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Texas judge denies women's request for attorneys
A federal magistrate has refused to appoint appellate attorneys for an Amarillo mother and daughter convicted in a 1995 murder-for-hire scheme. The Amarillo Globe-News (http://bit.ly/14BPEYj ) reported Saturday that Chyann Bratcher and her mother, Brenda Robinson Fine, asked for the attorneys so they could pursue claims they had ineffective counsel ...
Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson
Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend. "He was, like, getting under the ropes a little bit, " Nelson's widow, Peggy, recalled Saturday of that moment during ...
Dallas man shot to death on front porch of home
Police are investigating the death of a Dallas man found shot to death on the front porch of his home. The Dallas Morning News reports 36-year-old Jeffrey Weaver was found shot multiple times just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police say he was on the threshold of his front porch. Weaver ...
Police arrest Dallas man after shootout kills 1
A Dallas man who was in a hospital being treated for a gunshot wound has been arrested after an auto shop owner was killed in a shootout. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/14gNqhp) reports Saturday that 31-year-old Rachard Ramon Angton has been charged in the death of 44-year-old Joseph Taylor. According ...
Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston
The Star Trek shuttlecraft Galileo is landing in Houston to be displayed not far from NASA's Mission Control, which may have been able to help Mr. Spock all those years ago. The Galileo is the shuttlecraft that crash-landed on a hostile planet in the 1967 episode "The Galileo Seven." The ...
Texas police: 2 found in burned home were murdered
Sheriff deputies say two people found in a burned suburban Austin home were murdered. The Burnet County Sheriff's Office says 30-year-old Gregory Mark Currie and 34-year-old Juston Aaron Curbow have been charged with killing the two people found in the Spicewood home. Thirty-three-year-old Melissa Marie Frink has been charged with ...
El Paso police arrest teacher, call in bomb squad
El Paso police used a bomb squad to investigate the home of a high school teacher arrested on charges he had an improper relationship with a student. The El Paso Times (http://bit.ly/11MNtnX ) reports 27-year-old Bobby J. French was arrested Friday by El Paso Independent School District police. French was ...
300-pound Texas man dies after police use stun gun
A 300-pound Fort Worth man died shortly after police fired a Taser stun gun at him during a drug raid. Fort Worth police used the stun gun on 34-year-old Jermaine Darden Thursday because they say he was resisting arrest. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/18SQQJX ) Darden died a short ...
Man arrested in Texas for 1962 death of La. woman
A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond. Authorities arrested 73-year-old William Felix Vail Friday for the October 1962 killing of his wife, Mary Horton Vail. Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier says he intends to seek Felix Vail's indictment for ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members ...
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