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• Texas man's execution halted for now

  May 2, 2012 9:45 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court says it won't overturn a district judge's reprieve for a Texas man convicted of killing a neighbor and stealing his motorcycle while on parole for rape. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means condemned inmate Anthony Bartee won't... more »

• Texas man executed for role in robbery-shooting

  April 26, 2012 9:01 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man condemned for his role in a robbery in which three people were shot, one fatally, has been put to death. Beunka Adams became the fifth person executed in Texas this year. His lethal injection was carried out Thursday evening in Huntsville. The execution... more »

• Texas teen accused of faking cancer

  April 26, 2012 8:18 AM

  EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A West Texas teenager accused of faking cancer to steal $17,000 in donations has been released from jail on bond. Court records show a status hearing has been scheduled May 31 in El Paso for 19-year-old Angie Gomez of Horizon City. Gomez on Tuesday night... more »

• Texas eatery serves $12K, 10-course Titanic meal

  April 15, 2012 12:50 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) - A restaurant in Texas is among many around the world offering diners a replica of the last meal aboard the Titanic, on the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. Twelve people gathered Saturday at Cullen's in Houston for a lavish 10-course dinner much like the one the... more »

• Colorado A.G. joins e-book price fixing lawsuit

  April 11, 2012 3:36 PM

  Colorado will join in a multi-state lawsuit over price fixing claims against publishers including Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and Apple. There is suspicion those companies engaged in price fixing and other anti-competitive practices in the electronic book market. The antitrust lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court... more »

• Tulo's 9th inning homer lifts Rockies to 5-3 Opening Day win

  April 6, 2012 10:37 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) - Pinch runner Eric Young scored the go-ahead run on an error in the eighth inning and Troy Tulowitzki homered in the ninth to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 5-3 win over the error-prone Houston Astros on Friday night. The game was tied 3-3 when Ramon Hernandez... more »

• Former Colorado Lt. Gov. Strickland dies at 79

  March 14, 2012 8:28 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Former Colorado Lt. Gov. Ted Strickland has died. The Adams County coroner's office confirmed Strickland's death Wednesday but had no further details. The Denver Post reports the 79-year-old had been in faltering health. The Republican served in both the Colorado House and Senate. He was lieutenant governor... more »

• Investigator recommends trial in Afghan suicide

  March 12, 2012 8:31 PM

  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A military investigator is recommending a court-martial for an eighth soldier suspected of involvement in the suicide of a soldier in Afghanistan. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 35-year-old Staff Sgt. Blaine Dugas of Port Arthur, Texas, is the last of eight Fort Wainwright soldiers recommended for... more »

• Cartoonist: 'Doonesbury' pushback not surprising

  March 9, 2012 7:04 PM

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Cartoonist Garry Trudeau says it would have been surprising if there hadn't been pushback against an upcoming series of his "Doonesbury" comic strip that lampoons a Texas abortion law requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion. The national syndicate that distributes "Doonesbury" to... more »

• More environmental attention given to delicate Gulf coast

  January 29, 2012 10:42 AM

  TIVOLI, Texas (AP) - It took BP PLC's well blowing out in the Gulf of Mexico for the nation to turn its attention to the slow, methodical ruin of the ecosystem that had been happening for years. Last month, more than a year and a half after the oil spill... more »

• Pittsburgh mayor's Tebow jersey sells for $1,400

  January 18, 2012 6:15 PM

  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Perhaps the final score of the Pittsburgh Steelers' playoff loss to the Denver Broncos should read: Broncos 29, Steelers 23, Pittsburgh Promise $1,400. That's because Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is donating $1,400 he raised by selling his Tim Tebow jersey on eBay to the Promise. The... more »

• Court clears immediate enforcement of abortion law

  January 13, 2012 5:18 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for Texas to immediately begin enforcing a new law requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion. The three-judge panel agreed to a request by the state's Attorney General Greg Abbott to cut short the typical... more »

• Fort Carson releases photo of slain soldier

  January 11, 2012 4:57 PM

  Fort Carson has released a photo of Specialist Brandy Fonteneaux whose death is being investigated as a homicide. Officials say the soldier was found dead in barracks on base Sunday, although they aren't saying when or where. Officials say that Fonteneaux was 28 years old and is from Houston,... more »

• Small plane crash in Texas kills 5

  December 20, 2011 7:49 AM

  BRYAN, Texas (AP) - Five people, including two children, were killed when a single-engine plane crashed in central Texas and authorities say weather may have played a role in the crash. Ernest Contreras of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened Monday night just before 10 p.m.... more »

