Travel Warning Detailed A more specific travel warning has been issued for Americans crossing into Mexico -- this one urging Americans to avoid driving to Monterrey. A ...[more]
Handy Steps Down The first woman to be elected to the Hidalgo County Commission has resigned her seat. Sylvia Handy being forced to step down yesterday following her guilty plea stemming from the public corruption indictment against her. As part of a plea ...[more]
New Rules On Flight Delays Will Force Cancellations A spokesman for American Airlines says the carrier plans to cancel flights instead of risking huge new fines for stranding passengers on an airplane for three hours or more. Federal rules that go into effect on April 29th call for fines of up to ...[more]
Governors' Proposal Offers National Academic Standards Governors and state school chiefs have drafted a set of national education standards that would apply to all public schools nationwide. The "Washington Post" nabbed a copy ahead of its release today. They report that the plan already has the ...[more]
State Capital Beefing Up Security Security is being beefed up at the Texas State Capital in Austin. Governor Rick Perry and other top elected officials have ordered the Department of Public Safety to implement security enhancements following a January incident where a man fired a ...[more]
Houston Judge Withdraws Ruling In Death Penalty Case A state district judge in Houston has withdrawn his ruling that found the Texas capital murder statute violates due process provisions of the U.S. Constitution. Judge Kevin Fine withdrew his ruling Tuesday, ordering both sides to submit legal ...[more]
White House Hopeful Healthcare Can Be Finished March 18th March 18th remains the goal for the White House for a final vote on healthcare reform in Congress. While Democratic leaders question whether the timetable is possible, Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs said the date remains a goal, not a ...[more]
Pakistani Militants Attack Western Aid Office An attack Wednesday on a Western aid agency in Pakistan has left five dead. Militants set off a bomb and then opened fire on the office of the World Vision agency in a town about 40 miles north of Islamabad. Pakistani police didn't yet know the ...[more]
Federal Investigators Join Toyota Team Toyota technicians will not be the only experts investigating the incident of a runaway Prius on a San Diego freeway on Monday. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood confirmed on Tuesday that two National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...[more]
U.S. Farm Goods Payment Rule Eased With Cuba Rules on cash payments for agricultural sales to Cuba have been relaxed until September 2010, according to the Treasury Department. Before, Havana had to pay for agricultural products in advance and through a third-country bank. The change will ...[more]
Private Company Fires Engines For New Space Cargo Rocket A California-based company test fired engines at Cape Canaveral, Florida Tuesday, the same engines that will power a commercial rocket designed to launch cargo to the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies said the test was a ...[more]
Liberal Lawmakers Force Vote To Pull Troops From Afghanistan A three-hour debate and vote to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 30 days will be held today in the House. The resolution to pull the troops is spearheaded by Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich and co-sponsored by 16 other liberal ...[more]
DMX Arrested Again In Arizona TMZ.com reports troubled New York-born rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for allegedly violating the terms of his probation with the use of illegal drugs. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has run afoul of the law numerous ...[more]
White House Sets March 18th Healthcare Deadline The White House still hopes healthcare reform can be put to a final vote in Congress before March 18th. That's when President Obama departs on a trip to Indonesia and Australia. Congressional Democratic leaders have warned that a March 18th ...[more]
Woman Facing Homicide Charges Criminal charges are arising out of a weekend car crash in Edinburg which claimed the life of a 9-year-old Alamo girl. A 28-year-old Elsa woman is facing negligent homicide charges. Dulce Elizabeth Diaz was driving east on Canton Road when D-P-S ...[more]
Former Dodgers Outfielder Willie Davis Dies The Los Angeles Dodgers are mourning the death of former center fielder Willie Davis. Davis was found dead Tuesday morning at his Burbank, California home. He was 69. While a cause of death has not been determined, local authorities say they ...[more]
Smuggler Gets 20-Plus Years In Prison Twenty-two years is how long a 33-year-old Maryland man will spend in a Texas prison without parole for trafficking cocaine. Jose Joaquin Morales received the sentence in a McAllen courtroom Monday afternoon after pleading guilty last May to ...[more]
Body Found In Mississippi River Searchers scouring the Mississippi River south of the New Orleans' French Quarter have located the body of a missing Houston, Texas oil executive. The body of 54-year-old Douglas Schantz was located near the Natchez river boat where a surveillance ...[more]
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