http://www.tarleton.edu/texannewsNews reports from the Tarleton State University student news organization Texan News Serviceen-usCopyright 2011 Tarleton State Universitywww@tarleton.edu (Web Services)Cascade Serverdmalone@tarleton.edu (Web Services)The value of the humble college textbook has multiplied, along with the costs of tuition and fees, creating a new dimension to campus crime. In light of recent textbook thefts, Tarleton students are keeping a more watchful eye on their book bags and backpacks.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bookstores-advise-students-protect-your-books-from-theft.htmlThu, 10 May 2012 14:50:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bookstores-advise-students-protect-your-books-from-theft.html Tarleton Communications students were honored last week at the first annual Student Media Awards. Awards were given to communications majors and minors as well as DJ's and staff members of Tarleton's student radio station, 100.7 FM.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-communication-students-honored-at-first-annual-student-media-awards.htmlThu, 10 May 2012 14:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-communication-students-honored-at-first-annual-student-media-awards.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/erath-county-voters-guide.htmlThu, 10 May 2012 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/erath-county-voters-guide.html Tarleton police have obtained arrest warrants for two basketball players suspected of burglarizing apartment in a series of Spring Break crimes. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/arrest-warrants-out-for-two-tarleton-basketball-players.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 17:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/arrest-warrants-out-for-two-tarleton-basketball-players.html Before Dr. Charles Rives final Tarleton campus performance on May 5 as choir director, the day before this concert Dr. Rives and I talked about his time at Tarleton and the future.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-choral-director-reflects-as-he-moves-forward.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-choral-director-reflects-as-he-moves-forward.html Throughout college students discover methods to study that can sometimes be out of the ordinary. While walking through the library I asked a table of students what they have discovered about their study habits while in college.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/students-share-quirky-methods-to-prepare-for-finals.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/students-share-quirky-methods-to-prepare-for-finals.html Tarleton State University has received a red light rating from a national individual rights organization for its policies on tolerance, respect and civility.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fire-ranks-tarletons-free-speech-policies.htmlWed, 09 May 2012 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fire-ranks-tarletons-free-speech-policies.html It is always a very excited and yet stressful time when recruits start looking for a new home they call college. Coaches scramble for the best, most versatile players they can possibly find.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-talent-joins-tarletons-volleyball-team.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 20:49:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-talent-joins-tarletons-volleyball-team.html As the Miami Heat expected, the New York Knicks were much improved in Game 2.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wades-25-carries-heat-past-ny,-104-94-.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 11:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wades-25-carries-heat-past-ny,-104-94-.html A Wisconsin woman and her adult son were killed in separate traffic crashes just hours apart in a Milwaukee suburb, police said Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mom,-son-die-in-accidents-hours-apart-in-wisconsin.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 11:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mom,-son-die-in-accidents-hours-apart-in-wisconsin.html The blind Chinese lawyer at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing is a taboo topic in each capital. Neither side wants the biggest human-rights issue between the two since Tiananmen Square to disrupt high-level strategic and economic talks set to begin on Thursday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/invisible-man-casts-shadow-over-us-china-talks-.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 11:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/invisible-man-casts-shadow-over-us-china-talks-.html A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting funds through the state's Women's Health Program — a decision the state immediately appealed.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-judge-stops-texas-law-on-womens-health-.htmlTue, 01 May 2012 11:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-judge-stops-texas-law-on-womens-health-.html Programs promoting general tolerance of all minority students may not be enough for the LGBT community at Tarleton, according to some. LGBT is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lgbt-support-at-tarleton.htmlMon, 30 Apr 2012 16:36:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lgbt-support-at-tarleton.html “If you haven’t heard of the Larry Joe Taylor Fest...you ain’t met my Texas yet” sings Pat Green in his and Josh Abbott’s song “My Texas.” The Annual Larry Joe Taylor Festival is held in April at Melody Mountain Ranch outside of Stephenville and is one of the biggest music festivals in Texas. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/actual-cost-of-larry-joe-taylor.htmlMon, 30 Apr 2012 16:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/actual-cost-of-larry-joe-taylor.html “If you haven’t heard of the Larry Joe Taylor Fest...you ain’t met my Texas yet” sings Pat Green in his and Josh Abbott’s song “My Texas.” The Annual Larry Joe Taylor Festival is held in April at Melody Mountain Ranch outside of Stephenville and is one of the biggest music festivals in Texas. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/actual-cost-of-larry-joe-taylor-by--kylar-bursey.htmlMon, 30 Apr 2012 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/actual-cost-of-larry-joe-taylor-by--kylar-bursey.html Texan football gave the fans a really good taste of what they are going to be cheering for in the upcoming season at this year’s spring game.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-spring-game-a-nail-biter.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:11:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-spring-game-a-nail-biter.html Lauren Finley is adjusting well to life as a part of the Tarleton women’s track team. The freshman distance runner is enjoying the group’s success in her first year with the team. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/track-profile-lauren-finley.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:06:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/track-profile-lauren-finley.html Oklahoma City's penalty for scuffling down the stretch and getting passed up for the top seed in the Western Conference is a first-round playoff showdown with an all-too-familiar foe toting championship credentials.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thunder,-mavericks-set-for-rematch-of-west-finals-.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thunder,-mavericks-set-for-rematch-of-west-finals-.html This country of canals and tulips is also famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dutch-ban-takes-aim-at-foreigners-buying-pot-.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dutch-ban-takes-aim-at-foreigners-buying-pot-.html The University of Texas System chancellor announced Friday he will allow a high-profile boxing match to be held on the school's El Paso campus if law enforcement can ensure a safe environment, reversing a 3-day-old ban that had upset city leaders.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/university-of-texas-allowing-fight-at-sun-bowl-.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/university-of-texas-allowing-fight-at-sun-bowl-.html Marine mammal experts have decided to rescue a dolphin that wandered into Southern California's Bolsa Chica wetlands near Huntington Beach.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dolphin-wanders-into-calif.-wetlands-.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dolphin-wanders-into-calif.-wetlands-.html The spring edition of the Rape Aggression Defense, RAD, classes just wrapped Wednesday and the women left the class laughing, talking, and most importantly, feeling empowered.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-rad-classes,-empowering-women.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-rad-classes,-empowering-women.html In one way or another, every piece of jewelry tells a story. Such is the case with a special pearl necklace. String of Pearls, Michele Lowe’s play, shares the stories of the 27 different characters portrayed by Kaylee Carlile, Allie Bird, Bee Blackmon, and KayLee Grant that come in contact with the true main character of the play, the necklace.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/string-of-pearls-a-review.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 23:03:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/string-of-pearls-a-review.html Hiroki Kuroda was impressive on the mound for the New York Yankees.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yankees-and-kuroda-lose-2-0-to-rangers-and-darvish-.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yankees-and-kuroda-lose-2-0-to-rangers-and-darvish-.html Prosecutors in South Texas say an Illinois woman must serve more than 10 years in prison for smuggling methamphetamine in beer bottles.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/woman-gets-more-than-10-years-over-meth-in-beer-.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:25:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/woman-gets-more-than-10-years-over-meth-in-beer-.html With or without him, the London Olympics will go on.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/with-or-without-hunt,-the-olympics-march-on-.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:23:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/with-or-without-hunt,-the-olympics-march-on-.html The discovery of mad cow disease in a dead dairy cow came soon after it arrived at a non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mad-cow-case-in-calif.-found-in-usda-testing-.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:20:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mad-cow-case-in-calif.-found-in-usda-testing-.html Paying for college can be an expense. Paying for a horse and going to college can even be more of an expense.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/which-is-more-expensive-a-freshman-or-a-horse1.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:14:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/which-is-more-expensive-a-freshman-or-a-horse1.html Voting in the Tarleton SGA run-off elections ends today at 4 p.m. The election on April 16-18 resulted in a runoff between presidential candidate Jay Johnson and vice presidential candidate Emma Jones, with 240 votes, and presidential candidate Scott Harrison and vice presidential candidate Samantha Landers, with 212 votes.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/voting-in-sga-run-off-ends-today.htmlTue, 24 Apr 2012 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/voting-in-sga-run-off-ends-today.html First year students at Tarleton State University will be offered more direct attention, more camps and a week to adjust to college life in the new Summer Transition Programs.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freshmen-in-for-changes-at-duck-camp,-orientation.htmlTue, 24 Apr 2012 11:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freshmen-in-for-changes-at-duck-camp,-orientation.html Tarleton Communications students Mike Daniels and Raphael Sanchez took home the grand prize at last night’s seventh annual Purple and White Film Festival.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/students-win-tarletons-7th-annual-film-festival.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/students-win-tarletons-7th-annual-film-festival.html Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker Anthony Spencer has signed the contract tender that goes with the franchise tag.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cowboys-lb-anthony-spencer-signs-1-year-tender-.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cowboys-lb-anthony-spencer-signs-1-year-tender-.html A herd of 25 wild European bison infected with tuberculosis should be killed to prevent the disease from spreading to other herds in southeastern Poland, officials said Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wild-bison-with-tb-may-have-to-be-killed-in-poland-.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wild-bison-with-tb-may-have-to-be-killed-in-poland-.html Ivan Rodriguez is back in Texas again. This time, the 14-time All-Star catcher is retiring.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ivan-rodriguez-back-in-texas,-this-time-to-retire-.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ivan-rodriguez-back-in-texas,-this-time-to-retire-.html Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson broke down in tears Monday while testifying at the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a jealous rage four years ago.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jennifer-hudson-breaks-down-during-murder-trial-.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jennifer-hudson-breaks-down-during-murder-trial-.html College students and horses share some things in common. They need to eat, they have their nails done, they need to have a place to live and bedding. So who would cost more a freshman woman at TSU or a horse? By researching local businesses in Stephenville and going on to the Tarleton Web page for housing and a meal plan, the results were a little surprising.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/which-is-more-expensive-a-freshman-or-a-horse.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 14:14:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/which-is-more-expensive-a-freshman-or-a-horse.html Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned "it's not over."http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/3-agents-out-in-wake-of-secret-service-scandal-.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/3-agents-out-in-wake-of-secret-service-scandal-.html Luke Scott hit a grand slam, Ben Zobrist added a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-2 Wednesday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/-scott-hits-grand-slam-as-rays-rout-blue-jays-12-2-.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 13:08:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/-scott-hits-grand-slam-as-rays-rout-blue-jays-12-2-.html Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock 'n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-bandstand-host-dick-clark-dead-at-82-.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 13:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-bandstand-host-dick-clark-dead-at-82-.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — While last week's blowout loss to the Lakers still stings the San Antonio Spurs, they found a way to feel better while moving into prime position to win the West.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spurs-rout-lakers,-improve-spot-atop-west-.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spurs-rout-lakers,-improve-spot-atop-west-.html LULING, Texas (AP) — Rose Mary Chandler dug a hand into the pocket of her denim shorts and unearthed a tube of lipstick.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-couple-love-to-raise-racehorses-.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:36:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-couple-love-to-raise-racehorses-.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering $4 billion worth of onshore projects in Nigeria to help capture natural gas currently burning at oil wells that contribute to global warming and can sicken those living nearby, the company's CEO said Wednesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/shell-looks-at-4b-in-possible-projects-in-nigeria-.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:32:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/shell-looks-at-4b-in-possible-projects-in-nigeria-.html RED BUD, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois couple has claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot. Illinois Lottery officials introduced Merle and Patricia Butler at a ceremony in their hometown of Red Bud, where they bought the winning ticket for the March 30 drawing. The retired analysts chose to accept the prize as a lump-sum payment of $111 million, after taxes. They are the only one of the three winners whose names have been made public. Holders of the other tickets in Kansas and Maryland anonymously claimed their prizes. They bought a $3 quick-pick ticket at the MotoMart convenience store in Red Bud, which is about 40 miles southeast of St. Louis.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retired-ill.-couple-claims-share-of-656m-jackpot-.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retired-ill.-couple-claims-share-of-656m-jackpot-.html Al Jefferson hasn't been close to the playoffs since his rookie season.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jazz-outlast-nowitzki,-mavericks-123-121-in-3ot-.htmlTue, 17 Apr 2012 15:16:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jazz-outlast-nowitzki,-mavericks-123-121-in-3ot-.html Artillery shatters homes in opposition areas. Regime tanks roll though city centers. Civilians dig graves for dozens of corpses, scrawling their names on headstones with black markers.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/world-powers-cling-to-syria-truce-despite-violence.htmlTue, 17 Apr 2012 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/world-powers-cling-to-syria-truce-despite-violence.html Texas officials have asked for more time to phase out federal funding for a women's health program after federal officials said it was illegal for the state to ban Planned Parenthood from participating in it, according to documents released Tuesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-seeks-fund-extension-for-womens-health-plan-.htmlTue, 17 Apr 2012 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-seeks-fund-extension-for-womens-health-plan-.html As of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at least 1,810 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-at-1,810-.htmlTue, 17 Apr 2012 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-at-1,810-.html In years past millions of Americans have watched the hit television show “America’s Next Top Model.” Tarleton hosted its own version of the hit show and called it “Tarleton’s Next Top Alumni” Tuesday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-next-top-alumni.htmlMon, 16 Apr 2012 12:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-next-top-alumni.html FA teams all have a goal in common, to succeed in the area contest and then advance to State.