• Gas prices continue decline leading up to Christmas travel Play Video

  December 18, 2011 1:24 PM

  Prices for unleaded gasoline have been declining across Colorado for the last nine weeks. Looking at numbers from Triple A; In October the average price for a gallon of unleaded fuel in Colorado was $3.53, now it's down more than thirty cents to $3.21. The average price for... more »

• CSU student's death tied to suspected heroin

  November 28, 2011 7:34 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - An 18-year-old freshman at Colorado State University found unresponsive in his dorm room has died. The (Fort Collins) Coloradoan reports hat 18-year-old Sean William McGowan of Springs, Texas, was found unresponsive in his Summit Hall room Monday morning. He was taken to Poudre Valley... more »

• Weekly US oil and gas rig count drops by 1

  November 23, 2011 6:19 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by one this week to 2,000. Houston-based drilling product provider Baker Hughes Inc. reported Wednesday 1,130 rigs were exploring for oil and 865 for natural gas. Five were listed as miscellaneous.... more »

• Gingrich, Cain face off in sideline debate

  November 5, 2011 12:02 PM

  (AP) - Presidential candidate Herman Cain is hoping a head-to-head debate with rival Newt Gingrich will turn the page on a politically troublesome week he spent dealing with allegations of sexual harassment. Saturday night's debate in Texas is supposed to focus on issues such as Social Security and Medicare. Organizers... more »

• Occupy Austin demonstration leads to 38 arrests

  October 30, 2011 3:52 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Thirty-nine people have been arrested after a pair of pre-dawn confrontations between police and Occupy Austin protesters in Texas. The first confrontation came about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when officers moved to enforce a new rule banning food tables in the City Hall plaza after 10... more »

• Medal of Honor presented to 4th Infantry Division Play Video

  October 6, 2011 7:32 PM

  For the first time in US Army history, the Medal of Honor has been presented to an army unit. When he passed away last October, First Sergeant David McNerney of Texas requested that his medal be given back to the men of the 4th Infantry Division. McNerney served with the... more »

• Soldier needs help recovering lost family history

  October 1, 2011 4:55 PM

  After a 20-plus year career in the Army, a woman is looking back to where the military life began for her -- Colorado Springs -- and most importantly looking for two boxes she left behind. She's hoping someone can help her find them. "It's surprising to see how little you... more »

• Man wanted in Evergreen shooting captured in Texas

  September 25, 2011 11:31 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A man wanted in the execution-style shooting of two men in Evergreen in 2004 has been captured in El Paso, Texas. Both men survived. KUSA-TV reports that U.S. Marshals captured Robert Montoya Friday night following a joint operation between FBI and Mexican police. Montoya is... more »

• Texas wildfire most likely electrical

  September 21, 2011 8:13 AM

  DALLAS (AP) - Officials say something electrical likely caused a massive central Texas wildfire that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,500 homes. The Texas Forest Service didn't elaborate in a Tuesday release announcing the end of the investigation into the main Bastrop County blaze. Forest Service officials... more »

• Sooners clear path to join another conference

  September 19, 2011 9:10 PM

  University of Oklahoma president David Boren says he is focused solely on either keeping the Sooners in the Big 12 or moving to the Pac-12. Boren spoke Monday after university regents gave him the authority to move the school to a new conference. Boren said it is not inevitable that... more »

• Widow from lake incident with Mexican pirates to visit South Texas

  September 16, 2011 7:30 PM

  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The widow of a man presumably killed by Mexican pirates last year while riding a Jet Ski on a border-straddling lake will testify at a security forum next week in South Texas. Tiffany Hartley of Colorado will attend Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Poe's event at... more »

• Supreme Court halts Texas execution

  September 16, 2011 7:18 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial. Forty-eight-year-old Duane Buck was scheduled... more »

• Supreme Court halts Texas execution

  September 15, 2011 10:33 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial. Forty-eight-year-old Duane Buck was scheduled... more »

• Planes from Peterson head to fight fires Play Video

  September 10, 2011 7:28 PM

  Two Department of Defense C-130s equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airbome Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) head to fight fires in Texas. The MAFFSA are special tanks that hold 3000 gallons of fire retardant or water and can discharge the entire load in less than five seconds over an area... more »

