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HAWAII , February 14, 2012 - There's something very special about the Lone Star State and its people.

There is no substantial data to indicate that adult stem cells are beneficial for patients other than those undergoing bone marrow transplants.

VACCINES ARE stirring public debate like never before. None have triggered more controversy than Gardasil and Cervarix, the two vaccines approved to prevent cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Elizabeth Ames Jones sent her letter of resignation to the governor late Monday afternoon.

Chris Summerville, the man accused of firing shots at Smith County Deputy Josh Caulkins during a federal warrant service in late March 2011, has entered a guilty plea.

This year, TxDOT is partnering with more than 700 high schools and community colleges statewide to reach more than 750,000 , the use of seat belts saved an estimated 1,425 lives in 2010.

Texas was again the top exporting U.S. state in 2011 for the 10th consecutive year, data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce shows.

Even before the state education commissioner began questioning Texas' emphasis on testing and the effect on teaching, districts had started backing off plans that would made the state's new standardized test count toward students' grade-point averages and class rank.

Neil Macdonald is the senior Washington correspondent for CBC News, which he joined in 1988 following 12 years in newspapers.

Washington - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is moving on from a narrow victory in the Maine caucuses to raising money for his already well-financed campaign - and to the more difficult task of convincing Republican voters he is conservative enough to be the party standard-bearer against President Barack Obama.

The first person in the United States to be exonerated posthumously on the basis of DNA evidence received a lasting tribute in his home state of Texas this week.

LIVINGSTON A proposed temporary fi x to Texas' months-long fi ght over redistricting was rejected late Monday afternoon by a federal judge.

Read more: State , Politics , News , Election , Texas , Texas Redistricting , Texas Primaries , Primaries in Texas , Texas Voting , Presidential Primaries , Super Tuesday , Super Tuesday in Texas AUSTIN, Texas - Three federal judges in San Antonio will soon start resolving one of the great political mysteries of the year: When will Texas hold ... (more)

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry left the race for the GOP presidential nomination, he might have walked off with Republican prospects to win the Hispanic vote in Texas and nationwide.

The Texas law [HB 15, PDF] has been controversial because it requires doctors to describe the details of the sonogram to the woman and also let her hear the fetal heartbeat, regardless of whether she refuses.

Late payments by the Department of Public Safety, shown leading a caravan away from Galveston Island, spiked after Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Washington Post Magazine humorist Gene Weingarten is letting his liberal politics fly in his "Below the Beltway" humor column again.

Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign for the party's presidential nomination a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.

Three weeks after abandoning his presidential campaign, Gov. Rick Perry is re-engaging as leader of the nation's second largest state, eager to dispel the perception that his ill-fated bid for the White House has undercut his political strength back home.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have both said they would replace Bernanke, not reappoint him.