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/believing-and-dreaming-at-ffa-area-contest.htmlMon, 16 Apr 2012 12:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/believing-and-dreaming-at-ffa-area-contest.html Tarleton Southwest Metroplex center is getting ready to host its information fair this Saturday. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-southwest-metroplex-information-fair.htmlThu, 12 Apr 2012 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-southwest-metroplex-information-fair.html The new map includes crimes reported to Stephenville police in 2010 as well as the 2009 information included in the original map posted earlier this year.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/how-safe-is-your-neighborhood-texan-news-service-update-on-stephenville-crime.-.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 15:23:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/how-safe-is-your-neighborhood-texan-news-service-update-on-stephenville-crime.-.html July 2, 2010, an ordinary day for most, turned into a life-altering day for Jason Craig. This 19-year-old from Alvarado, Texas, is now learning how to experience college life as a normal teenage guy, while being a paraplegic.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/student-forges-new-journey-in-new-wheels-.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/student-forges-new-journey-in-new-wheels-.html Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/planned-parenthood-sues-texas-over-exclusion-.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:26:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/planned-parenthood-sues-texas-over-exclusion-.html Defiant North Korea fueled up a rocket Wednesday in preparation for what appeared to be an imminent liftoff while the country's young leader strengthened his power with a new title making him the nation's top political official.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nkoreas-kim-jong-un-named-to-new-top-party-post-.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nkoreas-kim-jong-un-named-to-new-top-party-post-.html The current Lone Star Conference second place team, the Tarleton TexAnns (28-13), look to regain the first place spot during the last five three-game series of conference play.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/softball-follow-up.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:18:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/softball-follow-up.html The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-romney-showdown-starts-with-a-harsh-tone-.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:17:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-romney-showdown-starts-with-a-harsh-tone-.html In an effort to educate residents on the trash issues on campus and clean up in preparation for the Texan Tour, several students joined forces March 30 to participate in a campus-wide trash off.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trash-wall.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 11:12:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trash-wall.html Ian Kinsler has agreed on a new $75 million, five-year contract with the Texas Rangers.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kinsler-swings-for-fences,-strikes-75-million-deal-with-rangers.htmlTue, 10 Apr 2012 14:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kinsler-swings-for-fences,-strikes-75-million-deal-with-rangers.html A federal judge has given prison sentences to a man and woman who prosecutors say smuggled Mexican women into the country to prostitute themselves at Houston-area bars and restaurants.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sex-traffickers-behind-bars.htmlTue, 10 Apr 2012 14:44:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sex-traffickers-behind-bars.html The U.S. Coast guard says it continues to search for a man missing off the middle Texas Gulf coast since Sunday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/1-man-dead,-1-missing-off-texas-coast.htmlTue, 10 Apr 2012 14:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/1-man-dead,-1-missing-off-texas-coast.html The holder of a winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland claimed a share of the record-breaking $656 million prize on Monday, but will remain anonymous, state lottery officials announced. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/giant-jackpot-mega-millions-made-in-maryland.htmlTue, 10 Apr 2012 14:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/giant-jackpot-mega-millions-made-in-maryland.html More than 150,000 North Koreans are incarcerated in a Soviet-style, hidden gulag despite the communist government’s denial it holds political prisoners, a human rights group reported Tuesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-presses-north-korea-to-close-prison-camps.htmlTue, 10 Apr 2012 14:42:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-presses-north-korea-to-close-prison-camps.html A person familiar with the decision says Lamar Odom will not play the rest of the season with the Dallas Mavericks.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/odom-done-playing-for-mavericks.htmlMon, 09 Apr 2012 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/odom-done-playing-for-mavericks.html Two Oklahoma men have appeared in court on accusations they were behind a shooting rampage that left three people dead.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-appear-in-court-in-tulsa-shooting-rampage-.htmlMon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-appear-in-court-in-tulsa-shooting-rampage-.html When the home team is behind, even the best fans could use a little help. Enter the spirit band. Tarleton has a spirit band, Foul Play, for basketball exclusively.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/foul-play.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 13:09:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/foul-play.html A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-believes-women-should-be-admitted-to-augusta-.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-believes-women-should-be-admitted-to-augusta-.html Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday toured a town ravaged by storms that sent as many as a dozen twisters into North Texas, and he lauded local first responders for preventing more serious damage.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-surveys-texas-storm-damage,-lauds-response-.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-surveys-texas-storm-damage,-lauds-response-.html California corrections officials have released a new photograph of convicted cult killer Charles Manson that shows the 77-year-old with long hair, a shaggy beard and a swastika scar on his forehead.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-prison-photo-shows-shaggy,-aged-charles-manson-.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-prison-photo-shows-shaggy,-aged-charles-manson-.html The firebrand founder of a populist, Italian anti-immigrant party, whose crucial support kept Silvio Berlusconi in power in three governments, resigned Thursday amid a widening corruption scandal over party funds.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/berlusconi-ally-quits-in-corruption-scandal-.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/berlusconi-ally-quits-in-corruption-scandal-.html Brittney Griner took the Baylor Lady Bears to new heights.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perfect-baylor-beats-notre-dame-80-61-for-title-.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perfect-baylor-beats-notre-dame-80-61-for-title-.html Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade (an-DRAW'-day) has launched a voter education drive for the 2012 election.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-secretary-of-state-pushes-voter-education-.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-secretary-of-state-pushes-voter-education-.html A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the spring fighting season.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/afghan-bomb-kills-at-least-10,-including-3-gis-.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:42:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/afghan-bomb-kills-at-least-10,-including-3-gis-.html The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/warm-and-fuzzy-t.-rex-new-evidence-surprises-.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/warm-and-fuzzy-t.-rex-new-evidence-surprises-.html Delta Zeta Man of the Year Pageant was a big success this year, with a large crowd watching 19 of Tarleton’s finest men competing for the title of Man of the Year. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/delta-zeta-man-of-the-year.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:38:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/delta-zeta-man-of-the-year.html New Panhellenic Sorority Coming Soon. Panhellenic Council decides to bring new sorority to campus http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-sorority-.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:35:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-sorority-.html A nationwide cleanse is beginning in Stephenville on April 9 that hopes to have accumulated one million people in a year’s time. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cleanse-america.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cleanse-america.html Tarleton State University graduate students have a big deadline to meet today, their April 2 thesis/dissertation defense.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/big-deadlines-today-for-tarleton-state-university-graduate-students.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:57:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/big-deadlines-today-for-tarleton-state-university-graduate-students.html Jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko will be allowed to leave prison to be treated for a back condition at a Ukrainian hospital, prosecutors said Monday as the government appeared to bow to Western pressure.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ukraine-allows-tymoshenkos-treatment-outside-jail-.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ukraine-allows-tymoshenkos-treatment-outside-jail-.html Two days after posting bail for drug and burglary charges, former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been arrested a second time in Montana.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ex-nfl-qb-ryan-leaf-arrested-2nd-time-in-montana-.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:10:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ex-nfl-qb-ryan-leaf-arrested-2nd-time-in-montana-.html A Vermont judge has ordered a Texas debt settlement company to pay a fine of $2 million in a consumer fraud case.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vt-judge-fines-texas-debt-reduction-co.-2-million-.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vt-judge-fines-texas-debt-reduction-co.-2-million-.html Authorities are searching for an Arkansas man suspected of abducting his 18-month-old daughter after crashing his car into the girl's mother's and then beating and stabbing the woman with an ice pick.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/authorities-ark.-toddler-taken-in-attack-on-mom-.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/authorities-ark.-toddler-taken-in-attack-on-mom-.html A former Tarleton student who became the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history is now urging Americans in a New York Times best-seller to show “random acts of kindness“ for U.S. troops.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chris-kyle-the-most-lethal-sniper-in-u.s.-military-history.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chris-kyle-the-most-lethal-sniper-in-u.s.-military-history.html As the reigning world champion in the decathlon, Trey Hardee should figure as the big favorite at the London Olympics.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-hardee-hoping-elbow-ready-for-olympics-.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 12:16:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-hardee-hoping-elbow-ready-for-olympics-.html A sheriff says the stepson of an elderly Central Texas woman has been accused of masterminding a plot that left her and her caretaker dead.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stepson-of-slain-central-texas-woman-arrested.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 11:38:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stepson-of-slain-central-texas-woman-arrested.html Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after a five-day round of radiation therapy and says the cancer treatments are going well.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chavez-back-in-venezuela-after-1st-radiation-round-.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 11:37:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chavez-back-in-venezuela-after-1st-radiation-round-.html Trayvon Martin's family has seized on a police video of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, saying it does not show the injuries Zimmerman claims he suffered before fatally shooting the unarmed black teenager.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trayvon-martins-parents-seize-of-video-of-shooter-.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 11:35:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trayvon-martins-parents-seize-of-video-of-shooter-.html An Army sergeant and an ex-soldier believed they were negotiating with members of a Mexican drug cartel when they agreed to kill members of a rival gang and recover stolen cocaine in exchange for $50,000 and drugs, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/soldier,-ex-soldier-accused-of-hired-murder-plot-.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:35:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/soldier,-ex-soldier-accused-of-hired-murder-plot-.html Tiger Woods hit so many great shots that he couldn't single one out as the best. Winning was as sweet as ever, even after a PGA Tour drought that stretched over 923 days and 27 tournaments.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tiger-gets-back-to-what-he-does-best-.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tiger-gets-back-to-what-he-does-best-.html The leaders of South Korea, the United States and China issued stark warnings Tuesday about the threat of nuclear terrorism during the final day of a nuclear summit that has so far been upstaged by North Korea's long-range rocket launch plans.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-china,-skorea-urge-nations-to-lock-down-nukes-.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:25:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-china,-skorea-urge-nations-to-lock-down-nukes-.html Tarleton State University has changed overnight into an art school because of one cell phone app. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-turns-into-art-school-overnight-by-jordan-mccrory.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:20:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-turns-into-art-school-overnight-by-jordan-mccrory.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/arkansas-reservist-makes-move-to-texas-by-rafael-sanchez.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/arkansas-reservist-makes-move-to-texas-by-rafael-sanchez.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/softball-success-by-cheyenne-berry.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/softball-success-by-cheyenne-berry.html A historian walked listeners through the day- to- day life of Texas farm women in a presentation on March 7.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-farm-women-by-kimberly-perkins.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-farm-women-by-kimberly-perkins.html After a very successful season last fall, the Texanns are looking forward to another promising year. With 10 women going through workout right now, the team is getting off to a good start.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/volleyball-coaches-searching-for-new-recruits.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2012 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/volleyball-coaches-searching-for-new-recruits.html Tarleton State University was covered by more than 7,000 high school students Thursday at the 40th annual FFA Invitational Career Development Event Judging Contest. More than 400 schools from across the state came to compete and take home awards.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-hosts-40th-annual-ffa-invitational.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2012 12:09:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-hosts-40th-annual-ffa-invitational.html Andrew Luck will come to Indianapolis for a private workout in the next couple of weeks. Robert Griffin III, apparently, will not.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/colts-hone-in-on-luck-as-they-try-to-rebuild-.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2012 11:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/colts-hone-in-on-luck-as-they-try-to-rebuild-.html A Dallas woman is in custody after police found her 1-year-old child injured by a knife.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-child-hurt-by-knife,-mother-detained-.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2012 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-child-hurt-by-knife,-mother-detained-.html The Archdiocese of Philadelphia protected sexual predators in its ranks for more than 70 years, putting the church's reputation over the safety of children, a prosecutor said Monday at the start of a landmark priest abuse case that's shaken the Roman Catholic establishment.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/govt-pa.-church-put-reputation-over-kids-safety-.htmlMon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/govt-pa.-church-put-reputation-over-kids-safety-.html Nearly two years after oil from BP's busted well in the Gulf of Mexico fouled coastal marshes, scientists are studying the impact on some of the area's tiniest residents: bugs.