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Posted: 3:12 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A deputy police chief in South Texas has asked legislators to consider setting up permanent DWI checkpoints to save lives.

Posted: 2:20 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the nation's largest teachers unions is proposing a stringent exam teachers would have to pass before entering the profession, much like the bar exam for lawyers.

Posted: 2:11 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a comeback in the once-battered housing market.

Posted: 2:05 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas education officials say thousands of students retaking a standardized test had to skip the electronic version due to a computer glitch.

Posted: 1:42 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) - Contract talks between clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and shippers have resumed as the strike entered a sixth day on Sunday.

Updated: 10:55 AM Durant police recovered more than $20,000 worth of stolen goods from a local church, thanks to a mistake by one of the alleged theives.

Updated: 9:28 AM GAINESVILLE, TX -- Two men are behind bars in connection with the stabbing of a Gainesville man.

Updated: 9:12 AM DURANT, OK -- Durant police recovered more than $20,000 worth of stolen goods from a local church thanks to a mistake by one of the alleged thieves.

Updated: 10:52 PM DENISON, TX-The flu is making an early comeback this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the number of flu cases have jumped in five southern states--including Texas. Government health officials also said they are expecting a bad season.

Updated: 10:41 AM DURANT, OKLAHOMA -- The group that manages MCSO and other hospitals across the nation has come under fire for allegedly requiring its doctors to admit more and more patients, regardless of their medical needs, to increase revenues.

Updated: 6:17 PM Denison Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 3-year-old girl. She died in a Dallas hospital last Thursday.

Updated: 3:36 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An expert says the poorest Texas school districts charge higher local property taxes and yet collect about a fourth less in revenue per student than the state's wealthiest districts.

Posted: 3:11 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is ready to tap the state's Rainy Day Fund, a surprise suggestion considering most conservatives have fought to preserve it.

Updated: 10:59 AM A local car club donates hundreds of toys to Grayson County Children's Advocacy Center.

Updated: 6:28 PM DENISON, TX - Denison Police say they are investigating the death of a three-year-old child last week.

Updated: 4:25 PM STRINGTOWN, OK -- Atoka County authorities are searching for a convicted murderer who escaped the Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown on Monday morning, an Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections spokesman said Tuesday.

Updated: 11:00 AM Sunday at Elk Lodge in Sherman, more than 450 bikers came with toys for their annual For the Kids toy drive.

Updated: 8:05 AM VAN ALSTYNE, TX -- Van Alstyne Police say they're looking for a driver that crashed into another car and fled.

Updated: 8:11 AM TRENTON, TX -- Two Trenton high school students are going to Washington D.C. to help put an end to distracted driving.

Updated: 6:23 PM December is here and Christmas draws nearer. That's why Toys for Tots started out the month with their 35th annual Christmas parade.

Updated: 10:51 PM SHAWNEE, OK -- The frantic search continues Friday evening for a missing pet kangaroo near Shawnee, Oklahoma. The owners of "Lucy Sparkles" are hoping for her safe return -- and we had the chance to speak with the family.

Updated: 8:13 AM DENISON, TX -- One woman has been taken to the hospital after a crash in Denison.

Updated: 8:35 AM SHERMAN, TX -- As Christmas approaches, people fill area stores, holiday shopping for friends and family.

Updated: 6:44 PM A judge sentenced former Grayson County Sheriff's deputy Errin Luton to four years in state prison. Luton stole more than $20,000 from evidence.