US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs
Prison population to have first drop since 1972 US jail population could soon drop for first time in decades as states look to cut costs
Jail population could have first drop in 4 decades Texas prison guard fired in wake of inmate escaping with loaded pistol
Texas guard fired after inmate escapes with weapon Whole Foods Market launches mobile Web site with store locator, recipes
Whole Foods launches mobile Web site AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market said Thursday it has launched a mobile Web site designed for people who browse online from their cell phones. Minnesota State Patrol says 1 passenger in serious condition after bus crash that killed 2
Patrol: 1 in serious condition after bus crash Bus company: Driver had aneurysm, lost consciousness before southern Minn. crash that killed 2
Bus company: Driver in Minn. crash had aneurysm GAO: Gov’t improperly awarded $100M in contracts to firms in small business veterans programTour bus rolls over off southern Minnesota interstate, killing 2 and injuring 21
Tour bus crashes off Minn. interstate, killing 2 Tour bus rolls over off southern Minnesota interstate; fatalities reported, number unclear
Tour bus crashes off southern Minnesota interstate Fatalities reported in Minnesota tour bus crash, state officials say number unclear
Fatalities reported in Minnesota tour bus crash Tour bush crashes on I-90 in southern Minnesota, as many as 22 people injured, some seriously
As many as 22 injured in Minn. tour bus crash APNewsBreak: Hutchison won’t resign Senate seat before Texas primary election for governor
Hutchison won’t resign seat before Texas primary Dallas Federal Reserve Bank president says economic cut not as deep in Texas
Fisher: Texas faring better than much of country Logitech to buy video conferencing company LifeSize Communications for $405 million
Logitech to buy LifeSize Communications for $405M Fed officials warn of long road ahead to turn around jobs market, commercial real estate
Fed officials warn weak recovery won’t spur jobs Texas Gov. Perry tells renewable energy industry cap-and-trade bill would hurt state
Texas Gov. Perry: Cap-and-trade would harm state Whole Foods Market Inc. profit and sales grow in fourth-quarter; CEO says ‘turned the corner’
Whole Foods profit jumps in 4Q AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market Inc. said Wednesday that its business has officially turned the corner as sales and profit grew in the fourth quarter. Attorney: Texas lottery considers clerk accused of stealing $1M ticket to be the winner
Attorney: Texas lottery won’t pay cheated winner Judge dismisses murder charges against 2 men in 1991 slayings of 4 teens at Austin yogurt shop
Murder charges tossed in Texas yogurt shop deaths Cheney to endorse US Sen. Hutchison’s run for Texas governor; will appear at Nov. fundraiser
Cheney to campaign for Hutchison in Texas AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Dick Cheney will throw his support behind U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign for Texas governor. Cheated winner wants Texas lottery to pay him; clerk accused of stealing $1M prize at large
Cheated winner wants Texas lottery to pay him Census data shows college graduates choosing urban, high-tech meccas in recession
Census: ‘Brain gains’ for high-tech cities Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s wealth fueled by investments, husband’s income, records show
Hutchison’s wealth from investments, spouse’s pay Temple-Inland 3rd-quarter profit soars, beats Wall Street expectationsAUSTIN, Texas — Temple-Inland Inc. on Thursday said its third-quarter profit soared, beating Wall Street expectations, as operational improvements in the company’s box and food packaging business offset a loss at its building products unit. Authorities: Texas store clerk stole customer’s $1 million lottery prize, disappearedAUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say a 25-year-old Texas convenience store clerk claimed $1 million in lottery winnings that belonged to a customer and left town, perhaps back to his native Nepal. University of Texas getting Walter Cronkite’s papers, plans to exhibit them in MayAUSTIN, Texas — A University of Texas official says Walter Cronkite’s papers and photographs will be permanently housed at the Austin campus and then exhibited in May. US Senator Hutchison sells home in Washington suburb as her race for Texas governor gears upAUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may be waffling about when to give up her powerful job. Texas unemployment rate jumps to 8.2 percent; state sees additional 44,700 jobs lostAUSTIN, Texas — The state unemployment rate jumped to 8.2 percent in September and an additional 44,700 jobs were lost, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday. Brigham Exploration says Brad Olson 9-16 ‥1H well flows 2,112 boepd, shares hit 52-week highAUSTIN, Texas — Oil and gas company Brigham Exploration Co. on Friday said that one of its wells in the Bakken Shale produced an initial rate of about 2,112 barrels of oil equivalent per day. At least 796 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department saysAs of Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at least 796 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. |