• Perry leaves Texas wildfires, heads to GOP debate

  September 7, 2011 4:42 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has left the wildfires raging in his home state and arrived in California for a Republican presidential debate. Perry suspended his campaign Sunday as his state battles a series of still-raging wildfires that have destroyed more 1,000 homes. He left Texas again... more »

• Texas wildfires now 30 percent contained

  September 7, 2011 8:24 AM

  BASTROP, Texas (AP) - The Texas Forest Service says massive wildfires near Austin are 30 percent contained. Agency spokeswoman April Saginor says lighter winds have helped firefighting efforts in Bastrop County, where blazes have destroyed more than 600 homes and blackened about 45 square miles. Saginor says the... more »

• Texas wildfires continue to rage

  September 6, 2011 7:25 AM

  Thousands of evacuees spent the night away from their homes in Central Texas as firefighters tried to control a wind-fueled wildfire that has destroyed nearly 500 homes. Authorities say slack winds expected after midnight Tuesday could help firefighters make progress on the 25,000-acre blaze racing through rain-starved farm and... more »

• Wildfires burn homes in central TX and Calif.

  September 6, 2011 5:09 AM

  UNDATED (AP) - Strong winds and drought conditions are fueling a wildfire in central Texas that so far has destroyed nearly 500 homes and forced 5,000 people to evacuate. The blaze has burned some 25,000 acres. And in Southern California, at least three wildfires are burning. One, started by a... more »

• Perry says Texas wildfire 'mean' as he's ever seen

  September 5, 2011 8:34 PM

  BASTROP, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the wildfire burning in the central part of the state is "as mean looking" as he's ever seen. Perry left his presidential campaign Monday in South Carolina to return to Texas and deal with the fire, which covers 25,000 acres... more »

• Woman, toddler killed as wildfire takes just minutes to destroy row of homes

  September 5, 2011 7:44 AM

  DALLAS (AP) - Longtime Texas sheriff Maxey Cerliano says it's the fastest-moving fire he's ever seen. Six homes were toppled within minutes, including a trailer where a woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed because they couldn't escape in time. Authorities say the fires were propelled partly by... more »

• Wildfires become deadly

  September 5, 2011 2:54 AM

  DALLAS (AP) - A sheriff says a fast-moving wildfire has engulfed a home in East Texas, killing a 20-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter who were trapped inside. Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano says the fire destroyed the home Sunday between Lincoln City and Gladewater, more than 100 miles east... more »

• Presidential hopefull speaks out against south border fence

  September 3, 2011 5:52 PM

  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he opposes a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico. Speaking to hundreds of New Hampshire voters at a private reception this afternoon, the Texas governor says a fence would be ineffective and take too long to build. Tea party... more »

• Perry spokesman confirms he's running

  August 11, 2011 6:25 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - It's a move that is certain to shake up the race for the GOP presidential nomination. A spokesman says Texas Gov. Rick Perry is running for president. He says Perry will make his intentions known on Saturday while visiting South Carolina and New Hampshire. ... more »

• Texas billionaire dies in accident in Aspen

  August 8, 2011 6:09 AM

  DALLAS (AP) - Texas billionaire Charles Wyly, whose family has given millions of dollars to Republican causes and Dallas arts projects, has died in western Colorado. The Colorado State Patrol says Wyly was turning onto a highway near Aspen when his Porsche was hit by a sport utility vehicle... more »

• Iowa focal point for potential shifts in GOP race

  August 7, 2011 4:02 PM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three important markers in the coming days could fundamentally alter the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, including whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry enters the race. A nationally televised debate and a straw poll in Iowa will give declared candidates their last chances to stand out... more »

• Polygamist leader's Texas trial goes to jury

  August 4, 2011 3:05 PM

  SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - The child sexual assault case against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has gone to the jury. Jeffs acted as his own attorney and stood mute during nearly all 30 minutes Thursday of his allotted time for a closing argument. At one point he mumbled, "I... more »

• Potential republican candidate Gov. Perry Perry stresses personal opposition to gay marriage

  July 30, 2011 6:51 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver on Friday. But Perry didn't back track on his statement last week in Aspen that New York's recent decision to allow gay marriage is... more »

• Perry may 'shake up' GOP field

  July 11, 2011 8:02 PM

  EXETER, N.H. (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling influential Republicans in early voting New Hampshire and Iowa, the latest indication that he's seriously considering a presidential run. New Hampshire Senate President Peter Bragdon tells The Associated Press that Perry called him over the weekend to gauge his... more »

