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  • 'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark has died

    Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the year-end countdown from Times Square on "New Year's Rockin' Eve," has died. He was 82.

    April 18, 2012

  • Analysis: Women's health fight over politics, not health

    When Texas lawmakers set up the Women's Health Program in 2005, the goal was to help poor women get access to birth control, check-ups and preventive health care. The program has saved Texans tens of millions in unwanted pregnancies and early detection of disease.

    April 15, 2012

  • 9 months later, Clemens back for perjury retrial

     In baseball terms, the first Roger Clemens trial was a rainout in the top of the first inning.

    April 15, 2012

  • 5 killed in Woodward, Okla., tornado

    A tornado struck this small northwest Oklahoma community early Sunday, killing at least five people, injuring several others and causing extensive damage.

    April 15, 2012

  • tornado04.jpg SLIDESHOW: Deadly tornado flattens homes in Okla. A tornado ripped through Woodward, Okla., early Sunday morning as part of a dangerous storm system that swept through the Midwest this weekend. At least five people in Woodward were killed and dozens more were injured.

    April 15, 2012

  • Texas hopes to learn lessons from searing drought

    When Susan Combs was growing up on her family's West Texas ranch, conserving water was part of everyday life: If the windmill wasn't turning and the storage tank at least half full, the household plumbing was turned off — even the toilets.

    April 12, 2012

  • Storm dumps waist-high hail in Texas Panhandle

    Maintenance crews worked Thursday to clear roads after a storm dumped several inches of hail on parts of the Texas Panhandle, trapping motorists in muddy drifts that were waist-to-shoulder high.

    April 12, 2012

  • Ex-East Texas teller gets prison for embezzlement

    A former bank teller in East Texas has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for embezzling more than $102,000.

    April 12, 2012

  • Jury selection under way in John Edwards trial

    After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection began Thursday for the criminal trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards.

    April 12, 2012

  • Justice: Evidence of bias in Texas voter ID law

    The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday there is substantial evidence Texas' voter identification law will discriminate against minorities.

    April 11, 2012

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