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Woman With Ties To Texas Accused Of Recruiting Terrorists

A woman with ties to Texas who called herself “Jihad Jane” online is accused using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:48 GMT

Rangers Investigate After DPS Trooper Was Shot At Another Trooper’s Home

The Texas Rangers were investigating Wednesday after a DPS trooper was shot at the home of another trooper in a small Central Texas town.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:37 GMT

Central Texas Man Pleads Guilty In Death Of Toddler Left In Hot Van

A 34-year-old Central Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges in the death of his 18-month-old son, who was left in a minivan in August for hours.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:22 GMT

Members Watch As Walls Of 70-Year-Old Church Come Down

Some members watched Wednesday as the walls of the 70-year-old sanctuary of Temple’s First Baptist Church began to come down, seven weeks after a fire that authorities say was deliberately set.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:44:52 GMT

Former Texas Prison Worker Pleads Guilty In Bribery, Smuggling Case

A former worker at a publicly-owned, but privately run Texas prison who admitted accepting bribes to smuggle cell phones to prisoners pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:37:08 GMT

“Lost Boys” Actor Corey Haim Dies

“The Lost Boys” actor Corey Haim died Wednesday at 38.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:38 GMT

Minority Births May Soon Top White Births

This could be the year that the number of babies born to minorities in America outnumbers babies born to whites.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:09 GMT

Texas Man Killed By Missouri State Trooper Identified

Authorities have identified a 29-year-old Texas man who was shot to death by a state trooper in Missouri.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:01:20 GMT

Female WWII Aviators Honored Thanks To Work Of Waco Woman

The first women to fly U.S. military planes were awarded Congressional Gold Medals Wednesday, after more than a decade of work by a Waco woman who wanted to ensure their contribution didn’t go unrecognized.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:10 GMT

Coroner: Texas Oil Company Exec. Fell, Hit Forehead, Drowned

A coroner says a Texas energy company executive who disappeared after leaving a bar in New Orleans’ French Quarter hit his forehead and his fell from a steamship dock and drowned in the Mississippi River.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:12:09 GMT