Texas

Morris-led Kansas sends Texas to 5th loss in last 7 games AUSTIN, Texas -- Kansas gave Texas a lesson in not only what it takes to get to No. 1, but how to stay there. It started with a big early run and a rally-killing finish as the...

In this article: Kansas, Sherron Collins, Damion James, Big 12, and Cole Aldrich

DALLAS -- A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year. A Smith...

In this article: Baptist church, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Smith County, Tyler, Houston, and Dallas

Early Run by Kansas Keeps Texas in a Tailspin AUSTIN, Tex. The preseason No. 1 team, Kansas is accustomed to expectations. West Virginia's Deniz Kilicli guarding Villanova's Corey Fisher, who scored 17 points in the fourth-ranked Wildcats'...

In this article: Kansas, Bill Self, Big 12, Sherron Collins, Basketball, Pittsburgh, and Corey Fisher

...Longhorns for his 50th career double-double. But just like so many other recent games, he was Texas' only scoring option for long stretches. Texas led 14-11 before Markieff Morris' long 3-pointer started Kansas' big run that left the...

In this article: Kansas, Sherron Collins, Big 12, Damion James, Cole Aldrich, and Dogus Balbay

...authority to make arrests in Mexico and are having trouble persuading Mexican authorities to send him back to Texas. "Even though he has a Texas birth certificate, and he's a U.S. citizen, it's been difficult to get cooperation," Inspector...

In this article: Houston, Mexico, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Ford Mustang

He is seeking a third four-year term that would add to his tenure as the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Palin said Texas and Alaska had some "really sweet connections, ... independent pioneer-spirited people and big wide...

In this article: Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Houston, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Washington, GOP, and Alaska

AUSTIN - Brittainey Raven scored a game-high 22 points to help No. 17 Texas rout Texas Tech 81-51 on Sunday. Raven hit four 3-pointers as the Longhorns shot 50 percent from behind the arc. Kat Nash and Cokie Reed each scored 13 points for...

In this article: Texas Tech, Big 12, and Austin

...this failure to lead, to get organized, however you want to describe it, such a vexation. Call it what you will - Texas Triangle, Texas T-bone -the state's proposed high-speed intercity rail line is the proverbial no-brainer. It would...

In this article: Dallas, Houston, Ray LaHood, Washington, San Antonio, Texas Department of Transportation, Florida, and Tom DeLay

...scored 24 points, Cade Davis added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the second double-double of his career and Oklahoma beat No. 9 Texas 80-71 on Saturday in a game dedicated to the memory of late Sooners star Wayman Tisdale. The Longhorns...

In this article: Oklahoma, Tommy Mason, Wayman Tisdale, Sooners, Damion James, and Big 12

...state's failure to win federal aid for a high-speed rail system linking its major cities. "If Texas had had its act together, it would have gotten some high-speed rail money," the Obama administration Cabinet official told reporters.

In this article: Ray LaHood, Dallas, Florida, United front, and Tax