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Rick Perry Forgets Landmark Lawrence v. Texas Sodomy Case

Landmark Texas Sodomy Case Slips Perry's Mind

Dec 30, 2011 5:00 AM CST

Landmark Texas Sodomy Case Slips Perry's Mind

Gay-rights case he opposed doesn't ring a bell

(Newser) - Rick Perry drew a blank yesterday when asked about a Supreme Court landmark decision that struck down Texas' anti-sodomy law during his time as governor. Perry—who defended the law ahead of the Lawrence vs Texas case, and mentioned it in his latest book—said he didn't know about...

Teen Recalls
'Big Light'
in Videos
Before Death

Dec 29, 2011 1:40 AM CST

Teen Recalls 'Big Light' in Videos Before Death

'It was the BEST feeling,' Ben Breedlove says of near-death experience

(Newser) - A Texas teen reveals his near-death experiences with a beneficent "big, bright light" in a crushingly poignant double video he made just days before his death on Christmas Day. Ben Breedlove, 18, recounts years of battling his progressively worsening hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart illness and his three near-death experiences in...

Wife Left Suspected
'Santa Claus' Killer This Year

PLUS, MORE DISTURBING DETAILS

Dec 28, 2011 9:02 AM CST

Wife Left Suspected 'Santa Claus' Killer This Year

Texas shooter believed to have made 911 call, say police

(Newser) - Police are piecing together a troubling timeline of the Texas murder-suicide that left seven people dead on Christmas day in a Dallas suburb. The shooter is believed to be Aziz "Bob" Yazdanpanah, whose wife, Fatemeh Rahmati, left him and moved to Grapevine with their two children earlier this year,...

Texas Family Killed by Relative Dressed as Santa

UPDATED

Dec 26, 2011 12:14 PM CST

Texas Family Killed by Relative Dressed as Santa

Seven dead in Texas murder-suicide

(Newser) - A Christmas tragedy gets even worse: The Texas family found dead in the Dallas area yesterday had just opened their Christmas presents when one of their relatives apparently burst in dressed as Santa, shot them all, and then turned the gun on himself, police revealed today. Seven people were killed,...

Blizzard Threatens
Southwest, Midwest

Dec 19, 2011 1:42 PM CST

Blizzard Threatens Southwest, Midwest

Holiday travel could be affected

(Newser) - If you live in the Southwest and Great Plains and you were hoping for a white Christmas, good news! A powerful blizzard is sweeping across the area today, with up to 18 inches of snow expected in parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado, the AP reports. New...

3 Hunters Busted in
Double Student Shooting

Dec 13, 2011 12:02 AM CST

3 Hunters Busted in Double Student Shooting

Texas middle school boys shot at basketball tryouts

(Newser) - Three hunters have been busted in the shooting of two Texas middle school students who were struck as they were trying out for their basketball team in the playground. One was critically injured. A police helicopter spotted the hunters, one armed with a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle, the others with .30-caliber...

Texas Macy's Worker Natalie Johnson Bars Transgender Shopper From Women's Changing Room

Macy's Worker
Bars Transgender
Shopper From
Changing Room

Dec 9, 2011 12:34 PM CST

Macy's Worker Bars Transgender Shopper From Changing Room

Says she was fired over incident

(Newser) - An employee at a Texas Macy's says she was let go after she told a transgender shopper she couldn't use the women's changing area. Natalie Johnson noticed a teen she thought was male shopping for women's clothing. When the customer headed to the women's dressing...

Second Child Shot by Mom
in Welfare Office Dies

Dec 9, 2011 1:59 AM CST

Second Child Shot by Mom in Welfare Office Dies

Timothy, Ramie Marie Grimmer killed after mom fails to get food stamps

(Newser) - The second of two kids shot by their suicidal mom in a Texas welfare office has died, reports AP . Timothy Grimmer, 10, died of his wounds a day after his 12-year-old sister, Ramie Marie. Their mother, Rachelle Grimmer, apparently snapped when she failed to get food stamps to feed her...

Texas Mom Shoots Kids as She's Denied Food Stamps

Dec 7, 2011 3:10 AM CST

Texas Mom Shoots Kids as She's Denied Food Stamps

Mother is dead, 2 children 'very critical'

(Newser) - A desperate mom denied food stamps for months shut herself in a Texas welfare office and shot her two children before killing herself. Her daughter, 12, and 10-year-old son are in very critical condition. Rachelle Grimmer, 38, had recently moved from Ohio and had not completed the proper paperwork to...

