ATF blames serial arsonist for Texas church fires
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal officials believe a serial arsonist is to blame for the rash of fires at east Texas churches....

FAA investigating Southwest Airlines again
DALLAS (AP) -- Federal officials are investigating Southwest Airlines over the way it handled structural repairs on dozens of jets, according to a person familiar with the situation....

Texas educators react to abstinence-only study
DALLAS (AP) -- An abstinence-only study that allowed students to explore the drawbacks of having sex as young as age 12 has attracted praise from some Texas educators....

ATF blames serial arsonist for Texas church fires
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal officials believe a serial arsonist is to blame for the rash of fires at east Texas churches....

Fire consumes 2 Texas churches amid spate of arson
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- State and federal law enforcement agencies were vigorously working Tuesday to try to find out who has been setting fire to churches in eastern Texas....

Texans in Tulsa on recruiting trip for officers
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Five Texas law enforcement agencies have sent recruiters to Tulsa where they met with both recently laid off and current Tulsa police officers....

Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station....

Hicks: I put $85M of own money for Stars, Rangers
DALLAS (AP) -- Tom Hicks says he put $85 million of his own money into Hicks Sports Group to cover operating costs of the NHL's Dallas Stars and baseball's Texas Rangers over a two-year period through last March....

Top 2 Dem. gov. hopefuls talk jobs, death penalty
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Democratic hair care businessman Farouk Shami guaranteed Monday that he would create 100,000 jobs available to everyone, offer free electricity and an enact a moratorium on the death penalty if elected governor of Texas....

Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor will return to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case - a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death....