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/studies-look-at-oil-spills-effect-on-insects-.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 13:38:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/studies-look-at-oil-spills-effect-on-insects-.html The Los Angeles Lakers expect offensive production from Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bryant,-gasol-lead-lakers-over-mavericks-.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 13:36:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bryant,-gasol-lead-lakers-over-mavericks-.html The parents of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida told demonstrators in New York they will keep fighting to get justice for their son.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eds-adds-ap-video-other-minor-editing.-hundreds-rally-in-nyc-in-memory-of-trayvon-martin-.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 13:33:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eds-adds-ap-video-other-minor-editing.-hundreds-rally-in-nyc-in-memory-of-trayvon-martin-.html Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received at least €209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office and repeatedly lied about this under oath, a mammoth fact-finding judicial investigation ruled Thursday in a long-awaited verdict.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judges-ex-irish-leader-ahern-took-secret-payments-.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 13:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judges-ex-irish-leader-ahern-took-secret-payments-.html The Tarleton TexAnn softball team (23-9) is prepared to continue on with its successful start throughout conference play.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texanns-keep-swinging-toward-conference-crown.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 12:37:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texanns-keep-swinging-toward-conference-crown.html A helicopter and a small plane were forced into emergency landings after they clipped each other over Northern California, leaving the two pilots with minor injuries, authorities say.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/plane,-copter-clip-each-other-over-ca,-pilots-hurt-.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/plane,-copter-clip-each-other-over-ca,-pilots-hurt-.html At this point, Brittney Griner takes her dunks in stride — but her coach would like to see a few more of them.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/griners-dunk-highlights-big-win-for-baylor-women-.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/griners-dunk-highlights-big-win-for-baylor-women-.html Estonia's Parliament passed legislation on Wednesday banning human trafficking and making the Baltic nation the last EU country to enact such laws.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/estonia-makes-human-trafficking-illegal-.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 12:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/estonia-makes-human-trafficking-illegal-.html At 11 a.m. every Thursday, as she has done for the last 18 years, Aleatha Austin walks into the Carousel Salon in the Fleetwood Shopping Center. She is driven there by grandson and chauffeur Mike "M.J." Stillwagon. Audrey Liles, her stylist, gets her ready for the usual shampoo and set.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/amarillo-woman-set-to-turn-108,-still-going-strong-.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/amarillo-woman-set-to-turn-108,-still-going-strong-.html The director of a wildly popular video about brutal African warlord Joseph Kony has been diagnosed with what's called a brief reactive psychosis and is expected to stay in the hospital for weeks, his wife said Wednesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wife-kony-2012-director-suffers-from-psychosis-.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 11:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wife-kony-2012-director-suffers-from-psychosis-.html Texas Rangers left-hander Derek Holland has agreed to a new five-year contract through the 2016 season that will pay him a total of $28.5 million and includes club options for two more seasons after that.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers,-holland-agree-to-5-year-contract-.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:57:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers,-holland-agree-to-5-year-contract-.html Hundreds of youth activists and other protesters marched Tuesday through a central Yemeni city demanding justice for an American teacher who was gunned down by unknown assailants this week.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/slain-american-teacher-honored-in-yemeni-city-.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/slain-american-teacher-honored-in-yemeni-city-.html Crews have been working to restore electricity to thousands of Texas homes and businesses that went dark during storms.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thousands-lose-power-as-storms-move-through-texas-.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thousands-lose-power-as-storms-move-through-texas-.html Bidding for each delegate in an Illinois primary whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic proficiency will resonate with Republican voters more than Rick Santorum's sharply honed conservatism.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-looks-for-ill.-win-while-santorum-stumbles-.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-looks-for-ill.-win-while-santorum-stumbles-.html A historian walked listeners through the day- to- day life of Texas farm women in a presentation on March 7.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-farm-women.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-farm-women.html Fuzzy’s Taco Shop can soon be added to Stephenville’s restaurant list when it opens this Thursday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fuzzys-taco-shop-opening-in-stephenville.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:36:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fuzzys-taco-shop-opening-in-stephenville.html Despite China's concerns, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator reiterated his government's position on a planned long-range rocket launch after holding talks Monday with his counterpart in Beijing.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/despite-concerns,-nkorea-defends-rocket-launch-.htmlMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:10:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/despite-concerns,-nkorea-defends-rocket-launch-.html Strong storms with the potential for heavy rains and flash flooding and large hail are moving across Oklahoma and Texas and are expected in Arkansas.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/strong-storms-moving-into-okla.,-ark.,-texas-.htmlMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/strong-storms-moving-into-okla.,-ark.,-texas-.html Evacuated residents of the small Colorado town of Eckley and surrounding areas have been allowed to return home after firefighters contained most of a wildfire on the state's northeastern plains that filled the skies with so much smoke that firefighters couldn't see the flames and a highway was closed.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/colo.-wildfire-nearly-contained,-evacuation-lifted-.htmlMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/colo.-wildfire-nearly-contained,-evacuation-lifted-.html The New York Mets owners agreed to pay up to $162 million in a settlement announced Monday with the trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims, a deal that left open the possibility they might pay much less and caused two principal team owners to emerge smiling from the courthouse.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ny-mets-owners-settle-in-madoff-related-case-.htmlMon, 12 Mar 2012 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ny-mets-owners-settle-in-madoff-related-case-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spring-break-dangers-by-monica-pierce--.htmlFri, 09 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spring-break-dangers-by-monica-pierce--.html At Wednesday’s SGA house meeting, the first topic of discussion was voting on a campus printing resolution the members of the senate would present to administration.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sga-fights-for-students-printing-rights.htmlThu, 08 Mar 2012 16:02:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sga-fights-for-students-printing-rights.html On the evening of March 1, the daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, told the Tarleton campus about her adolescence during the revolution led by Castro.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/a-night-with-fidel-castros-first-daughter.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 16:41:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/a-night-with-fidel-castros-first-daughter.html Convicted killer Keith Thurmond hopes the U.S. Supreme Court keeps him from the Texas death chamber for the shooting deaths of his estranged wife and her boyfriend more than 10 years ago outside Houston.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-man-to-die-for-killing-wife,-her-boyfriend-.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 16:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-man-to-die-for-killing-wife,-her-boyfriend-.html U.S. envoys say they are making progress in talks with North Korean counterparts on arrangements for the first U.S. government food aid shipment to the impoverished North in three years.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-envoys-progress-in-north-korea-food-aid-talks-.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 16:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us-envoys-progress-in-north-korea-food-aid-talks-.html Richard Bachman and Mike Ribeiro helped the Dallas Stars keep up their late-season surge.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/surging-stars-upend-canucks-for-5-2-win-.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 16:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/surging-stars-upend-canucks-for-5-2-win-.html Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are trying to make the most of a mixed Super Tuesday, each claiming a measure of victory but unable to settle the most tumultuous race for the GOP presidential nomination in decades. Romney nhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney,-santorum-share-super-tuesday-momentum-.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2012 14:14:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney,-santorum-share-super-tuesday-momentum-.html stats from the weight lifting showcase eventhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-annual-weight-lifting-showcase-stats.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 12:47:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-annual-weight-lifting-showcase-stats.html The football program held its annual Night of Champions weight lifting showcase at Wisdom Gym Monday evening. The event gives the public a chance to see the team’s strength training routine and sneak peek into the upcoming season.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-holds-annual-weight-lifting-showcase.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 12:34:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-holds-annual-weight-lifting-showcase.html A dynamite third quarter by Derrick Rose and the Bulls denied Indiana any chance of a second straight win in Chicago.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bulls-blow-away-pacers-in-second-half-.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:43:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bulls-blow-away-pacers-in-second-half-.html A New York sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison for suffocating an aspiring dancer from Texas and dumping her body 85 miles away.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ny-sex-offender-gets-23-years-in-dancers-death-.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:43:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ny-sex-offender-gets-23-years-in-dancers-death-.html The slaying of nearly 200 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaida militants in a brazen weekend attack poses the first major test to the country's newly elected president, who has vowed to crush the terror network and purge military commanders still loyal to his predecessor.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yemen-reels-from-armys-defeat-by-al-qaida-.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:41:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yemen-reels-from-armys-defeat-by-al-qaida-.html Mitt Romney hoped to take a big step toward the GOP presidential nomination Tuesday by increasing his delegate lead over his rivals in voting across 10 states.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-hoping-for-a-big-leap-in-delegate-race-.htmlTue, 06 Mar 2012 11:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-hoping-for-a-big-leap-in-delegate-race-.html Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year's civil war.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/libya-buries-170-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-.htmlMon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/libya-buries-170-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-.html A prosecutor says an East Texas nurse accused of killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with toxic bleach violated the trust of a noble profession.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-nurses-bleach-injection-deaths-trial-begins-.htmlMon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-nurses-bleach-injection-deaths-trial-begins-.html Comic impressionist Steve Bridges, best known for impersonating former President George W. Bush, has died at home in Los Angeles.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/comic-impressionist-steve-bridges-dies-in-la-.htmlMon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/comic-impressionist-steve-bridges-dies-in-la-.html Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish has reached a multiyear deal with Topps that grants the company exclusive rights for autographed trading and game-used memorabilia cardshttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-darvish-signs-exclusive-deal-with-topps-.htmlMon, 05 Mar 2012 14:57:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-darvish-signs-exclusive-deal-with-topps-.html They work hard, they desire to win and they’re proud to represent Tarleton State University. The Tarleton Rodeo Team will have its first rodeo this semester at Weatherford College Thursday through Saturday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-rodeo-team-rides-for-glory-in-purple.htmlFri, 02 Mar 2012 20:41:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-rodeo-team-rides-for-glory-in-purple.html This score card categorizes how crime is reported and published on campus and if Tarleton is hitting the marks on reporting offenses and Clery compliance.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-crime--score-card-2011.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 15:08:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-crime--score-card-2011.html Tarleton State University is cleaning up its act with its disclosure of campus crime through the Clery Act, but all the numbers are still not adding up.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/campus-crime-still-doesnt-match-clery-report.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/campus-crime-still-doesnt-match-clery-report.html A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers on trial over their activities took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail, officials said, easing a deep diplomatic crisis over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/7-american-pro-democracy-workers-fly-out-of-egypt--.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 13:44:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/7-american-pro-democracy-workers-fly-out-of-egypt--.html An autopsy confirms that Davy Jones, star of 1960s band The Monkees, died of a heart attack.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/autopsy-singer-davy-jones-died-of-heart-attack-.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 13:43:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/autopsy-singer-davy-jones-died-of-heart-attack-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nba-standings-.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 13:41:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nba-standings-.html An Orthodox Jewish school in Texas has been reinstated to its state basketball tournament after a judge ordered organizers to reschedule the team's game so it doesn't conflict with the Sabbath.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-order-puts-texas-jewish-school-back-in-semis-.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2012 13:38:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-order-puts-texas-jewish-school-back-in-semis-.html Samantha Ketcham still has a shot at becoming Texas A&M's first female Yell Leader after the junior became the only woman in school history to receive enough votes to qualify for a runoff.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/am-woman-qualifies-for-runoff-to-be-yell-leader-.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 11:26:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/am-woman-qualifies-for-runoff-to-be-yell-leader-.html The leader of the notorious "Texas 7" gang heads for execution for killing a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery two weeks after organizing and pulling off the biggest prison break in Texas history. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/leader-of-notorious-texas-7-gang-set-to-die-.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/leader-of-notorious-texas-7-gang-set-to-die-.html People jumped off tall buildings all around the country Wednesday, but no one got hurt.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/parachutists-leap-off-tall-buildings-for-leap-day.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 11:12:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/parachutists-leap-off-tall-buildings-for-leap-day.html A Senate inquiry on Wednesday called for the Australian government to apologize and compensate thousands of unwed mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption in the mid-20th century.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/australia-urged-to-apologize-for-forced-adoptions-.