• Ex-Fox personality Glenn Beck is moving to Dallas

  July 11, 2011 6:06 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Former Fox News Channel personality Glenn Beck is bound for Texas. Beck said Monday that he's relocating his family to Dallas, where his media company is building a new television and radio studio. Beck is starting a new online network, GBTV, on which he... more »

• Texas officer killed when suspect crashes vehicle

  July 9, 2011 4:06 PM

  BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after police say he intentionally drove his fleeing sport utility vehicle into the patrol car of an officer, who was struck and killed. Bond was set at $250,000 Saturday for 30-year-old John Wesley Nero of Beaumont... more »

• States: Death-penalty drug scramble, higher cost

  July 9, 2011 3:56 PM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - States are having an increasingly difficult time getting the injectable drugs to carry out death sentences. And they're also paying as much as 10 times more for the chemicals as in years past. Ohio only has enough pentobarbital for seven executions scheduled through February,... more »

• Helmut Newton exhibit set to open

  July 2, 2011 5:52 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) - An exhibit of works by fashion photographer Helmut Newton is set to open this weekend in Houston. The exhibit opening Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston includes all of the photographs from his first three books. More than 200 photographs from the books will... more »

• Alamosa couple faces murder charges

  June 27, 2011 8:06 AM

  ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) - A couple arrested in Colorado faces murder charges after the man was pulled over driving the truck of a man who'd gone missing in Arlington, Texas. Forty-three-year-old Thomas Eugene Dunham was stopped by officers in Alamosa on June 7. He was driving a truck that... more »

• Couple charged in death of Texas man

  June 26, 2011 1:54 PM

  ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) - A couple arrested in Colorado faces murder charges after the man was pulled over driving the truck of a man who'd gone missing in Arlington, Texas. Forty-three-year-old Thomas Eugene Dunham was stopped by officers in Alamosa on June 7. He was driving a truck that... more »

• Carolina eliminates Texas from College World Series

  June 21, 2011 1:51 AM

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - North Carolina freshman left-hander Kent Emanuel pitched the first complete-game shutout at the College World Series in five years in a 3-0 victory that eliminated Texas. Emanuel tossed a four-hitter. Jacob Stallings hit a two-run single in the third inning and Ben Bunting finished a four-hit... more »

• Vandy and Florida win on opening day at College World Series

  June 19, 2011 1:00 AM

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Vanderbilt's Connor Harrell snapped a sixth-inning tie by blasting the first College World Series home run in the new TD Ameritrade Park and the Commodores went on to defeat North Carolina 7-2. This is Vandy's first trip to Omaha for the double-elimination tournament for the national... more »

• Texas firefighter grants missed fire-prone areas

  April 24, 2011 4:19 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - A state review has found that some Texas counties scorched by this month's out-of-control wildfires got only a small portion of the more than $128 million the state doled out to volunteer fire departments for training and equipment in the past decade. The Texas Sunset Advisory... more »

• US sends cargo planes to help Mexico fight fires

  April 17, 2011 10:57 AM

  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The United States has sent two specially equipped military cargo planes to help battle wildfires in northern Mexico. The U.S. Northern Command says the C-130 planes were requested by the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department. They left their home base... more »

• Weather conditions could worsen Texas wildfires

  April 10, 2011 10:49 AM

  TEXAS (AP) - There are dire warnings today about hot dry conditions as wildfires continue to rage out of control in Texas. The biggest fire is around 125 square miles and was sparked by pipe cutting. Another blaze destroyed several structures in Fort Davis. Volunteer firefighter Jim Fowler... more »

• 3 Colorado men charged in dragging death in Texas

  February 12, 2011 5:34 PM

  CORSICANA, Texas (AP) - Three men have been charged with murder in the dragging death of a 25-year-old Hill County man, including the victim's brother. Christopher Beckham of Milford was found in a plowed field early Thursday. Authorities say he had been dragged by a strap attached from around... more »

• Colorado lawmaker loses powerful position

  January 11, 2011 8:12 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A Colorado state senator involved in a fatal crash in Texas is being passed over as head of the Senate Transportation Committee. Sen. Suzanne Williams was next in line for committee head, but Senate Majority Leader John Morse says he's concerned that she won't be able... more »

• Local grocery stores will weather Florida freeze, Texas drought Play Video

  January 4, 2011 11:50 PM

  In Florida for the third time this month, farmers are forced to cover their crops with a cocoon of ice, trying to save the citrus. Texas is suffering from drought right now. Some areas haven't seen rain in 90 days. "Mother nature dishes it out. We gotta do what... more »

