes PMS. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

Texas wants to continue with its scheduled execution of Jose Medellin a Mexican who was in the country illegally brutally raped and murder two young children. The "international court" <oooh!> stated his "rights" were abused. Bush is pandering and demanding that Texas stop their execution. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

The Buck apparently stops in Texas. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Texas A&M University is under review this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for failing to report that a researcher was accidentally infected with brucella, a bioweapon agent being studied on campus. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

The seven foot reptile holds up traffic on a Texas freeway. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Here's a video clip of a guy named Thad who thought he had won the Texas State Lottery after his friends set him up on a fake Texas Lottery numbers prank.

This story was picked up by the Today Show. Watch as Chad gets excited thinking he is holding all the Texas Lottery numbers on his ticket. picked by ocollier 1 year ago

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an interactive, film and music festival and conference that has taken place every spring in Austin, Texas since 1987. The music festival is one of the biggest in the United States, with over a thousand performers playing in dozens of venues around downtown Austin for a week in March. Can't make it? No worries, they are seeding a torrent of 739 MP3s by 739 a... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Straight from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the page documents the last words of death row inmates about to be executed.

Nothing overly disturbing, but fascinating to read. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

A US court has sentenced a truck driver to life in prison for the smuggling deaths of 19 illegal immigrants he abandoned to the sweltering Texas heat. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

A 1-year-old Texas girl was treated at a Fort Worth hospital after her grandmother accidently gave her orange juice spiked with gin. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Dog-owning residents of a luxury condominium planned for Austin, Texas, will have a floor with a dog park for walks, complete with a pet toilet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Can you say 'fiasco'? picked by cb__ 3 months ago

in an update to this, Joe Horn the man who confronted the 2 people who were burglarizing his neighbor's home was given a no-bill by a Grand Jury, meaning no charges will be laid. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Does OU still have a chance? picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Trimble Tech High School did not allow some of the students to graduate because they failed the required TAKS exam, testing them on math, science, social studies etc. Instead of retaking the test, hoping to pass they protested along with the parents. **Look at the sign the one mother is holding** picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

One of the original Jena 6 kids gets in another fight at a DIFFERENT school and state and he still has not gone to trial for his first fight. picked by LSOjunkie 7 months ago

Hey, isn't that Tonya Harding in the mug shot? Police say Stacy Marie Oberley illegally bought a BMW in November and then bought a Maserati in January. The price tag for the cars was more than $113,000. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

"It's just all kinds of filth," said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read the book. Verm's request came during the local 25th Annual Banned Book week festivities.

No, I am NOT making any of this up. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago