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Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair
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A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday. Police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.
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Fiona Apple arrested for hashish possession
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Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple was arrested for hashish possession at a West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint after a drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in her tour bus.
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University of Texas campus evacuated: Bomb threat phoned into Austin campus
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The University of Texas remains under emergency conditions Friday afternoon, hours after officials and police cleared the campus after a bomb threat was phone into the Austin campus.
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Texas highway speed limit to reach 85 miles per hour
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Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas.
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Randy Travis cited for simple assault in Texas
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Police in Texas cited country star Randy Travis for simple assault after he got involved in a couple's argument in a church parking lot Thursday. He was allegedly naked and combative when he was arrested Aug. 7 on DUI charges and threatening officers.
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Va. reports 2 West Nile cases, Dallas launches aerial war on mosquitoes
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Virginia has recorded its first two human West Nile virus cases of 2012. Dallas County, Texas launched an aerial assault on the mosquito population for the first time in 45 years to combat the nation's worst outbreak.
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Texas A&M College Station shooting: 6 shot in off-campus shooting
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Six people were shot and three were killed Monday afternoon, including the suspect and a Brazos County (Texas) constable, in a shooting near the campus of Texas A&M University, authorities say.
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Randy Travis naked, arrested for DUI, allegedly threatens to kill cops
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Country singer Randy Travis was arrested late Tuesday night on suspicion of DWI, according to reports. He allegedly also threatened to shoot law enforcement officers and was found "naked and combative" at the scene.
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Marvin Wilson executed: Texas man with 64 IQ put to death for murder
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Marvin Wilson, a Texas man convicted of killing a police informant two decades ago was executed Tuesday evening after the Supreme Court rejected arguments that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for the death penalty.
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Man found guilty in Texas stand-your-ground case
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A Texas man who claimed the state's version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a party has been convicted of murder.
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Texas gun range to host children's parties
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It’s definitely a different take on children’s birthday parties. A Texas gun range will host birthday parties for children as young as eight years old.
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FBI links white-powder envelopes to Texas
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The FBI says it suspects the mailings of hundreds of envelopes containing white powder over the last four years are the work of someone in Texas.
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Nurse confesses to killing Texas mom, wanted to 'adopt' her baby
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A vocational nurse accused of killing a young Texas mother and abducting her 3-day-old boy had suffered a miscarriage and intended to "adopt" the newborn as her own.
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An interesting look at the Dallas area tornado damage (Video)
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Ever see a news drone in action? This is an interesting way to get aerial video. Taken of the Dallas area tornado damage.
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Tim Tebow at Texas Easter service
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A devout Christian, Tebow has a flock of fervent fans due as much to his public faith as the former Heisman Trophy winner's football skills.
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Texans sift through rubble, happy to be alive
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"If you really think about it, the fact that everybody who woke up in Forney yesterday is alive today in Forney, that's a real blessing," Mayor Darren Rozell said.
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Texas storms cause travel troubles (video)
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The severe storms and tornadoes that swept through Dallas and Fort Worth Tuesday is affecting flights at Reagan National Airport and across the country.
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Texas tornadoes, violent storms leave path of destruction
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More than a dozen injuries were reported. Overturned cars left streets unnavigable and flattened trucks clogged highway shoulders. Preliminary estimates were that six to 12 tornadoes had touched down in North Texas.
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