Gulf Oil Spill Cost Hits $40 Billion
BP says the cost of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill has grown to $40 billion, dragging down its third quarter net profit.
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BP says the cost of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill has grown to $40 billion, dragging down its third quarter net profit.
A few months ago, radio personality Shanon Murphy and Plano resident Gail Moten were strangers. But the two have since grown close together after something happened one August morning.
This city has been called a hub for natural gas drilling in North Texas, until last May, when the City Council issued a moratorium on new drilling permits. Despite the moratorium, two new drills near Sherri Lane will go active this week.
A couple North Texas moms put their own spin on some T-shirts last year. The next thing they knew they were in business, making tens of thousands of dollars.
Many North Texas children are banding together to see and be seen with the latest shape wrapped around their wrist. Specially-shaped bracelets are gaining prominence in American elementary schools. They're shaped like animals, objects, numbers and more, and are often traded and showed off among children and their friends.
Texas' governor has been caught off guard by excerpts released early from his new book that is highly critical of the federal government. Rick Perry says America has become the type of nation that the colonists fought against 200 years ago.
Tom DeLay took part in a scheme to illegally channel corporate money into Texas legislative races in order to strengthen his power and influence, prosecutors said Monday.
Police are investigating the possible homicide of an 83-year-old woman. The body was discovered in a house in the 4500 block of Norris Valley Drive in Lake Worth.
More than 1.7 million Texans in the state's 15 most populous counties have voted early in the 2010 midterm elections, an increase of about 656,000 votes compared to the 2006 midterms.
Athletes of all ages who are suspected of suffering a concussion should be evaluated by a specialist before they return to sports, a major doctors group said Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused appeals from two men sent to Texas death row for Dallas-area slayings.
Students returned to classes in the town of Rice for the first time since an October 24 tornado damaged school buildings and an athletic field.
Opening statements began Monday in the trial of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is accused of helping to illegally finance Texas legislative races in 2002.
A photographer has sued Texas alleging a cowboy image on vehicle inspection stickers is being used without his permission.
When Randall Young came back from Vietnam, he felt he and his fellow veterans did not receive recognition for their service and sacrifice.