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/australia-urged-to-apologize-for-forced-adoptions-.html A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. At least four people were killed in Illinois and Missouri.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/storms-kill-4,-damage-branson-theater-district-.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/storms-kill-4,-damage-branson-theater-district-.html Check out live blogging, video feeds, photographs and comments from our news team reporting live as news happenshttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-news-live-blogging.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2012 20:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-news-live-blogging.html Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville is being accused of defrauding investors out of more $1.7 million in Alabama following his tenure at Auburn.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-tech-coach-accused-of-investment-fraud-.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-tech-coach-accused-of-investment-fraud-.html Syrian rebels spirited a British photographer who had been trapped in the opposition stronghold of Homs out of the country Tuesday after he was trapped for days under fierce government shelling that killed 13 of those trying to save him, an activist group said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wounded-british-journalist-escapes-syria-.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wounded-british-journalist-escapes-syria-.html The wife of legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal has told a joint legislative committee that her family foundation will create a fund to support Alzheimer's disease research in Texas in her husband's name.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/alzheimers-fund-set-up-honoring-legendary-coach--.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/alzheimers-fund-set-up-honoring-legendary-coach--.html The owner of a Dallas-area medical service provider and six others were indicted in a massive health care fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375 million, authorities announced Tuesday. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/7-accused-of-bilking-375m-from-medicare,-medicaid-.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/7-accused-of-bilking-375m-from-medicare,-medicaid-.html Kobe Bryant got the scoring record, Kevin Durant the MVP, and the West got the win — barely.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bryant,-west-hold-on-to-win-nba-all-star-game--.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/bryant,-west-hold-on-to-win-nba-all-star-game--.html A fire broke out in the generator room of an Italian cruise ship on Monday, causing no casualties but leaving the vessel adrift in an area of the Indian Ocean where Somali pirates have been active, officials said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fire-leaves-cruise-ship-adrift-off-seychelles----.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fire-leaves-cruise-ship-adrift-off-seychelles----.html Houston police say they have not yet determined what lead a man to shot and kill his 11-year-old daughter and wound his wife and 14-year-old daughter before killing himself. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/houston-police-investigating-murder-suicide---.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/houston-police-investigating-murder-suicide---.html Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S.C., is offering lucky gardeners a chance to put in orders for its famed poop produced by elephants, giraffes and zebras.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/scs-riverbanks-zoo-offers-its-poop-for-planting-.htmlMon, 27 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/scs-riverbanks-zoo-offers-its-poop-for-planting-.html Andrew Bynum had a huge smile on his face after he grabbed a rebound of his own miss and got fouled on an attempted putback.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lakers-hit-midway-mark-with-96-91-win-over-dallas-.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lakers-hit-midway-mark-with-96-91-win-over-dallas-.html Two massive avalanches in snowbound regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least nine soldiers, and at least 10 others were feared trapped in a military camp that was partially buried under snow, an official said Thursday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/avalanches-hit-indian-kashmir-9-soldiers-killed-.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/avalanches-hit-indian-kashmir-9-soldiers-killed-.html The judge who presided over a condemned Texas man's double-murder trial six years ago testified Wednesday that he thought the defense attorneys he appointed in the case did a good job.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judge-appointed-attorney-did-well-with-death-case-.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judge-appointed-attorney-did-well-with-death-case-.html A gun brought to an elementary school near Seattle in a third-grade boy's backpack discharged Wednesday, apparently by accident, and critically wounded an 8-year-old girl, police said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/8-year-old-critical-after-wash.-school-shooting-.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/8-year-old-critical-after-wash.-school-shooting-.html Students are testing a live blogging technologyhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/test-live-coverage.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 12:36:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/test-live-coverage.html An accident late last fall could have ended Tarleton freshman Olvia LeVoy’s life. But thanks to two seniors she calls her “guardian angels,” LeVoy is back on campus.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/heroic-acts-freshman-credits-two-seniors-with-saving-her-life..htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 13:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/heroic-acts-freshman-credits-two-seniors-with-saving-her-life..html The Texas Rangers have hired former All-Star shortstop Tony Fernandez as a special assistant to general manager Jon Daniels.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-hire-former-all-star-ss-fernandez-as-aide-.htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-hire-former-all-star-ss-fernandez-as-aide-.html A bronze sculpture commemorating Mexican cowboys and their role in Texas ranching will keep its gun.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vaquero-sculpture-in-fort-worth-to-keep-gun-.htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 11:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vaquero-sculpture-in-fort-worth-to-keep-gun-.html Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and the United States.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/leaders-meet-in-uk-over-fragile-somalias-future-.htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/leaders-meet-in-uk-over-fragile-somalias-future-.html A comic collection that includes a staggering array of some of the most prized issues ever published was headed for auction Wednesday in New York City, where it was expected to fetch more than $2 million.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/childhood-comic-collection-expected-to-fetch-2m-.htmlWed, 22 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/childhood-comic-collection-expected-to-fetch-2m-.html Yu Darvish has arrived at the Texas Rangers' spring training complex.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yu-darvish-arrives-at-rangers-camp-.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2012 12:58:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yu-darvish-arrives-at-rangers-camp-.html Syrian gunners pounded rebel strongholds in the besieged city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and bringing frantic cries for help from residents who say food and water are running dangerously low, according to activists.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dozens-killed-in-syria,-red-cross-urges-cease-fire-.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2012 12:58:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dozens-killed-in-syria,-red-cross-urges-cease-fire-.html The state has rested in the North Texas trial of a man accused of raping his former neighbor on a deer-skinning device and chaining her to a bed after kidnapping her. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/state-rests-in-texas-torture-suspects-trial--.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2012 12:58:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/state-rests-in-texas-torture-suspects-trial--.html A Georgia man gunned down his co-worker's husband outside a suburban Atlanta preschool because the murder suspect believed an angel had ordered him to pull the trigger, his defense attorney argued on Tuesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/defense-ga.-suspect-says-angel-told-him-to-kill-.htmlTue, 21 Feb 2012 12:58:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/defense-ga.-suspect-says-angel-told-him-to-kill-.html English speakers get their moment in the Carnival sun on Monday as a wild, Beatles-themed street party shakes it up, baby, with a samba swing to "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rio-carnival-revelers-to-twist,-shout-to-beatles.htmlMon, 20 Feb 2012 11:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rio-carnival-revelers-to-twist,-shout-to-beatles.html Imprisoned members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities, officials in northern Mexico said Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/zetas-gang-killed-rivals,-escaped-at-mexico-prison-.htmlMon, 20 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/zetas-gang-killed-rivals,-escaped-at-mexico-prison-.html A former prosecutor who is now a state district judge will face special legal proceedings into allegations he hid evidence that helped send a wrongly convicted man to prison for nearly 25 years for the beating death of his wife, the chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court ordered Thursday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/-texas-judge-faces-inquiry-on-wrongful-conviction-.htmlThu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/-texas-judge-faces-inquiry-on-wrongful-conviction-.html Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has a history of near-death experiences and he insists another resurrection is on its way.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gingrich-hopes-for-another-campaign-resurrection.htmlThu, 16 Feb 2012 12:23:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gingrich-hopes-for-another-campaign-resurrection.html Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, an offer that could reflect its difficulty in coping with tough U.S. and European sanctions, or amount to another delaying tactic as it moves ahead with activities that could bring it closer to developing an atomic bomb.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-letter,-iran-says-its-ready-for-nuclear-talks.htmlThu, 16 Feb 2012 12:21:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-letter,-iran-says-its-ready-for-nuclear-talks.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/from-new-york-to-asia,-lin-is-a-hoops-sensation.htmlThu, 16 Feb 2012 12:18:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/from-new-york-to-asia,-lin-is-a-hoops-sensation.html Tarleton State University has made improvements to campus security over the years, but does the Tarleton community think its campus is safe?http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/is-tarleton-state-safe--by-texan-news-service-staff.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/is-tarleton-state-safe--by-texan-news-service-staff.html Four Texas Christian University football players were among 17 students arrested Wednesday in a campus drug bust, police said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tcu-football-players-among-17-caught-in-drug-sting-.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tcu-football-players-among-17-caught-in-drug-sting-.html A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a U.S. reality television producer to stand trial in the killing of his wife at a Cancun resort in 2010.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mexico-judge-orders-us-producer-to-stand-trial-.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mexico-judge-orders-us-producer-to-stand-trial-.html Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income climbed 48 percent, helped by higher prices and strong performances from its new Dr. Pepper TEN as well as its Sun Drop citrus-flavored beverage.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dr.-pepper-snapple-4q-net-income-up-on-pricing-.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:17:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dr.-pepper-snapple-4q-net-income-up-on-pricing-.html A federal trial began Wednesday for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike for miles in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trial-starts-in-kids-forced-grand-canyon-hikes-.htmlWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/trial-starts-in-kids-forced-grand-canyon-hikes-.html With speed limits increasing to 75 mph for some Texas highways, Tarleton members weighed in on changes in their driving habits and commute times.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/campus-reacts-to-increased-speed-limits.htmlMon, 13 Feb 2012 11:51:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/campus-reacts-to-increased-speed-limits.html Some schools in West Texas have delayed opening due to winter weather that left behind nearly 3 inches of snow.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/some-texas-schools-start-late-due-to-weather-.htmlMon, 13 Feb 2012 10:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/some-texas-schools-start-late-due-to-weather-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cameron-to-hold-talks-on-scotland-independence-.htmlMon, 13 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cameron-to-hold-talks-on-scotland-independence-.html It didn't look like just another night for the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena when a fan hurled an octopus on the ice, an act usually reserved for a playoff game.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/red-wings-match-record-with-20th-straight-home-win-.htmlMon, 13 Feb 2012 10:25:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/red-wings-match-record-with-20th-straight-home-win-.html Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatreds brew on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/city-of-homs-becomes-focus-of-syrias-uprising-.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2012 12:51:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/city-of-homs-becomes-focus-of-syrias-uprising-.html An Austin high school teacher has been charged after she was accused of giving a "morning-after" birth-control pill to a student.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/teacher-charged-with-giving-student-contraceptive-.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/teacher-charged-with-giving-student-contraceptive-.html Having won the first two AL pennants in franchise history, the Texas Rangers want to keep their key players around for a while.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/andrus-and-rangers-finalize-14.4m,-3-year-deal-.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2012 12:48:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/andrus-and-rangers-finalize-14.4m,-3-year-deal-.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of U.S. troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving behind the stalled discussion about closing a major U.S. Marine base there.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-japan-closer-to-moving-many-okinawa-marines-.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2012 11:39:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-japan-closer-to-moving-many-okinawa-marines-.html The stronger the economy gets, the more the presidential race comes down to what voters believe: Are things actually getting better? Or is it all still a mess?http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/analysis-how-economy-is-viewed-can-differ-sharply-.htmlThu, 09 Feb 2012 11:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/analysis-how-economy-is-viewed-can-differ-sharply-.html Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton visited doctors for Major League Baseball and the players' association this week in New York following his admitted relapse with alcohol.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/hamilton-visits-mlb-docs-after-alcohol-relapse-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 23:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/hamilton-visits-mlb-docs-after-alcohol-relapse-.html A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing had fights often and traded angry emails in the months before her death.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fights-detailed-at-start-of-lacrosse-player-trial-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fights-detailed-at-start-of-lacrosse-player-trial-.html Rupert Murdoch's News International has settled nearly all the cases against the company in the first wave of lawsuits for phone hacking by its journalists, with a new round of apologies and payouts announced Wednesday in a London court.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/murdoch-firm-settles-9-more-hacking-lawsuits-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 13:38:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/murdoch-firm-settles-9-more-hacking-lawsuits-.html The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday an accused killer's MySpace pages were properly used as evidence by prosecutors to help convince a jury to convict the Dallas-area street gang member of murder.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-myspace-used-properly-in-murder-conviction-1.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 13:38:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-myspace-used-properly-in-murder-conviction-1.html House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration Wednesday of an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom," promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with free birth control if the president doesn't.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/boehner-congress-to-overturn-birth-control-policy-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 13:38:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/boehner-congress-to-overturn-birth-control-policy-.html JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Shot through the upper back on a rooftop in Afghanistan and gasping for breath after a bullet ripped through his chest, Marine Sgt. Ben Tomlinson had a fear worse than death.