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Thanks for allowing me to join, I am from Texas and hope to contribute to the forum. My likes are fishing, wildlife, cooking and touring the Texas Hill Country on my Harley-Davidson. TxTrapper

Two men are driving through Texas when they get pulled over by a state trooper. The trooper walks up and taps on the window with his nightstick, the driver rolls down the window and "WHACK," the trooper smacks him in the head with the stick. The driver says, "What the heck was that for?"...

- An experienced skydiver died while attempting a solo jump in central Texas, officials said. Emergency responders were called to Texas Skydiving Center just after 4 p.m. Sunday after the accident, KXAN-TV, Austin, Texas, reported. The unidentified man, who was in his 50s, was dead when first...

Police and child protective services in Texas were investigating the case of a 4-year-old boy who apparently was fatally mauled by a dog. Kyler Johnson disappeared from his Victoria home Sunday evening while his dad, Cole Johnson, 28, was outside cleaning a car. The boy was found dead about 11...

A Northern Ontario couple feared missing near the U.S.-Mexican border has contacted Texas police to let them know they are alive and well. More...

(CNN) -- The Texas town of Groesbeck is on the verge of running dry. "We have about two weeks of water left," Groesbeck Mayor Jackie Levingston said. Her central Texas town, population 4,300, is one of the latest victim's of the state's ongoing drought. A lack of rain and the summer's intense...

hi you all i just whant to say hello and thanks for let me register and i hope i get good help and help some if can im from fort worth texas thanks:cocksure:

The cast of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D" is set and includes an old hand -- Gunnar Hansen, the original Leatherface, will make a cameo appearance, Lionsgate announced Tuesday. John Luessenhop ("Takers") is directing the next installment in the horror series, which debuted in 1974. With Hansen...

His Miami Heat team lost the NBA finals to the Dallas Mavericks last month and now Dwyane Wade is headed back to a Texas court, but not to play basketball. More...

Legislation to make enhanced airport security pat-downs a crime if they involve touching a passenger's "private" areas was approved by the Texas House and Senate on Monday. The moves came just days after the measure appeared dead when the House speaker called the provisions "unenforceable" and...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Texas cattle ranchers are selling their herds, and some communities are running out of water, as a punishing Texas drought shows no sign of waning with the driest months still ahead. "Things are very tough and they will stay tough until Mother Nature helps us and gets us...

AUSTIN, Texas, -- Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, was hospitalized after a heart attack while at his son's college graduation in Texas, officials say. Ghassan Katib, a spokesman for the authority, said Fayyad experienced chest pains Sunday. Fayyad was in Austin, where...

AUSTIN, Texas, -- A bill pending in the Texas legislature would require school districts to obtain written permission from parents before using corporal punishment on children. Texas is one of 19 states that permit the practice, and out of more than 1,000 districts, fewer than 100 prohibit the...

DALLAS, -- An honest Texas teenager who thought she had lost out on $2,000 in unclaimed cash she turned in was given double that amount by an anonymous donor. Shepton High School freshman Ashley Donaldson had come across the money in the parking lot at Pavillion Center in Dallas in...

AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin, Texas, a University of Texas spokeswoman said Monday. He was 62. The cause of his death on Friday was not immediately released. Catan was best known in the United States for his operatic adaptation...

ARLINGTON, Texas – Right-hander Darren O'Day and the Texas Rangers have agreed to terms on a $1.25 million, one-year deal, avoiding salary arbitration for the side-arming reliever. O'Day was 6-2 with a 2.03 ERA in a club-high 72 appearances for the AL champion Rangers last season. He walked...

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is still hospitalized with a case of pneumonia but has shown significant improvement and is expected to be released this weekend, the team said on Wednesday. The reigning American League Most Valuable Player was diagnosed with...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/01/06/ng.tx.missing.teen.hln -- Investigators and rescue teams will continue their search Friday for a missing 13-year-old Texas girl, focusing near a densely-wooded area and along the Colorado River. Meanwhile, Hailey Dunn's mother, Billie Dunn, told...

All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre and the AL champion Texas Rangers reached a preliminary agreement on a $96 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity late Tuesday night because the agreement was...

Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is expected to appear before a San Angelo, Texas, judge on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is expected to appear before a San Angelo, Texas, judge on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. At his last appearance on...