AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Senate Health and Human Services Committee has approved a bill intended to fight fraud in the Medicaid system.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Houston and Dallas mayors have told lawmakers that they support a proposed $2 billion fund to finance water projects across the state.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the Legislature should hold hearings to look into efforts to oust embattled University of Texas President Bill Powers.

BRYAN, Texas (AP) - A Central Texas fire chief says doctors are optimistic that two firefighters will recover from serious burns suffered in a blaze that killed two colleagues.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A new principal is taking the reins of a West Texas high school mired in a cheating scandal that landed the superintendent in jail and put the school district on probation.

GARLAND, Texas (AP) - Police say a Dallas man has been charged in the death of his 5-week-old daughter who was critically injured while home alone with him.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A gorilla born last month at a South Texas zoo has been ignored by her mother so the animal will be sent to an Ohio zoo and introduced to a new troop.

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - Emergency crews in Central Texas have rescued a highway worker from a 20-foot hole by extending a firetruck ladder to help ease him to safety.

MIAMI (AP) - The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers in miserable conditions for days.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A top administrator at the University of Alabama-Huntsville has been selected as the lone finalist to become the eighth president of the University of Texas at Arlington.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State authorities say they've arrested a federal agent in Central Texas for using the Internet to arrange a sexual tryst with an underage girl.

HOUSTON (AP) - Some passengers who fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered yet another setback on their way home when one of the buses broke down.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Argentine energy pipeline giant Tenaris SA has announced plans to build a $1.3 billion Gulf Coast manufacturing facility, creating 600 jobs.

SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas (AP) - Closing arguments are set for Tuesday in the East Texas trial of two women accused of kidnapping a Houston boy when he was 8 months old and hiding him for eight years before he was found.

DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines and US Airways say they're merging in a deal they value at $11 billion, creating the world's biggest airline.

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas jury has sentenced a 34-year-old former teacher to 15 years in prison for predatory sexual behavior.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Republican leadership in the Texas House has proposed changing the rules to block Democrats from forcing a vote on funding for public schools.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A Carnival spokesman says the towing of a disabled cruise ship that has been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for days is taking longer than anticipated.

HOUSTON (AP) - A judge in Texas has sentenced one of the last two defendants convicted for helping disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford bilk investors out of more than $7 billion in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is refusing to appear in court to answer accusations that his office pursued charges against a member of a high-profile family at the behest of a campaign donor.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry is wrapping up his high-profile recruiting trip to California without having convinced any businesses to relocate to his state - at least not yet.

DALLAS (AP) - Police say a Florida detective who was stabbed during a prisoner escape near Dallas is in "delicate condition" but will recover.

TYLER, Texas (AP) - An East Texas woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for her role in a payroll scam involving the cashing of more than 100 fake checks.

HOUSTON (AP) - A former Houston-area teacher jailed on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old student and hiding him when he ran away from home will not be moved to a private mental health clinic.

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Health officials have advised swimmers to avoid some parts of a popular South Texas recreation area because of elevated levels of bacteria.