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ap-interview-homecoming-inspires-wounded-marine-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:42:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ap-interview-homecoming-inspires-wounded-marine-.html The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled an accused killer's MySpace page properly was used as evidence by prosecutors to convince a jury to convict the Dallas-area street gang member of murder.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-myspace-used-properly-in-murder-conviction-.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:34:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/court-myspace-used-properly-in-murder-conviction-.html Equine Center was abuzz Saturday night when the Horseman’s Association hosted its second annual Ranch Rodeo competition. At least a hundred or more people were in the stands rooting for their favorite teams. Teams were timed on how fast they could pen, load, doctor, mug a cow, and then get back to base in less than seven minutes. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ranch-rodeo-at-tarleton.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ranch-rodeo-at-tarleton.html President Barack Obama's campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing the president's re-election bid, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees, which can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-campaign-urges-fundraisers-to-back-super-pac-.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 10:48:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-campaign-urges-fundraisers-to-back-super-pac-.html Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago boarded a Red Cross plane to leave rebel territory Tuesday after apparently being released, a state news agency said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chinese-workers-held-in-sudan-board-plane-to-leave-.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 10:47:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chinese-workers-held-in-sudan-board-plane-to-leave-.html The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-york-to-fete-giants-with-parade-up-broadway-.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/new-york-to-fete-giants-with-parade-up-broadway-.html Police at the University of Texas-Pan American are investigating a "suspicious" death after a woman's body was found near an outdoor staircase of a campushttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/womans-body-found-on-south-texas-college-campus.htmlMon, 06 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/womans-body-found-on-south-texas-college-campus.html A second Marine is going to trial for allegedly hazing a fellow Marine who later fatally shot himself in Afghanistan.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/marine-sergeant-accused-of-hazing-goes-to-trial-.htmlMon, 06 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/marine-sergeant-accused-of-hazing-goes-to-trial-.html Tarleton’s coaching staff seemed eager to announce the names of the recruits they signed for the 2012-2013 football season at this year’s Signing Day Sphttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-releases-names,-stats,-and-highlights-of-new-recruits-by-alex-mcdonald.htmlMon, 06 Feb 2012 09:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texan-football-releases-names,-stats,-and-highlights-of-new-recruits-by-alex-mcdonald.html Tarleton members had mixed reactions to Apple’s announcement that it will begin distributing electronic textbooks; cost, technology failures and comfort were factors for those interviewed on campus this week.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-community-reacts-to-apples-entry-into-textbook-market.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:21:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-community-reacts-to-apples-entry-into-textbook-market.html The Dallas Morning News is reporting Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/report-rangers-hamilton-has-relapse-with-alcohol-.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/report-rangers-hamilton-has-relapse-with-alcohol-.html A piece of advice for Chilean visitors to Peru: It's best not to pitch your tent next to a military base, especially if you're carrying a camera.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-chileans-held-in-peru-innocents-or-spies-.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-chileans-held-in-peru-innocents-or-spies-.html The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is still a long way off from being out of a historic drought, and climate experts are warning against any premature partying.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dallas-area-1st-in-texas-to-emerge-from-drought-.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dallas-area-1st-in-texas-to-emerge-from-drought-.html The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, including all seven in California, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cancer-charity-confronts-backlash-over-grant-cuts-.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cancer-charity-confronts-backlash-over-grant-cuts-.html A former Central Texas pastor has been jailed on a capital murder charge in the March 2011 mobile home fire that killed his wife.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ex-central-texas-pastor-accused-of-murdering-wife.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ex-central-texas-pastor-accused-of-murdering-wife.html The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs — 15 percent of its workforce — as the nation's third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-airlines-aims-to-cut-13,000-jobs-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/american-airlines-aims-to-cut-13,000-jobs-.html Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism Wednesday when he said he's "not concerned about the very poor" because they have an "ample safety net."http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-not-focused-on-poor,-they-have-safety-net-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-not-focused-on-poor,-they-have-safety-net-.html Every one of the 2,500 police officers in this Mexican border city has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the killing of five officers by a local drug cartelhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/juarez-police-leave-their-homes-after-5-are-slain-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 13:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/juarez-police-leave-their-homes-after-5-are-slain-.html Dozens of Palestinians on Thursday tried to block U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon from entering the Gaza Strip and pelted his armored convoy with shoes and sticks, accusing him of being unfairly biased toward Israel.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/palestinians-hurl-shoes-at-visiting-un-chief-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/palestinians-hurl-shoes-at-visiting-un-chief-.html Lake Travis' domination of Class 4A football is over. Growing enrollment has pushed the powerhouse Texas program into a new level of competition.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/uil-realignment-moves-4a-champ-lake-travis-to-5a-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 12:22:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/uil-realignment-moves-4a-champ-lake-travis-to-5a-.html Retail gasoline prices have jumped 13 cents across Texas.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-jump-13-cents-across-texas-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 12:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-jump-13-cents-across-texas-.html An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday in a ruling that could have implications for more than a dozen other inmates seeking similar appeals.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ill.-court-allows-torture-case-to-proceed-.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ill.-court-allows-torture-case-to-proceed-.html The Tarleton State University’s annual security report on crime statistics from 2010 shows a significant increase in liquor law violations.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-crime-spiked-in-2010.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 15:25:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-crime-spiked-in-2010.html A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered its wreckage off Italy's coast Wednesday, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the area's sensitive, pristine waters. Authorities were trying to assess how serious and extensive the spread washttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/oil-spreads-from-wreck-of-ship-off-italy-coast-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/oil-spreads-from-wreck-of-ship-off-italy-coast-.html Pope Benedict XVI expressed "sadness" and sent condolences to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Wednesday over the death of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led the archdiocese for more than 15 years.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pope-mourns-pa.-death-of-cardinal-bevilacqua-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pope-mourns-pa.-death-of-cardinal-bevilacqua-.html Vowing to avoid "another Libya," the U.S. and its allies challenged Russia on Tuesday to overcome its opposition to a U.N. draft resolution demanding that Syrian President Bashar Assad yield power and end the violence that has killed thousands.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-allies-urge-un-action-to-end-violence-in-syria-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:59:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-allies-urge-un-action-to-end-violence-in-syria-.html Kansas coach Bill Self is sticking by the prediction he made back in October, before the season began and long before the Big 12 race started heating up.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/big-12-race-tightens-up-as-teams-pass-midway-mark-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:58:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/big-12-race-tightens-up-as-teams-pass-midway-mark-.html Three federal judges weighing the legality of Texas' new political maps reacted with skepticism Tuesday when the state's lawyer suggested the intent of the redrawn boundaries was to maximize the influence of Republicans, not to minimize the influence of minorities.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judges-skeptical-of-texas-in-redistricting-case-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:52:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judges-skeptical-of-texas-in-redistricting-case-.html Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press on despite the one-sided setbackhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-wins-big-in-florida,-routing-gingrich-.htmlWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:52:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-wins-big-in-florida,-routing-gingrich-.html Check out two new interactive maps from the Texan News Service – one detailing crimes reported to the Tarleton State University police and the other showing crimes reported to Stephenville police.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/curious-about-crime-on-and-off-campus.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/curious-about-crime-on-and-off-campus.html Ron Washington felt he was the right guy for the job when the Texas Rangers hired him as their manager, despite his inexperience in that role and the rebuilding effort that was just getting started. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-give-manager-washington-2-year-extension.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/rangers-give-manager-washington-2-year-extension.html All European Union countries except Britain and the Czech Republic agreed Monday to sign a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone and put an end to the bloc's crippling debt crisis, while EU leaders also pledged to stimulate growth and employment.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eu-nations-to-sign-treaty-to-stop-overspending.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:47:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eu-nations-to-sign-treaty-to-stop-overspending.html President Barack Obama is trying to rebuild the American economy, one job at a time — literally.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-works-to-save-jobs,-1-at-a-time.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-works-to-save-jobs,-1-at-a-time.html Negotiations between minority groups and Texas officials in a lengthy clash over new political districts appeared stalled Monday as both sides prepared to argue in Washington over whether the Republican-drawn maps violate the federal Voting Rights Act.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-redistricting-talks-have-stalled.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2012 13:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-redistricting-talks-have-stalled.html The police chief in a working-class city where four officers have been charged with tyrannizing Latino residents and using excessive force against illegal immigrants is retiring from office, his attorney said Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-chief-retiring-in-conn.-town-hit-by-scandal-.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-chief-retiring-in-conn.-town-hit-by-scandal-.html A South Carolina man accused of using a stun gun on other fans during a fight at a New York Jets-Dallas Cowboys game last year has pleaded not guilty.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fan-pleads-not-guilty-in-jets-game-stun-gun-case-.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fan-pleads-not-guilty-in-jets-game-stun-gun-case-.html Egypt's military rulers are considering ways to speed up the transition to civilian rule, including moving up the date for presidential elections, a spokesman for a civilian body that advises the army said Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/egypts-military-considers-speeding-up-transition-.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/egypts-military-considers-speeding-up-transition-.html Authorities say four people have died in a vehicle crash after a driver failed to stop at a rural highway intersection in West Texas.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/4-dead-in-crash-on-west-texas-highway-.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/4-dead-in-crash-on-west-texas-highway-.html Internationally acclaimed classical pianist Cecile Licad will perform a guest recital at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center theatre as part of the Department of Fine Arts' annual piano festival.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/renowned-pianist-cecile-licad-to-perform-at-tarleton.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:56:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/renowned-pianist-cecile-licad-to-perform-at-tarleton.html Matt Bonner and DeJuan Blair both scored 17 points, and the San Antonio Spurs handed the surging Atlanta Hawks their first lopsided loss of the season, 105-83 on Wednesday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spurs-bench-powers-san-antonio-past-atlanta-.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:54:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spurs-bench-powers-san-antonio-past-atlanta-.html Severe flooding and landslides in Fiji have killed six people and left hundreds more homeless.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/severe-flooding,-landslides-kill-6-in-fiji-.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:53:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/severe-flooding,-landslides-kill-6-in-fiji-.html Buckets of rain and powerful winds that apparently spawned several tornadoes swept across Texas on Wednesday, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for a historic dry spell.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/severe-storms-drench-texas,-spawning-tornadoes--.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:53:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/severe-storms-drench-texas,-spawning-tornadoes--.html On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-and-gop-candidates-offer-a-campaign-preview-.htmlThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:52:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/obama-and-gop-candidates-offer-a-campaign-preview-.html An Idaho man accused of firing shots at the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he tried to assassinate President Barack Obama.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-trying-to-kill-obama-.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:32:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-trying-to-kill-obama-.html Freshman Myck Kabongo scored 13 points and Texas ended a three-game losing streak with a 62-55 win over Iowa State on Tuesday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-ends-losing-skid-by-beating-iowa-state-62-55-.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:32:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-ends-losing-skid-by-beating-iowa-state-62-55-.html A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/solar-storm-sparks-dazzling-northern-lights-.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/solar-storm-sparks-dazzling-northern-lights-.html Rainstorms and strong winds across parts of Texas have left thousands of people without electricity and facing the threat of worse conditions.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thousands-lose-electricity-during-texas-storms-.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/thousands-lose-electricity-during-texas-storms-.html Thomas Robinson carried No. 5 Kansas when things looked bleak, scoring 16 of his 18 points in the second half and leading the Jayhawks to a 64-54 win over scrappy Texas A&M on Monday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/robinson-leads-no.-5-kansas-past-texas-am-.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 15:05:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/robinson-leads-no.-5-kansas-past-texas-am-.html Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-more-bodies-found,-fuel-removal-to-begin-on-cruise-ship.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-more-bodies-found,-fuel-removal-to-begin-on-cruise-ship.html The U.S. Army has announced it will close a personnel assistance office at a major North Texas airport that helped troops passing through on route to and from overseas combat.