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Texas Parents: OK, We Won't Make Daughter Get Abortion

Girl, boyfriend to get married, says boyfriend

(Newser) - After being slapped with a lawsuit , a pair of Texas parents have agreed in court that they won't demand their 16-year-old daughter have an abortion. "We just achieved an agreed order," the daughter's lawyer says. No one can be forced to have an abortion, even if...

Uproar After School Checks Kids' Pants for Poop

School officials say nurse's search was made discreetly

(Newser) - There's no way this one could have ended well: An East Texas school's search for the mystery pooper who had five times left feces in the gymnasium led the principal to ask the school nurse to inspect the fourth-graders' underwear. "My kid came home and he said...

Teacher Suspended for Pointing Finger Gun at Kid

Was teaching about the Newtown massacre

(Newser) - A Georgia teacher has been suspended after an ill-advised attempt to teach first graders about the Newtown massacre via a game of hide and seek. The teacher, a middle school band director who was subbing a first grade physical education class, at one point aimed a finger gun at a...

Texas Teen Sues Parents to Avoid Abortion

Girl claims parents trying to force her to end pregnancy

(Newser) - A pregnant 16-year-old in Texas has won a temporary restraining order after taking her parents to court to stop them from forcing her to get an abortion, reports Fox News . The unnamed girl, identified only as REK, claims in her lawsuit that her father said "the decision was his,...

Texas Prison Escapee Caught After 16 Years

Authorities found him in Mexico

(Newser) - A Texas inmate who escaped from prison nearly 16 years ago has been caught in Mexico, reports the Houston Chronicle . Juan Salaz, a 37-year-old US citizen, climbed a 16-foot fence outside a San Antonio prison in 1997 and made his way to a new life in Mexico. It's not...

Sniper Suspect Had 2 Stays in Mental Hospital

After shootings, Routh said he 'traded his soul for a new truck'

(Newser) - Eddie Ray Routh was taken to a mental hospital twice in the five months before he was accused in the murder of American Sniper author Chris Kyle and a friend, according to police records seen by the AP . The 25-year-old Iraq veteran was first hospitalized after threatening to kill his...

Guards Tase, Tie Down American Sniper Suspect

Eddie Ray Routh lashes out in jail: authorities

(Newser) - Police got rough with the alleged killer of US sniper Chris Kyle last night, Tasering him in his jail cell and tying him to a chair, ABC News reports. Authorities say guards at the central Texas jail Tasered Eddie Ray Routh , 25, when he refused to return his dinner tray,...

1 Dead as Storms Bear Down on South

Tornado warnings issued amid widespread property damage

(Newser) - It's getting ugly in the South, where fierce winds and heavy rain are slamming the region as unusually warm temperatures meet a coming cold front, creating a storm that could produce tornadoes. Fox News rounds up reports of damage and, in one case, death thus far: As many as...

US to Execute 1st Woman Since 2010
Judge Halts
Woman's
Execution
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Jan 29, 2013 4:21 PM CST

Judge Halts Woman's Execution in Texas

Her lawyers will get more time for appeal

(Newser) - The first woman scheduled to be executed in the US since 2010 won a reprieve today, mere hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber. A state district judge rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy's punishment for April 3 so lawyers could have more time to pursue...

Texas AG to NY Gun Owners: Come Live Here

Attorney General Greg Abbott runs unconventional ads

(Newser) - Now that New York has the country's toughest gun laws , some New York gun owners may be looking for a change of scenery. At least, that's what the Texas attorney general thinks. In a series of Internet ads, Greg Abbott has been inviting New York gun owners to...

White House to Texas: No, You Can't Secede

Texas, 7 other states told they're staying in the union

(Newser) - White House to Texas: You're staying in America. The Obama administration has officially rejected a petition signed by more than 125,000 people demanding that the Lone Star State be allowed to leave the union, the Houston Chronicle reports. Similar petitions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South...

Judge: School Can Make Students Wear Tracking Device
 Judge: School 
 Can Make Students  
 Wear Tracking Device 
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Jan 13, 2013 7:00 PM CST

Judge: School Can Make Students Wear Tracking Device

Teen sued after being expelled for refusing

(Newser) - Pencils? Check. Textbooks? Check. Tracking devices? Check. A judge in Texas has ruled against a student who was expelled after she refused to wear a tracking device mandatory for all students at her high school. The case is making its way toward federal courts, but come spring semester Andrea Hernandez,...

Texas Gun Store Owner Offers Teachers' Discount

In wake of Newtown shooting, they get 10% off his class

(Newser) - Some firearm purveyors may have decided to lie low in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, but not Crockett Keller—he's having a sale. The Texas gun store owner is offering local teachers a 10% discount on his concealed carry handgun classes, the Huffington Post reports. "I thought,...

Two Injured in Texas Movie Theater Shooting

Suspected gunman in custody

(Newser) - Gunshots rang out at a San Antonio movie theater last night, sending moviegoers scrambling for the exits and barricading themselves in bathroom stalls, and leaving two people injured, the Express-News reports. The incident started at a Chinese restaurant nearby and "carried on into the theater," a detective says....

Suspect Thrown in Cop Car Ends Up Stealing It

He manages to roll down back window in handcuffs

(Newser) - After they nabbed a man suspected of burglary, Texas police ended up as theft victims themselves. Authorities in the city of White Settlement detained a man reportedly stealing from an antiques shop, leaving him in their car while they spoke to the store's owner. Despite his handcuffs, Darren Douglas...

Texas Millionaire Hit With 11 Counts of Child Molestation

Stanley Marsh 3 faces 20 years in prison

(Newser) - Texas millionaire and eccentric artist Stanley Marsh 3 has been charged with 11 felony counts of child molestation. Police sought the 74-year-old, whose claim to fame is his "Cadillac Ranch" display along a Texas interstate, following a series of lawsuits saying he paid 10 teens to perform sex acts....

Train Warning Was 10 Seconds Late in Texas Crash

Alert designed to sound 10 seconds earlier

(Newser) - The railroad crossing where four veterans were killed this month should have given a 30-second warning of an approaching train, the Wall Street Journal finds. Instead, it gave just 20 seconds' notice, via bells and flashing lights, investigators say. Seven seconds after the lights began flashing , the rail gate began...

Texas Moves to Seize Warren Jeffs' Ranch

He's imprisoned, but his polygamist sect remains on 1,600-acre spread

(Newser) - Texas authorities succeeded in getting polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs locked up for life for sexually abusing underage girls, and now they want to shut down the massive ranch where his followers still live, reports the Salt Lake Tribune . The state attorney general today took the first step in seizing...

One Dead in 140-Car Pileup
 2 Dead in 
 150-Car 
 Pileup 
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Nov 22, 2012 2:37 PM CST

2 Dead in 150-Car Pileup

As many as 120 hurt in Texas accident

(Newser) - Dense fog may have contributed to a horrific Thanksgiving morning pileup in Texas: At least 150 cars were involved, and two fatalities have been confirmed so far, Reuters reports. As many as 120 people were injured; KFDM reports that at least eight of them were in critical condition. Emergency workers...

Longhorns Beaten by ... Division II Team

Comes 30 years after another big surprise victory

(Newser) - Three decades after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade knocked off another big-time opponent last night. The Division II Silverswords beat Texas 86-73 at the Maui Invitational, topping a Butler buzzer-beater and an impressive showing from No. 9 North Carolina as the day's...

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