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2 deaths at RV park in Rusk County
HENDERSON, Texas A medical examiner says carbon monoxide killed two people at an RV park in Rusk County.

2 more churches burn in east Texas
TYLER, Texas Fire destroyed two more churches in east Texas as arson investigators try to determine if both are part of a string of deliberate blazes.

Cash Five Texas results
AUSTIN, Texas Results of the Cash 5 drawing Monday night:

Texas Two Step results
AUSTIN, Texas Results of the Texas Two Step drawing Monday night:

Daily 4 results _ evening drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Daily 4 numbers drawn Monday night by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Pick 3 results _ nighttime drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Pick 3 numbers drawn Monday night by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Tiny N. Texas town bans gas drilling for 90 days
DALLAS The governing commission of the tiny north Texas town of Dish in the Barnett Shale natural gas field has voted a 90-day moratorium on new gas well drilling.

Top 2 Dem. gov. hopefuls talk jobs, death penalty
FORT WORTH, Texas Democratic hair care businessman Farouk Shami guaranteed Monday that he would create 100,000 jobs available to everyone, offer free electricity and an enact a moratorium on the death penalty if elected governor of Texas.

9 hurt when Houston transit train, bus collide
HOUSTON An afternoon collision between a transit bus and light-rail train on the edge of downtown Houston sent nine people to hospitals.

Prosecutors: Texas teen used arrow to kill woman
VICTORIA, Texas A teenager living next door killed the founder of a popular San Antonio restaurant with an arrow before setting her house ablaze and bankrolling a spending spree on her credit cards, prosecutors told a jury Monday.

Fort Worth cash grain prices Monday
FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth grain report for Monday:

Off-duty Houston officer shot by suspected burglar
HOUSTON Authorities say an off-duty Houston police officer has been shot after he surprised two suspected burglars at the apartment complex where he apparently lives.

Gov. Perry wants Predator drones patrolling border
IRVING, Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he wants unmanned aircraft based out of Houston's Ellington Field to be used for surveillance along the state's border with Mexico.

For W. Texas high school team, the moves are all
ODESSA, Texas The door of the Permian High School dance hall swings open, revealing a room filled with music and light.

Border Patrol agents fire shots into Mexico
McALLEN, Texas A Border Patrol spokesman says agents patrolling the Rio Grande in south Texas fired rounds into Mexico after their boat was "bombarded" by objects from the Mexican side.

Daily 4 results _ afternoon drawing
AUSTIN The winning Daily 4 numbers drawn Monday afternoon by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Pick 3 results _ afternoon drawing
AUSTIN, Texas The winning Pick 3 numbers drawn Monday afternoon by the Texas Lottery, in order:

Dallas officer accused of pulling gun at bar
DALLAS An off-duty police officer is accused of hitting two bar workers and pulling a gun on them because they refused to let him back inside after closing.

SE Texas woman studies long-vanished road
SILSBEE, Texas There's a lost road in Hardin County. Unlike many forgotten stretches of road, Old Town Bluff Road didn't survive to be paved or even graveled.

Winning Lotto Texas numbers
AUSTIN, Texas The winning numbers drawn in the Lotto Texas drawing Saturday night:

Federal judge questions immigration prosecutions
AUSTIN, Texas A federal judge in Austin has questioned whether it's worth the cost to U.S. taxpayers for prosecutors to pursue criminal convictions against some illegal immigrants who have no significant criminal history.

Texas police: Missing Ariz. baby case a homicide
SAN ANTONIO, Texas San Antonio police say they are investigating the case of missing 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson as a kidnapping and homicide.

Rain expected in Texas
Cloudy skies were expected across much of Texas on Sunday with a chance of rain expected in many areas by evening and a possibility of snow in the Panhandle, the National Weather Service said.

Texas Tech reports recruiting violations
LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech filed a report with the NCAA over the summer admitting violations of a ban on text-messaging recruits in three sports football, men's golf and softball.

Driver injured when retaining wall falls
FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth police say a 20-foot-tall section of retaining wall along a Fort Worth street fell on a car, causing the car to roll and injuring the driver.

3 killed in medical helicopter crash at Fort Bliss
EL PASO, Texas Three people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, Army authorities said.

Rudy Burns still clowns around the rodeo circuit
FORT WORTH, Texas As the voice of Jerry Lee Lewis floated above the cattle barns, the rodeo clown sat at a table in his travel trailer parked near the Stock Show midway.

Hair-care magnate wants to be 'Mr. Governor'
SAN ANTONIO Farouk Shami likes to start his day meditating in a pool.

Deputy shoots man with knife, sheriff says
BEAUMONT, Texas Authorities say a Chambers County deputy shot and killed a man who was attacking another man in front of a nursing home.

Truck's acid cargo spills, closing Dallas freeway
DALLAS Officials in Dallas say the acid leak that has caused a massive rush-hour traffic jam isn't nearly as dangerous as first believed.

Houston-area man gets 15-year term for fatal wreck
CONROE, Texas A southeast Texas jury has sentenced a 23-year-old man to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the deaths of five people in a January 2009 traffic accident.

El Nino drowning Texas wildfire threat
LUBBOCK, Texas Central Texas rancher Debbie Davis can hardly believe the turnaround in rainfall.

San Angelo national sheep auction report
SAN ANGELO, Texas San Angelo national sheep auction report for week ending Friday, Feb. 5, 2010:

Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf
Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed 5 cents lower to 4 cents lower on grain sorghum, 4 cents lower on wheat, unchanged on soybeans and 2 cent lower on corn.

Sheen lingers 2 weeks after Port Arthur oil spill
PORT ARTHUR, Texas A sheen lingered on a Port Arthur waterway Friday from a tanker collision nearly two weeks ago that spilled 462,000 gallons of oil, the Coast Guard said.

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