Texas

...has long seen more people leave than move in, a domestic migration measure that doesn't include foreign immigration or births. But Texas, which has weathered the current recession better than most parts of the country, is almost booming,...

In this article: Galveston, Texas, Florida, Cost of living, Recession, and Gulf of Mexico

Where: Texas Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile D-shaped oval in Fort Worth. When: Sunday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m. ET Quick hits: Edwards has three Texas wins, the most all-time. ... Four drivers have entered all 17 Cup races at the Fort Worth track:...

In this article: Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Nascar, Texas Motor Speedway, Chevrolet, David Pearson, Bobby Labonte, and Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season. Gordon captured his first pole of the season, waiting until the third-to-last...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Mark Martin, David Pearson, Richard Petty, Dodge, Tony Stewart, and Kurt Busch

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - After being duped by false leads and chastised by a court for its handling of polygamist sect children, the state of Texas has won a criminal conviction in its first trial of a sect member charged with sexually...

In this article: Warren Jeffs, Mormon church, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Schleicher County, Utah, and Arizona

ELDORADO, Texas -- The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called...

In this article: Warren Jeffs, Arizona, Mormon church, and Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Twelve killed in shooting rampage at Texas army base HOUSTON (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and at least 31 were wounded when a soldier went on a shooting rampage at...

In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Fort Hood, Washington, Pentagon, Department of the Interior, U.S. Army, and NYSE

...backers said commercial banks in China were expected to finance the wind farm. But Walt Hornaday, president of Cielo Wind Power of Austin, Texas, one of the companies involved, said in a statement on Thursday, "This project will not take...

In this article: Charles Schumer, United States, Department of Energy, China, Washington, Recession, and Global warming

...funds for domestic construction projects and other activities. Schumer has asked the Department of Energy to refuse funding for the Texas wind farm unless U.S.-made wind turbines were used. If the agency did not do so, Schumer...

In this article: Charles Schumer, United States, China, Department of Energy, Recession, Global warming, and Carbon

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - After days of meticulous plodding through photos and records seized from a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch, jurors could begin deliberating the sexual assault case against one of its members as early as Thursday.

In this article: Warren Jeffs, Arizona, Mormon church, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Texas Rangers

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner. Willis Willis lost out on the jackpot when...

In this article: Houston Chronicle, Austin, and Associated Press