Austin (Texas)
ESPN analyst Craig James running for Senate
Dec 19, 2011 18:39 EST
AUSTIN (Reuters) - ESPN analyst and former professional football player Craig James filed as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday, entering a Texas race already packed with well-financed and high-profile contenders.
ESPN analyst Craig James running for Senate
Dec 19, 2011 18:18 EST
AUSTIN (Reuters) - ESPN analyst and former professional football player Craig James filed as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday, entering a Texas race already packed with well-financed and high-profile contenders.
Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, 28, dies of breast cancer
Dec 19, 2011 17:21 EST
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall died in Houston on Saturday after losing her battle with breast cancer, according to the Venezuelan TV news network Globovision. She was 28.
Southwest, plains face blizzard warnings in big storm
Dec 18, 2011 20:01 EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma were placed under a blizzard warning on Sunday as the Southwest and plains states braced for two days of bitter cold, heavy snow, rain and high winds.
Southwest, plains face blizzard watch
Dec 18, 2011 16:09 EST
AUSTIN. Texas. (Reuters) - A blizzard watch is in effect until Tuesday for parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas as a severe winter storm is expected to bring high winds and up to a foot of snow there on Sunday night and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Blizzard-like conditions to slam Southwest, plains
Dec 18, 2011 12:26 EST
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A severe winter storm is expected to hit southwestern U.S. mountains on Sunday afternoon and evening and then move east to dump up to a foot of snow in Kansas, Colorado and the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, weather forecasters said.
Blizzard-like conditions set to slam Southwest, plains
Dec 18, 2011 10:34 EST
AUSTIN. Texas. (Reuters) - A severe winter storm is expected to hit southwestern mountains on Sunday afternoon and evening and then move east to dump up to a foot of snow in Kansas, Colorado and the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, weather forecasters said.
Fisher says more Fed easing is "wrong path"
Dec 16, 2011 19:08 EST
AUSTIN (Reuters) - More monetary stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve would be the "wrong path," despite the threat the simmering European debt crisis is posing for the U.S. economy, a top Fed official known for his hawkish views on inflation said on Friday.
Exclusive: Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip
Dec 16, 2011 15:35 EST
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas.
Fed's Fisher says further monetary easing is "wrong path"
Dec 16, 2011 13:00 EST
AUSTIN (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis threatens to throw a strengthening economy off track, but more monetary accommodation from the U.S. Federal Reserve is not the answer, a top Fed official known for his hawkish views on inflation said on Friday.
Exclusive: Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip
Dec 16, 2011 00:05 EST
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas.
Stanford competent to stand trial: prosecutors
Dec 15, 2011 20:45 EST
(Reuters) - Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to rule that financier Allen Stanford has regained competence and can stand trial over an alleged $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
Texas executes fewer people in 2011
Dec 15, 2011 17:27 EST
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas this year executed more people than any other state -- 13 -- but that was the lowest number of people put to death in the Lone Star State in 15 years, according to the Texas Defender Service, a nonprofit law firm that represents prisoners on death row.
FedEx profit beats Street, updating Boeing fleet
Dec 15, 2011 16:13 EST
(Reuters) - FedEx Corp <FDX.N> beat its quarterly profit forecasts and is updating its fleet with fuel-efficient Boeing aircraft while delaying delivery of other new planes to cut overall costs, driving its shares up nearly 8 percent.
Did Bumbo ignore child safety in favor of profits?
Dec 14, 2011 15:32 EST
(Reuters) - Like millions of other parents over the past several years, Kevin and Lucy Ferrell used a new baby product called the Bumbo Baby Sitter that they bought at Toys R Us to prop up their son, Colby. The simple molded plastic seat is more upright than a bouncy chair, and less rigid than a high chair, making it a hit with parents looking for new infant gear.
NRC says new South Texas nukes don't pass ownership test
Dec 14, 2011 11:06 EST
(Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it would suspend review of the non-foreign ownership requirements of the proposed new reactors at South Texas because Japanese multinational Toshiba effectively controls the project.
Did Bumbo ignore child safety in favor of profits?
Dec 14, 2011 11:01 EST
(Reuters) - Like millions of other parents over the past several years, Kevin and Lucy Ferrell used a new baby product called the Bumbo Baby Sitter that they bought at Toys R Us to prop up their son, Colby. The simple molded plastic seat is more upright than a bouncy chair, and less rigid than a high chair, making it a hit with parents looking for new infant gear.
Obama administration targets restrictive voter laws
Dec 13, 2011 19:45 EST
President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday ramped up its attack on restrictive voting laws and partisan redrawing of political maps that could help swing key 2012 elections to Republicans.
Southwest Airlines, Santa Claus snub Las Vegas
Dec 13, 2011 19:00 EST
Of all the bad lists Las Vegas is on top of and good lists on which it's left off, this one has to be the worst.
New state laws threaten U.S. voting rights: Holder
Dec 13, 2011 18:02 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder is venturing deeper into a political thicket over how individual states run elections, saying discrimination based on race or ethnicity still prevents people from voting.
