NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) - An East Texas judge is to hear arguments from the Keystone XL oil pipeline developer to lift a temporary halt on pipeline construction on a private property.

DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is changing the way it charges you to fly.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A domestic dispute at a South Texas home has left a man shot to death and police searching for his ex-girlfriend's son who allegedly opened fire.

Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels says Josh Hamilton has agreed to a contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

PARIS, TX - The superintendent of Paris ISD says a lawsuit with their original contractor has been finalized after a 4 year legal battle

SHERMAN, TX - Sherman PD is asking for the public's help to find a woman who may be using a stolen Debit card.

RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man is accused of carving a pentagram on his 6-year-old son's back, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day."

DENISON, TX - A Denison business came up with a creative way to give to charity this 12/12/12.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Apparent power-hungry thieves have stolen more than 700 vehicle batteries from a South Texas business.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A black former Texas Marine who served in World War II during a time of segregation has received the nation's highest civilian honor.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A top business organization is calling for dramatically rolling back Texas' new, tougher high school graduation standards amid outcry over the standardized test known as STAAR.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Leaders of a West Texas school district where a scandal to improve test scores sent an ex-superintendent to prison have voted to fight state oversight.

TOMBALL, Texas (AP) - Investigators say the driver of a car has died after the vehicle rear-ended a Houston-area school bus on its morning route.

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX - On the fourth anniversary of the December 8, 2008, tornado in Grayson County, the Grayson County Office of Emergency Management announces the receipt of a grant award of $465,000 that will save lives and reduce injury during severe weather.

HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas court has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is constructing part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

HOUSTON (AP) - State prison officials have begun transferring some inmates from two Texas Panhandle units to other penitentiaries due to a lack of corrections officers.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A 14-year-old driver whose high-speed flight from authorities near the Texas-Mexico border ended with two Guatemalan immigrants being shot to death has been recaptured after he failed to appear in court.

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Cowboys are standing behind Josh Brent after the defensive tackle was accused of driving drunk and causing a wreck that killed practice squad linebacker Jerry Brown.

FRUITVALE, Texas (AP) - An East Texas mobile home fire blamed on a space heater has killed a woman and left two of her children and a firefighter hurt.

SHERMAN,TX - Convicted quadruple murderer Lester Bower is one step closer to knowing whether or not he'll receive the death penalty.

HOUSTON (AP) - A 10-story former downtown Houston hotel has been demolished to make way for new apartments.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man with a history of assault faces up to life in prison after being convicted of killing a woman who had let him stay with her.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former leader of a tea party group says the Republican Party and stupid statements by some candidates are to blame for GOP losses in last month's congressional elections.

HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a San Antonio rapper sent to death row for slitting the throat of a recording engineer during a session 14 years ago.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An expert is denying that Texas made its latest standardized test too difficult, saying such exams have always gotten harder but students still tend to improve their scores over time.