Bats took over a dormitory, forcing more than 200 students into hotels picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

An animal protection group on Friday rescued more than 200 animals, including 26 hissing cockroaches and two bearded dragons, from an eastern Texas home. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A Texas museum hopes a document found in its archives turns out to be an authentic government copy of Abraham Lincoln's eloquent letter consoling a mother thought to have lost five sons in the Civil War.

If so, it could be worth lots of money picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.

"We close at 5," Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on Sept. 25, 2007. picked by suebe 3 months ago

The Texas State Fair introduced Fried Coke to the World. Now North Carolina and Arizona want to be as fat as Texas. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

The mother of the 12-year-old says she believes the club must have known her daughter was underage.

"I think they just didn't care," her mother said. "She's 12, but she's got the body of a 20-year-old. All they were thinking about was the money she could bring in." picked by hmtksteve 2 years ago

IRVING, Texas — Police continued searching for a man suspected of shooting his two teenage daughters, including one who called 911 about an hour before officers found them dead in his taxi, police said...Police have not released a motive for the shootings...

Maybe just because they were teenagers and he'd had enough? But seriously, it's awful. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Best of Craigslist post. picked by zzz 2 years ago

Police are certain they have the man responsible for five attacks on men in the Houston area. picked by jameseum 3 years ago

A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion of the nation's transportation fuel if production can be scaled up. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The city of San Antonio, Texas unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Bill would allow legally blind Texans to hunt picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in 1975, will be released from prison as early as Aug. 14.
Fromme, now 60, has been serving a life sentence in Texas. A federal parole board granted her parole last year, but her release was delayed because she got extra time after trying to escape from a West Virginia facility in 1987. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Later find that it will require Emergency Medical Services to get them back out again. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

In the minutes and hours after an Army officer opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, last week, the media floodgates opened in a now-standard way. A torrent of news reports and commentary poured from the scene, the immediate community and the Pentagon, amplified by corollary data, informed commentary and rank speculation from journalists, bloggers, podcasters, Tweeters, texters a... read full post picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

A parrot chirping "hello" woke up his Texas owner who found then dead shot a burglar in his garage. "I guess you could call him a stool pigeon," owner Dennis Baker said on the Dallas Morning News. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Dr. Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and father of the "green revolution" who was credited with saving 1 billion lives from famine, died in Dallas at age 95.

Dr. Borlaug died late Saturday night at his home from complications of cancer, said Kathleen Phillips, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

US Representative Bonilla sued by opponent for cybersquatting. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

After driving around Houston without air conditioning and deciding $1,200 was too much to fix the AC on his car, he bolted a home window unit to the roof. It works. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Caught soliciting 15 year old in an internet sting. So he copped a plea so he had to register, but was not convicted. That made him eligible to run for mayor.

*Yes the law says even if it was a cop on the other end, he was guilty of solicitation of a minor. picked by moe 2 years ago