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/army-to-close-dfw-airport-troop-assistance-office-.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/army-to-close-dfw-airport-troop-assistance-office-.html Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he would allow illegal immigrants to earn U.S. citizenship if they serve America in uniform.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gingrich-says-dream-act-with-military-aspect-ok-.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gingrich-says-dream-act-with-military-aspect-ok-.html On a bittersweet day for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the outgoing congresswoman spent her final hours in Tucson as the city's U.S. representative, finishing the meeting she started on the morning she was shot and bidding farewell to constituents who supported her through a long recovery. Giffords, wearing an olive-green jacket and a bright turquoise scarf, spent time Monday at her office withttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/giffords-says-farewell-to-tucson-constituents-.htmlMon, 23 Jan 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/giffords-says-farewell-to-tucson-constituents-.html Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott asked a federal court on Monday to clear the way for the state's Voter ID law as the state waits to hear from the Department of Justice.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-ag-asks-court-to-clear-way-for-voter-id-law-.htmlMon, 23 Jan 2012 14:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-ag-asks-court-to-clear-way-for-voter-id-law-.html The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/usda-says-it-will-close-259-offices-to-save-150m-.htmlMon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/usda-says-it-will-close-259-offices-to-save-150m-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mango-the-new-teacher-by-quinton-butler-.htmlWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mango-the-new-teacher-by-quinton-butler-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dairy-center-follow-up-by-briley-garrett.htmlWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dairy-center-follow-up-by-briley-garrett.html The 2011 Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Class 3A all-state high school football team, released Tuesday. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-apse-class-3a-all-state-football-team-.htmlTue, 13 Dec 2011 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-apse-class-3a-all-state-football-team-.html A group of low-wealth schools has filed the third lawsuit against the state over school funding. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/low-wealth-schools-file-3rd-lawsuit-against-state-.htmlTue, 13 Dec 2011 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/low-wealth-schools-file-3rd-lawsuit-against-state-.html Stock indexes were mixed in morning trading Tuesday after the previous day's big declines. Strong participation from buyers at a bond sale backing Europe's bailout fund and at an auction of Spanish government debt helped reassure investors.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stocks-mixed-as-calm-returns-to-markets--.htmlTue, 13 Dec 2011 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stocks-mixed-as-calm-returns-to-markets--.html A package bomb sent to the Greek Embassy in Paris was discovered by authorities and safely disabled Monday, and caused no injuries or damages, an embassy official said. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/package-bomb-at-greek-embassy-in-paris-.htmlMon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/package-bomb-at-greek-embassy-in-paris-.html A coroner in Dallas has identified an off-duty suburban police officer who died in a weekend motorcycle accident.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/id-on-off-duty-dallas-area-officer-killed-in-crash-.htmlMon, 12 Dec 2011 10:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/id-on-off-duty-dallas-area-officer-killed-in-crash-.html A 22-year veteran police officer responding to a break-in Monday morning was shot in the face and killed by one of the suspects hiding inside the Brooklyn apartment when officers arrived, police officials said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nypd-officer-shot,-killed-at-scene-of-break-in--.htmlMon, 12 Dec 2011 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nypd-officer-shot,-killed-at-scene-of-break-in--.html U.S. forces scored a strategic victory against the Taliban four months ago when they seized a mountain pass that had enabled suicide bombers to make their way from Pakistan to the Afghan capital, Kabul.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/afghan-pass-shows-struggle-of-handover-.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2011 11:33:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/afghan-pass-shows-struggle-of-handover-.html The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has implicated a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells in causing groundwater pollution.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/apnewsbreak-epa-implicates-fracking-in-pollution-.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2011 11:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/apnewsbreak-epa-implicates-fracking-in-pollution-.html Virginia Tech officials say a police officer and another person have been shot and killed on the school's campus.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/va.-tech-police-officer,-1-other-killed.htmlThu, 08 Dec 2011 11:04:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/va.-tech-police-officer,-1-other-killed.html Tarleton’s Live Green, Bleed Purple recycling campaign is making a ton of difference. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-live-green,-bleed-purple-recycling--by-amanda-arrambide.htmlTue, 06 Dec 2011 10:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-live-green,-bleed-purple-recycling--by-amanda-arrambide.html Tarleton students are used to cramming as final exams approach.But for a small group of Tarleton freshman, cramming has been a way of life all semester.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-students-cram-for-tests-in-crowded-dorms-by-paige-poth.htmlTue, 06 Dec 2011 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-students-cram-for-tests-in-crowded-dorms-by-paige-poth.html Jason Terry has returned to the Dallas Mavericks' practice court for the first time since the team's championship parade in June.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/terry-ready-for-mavs-to-start-defending-nba-title-.htmlThu, 01 Dec 2011 12:24:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/terry-ready-for-mavs-to-start-defending-nba-title-.html Following an unexpectedly large turnout, Egypt's election commission announced Thursday a delay in final results for the first-round of parliamentary elections while judges monitoring the count said Islamist parties are poised to gain a parliamentary majority.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/egypt-election-results-delayed-to-friday-.htmlThu, 01 Dec 2011 12:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/egypt-election-results-delayed-to-friday-.html Retail gasoline prices have dropped 6 cents this week across Texas.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-down-6-cents-in-texas-.htmlThu, 01 Dec 2011 11:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-down-6-cents-in-texas-.html A 911 caller said a Florida A&M University band member had vomit in his mouth in the moments before he died, according to audio of an emergency call released Thursday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vomit-in-famu-students-mouth-before-he-dies-.htmlThu, 01 Dec 2011 11:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/vomit-in-famu-students-mouth-before-he-dies-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/syracuse-chancellor-boeheims-our-coach-.htmlWed, 30 Nov 2011 12:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/syracuse-chancellor-boeheims-our-coach-.html The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Ivory Coast's former strongman, who refused to accept his loss in last year's election and nearly dragged the country into civil war in a bid to stay in power.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ivory-coasts-gbagbo-.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ivory-coasts-gbagbo-.html A lawyer for Michael Jackson's family has told a judge sentencing the doctor who caused the singer's death that the family is not seeking revenge but wants a stiff sentence that serves as a warning to opportunistic doctors.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jacksons-family-calls-for-stiff-sentence-for-doc-.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/jacksons-family-calls-for-stiff-sentence-for-doc-.html The fired director of Florida A&M's famed "Marching 100" band said he repeatedly warned university leaders over two decades about the dangers of hazing and that he's been made the scapegoat for a band member's death in which the practice is suspected.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fired-famu-band-director-hazing-warnings-ignored-.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2011 10:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/fired-famu-band-director-hazing-warnings-ignored-.html Two of four men accused in a brazen Houston-area daytime attack that killed the driver of a semitrailer carrying drugs have been appointed attorneys to defend them.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-charged-in-houston-drug-shooting-get-attorneys-.htmlTue, 29 Nov 2011 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-charged-in-houston-drug-shooting-get-attorneys-.html Brady threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns and the New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-20 Sunday in a rematch of the 2005 Super Bowl.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/brady,-patriots-rout-eagles-38-20-.htmlMon, 28 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/brady,-patriots-rout-eagles-38-20-.html A German NATO officer and a soldier were shot and wounded in a clash with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo on Monday after the military alliance's troops used heavy machinery to remove trucks and buses blocking a main road in the tense region, an official said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-nato-peacekeepers-wounded-in-kosovo-.htmlMon, 28 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-nato-peacekeepers-wounded-in-kosovo-.html The Supreme Court has been asked to stop a federal court from implementing a congressional redistricting map in Texas that increases the number of minority-majority districts.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-asks-court-to-stop-redistricting-plan-.htmlMon, 28 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-asks-court-to-stop-redistricting-plan-.html Hopes for a more far-reaching solution to Europe's debt crisis and a strong start to the U.S. shopping season sent stocks sharply higher Monday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stocks-soar-after-big-holiday-shopping-weekend-.htmlMon, 28 Nov 2011 10:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/stocks-soar-after-big-holiday-shopping-weekend-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-couple-tried-to-bribe-border-patrol-agent-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 21:43:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-couple-tried-to-bribe-border-patrol-agent-.html More than three years after businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko was convicted of corruption in a trial that laid bare Illinois' pay-to-play political culture and presaged notorious cases that battered the state's reputation, a judge finally will mete out his punishment.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/blagojevich-fundraiser-rezko-faces-sentencing-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 21:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/blagojevich-fundraiser-rezko-faces-sentencing-.html His face is everywhere. He is on Tarleton’s home page; he graces the cover of The Tarleton State University Magazine 2011, and he smiles from the street banners plastered all over the Stephenville campus. He is “the Face of Tarleton State University,” the very embodiment of school spirit and an expert on century-old traditions. He is Mr. TSU.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mr.-tsu,-deriek-iglesias-the-man-behind-the-face-of-tarleton-state-by-ian-troub.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mr.-tsu,-deriek-iglesias-the-man-behind-the-face-of-tarleton-state-by-ian-troub.html About 15 students attended a Lunch and Learn presentation on the effects of alcohol on fitness Wednesday. Nov 16. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lunch-and-learn-fitness-and-alcohol-dont-mix-by-ryan-craft.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/lunch-and-learn-fitness-and-alcohol-dont-mix-by-ryan-craft.html Erath County Commissioner Jim Pack of precinct 1 dedicates his full time to his county. Not only does Pack take on the complete workload of being a county commissioner but he is also a volunteer firefighter, a father, a husband of 33 years, a Navy veteran, and a longhorn breeder.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/commissioner-jim-pack-by-stephanee-rhodes-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/commissioner-jim-pack-by-stephanee-rhodes-.html A beloved group of students, disguised in mismatched clothing, masks, and even high-pitched voices can be seen pumping up the crowd on a Saturday night at Tarleton Memorial Stadium. More specifically, they will be pounding the ground, jumping, and yelling, “Hey, Oscar P.!” to raise the spirit of John Tarleton’s late pet duck. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/purple-poo-behind-the-masks-by-chelsea-nunley.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:20:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/purple-poo-behind-the-masks-by-chelsea-nunley.html A swelling crowd of tens of thousands filled Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday, answering the call for a million people to turn out and intensify pressure on Egypt's military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government. The ruling military council held crisis talks with political parties across the spectrum to try to defuse growing cries for a "second revolution."http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/as-crowds-swell-in-cairo,-military-in-crisis-talks-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/as-crowds-swell-in-cairo,-military-in-crisis-talks-.html As Thanksgiving approaches, the average price for gas in Texas has declined.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gas-prices-drop-5-cents-across-texas-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gas-prices-drop-5-cents-across-texas-.html Former President George W. Bush will travel to Africa next month to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer, an effort he calls a "natural extension" of a program launched during his presidency that helps fight AIDS on the continent.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/george-w.-bush-to-raise-cancer-awareness-in-africa-.htmlTue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/george-w.-bush-to-raise-cancer-awareness-in-africa-.html Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel offered a public apology Thursday after his overnight arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mizzou-coach-gary-pinkel-could-face-dwi-charge-.htmlThu, 17 Nov 2011 12:23:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mizzou-coach-gary-pinkel-could-face-dwi-charge-.html Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain returned to New Hampshire on Thursday for the first time in about a month, but couldn't spare time for the state's largest newspaper, an influential force among the group of voters he needs.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cain-meeting-with-union-leader-newspaper-canceled-.htmlThu, 17 Nov 2011 12:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cain-meeting-with-union-leader-newspaper-canceled-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gulf-oil-spill-claims-mississippi,2nd-ld-writethru516.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2011 12:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/gulf-oil-spill-claims-mississippi,2nd-ld-writethru516.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/crackdowns-reach-epicenter-of-wall-street-protest.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2011 12:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/crackdowns-reach-epicenter-of-wall-street-protest.html The Office of Diversity and Inclusion along with the Ultra Club, COBA, and other international programs on campus introduced Tres Vidas Tuesday as part of International Week. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tres-vidas-performance-by-lacey-greeson-.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2011 10:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tres-vidas-performance-by-lacey-greeson-.html Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appeared at her final campaign rally last week with the man named No. 1 on the government's list of "most notorious perpetrators" of violence during the country's civil war.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/troubled-vote-may-tie-liberian-presidents-hands-.htmlTue, 15 Nov 2011 11:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/troubled-vote-may-tie-liberian-presidents-hands-.html A federal judge has refused to grant an order sought by Occupy Dallas demonstrators to prevent the city from closing their campsite.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judge-denies-occupy-dallas-order-against-city-.htmlTue, 15 Nov 2011 11:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/judge-denies-occupy-dallas-order-against-city-.html Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn darkness Tuesday, evicted hundreds of demonstrators and demolished the tent city that was the epicenter of a movement protesting what participants call corporate greed and economic inequality.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-bust-ny-occupy-protest-in-nighttime-sweep-.htmlTue, 15 Nov 2011 11:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-bust-ny-occupy-protest-in-nighttime-sweep-.html Check out the list for Texas Class 4A high school football playoff pairingshttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/class-4a-high-school-football-playoff-pairings-.htmlMon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/class-4a-high-school-football-playoff-pairings-.html The European Union decided Monday to impose sanctions on 18 more Syrians to protest the bloody clampdown on dissent by Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eu-imposes-new-sanctions-on-syria-.htmlMon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/eu-imposes-new-sanctions-on-syria-.html Roger Rojas turned the run for his life into a fundraiser for others.