Texas Beating Judge Suspended

Nov 23, 2011 1:21 AM CST

Texas Beating Judge Suspended

Attorney files complaint against William Adams for dismissing abuse accusation

(Newser) - A Texas judge whose videotaped beating of his daughter went viral has been suspended from the bench. William Adams was ordered suspended immediately with pay until the outcome of an inquiry begun earlier this month by the State Commission on Judicial Ethics, reports AP . Williams opted earlier to take a...

Movie Snack Costs
Texan 80 Years
in Prison

Nov 21, 2011 12:18 AM CST

Movie Snack Costs Texan 80 Years in Prison

Man tried to pay with counterfeit money

(Newser) - And you thought your multiplex overcharged for snacks. Two hot dogs, two sodas, and a tub of popcorn has cost one Texas man 80 years in prison—because he tried to pay for them using a counterfeit $20 bill, reports the Dallas Morning News . The 48-year-old man, who has a...

PETA to Turkey, Texas:
Change Name to 'Tofurky'

Nov 17, 2011 9:47 AM CST

PETA to Turkey, Texas: Change Name to 'Tofurky'

Animal rights group promises vegan feast for all residents if city complies

(Newser) - Apparently, going after a video game character wasn’t the only publicity stunt this week: Now PETA has petitioned Turkey, Texas, to rename itself … wait for it … "Tofurky." Of course, the change would just be for Thanksgiving, explains the animal rights group in a letter to...

Texas Death Row
Inmate Wins Stay

Nov 8, 2011 4:00 AM CST

Texas Death Row Inmate Wins Stay

Hank Skinner was to be executed tomorrow

(Newser) - Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner was set to be executed tomorrow, but won a second reprieve when the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals granted him a stay of execution yesterday. Skinner, 49, was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two adult sons in 1993, but he has...

Cain Beating Perry—in Texas

Poll Numbers

Oct 31, 2011 7:37 AM CDT

Cain Beating Perry—in Texas

Governor's approval rating stands at 39%

(Newser) - How bad are things for Rick Perry? This bad: He’s not even leading in the polls in his home state. Herman Cain holds a razor-thin 27% to 26% lead over Perry in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll , and while that’s within the margin of error, the...

Rick Perry Condemns
Confederate License Plates

Oct 27, 2011 4:05 AM CDT

Rick Perry Condemns Confederate License Plates

'We don't need to be scraping old wounds,' he says

(Newser) - Rick Perry doesn't want to see the Confederate flag on Texas license plates, publicly declaring his position on the issue for the first time. The governor told an interviewer that granting the Sons of Confederate Veterans' request would be "scraping old wounds," the Wall Street Journal reports....

Texas Prisons
Cut Lunch
on Weekends

Oct 21, 2011 11:58 AM CDT

Texas Prisons Cut Lunch on Weekends

Measure is designed to save money

(Newser) - Texas prisons are taking some heat over a decision to keep cooks out of their kitchens. Since April the state has been serving prisoners just two meals a day on weekends in some prisons, in an effort to cut food service costs, the New York Times reports. (Amusingly, the meal...

Cheerleader:
Gay Kiss Got
Me Booted
Off Squad

Oct 17, 2011 1:16 PM CDT

Cheerleader: Gay Kiss Got Me Booted Off Squad

Security camera footage resulted in suspension from school

(Newser) - Security footage of a Texas teen kissing another boy got him suspended from school and thrown off the cheerleading squad, he tells KPLC-TV . The teen believes school officials deliberately sought to catch him in the act. "They never check cameras for anything unless something is stolen," he says....

Scientists Revolt
in Perry Climate
Change Clash

Oct 15, 2011 3:11 PM CDT

Scientists Revolt in Perry Climate Change Clash

Authors of Texas report want their names deleted

(Newser) - Officials appointed by Rick Perry have sparked a new firestorm in Texas over climate change science, the Guardian reports. Every scientist behind a recent 200-page environmental report is demanding to have his name stricken from the document after state officials deleted references to climate change. "This is simply antithetical...

DNA Test Frees Texas
Man After 25 Years

Oct 12, 2011 7:08 PM CDT

DNA Test Frees Texas Man After 25 Years

Michael Morton was convicted of murdering his wife

(Newser) - Another inmate freed by DNA evidence: Michael Morton was formally exonerated today by a Texas appeals court for the murder of his wife in 1986, reports AP . Morton, 57, is eligible to get about $2 million from the state, or about $80,000 for each of the 25 years he...

Cops Forced
Me to Listen to
Limbaugh: Suit

Oct 10, 2011 8:20 AM CDT

Cops Forced Me to Listen to Limbaugh: Suit

Texan arrested after car broke down

(Newser) - First she got a ticket, then she was arrested, and as a sheriff's deputy drove her to prison, she claims she was subjected to Rush Limbaugh's "derogatory comments about black people" on the radio. All this and more prompted a Texas woman to sue the deputy and...