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Last Updated: 5:59 PM 03/15/10
PLANO, Texas (AP) - A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to 17½ years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $18 million after pleading guilty to fraud in an oil and natural gas drilling scheme.
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Man gets 12-year prison term in priest stabbing

Last Updated: 10:54 PM 03/14/10
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A parishioner accused of stabbing a south Texas Roman Catholic priest nearly 20 times has been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
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Regulators accused of lax oversight at LA oilfield

Last Updated: 10:52 PM 03/14/10
LOS ANGELES (AP) - This sprawling Los Angeles metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. For decades it's been assumed that one oil field, the historic Inglewood minutes from the downtown skyline, would eventually play out.
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Census trying to reach immigrants away from border

Last Updated: 10:51 PM 03/14/10
DALLAS (AP) - Census forms are going out soon, and federal workers face their usual Texas challenge of accounting for immigrants who would rather not be noticed.
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Hospitals turning to medical interpreter hot lines Last Updated: 10:50 PM 03/14/10 - DALLAS (AP) - Telephone interpreters at Parkland Memorial Hospital are a growing effort to connect with patients in their own language throughout the hospital. (Full Story)
Family names slain US consular employee in Mexico Last Updated: 10:49 PM 03/14/10 - CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - A relative has identified a U.S. consulate employee and her husband who were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican border city. (Full Story)
Austin police note upturn in random gang violence Last Updated: 7:22 PM 03/05/10 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Police in Austin are becoming increasingly concerned about random gang violence in the city. (Full Story)
Houston man charged with murder after hit-and-run Last Updated: 7:20 PM 03/05/10 - HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston man accused of shooting a 13-year-old girl after a hit-and-run has been charged with murder. (Full Story)
Judge declares death penalty unconstitutional Last Updated: 7:19 PM 03/05/10 - HOUSTON (AP) - A state district judge in Houston is answering a torrent of high-profile criticism after he declared the death penalty unconstitutional. (Full Story)
Pentagon shooter's Texas road stop raised parents' alarm Last Updated: 7:18 PM 03/05/10 - HOLLISTER, Calif. (AP) - A law enforcement official says the Pentagon shooter had been behaving erratically, and his family feared in January that he had bought a gun. (Full Story)
Texan sentenced for multimillion-dollar swindle Last Updated: 7:16 PM 03/05/10 - LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A Lubbock businessman has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for a defrauding at least 250 investors of nearly $60 million. (Full Story)
Indiana murder suspect arrested in Tulsa Last Updated: 5:41 PM 03/05/10 - TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa police and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers have nabbed a man wanted for a killing in Indiana. (Full Story)
DPS: Spring Breakers avoid Mexican border cities Last Updated: 4:06 PM 03/04/10 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Department of Public Safety is advising Texans on spring break to avoid Mexican border cities because of drug cartel violence. (Full Story)
Fires in lower Greenville Avenue area of Dallas Last Updated: 1:21 PM 03/02/10 - DALLAS (AP) - Four businesses were destroyed by fire today morning in the restaurant-packed lower Greenville Avenue area of Dallas -- when the places were closed. (Full Story)
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Discount prescription cards save Ardmore residents money 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:56 PM 03/18/10 - ARDMORE, OK -- Health care has been the big issue in Washington and around the country this week. While many Americans live without health insurance and struggle to pay prescription drug costs. As Dara Downs reports, one local program is helping area residents some money in their pockets while still getting the medicine they need. (Full Story)
Tea Party draws opponents, supporters of health care reform 3 Comments Last Updated: 10:29 PM 03/18/10 - SHERMAN, TX -- Controversy over the proposed health care bill in Washington makes it's way to Texoma. Tea party rallies have been taking place all across the nation, Including one Thursday in downtown Sherman. (Full Story)
Court dates set for parents accused of transporting dead daughter 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:50 PM 03/18/10 - DURANT, OK -- The parents accused of carrying their daughter's remains across the country were supposed to appear in court Thursday. (Full Story)
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