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-cancer-survivor-runs-marathons-for-cause-.htmlMon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-cancer-survivor-runs-marathons-for-cause-.html Fed up with a decade of police spying on the innocuous details of the daily lives of Muslims, activists in New York are discouraging people from going directly to the police with their concerns about terrorism, a campaign that is certain to further strain relations between the two groups.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/angry-over-spying,-muslims-say-dont-call-nypd-.htmlMon, 14 Nov 2011 10:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/angry-over-spying,-muslims-say-dont-call-nypd-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nationals-catcher-ramos-kidnapped-in-venezuela-.htmlThu, 10 Nov 2011 10:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nationals-catcher-ramos-kidnapped-in-venezuela-.html A 16-year-old Central Texas boy has been charged with murder in the death of another youth found shot in the head.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/youth-charged-after-killeen-boy,-16,-fatally-shot-.htmlThu, 10 Nov 2011 10:32:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/youth-charged-after-killeen-boy,-16,-fatally-shot-.html Even as a recent good-faith swap of offers showed a narrowing of differences over taxes, a special deficit-cutting "supercommittee" seems to have hit a major snag just two weeks before its deadline.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/deficit-supercommittee-hits-rough-patch-.htmlThu, 10 Nov 2011 10:30:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/deficit-supercommittee-hits-rough-patch-.html Three of my close friends and I ate lunch at to Mascorro’s and were pleasantly surprised with the meal. Mascorro’s is a Mexican style restaurant that opened earlier this year and is located 2900 W. Washington St. Suite 91. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/review-mascorros-restaurant-in-stephenville.htmlThu, 10 Nov 2011 09:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/review-mascorros-restaurant-in-stephenville.html The bodies of two experienced French mountain climbers trapped on Mont Blanc for days during fierce storms were recovered by rescue crews on Wednesday, authorities said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-french-climbers-found-dead-on-mont-blanc-.htmlWed, 09 Nov 2011 12:02:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2-french-climbers-found-dead-on-mont-blanc-.html There were contentious moments, including yelling and cajoling, during two days of deliberations before reaching the guilty verdict in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, a juror said an interview broadcast on Wednesday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yelling,-cajoling-during-murray-jury-deliberations-.htmlWed, 09 Nov 2011 12:01:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/yelling,-cajoling-during-murray-jury-deliberations-.html This week, Tarleton State University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting Diversity Week for the second consecutive year. And if successful, the office plans to make the event an annual occasion. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/diversity-week-2011-by-lacey-greeson.htmlWed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/diversity-week-2011-by-lacey-greeson.html Puerto Rico's justice secretary said Tuesday he has opened a criminal investigation against two prison guards who were escorting eight inmates who drowned, screaming for help, while shackled in a van covered in floodwaters.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/deaths-of-8-puerto-rico-inmates-lead-to-probe-.htmlTue, 08 Nov 2011 13:15:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/deaths-of-8-puerto-rico-inmates-lead-to-probe-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-court-rejects-texas-redistricting-maps-.htmlTue, 08 Nov 2011 13:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-court-rejects-texas-redistricting-maps-.html When a good Samaritan stopped along a Wisconsin highway to help Sara Berg and her cousin change a blown tire, he remarked that "someone up above" must have brought them together, and she replied "thank God for you."http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wis.-woman-who-saved-good-samaritan-god-helped-.htmlTue, 08 Nov 2011 13:00:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/wis.-woman-who-saved-good-samaritan-god-helped-.html It’s hard to imagine actually taking off to parts unknown in quest of the makers of your clothes, but that’s exactly what Kelsey Timmerman did. He traveled to Honduras, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and China in search of the factory and the people that made his favorite clothes. He wants to get to know the workers personally and writes about this quest in Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $24.95). http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kelsey-timmermans-where-am-i-wearing.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2011 16:50:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kelsey-timmermans-where-am-i-wearing.html A federal appeals court on Monday took up the thorny issue of whether California law declaring there was an Armenian genocide in Turkey conflicts with U.S. foreign policy.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/appeals-court-revisits-armenian-genocide-lawsuit-.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2011 16:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/appeals-court-revisits-armenian-genocide-lawsuit-.html The U.N. Security Council first imposed sanctions against Iran in December 2006 and has been ratcheting up the punitive measures since then in hopes of pressuring the government to suspend enrichment and start negotiations on its nuclear program — which it has refused to do.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/un-has-been-ratcheting-up-iran-sanctions-.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2011 16:10:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/un-has-been-ratcheting-up-iran-sanctions-.html Texas' highest criminal court has postponed the execution of a convicted murderer who contends that new DNA testing could show he's innocent.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-court-puts-off-execution-due-to-legal-change-.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2011 15:40:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-court-puts-off-execution-due-to-legal-change-.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted serial killer has been found guilty of three additional murders during the "Southside Slayer" attacks that terrorized Los Angeles in the 1980s and '90s.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/la-man-guilty-of-3-more-southside-slayer-cases-.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2011 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/la-man-guilty-of-3-more-southside-slayer-cases-.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs targeting security forces struck two Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens in a reminder of the country's vulnerability as U.S. troops leave.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spate-of-bombs-kills-10-in-iraq-.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2011 12:37:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/spate-of-bombs-kills-10-in-iraq-.html HOUSTON (AP) — Retail gasoline prices across Texas have slipped 4 cents a gallon this week.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-slip-4-cents-across-texas-.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2011 12:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/retail-gasoline-prices-slip-4-cents-across-texas-.html Tarleton State University hosted the annual Invitational Leadership Development Events competition for high school students Oct. 31. TSU Collegiate FFA runs the contest each year and this year the high schools clubs with the most awards were Tory, Anson and Perrin.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/collegiate-ffas-lde-competition.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/collegiate-ffas-lde-competition.html By Julie Gutierrez - Tarleton State University has broken the record for the largest incoming freshmen class in the university’s history – again.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-freshman-class-count-breaks-records...-again.-.htmlThu, 03 Nov 2011 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-freshman-class-count-breaks-records...-again.-.html The Federal Reserve, after employing a dwindling set of policy options at its last two meetings, may hit the pause button in hopes that the faint signs of the economy's rebound will grow stronger.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-reserve-wraps-up-policy-meeting.htmlWed, 02 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/federal-reserve-wraps-up-policy-meeting.html By Ian Troub - “In Time” thrills and chills audiences with a visually stunning and heart-pounding 109 minutes of pure adrenaline rush.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-time-is-time-well-spent-.htmlTue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-time-is-time-well-spent-.html As Case Keenum has set NCAA records, senior receivers Tyron Carrier and Patrick Edwards have been right there with him, putting up their own numbers for high-powered Houston.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/carrier,-edwards-help-keenum-reach-records-.htmlTue, 01 Nov 2011 16:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/carrier,-edwards-help-keenum-reach-records-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-sheriff-labels-shootout-spillover-violence-.htmlTue, 01 Nov 2011 16:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-sheriff-labels-shootout-spillover-violence-.html Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is launching his first television ads in New Hampshire this week.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-launches-nh-ad-campaign-.htmlTue, 01 Nov 2011 16:35:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-launches-nh-ad-campaign-.html College students, veterans' widows and land owners who conserve water could be among the beneficiaries if voters approve 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 8.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/10-constitutional-amendments-on-ballot-for-nov.-8-.htmlMon, 31 Oct 2011 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/10-constitutional-amendments-on-ballot-for-nov.-8-.html A US Airways flight attendant based in Phoenix was found dead in a Mexico City hotel room while on a layover, and authorities are investigating the death as a homicide.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/phoenix-flight-attendant-found-dead-in-mexico-city-.htmlMon, 31 Oct 2011 08:19:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/phoenix-flight-attendant-found-dead-in-mexico-city-.html A Japanese government panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely close the tsunami-hobbled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, even though the facility is leaking far less radiation than before and is considered relatively stable.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/experts-30-years-till-japan-can-close-nuke-plant-.htmlMon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/experts-30-years-till-japan-can-close-nuke-plant-.html Iran's parliament is set to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over an economic scandal and his polices after the required number of lawmakers signed a petition Sunday, the latest salvo in a long battle between the president and his rivals.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/iran-parliament-to-question-ahmadinejad-over-fraud-.htmlSun, 30 Oct 2011 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/iran-parliament-to-question-ahmadinejad-over-fraud-.html Police arrested about 30 anti-Wall Street protesters in Portland early Sunday, dragging and carrying them to waiting vans, after they refused to leave a park in an affluent district.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ore.-police-arrest-about-30-wall-street-protesters-.htmlSun, 30 Oct 2011 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ore.-police-arrest-about-30-wall-street-protesters-.html Under the football field’s stadium lights at the end of the second quarter, the Tarleton State Texan Stars are on the sidelines ready to perform. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/a-halftime-performance-with-the-texan-stars.htmlSun, 30 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/a-halftime-performance-with-the-texan-stars.html Ron Washington seems to be in perpetual motion, even while standing in the Texas Rangers dugout.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pure-emotion-of-rangers-manager-on-series-display-.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 14:50:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pure-emotion-of-rangers-manager-on-series-display-.html Rome police say they have arrested a top convicted mobster from the Gambino Mafia clan.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-nab-us-mob-boss-in-clinic-.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 14:48:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/police-nab-us-mob-boss-in-clinic-.html More than a decade before Joshua Komisarjevsky would commit one of Connecticut's most gruesome crimes, he was having homicidal thoughts about his devoutly religious father and had upside-down crosses on his arms and a marking declaring Jesus is dead.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/parents-of-conn.-man-who-killed-3-testifies-.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 14:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/parents-of-conn.-man-who-killed-3-testifies-.html A Texas Panhandle man accused of killing a couple who let his estranged girlfriend stay with them has been sentenced to life in prison without parole over the attack.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/apnewsnow.-corrects-reference-in-fourth-paragraph-to-say-ramon-banks-pointed-gun,-not-stephanie-beard..htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 14:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/apnewsnow.-corrects-reference-in-fourth-paragraph-to-say-ramon-banks-pointed-gun,-not-stephanie-beard..html The spirit of Tarleton State University lives in its students, and freshmen are stepping up to the challenge of carrying on the Texan spirit this Homecoming. Spirit groups such as the Plowboys, P.A.N.K.U.S, and the Freshman Representative Council teach students Tarleton history and the importance of school spirit.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freshman-homecoming-spirit.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 11:41:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freshman-homecoming-spirit.html When October arrives, suddenly everything around you is a flurry of pink. Welcome to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Now you’re aware that Breast Cancer is a problem. Do you know anything else about it?http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/opinion-breast-cancer-awareness--without-the-awareness.htmlThu, 27 Oct 2011 08:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/opinion-breast-cancer-awareness--without-the-awareness.html Tarleton State University’s longstanding Homecoming tradition of holding a Friday night bonfire will continue this year. However, due to extreme drought conditions the celebration has found a new, temporary home in Stephenville City Park.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-bonfire-tradition-to-continue-in-stephenville-city-park.htmlWed, 26 Oct 2011 11:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarletons-bonfire-tradition-to-continue-in-stephenville-city-park.html Bonfire, pep rally or ceremonial meals. Homecoming does not seem the same without them. For Tarleton State, add Yell Contest to the list of Homecoming traditions.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/prequel-to-a-yell-preparing-for-yell-contest-.htmlWed, 26 Oct 2011 10:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/prequel-to-a-yell-preparing-for-yell-contest-.html Mike Napoli was dialed in, no matter who he was going to face.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/napoli,-rangers-move-1-win-from-world-series-crown-.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/napoli,-rangers-move-1-win-from-world-series-crown-.html A threat to the traditional L.V. Risinger Memorial Bonfire strikes again! This time, it is not N-TAC attempting to attack, it is nature.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/opinion-cancellation-of-bonfire.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2011 08:41:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/opinion-cancellation-of-bonfire.html Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is rolling out an economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security and a lower corporate tax rate.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-wants-flat-tax-with-some-popular-deductions-.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2011 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-wants-flat-tax-with-some-popular-deductions-.html Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's all-powerful leader for four decades, spent his final weeks shuttling from hideout to hideout in his hometown of Sirte, alternating between rage and despair as his regime crumbled around him, said a regime insider now in custody.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-final-weeks,-gadhafi-between-rage-and-despair-.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2011 08:32:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/in-final-weeks,-gadhafi-between-rage-and-despair-.html Surveillance video helped lead authorities to two suspects who have been charged in the shooting and wounding of a 15-year-old student at a North Carolina high school.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/surveillance-video-leads-to-2-in-school-shooting-.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2011 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/surveillance-video-leads-to-2-in-school-shooting-.html Commissioners approved an Adopt- A-Road program for Erath County this morning at the commissioner court meeting. Modeled after the Adopt-a-Highway program, this initiative aims to keep county roadsides clean.