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Winter Weather Advisory issued February 13 at 7:32AM CST expiring February 14 at 12:00AM CST in effect for: Barry; Barton; Benton; Camden; Cedar; Christian; Dade; Dallas; Dent; Douglas; Greene; Hickory; Howell; Jasper; Laclede; Lawrence; McDonald; Maries; Miller; Morgan; Newton; Oregon; Ozark; Phelps; Polk; Pulaski; Saint Clair; Shannon; Stone; ... (more)

Opening statements are set to begin in the case the State Bar of Texas has brought against a Texas attorney who has helped wrongly convicted ex-inmates get state compensation.

In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo provided by Diane Aulger, Diane, left, lies next to husband Mark Aulger, who holds their just-born daughter Savannah for the first time, at a hospital in Plano, Texas.

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.

From testimony about bribes, blood oaths, faked profits and secret Swiss bank accounts, the ongoing fraud trial of jailed and former jet setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has had its share of drama.

AUSTIN, Texas - This week three federal judges in San Antonio will start resolving one of the great political mysteries of the year: When will Texas hold primary elections and what will the congressional and legislative districts look like? Texas was supposed to take part in the Super Tuesday vote on March 6, but the failure of the state to win ... (more)

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 undercut his political strength back home.

The East will dry out Sunday as wet weather moves across the West. A low pressure trough is advancing eastward over the central Rockies and will produce moderate snow showers over Utah and Colorado.

But a cottage industry of tabloids and websites has sprung up that harvest the often ugly mugs from jail archives across the country, making it much more likely that someone's least-finest hour may be online or in print to provide weeks or years of embarrassment.

A 17-year-old boy has become the fifth juvenile to admit sexually assaulting an 11-year-old Southeast Texas girl.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, took 38% of the vote in the poll. Former Pennsylvania Sen.

This undated photo, provided by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement , shows bulk cash seized during a combined ICE and Homeland Security Investigation operation.

Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence and the violence raging across the Rio Grande in Mexico.For the past year, the manager of a sprawling preserve on the southern tip of Texas has been comforted by a gap in the ... (more)

In a parallel political universe -- one in which redistricting maps were in place and elections were on schedule -- Texas would be getting national attention right now.

Less tobacco, more money. Officials at the University of Texas in Austin will consider banning tobacco on the entire campus in a health-related move that could mean more research money.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections.

Texan and world record holder for the most GINORMOUS breasts, Sheyla Hershey, utilized her 38KKK-sized bust to save herself from certain injury.

Gov. Rick Perry has given $80,000 in tainted campaign donations to El Paso charities, after the original donor was convicted of bribery and fraud.

Former San Diego Union-Tribune publisher Ed Moss has been named president and chief executive officer of The Denver Post.

Law officers at a South Texas border crossing have confiscated nearly a third of a million dollars in unreported cash hidden in a car.