2 more churches burn in east Texas, nobody hurt
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal investigators are sorting through the latest two church fires in east Texas to see if they were set intentionally....

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....

Texas Sports Hall of Fame adds 10
WACO, Texas (AP) -- The co-founder of the American Football League and the man who helped bring big-time pro basketball to Texas are two of 10 new inductees into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame....

Prosecutors: Texas teen used arrow to kill woman
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) -- A teenager living next door killed the founder of a popular San Antonio restaurant with an arrow before setting her house ablaze and bankrolling a spending spree on her credit cards, prosecutors told a jury Monday....

Retired NC fire department worker wins Powerball
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A retired fire department employee in North Carolina is the winner of Saturday's Powerball lottery jackpot....

Gov. Perry wants Predator drones patrolling border
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry says he wants unmanned aircraft based out of Houston's Ellington Field to be used for surveillance along the state's border with Mexico....