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/adopt-a-county-road-program-for-erath-county.htmlMon, 24 Oct 2011 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/adopt-a-county-road-program-for-erath-county.html U.S. senators and health officials are taking on a baseball tradition older than the World Series itself: chewing tobacco on the diamond. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sens.-urge-baseball-to-ban-tobacco-.htmlWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:42:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sens.-urge-baseball-to-ban-tobacco-.html The United States, Russia and many European countries that have supported the swell of protests across the Middle East and North Africa this year also supplied some of the weapons used against demonstrators, Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-euro-arms-used-against-arab-protesters-.htmlWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-euro-arms-used-against-arab-protesters-.html A man was arrested Tuesday after his unruly behavior aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City compelled the flight crew to make an emergency landing in Texas. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/southwest-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-texas-.htmlWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:37:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/southwest-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-texas-.html U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Tuesday his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year that ended in September, the largest number of removals in the agency's history. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ice-deports-record-number-of-immigrants-in-year-.htmlWed, 19 Oct 2011 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ice-deports-record-number-of-immigrants-in-year-.html George Strait, Willie Nelson and the Dixie Chicks were expected to perform Monday night as part of a mega-concert to raise money for victims of recent Central Texas wildfires.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nelson,-strait-headline-texas-fire-victims-benefit.htmlTue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nelson,-strait-headline-texas-fire-victims-benefit.html She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of the children have quit school for lack of money to pay required fees.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/challenges-loom-as-world-population-hits-7-billion.htmlTue, 18 Oct 2011 13:56:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/challenges-loom-as-world-population-hits-7-billion.html A national effort to put abortion bans into state constitutions is looking for its first victory next month in Mississippi, where voters are being asked to approve an amendment declaring that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/life-at-fertilization-initiative-has-hope-in-miss..htmlTue, 18 Oct 2011 13:46:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/life-at-fertilization-initiative-has-hope-in-miss..html Tom Brady got the offense going just in time to lead the New England Patriots to the winning touchdown in the final minute of a 20-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pats-beat-cowboys-20-16-on-bradys-late-td-pass-.htmlMon, 17 Oct 2011 09:50:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/pats-beat-cowboys-20-16-on-bradys-late-td-pass-.html Kinder Morgan plans to buy El Paso Corp. in a $20.7 billion deal that's expected to create America's largest natural gas pipeline operator.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kinder-morgan-to-buy-el-paso-corp.-for-20.7b-.htmlMon, 17 Oct 2011 09:46:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/kinder-morgan-to-buy-el-paso-corp.-for-20.7b-.html Stronger retail sales and surging profits from Google sent stocks higher Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average turned positive for the year and the S&P 500 index had its best week in more than two years.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dow-average-turns-positive-for-2011-google-soars-.htmlMon, 17 Oct 2011 09:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/dow-average-turns-positive-for-2011-google-soars-.html Mexico's military says soldiers freed 61 men being held captive by the Zetas drug cartel for use as forced labor.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mexico-soldiers-rescue-61-people-held-by-drug-gang-.htmlMon, 17 Oct 2011 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mexico-soldiers-rescue-61-people-held-by-drug-gang-.html Twenty students at Texas State University are accused participating in a hazing ritual in which several underage fraternity pledges were taken blindfolded to a San Marcos apartment and forced to drink large quantities of alcohol.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/20-students-arrested-in-texas-state-hazing.htmlSun, 16 Oct 2011 16:53:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/20-students-arrested-in-texas-state-hazing.html The seven-month bombing campaign in Libya is a "positive story" that showcased the commitment of the alliance's European members, who conducted most of the combat missions for the first time in the organization's history, NATO's top official said Friday.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nato-libya-action-shows-europes-commitment-.htmlFri, 14 Oct 2011 08:43:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nato-libya-action-shows-europes-commitment-.html A prominent Arab-American businessman from Michigan who says he spent more than a year as an "economic hostage" in Qatar (KAH'-tur) is finally back home.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mich.-man-returns-home-after-being-stuck-overseas-.htmlFri, 14 Oct 2011 08:40:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mich.-man-returns-home-after-being-stuck-overseas-.html Mitt Romney raised more than $14 million over the past three months for his Republican presidential campaign.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-raises-14m-for-gop-presidential-race-.htmlFri, 14 Oct 2011 08:32:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/romney-raises-14m-for-gop-presidential-race-.html For avid skydiver Ryan Young, the sky really is the limit. He only began “jumping” in January and has been more than 100 times since then. His favorite “drop zone,” or place to jump, is Texas Free Fall in Stephenville, Texas.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/the-skys-the-limi.htmlFri, 14 Oct 2011 08:23:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/the-skys-the-limi.html Two innings after Nelson Cruz crumbled to the ground writhing in pain, the slugger provided a grand finish for the Texas Rangers.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cruz-hits-grand-slam-as-rangers-take-2-0-alcs-lead-.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 14:12:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cruz-hits-grand-slam-as-rangers-take-2-0-alcs-lead-.html An animal rights group wants the University of Alaska Fairbanks investigated and fined following the deaths of at least a dozen musk oxen at the school's large-animal research station.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/group-wants-university-fined-after-musk-oxen-death.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 14:08:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/group-wants-university-fined-after-musk-oxen-death.html Two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine launched a torpedo at an American oil tanker just off the California coast, sinking the ship and possibly 3 million gallons of crude to the bottom of the ocean.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sunken-oil-tanker---is-the-oil-dangerous.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/sunken-oil-tanker---is-the-oil-dangerous.html An English auction house is selling a chunk of metal that it says came from the buttock of a bronze Saddam Hussein statue that was toppled in Iraq in 2003.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/britain-to-sell-piece-of-saddam-statue.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/britain-to-sell-piece-of-saddam-statue.html Protests against Wall Street entered their 18th day Tuesday as demonstrators across the country show their anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed by marching on Federal Reserve banks and camping out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/protests-against-wall-street-spread-across-us-chris-hawley-associated-press.htmlTue, 04 Oct 2011 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/protests-against-wall-street-spread-across-us-chris-hawley-associated-press.html Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick Perry.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-once-defended-confederate-symbols.htmlTue, 04 Oct 2011 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/perry-once-defended-confederate-symbols.html A helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon after taking off from a launch pad on the riverbank, killing one and seriously injuring at least two others.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nyc-east-river-chopper-crash-kills-1-4-rescued.htmlTue, 04 Oct 2011 16:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/nyc-east-river-chopper-crash-kills-1-4-rescued.html Tarleton’s 19th Annual Erath County Show Pig Sale raised more than $17,000 for the university’s agriculture college. http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-breaks-pig-sale-records.htmlWed, 28 Sep 2011 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/tarleton-breaks-pig-sale-records.html Manila emergency services and residents are cleaning up and restoring electricity after a powerful typhoon unleashed floodwaters that killed at least 18 people and sent huge waves crashing over seawalls.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/manila-cleans-up-after-typhoon-rains-kill-18.htmlWed, 28 Sep 2011 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/manila-cleans-up-after-typhoon-rains-kill-18.html A utility knew about wildfire dangers amid Texas' severe drought but failed to remove dead trees and branches near power lines that sparked the most destructive wildfire in state history, an attorney said Tuesday after filing a lawsuit for some families who lost their homes.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/power-utility-sued-after-massive-texas-wildfire.htmlWed, 28 Sep 2011 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/power-utility-sued-after-massive-texas-wildfire.html On this May 19, 2011 file photo, demonstrators on both sides of the gay marriage issue gathered outside the Minnesota House in St. Paul, Minn. The Census Bureau reports there are 131,729 same-sex couples in the U.S. who say they're married _ the first-ever government count of this kind.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/census-131,729-gay-couples-report-theyre-married.htmlWed, 28 Sep 2011 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/census-131,729-gay-couples-report-theyre-married.html Some of the nation's largest oil refineries are seeking huge tax refunds that could force school districts and local governments across Texas to give back tens of millions of dollars they were counting on to pay teachers and provide other services.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/oil-refineries-seek-huge-tax-refunds.htmlTue, 27 Sep 2011 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/oil-refineries-seek-huge-tax-refunds.html A bone wrapped with rope and skull fragments scattered over a cactus-covered desert field are grim testament to a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 prisoners by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/libyans-find-grave-said-to-hold-remains-of-1,200.htmlMon, 26 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/libyans-find-grave-said-to-hold-remains-of-1,200.html On paper, at least, Texas is well-prepared to meet the water needs of its rapidly expanding population — even when Mother Nature lays down a harsh and lengthy drought.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-slow-to-prepare-for-future-water-needs.htmlMon, 26 Sep 2011 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-slow-to-prepare-for-future-water-needs.html Declaring that they were detained because of their nationality, not their actions, two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison came home Sunday, ending a diplomatic and personal ordeal with a sharp rebuke of the country that accused them of crossing the border from Iraq.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freed-hikers-iran-held-us-because-were-american.htmlMon, 26 Sep 2011 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/freed-hikers-iran-held-us-because-were-american.html En Pointe. Pirouettes. Grand Jetés. These are just a few ballet techniques that 17-year-old Gabrielle Spotz will practice as she follows her dreams to become a professional dancer by attending The Rock School of Dance Education in Philadelphia.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ballerina-chases-her-dream.htmlThu, 22 Sep 2011 13:19:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/ballerina-chases-her-dream.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-man-suspected-of-series-of-rapes-testifies.htmlWed, 21 Sep 2011 15:58:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/texas-man-suspected-of-series-of-rapes-testifies.html — With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman he claims he did not commit.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/troy-davis-nears-ga-execution-despite-protests.htmlWed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/troy-davis-nears-ga-execution-despite-protests.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mystery-on-chalk-mountain.htmlTue, 30 Aug 2011 15:41:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mystery-on-chalk-mountain.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/holy-cows,-its-hot.htmlThu, 28 Jul 2011 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/holy-cows,-its-hot.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/drought-threatens-to-dry-up-farming-industry.htmlTue, 26 Jul 2011 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/drought-threatens-to-dry-up-farming-industry.html ... 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http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Student_Body_VP_Removed.htmlWed, 15 Sep 2010 20:07:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Student_Body_VP_Removed.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/GOP_Blog_Play.htmlWed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/GOP_Blog_Play.html A Spring Break mission trip to New Orleans left a lasting impact on one hundred Tarleton students.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mission-trip.htmlSun, 04 Apr 2010 12:30:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/mission-trip.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Otte_Play.htmlMon, 29 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Otte_Play.html Testhttp://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2008_Presidential_Voting_Irregularities.htmlMon, 29 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/2008_Presidential_Voting_Irregularities.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/President_Interview_Play_Controversial.htmlThu, 25 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/President_Interview_Play_Controversial.html Banks dodged a big hit from the Greek debt crisis and rallied Thursday to lead the stock market higher. Strong retail sales and more encouraging news about the U.S. job market also helped stocks rise.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/banks-lead-stock-rally-nasdaq-nears-3,000-.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/banks-lead-stock-rally-nasdaq-nears-3,000-.html The new Russian Parliament chosen in a fraud-tainted election will go ahead with its first session, President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday, showing no inclination to bend to unprecedented nationwide protests that drew tens of thousands into the streets.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/medvedev-parliament-will-meet-next-week-.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/medvedev-parliament-will-meet-next-week-.html College students, veterans' widows and land owners who conserve water could be among the beneficiaries if voters approve 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 8.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/10-constitutional-amendments-on-ballot-for-nov.-8-1.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/10-constitutional-amendments-on-ballot-for-nov.-8-1.html Somali gunmen kidnapped an American aid worker, a Danish man and their Somali colleague on Tuesday from northern Somalia, officials said.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-danish-aid-workers-in-somalia-seized-by-gunmen-.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/us,-danish-aid-workers-in-somalia-seized-by-gunmen-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Police_Chief_Talks_about_Tarletons_Preparedness .htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Police_Chief_Talks_about_Tarletons_Preparedness .html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chief_williams_discusses_drugs_on_tarletons_campus.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/chief_williams_discusses_drugs_on_tarletons_campus.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Noel_Levitz-1.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 14:27:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/Noel_Levitz-1.html Russell Westbrook scored 33 points, Kevin Durant added 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 95-86 on Wednesday night.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/westbrook,-durant-lead-thunder-past-mavericks.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 13:12:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/westbrook,-durant-lead-thunder-past-mavericks.html Devereaux Peters can see the end of her stellar Notre Dame career approaching.http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/no.-2-irish-women-win-19th-straight-game-.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 10:45:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/no.-2-irish-women-win-19th-straight-game-.html ... http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cleveland-students-sick,-not-their-prescribed-meds---.htmlWed, 24 Feb 2010 10:35:00 -0600 http://www.tarleton.edu/texannews/PROGRAMS/texannews/news/news/cleveland-students-sick,-not-their-prescribed-meds---.html