Happily, it is still possible to visit Texas without a passport — even though the governor seems to be taking the state’s tagline more seriously than ever: “Texas: it’s like a whole other country.” Governor Rick Perry didn’t actually endorse secession when he spoke at an antitax tea party at Austin city hall.
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Teen made $50,000 smuggling drugs across border
Sitting in high school, math and history lessons never captured Danny Santos’ imagination. The drug-fueled streets of the Texas-Mexico border provided his education, and he was an excellent student. Santos says he became one of the thousands of American and Mexican teenagers recruited into the dangerous world of drug smuggling.
New fingerprinting technique could crack cold cases
It was early one Sunday morning when the killer rang at a front door that was decorated with a wreath for Christmas. When his victim answered, he fired four fatal shots, ran off and disappeared
Study: 4 million ‘illegal’ immigrant children are native-born citizens
Julie Quiroz, a 14-year-old U.S.
Woman on business trip disappeared from hotel
Pam Biggers, a 52-year-old woman from Huey, Alabama, disappeared while on a business trip to the Florida Panhandle. She drove from Alabama to the La Quinta Inn at Panama City Beach on January 27, 2008, a Sunday. She checked in and talked with her husband over the phone about 5:30 p.m
Fires scorch Southwest, burning homes and one entire town
Numerous wildfires were roaring Thursday through parts of Oklahoma and Texas, engulfing one entire town and searing neighborhoods including one in Oklahoma City.
Arizona State students scalping Obama commencement tickets
Many Arizona State University seniors are relishing the chance to invite relatives to see President Obama give their commencement address. Others would trade the opportunity for cash
Fawcett’s cancer battle brings attention to rare illness
The news that one of America’s TV icons is suffering from cancer brought sadness. Learning the type of cancer she had made some squirm. Former “Charlie’s Angels” actress Farrah Fawcett, 62, was hospitalized this week
As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast
A sudden surge of pirate attacks off the coast of eastern Somalia in recent days has prompted the U.S. military to put out a new alert to mariners, warning of increased danger in the region. The attacks, which took place south of the area patrolled by U.S.
FDA: Hang on to your pistachios
If you have a stash of pistachios in your house, pistachio ice cream in your freezer or trail mix in your backpack, don’t eat any of it. Wait until an inquiry into possible salmonella contamination is further along, advises FDA Associate Commissioner David Acheson.