ankle? Not if you live in Texas.

In the newest way to increase revenue, texas orthopedics (bone doctors) have sued to prevent podiatrists (foot doctors) from treating any aliments above the heel. And they won, the ankle no longer exists in texas. picked by badbud 1 year ago

The Texas State Board of Education review committee is preparing to vote on a draft of proposed standards for history textbooks. Noting that the draft has “nothing about liberals,” The first draft says students should be expected “to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and the Moral Majority.” [... read full post picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Mack Stark figures cattle raisers can appreciate the name of his west central Texas ranch and makes no apologies for the words in big black letters on the steel arch over the dirt and gravel driveway. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause "potentially catastrophic" flooding and damage. picked by spocksmyhomeboy 1 year ago

This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Something crazy is spreading across Texas, and it may be so destructive that one day it will make Texans actually miss the hated fire ant. picked by IcePigs 2 months ago

Texas police responding to a store's burglar alarm found a less-than-hardened criminal inside: He was 4, and playing with the toys. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A new law in Texas will make many people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit instant millionaires picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Grace Saenz-Lopez was forced to quit her job as Mayor of Alice, Texas, for keeping her neighbor’s dog, but insists it was a rescue.

*Pic unrelated. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The Christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in Texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no United States if it had not been for God. picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

Repeat sex offenders сould be sentenced to death in Texas after the bill named Jessica's Law was approved this week by Texas House of Representatives. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. ''Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday. picked by ftfd09 11 months ago

One injured child and one dead passenger. Texas street justice in action. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars — including cells that locked from the inside or contained recliners. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Texas spent $18 million spreading the “abstinence-only” message in 2007. It’s not working. The state has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation and, according to TFN, spends $1 billion annually on the costs associated with teen pregnancy. picked by DoggyLives 9 months ago

A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway.

Now THAT is what I call a "sticky" situation picked by LeehBlanc 1 year ago

Snoop Dogg's tour bus was pulled over in Texas, two fall guys fall for posession. picked by unzercharlie 1 year ago