• Church bus crash near Gunnison injures 8

  December 19, 2010 5:32 AM

  Colorado State Troopers say that an 11 year old girl was seriously injured along with 7 others who were on board a church bus from Texas that rolled along Highway 114 west of Gunnison. The group from Trinity United Methodist Church in Denton, Texas was headed to Crested Butte... more »

• Texas 4-year-old runs over, kills newborn

  October 1, 2010 9:22 AM

  Police say a 4-year-old boy in Texas managed to start a van then run over a woman and her 3-week-old child, killing the newborn. Police Cmdr. Chris Havens says the mother was hospitalized after the accident Thursday night in Burleson, 10 miles south of Fort Worth. Havens did not... more »

• Police: UT Austin gunman was student, acted alone

  September 28, 2010 2:16 PM

  Law enforcement officials say they believe the gunman who opened fire with an AK-47 at a University of Texas campus library before killing himself was a student who acted alone. Campus police Chief Robert Dahlstrom said at a Tuesday news conference that officials have ruled out the possibility of... more »

• 10 states sell half of imported crime guns

  September 27, 2010 8:23 AM

  A report being released Monday by a mayors group finds that nearly half of the guns that crossed state lines and were used in crimes in 2009 were sold in just 10 states. Colorado is not one of the states. Those states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns connected to... more »

• Drenched Texas Gulf communities brace for rain

  September 21, 2010 9:26 AM

  Crews plan to resume searching an area near the Texas Gulf coast community of Corpus Christi for a motorist who went missing during heavy flooding. The driver was swept away by floodwater Monday after a creek flooded near the city. More rain is expected to fall in the... more »

• Texas father accused of killing his 3 children

  September 20, 2010 8:59 AM

  An attorney says a Texas father accused of shooting his three children to death had previously threatened to kill or hurt himself if he lost visitation rights. After Mohammed Goher's two daughters and son were killed Sunday, authorities say Goher shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt. He was... more »

• Storm death toll at 8 after 2 more bodies found

  September 15, 2010 10:10 AM

  The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has reached eight after two more bodies were found in Texas. One body was identified Tuesday as that of Jennifer Ring of Austin. The mother of two children had been missing since swift water swept her... more »

• 4 dead, 3 still missing after Hermine flooding

  September 10, 2010 8:28 AM

  At least three people are still missing after flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine. The search is expected to resume in Texas after daylight Friday for a missing swimmer and two motorists. The confirmed death toll now stands at four, including one person in Oklahoma. ... more »

• Woman's pickup tossed by tornado

  September 9, 2010 4:12 PM

  A Texas mother and her three-year-old son survived being tossed by a tornado Wednesday. Amber Leon was driving along I-20 near Forney with her son when they were hit by the twister. "I looked to my right and I could see the tornado coming up over there," Leon... more »

• Storm that killed 2 in Texas continues north

  September 9, 2010 8:19 AM

  The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine have moved north after killing two people in Texas and forcing more than 100 high-water rescues. The storm system also produced several tornadoes. Three tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma as the system moved into that state. A few homes were damaged, a tractor-trailer... more »

• Remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine head north

  September 8, 2010 8:23 AM

  Its power spent, what's left of Tropical Storm Hermine is making its way north. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday night bringing downpours and winds gusting to about 70 mph in south Texas and northeastern Mexico. Remnants of the storm could spread as far north as... more »

• Texas thrashed by Tropical Storm Hermine

  September 7, 2010 8:56 AM

  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine has crossed into Texas. Hermine is threatening to bring up to 8 inches of rain to south Texas and possibly a foot in isolated areas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the center of the storm has crossed the Rio Grande. Hermine... more »

• Texas congresswoman admits she violated rules

  August 31, 2010 8:53 AM

  A Texas congresswoman is admitting that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships to her own relatives and the children of a staff member. Dallas-area Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson said in a statement that she was unaware she was in violation of any rules governing the Congressional... more »

• Wildlife cam photographs hovering lights

  August 26, 2010 9:58 AM

  A motion-activated camera at a Fort Worth family's favorite hunting spot is capturing shots of mysterious objects. Lisa Brock-Piekarski's game camera is supposed to take pictures of the deer on her Archer City hunting lease, but the pictures show something she can't explain. "What I see looks almost... more »