| Texas probing Google over search results WASHINGTON (AFP) - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.Google disclosed the antitrust probe in a blog... | |
| Tuberville's Texas Tech to debut vs. improving SMU The Mustangs will open the season Sunday in Lubbock as the first opponent for new Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, who vowed when he took over in January not to dismantle the Red Raiders'... |
| Shaq was interested in Hornets SEP 04 So sometime between July 1, and July 13, Jeff Bower last day as GM of the Hornets they talked......but, for some odd reason.... Did Not talk with New Hornets GM Dell Demps between July 21th and... |
| MLS preview: FC Dallas vs. Toronto FC Games don't get much more important than this one for Toronto. With nine matches remaining in Major League Soccer's regular season, the Reds sit ninth in the overall standings, two points behind the... |
| Bone found near Lake Ray Hubbard Investigators searched Lake Ray Hubbard a day after finding a small section of human bone nearby. Police said Friday that the investigation continues, and they are unsure whether what they have... |
| Texas school helps preserve history of small town Independence is a sleepy town with a population hovering around 100 people. If you blink too long as you drive down Washington County's Farm-to-Market roads 390 or 50, you just might miss it. The... |
| 8 residences destroyed in large apartment fire Eight residences were destroyed and eight others heavily damaged during a stubborn apartment fire that occupied 100 firefighters and 33 engine units. Authorities said an arson investigation is... |
| Dallas woman given 4 years in deadly crash A Dallas woman convicted in the death of a teenager after driving drunk on the North Dallas Tollway has received a four-year prison sentence. The Dallas Morning News reported Friday that... |
| Rodeo time at Boys Ranch Labor Day weekend means rodeo time at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in the Panhandle. The Amarillo Globe-News reports that more than 50 youths from Boys Ranch and Girlstown, U.S.A. will participate... |
| Dodge faces win-or-else season at North Texas DENTON, Texas — Todd Dodge is no longer the hot shot high school coach hired to energize the North Texas football program. After 31 losses in three years, he's just trying to hang on to his... |
| States file brief supporting Ariz. immigration law A"friend of the court" brief filed with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday argues that a federal judge was wrong to block implementation of key provisions of the... |
| Texas Golf Legend Recalls Special 55 TROUP -- Be honest, most of us wannabe golfers have shot a 55 for nine holes. We may not like to admit it, but it's true if we're counting every... |
| Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's... |
| North Texas Has Above Average Consumer Debt September 04, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Debt is an issue that affects most of America, and North Texas is no different. The residents of North Texas, including the Dallas and Fort Worth, are amongst... |
| Custom Built Homes Houston are Recession Proof In a recent news report, CNBC stated that the housing market in Texas, particularly in Houston, continues to thrive. Whitestone Builders, creators of custom built homes Houston wide is proof that is... |
| Former President Bush in good spirits at Waco club to kick off Patriot Golf Day Weekend Former President George W. Bush was at Ridgewood Country Club on Friday morning for a charitable event to raise money for the education of spouses and children of service members killed or... |
| Justice sometimes can be a long wait with long jail stays Joe Perez spent 663 days in the McLennan County Jail awaiting disposition of his case that, as it turned out, he could have served in four months. Perez was charged in a July 15, 2008, incident at... |
| Waco VA hospital campus showing signs of renovation Fences, heavy machinery and green garbage bins are stationed on nearly every corner of the Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Workers in hard hats toil steadfastly on a variety of projects... |
| Pastor devoted to 30-year-old Bible From the Bible to the Talmud to the Quran to other volumes that have special meaning in our spiritual lives, we offer glimpses of these texts and the stories they tell about our faith, our families,... |
| 2 injured, 1 critically, in Flat Rock Road crash One man was airlifted to a hospital, and another taken by ambulance, early Friday afternoon after a collision involving two pickups in the 2100 block of Flat Rock Road, Waco Assistant Fire Chief Don... |
| Brazos Past: Local Red Cross office collecting veterans' stories, photos “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” – Winston Churchill, 1940 The local Red Cross has been in the “blood” business for decades. Now, it is... |
| UTSA getting new public policy degree The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a new bachelor of public administration degree for the University of Texas at San Antonio. Classes will begin in fall 2011 at the College of... |
| Judson clarifies bond details When voters in the Judson Independent School District go to the polls in November, they'll be voting on bond propositions that aren't quite what were presented during a public board meeting last... |
| Volunteers needed to help xeriscape park Texas Public Radio is calling for volunteers to help xeriscape Dignowity Park from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 25 in preparation for the station's 10th annual commemoration of National Public Lands Day.... |
| Concordia hires new leader for S.A. campus Concordia University has appointed Mary Landon Darden, a higher education consultant and adjunct instructor at Baylor University in Waco, as dean of the university's San Antonio campus. In her new... |
| Holland, Rangers edged out by Twins Twins right fielder Jason Repko did make a great throw. He gunned down Cora trying to go from first to third on a one-out single by Julio Borbon in the ninth inning, and the Rangers' last threat died... |
| Myers extends streak in loss to D-backs PHOENIX -- Brett Myers pitched six innings for his 28th consecutive start on Friday night against the D-backs, which is all well and good, except that the game was decided in the eighth. Houston... |
| Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings. The world No. 1 search... |
| Texas Windstorm Insurance Assoc. Chief Favors Gradual Rate Hikes 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won't bring the rates for the state's coastal insurer of last resort up to... |
| First Baptist Church volleyball/basketball Co-ed Volleyball League will be held Sept. 13-Nov. 15 at First Baptist Church, 3115 Ocean Drive. Youth & Adult Teams, 8 game league / Post season tournament. Cost: $200/team. Registration deadline is... |
| Waco news briefs for Sept. 4 ‘Rise Up’ for BU tailgate partyIn support of Baylor University’s “Rise Up” campaign, the Baylor Alumni Association will host a tailgate party beginning at 4 p.m. today... |
| U.S. Postal Service studying carrier changes across Waco, nation The U.S. Postal Service is studying whether it makes fiscal sense to move carriers from smaller post offices to larger facilities nearby.But even if such consolidation happens, customers won’t... |
| Evenings of Southern Hospitality Historic Waco Foundation will present a free series, “Evenings of Southern Hospitality,” on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. for the next several weeks.Each week, one of the restored house... |
| 5 Hillcrest family medicine doctors leaving for Providence Five family medicine doctors who have long worked for Hillcrest Health System have decided to join Waco’s other hospital system.The move will temporarily gut Hillcrest’s Bosque Clinic. It... |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office looking into Google's recommendations CALIFORNIA -- Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power... |
| Mansfield high softball coach accused of sexually explicit conversations with agent posing as teenage girl arogers@mansfieldnewsmirror.com, MANSFIELD -- Mansfield High School softball coach Jay Harvill thought he was having sexually explicit conversations with a teen-age girl but was really... |
| Victim's mother sheds light on Fort Worth police excessive force case dboyd@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- The mother of a 28-year-old woman who was injured by a Fort Worth police officer during an arrest said she was pleasantly surprised by the Police... |
| Fifth man arrested in slaying at Fort Worth convenience store dboyd@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- A fifth person has been arrested on a capital murder warrant in the slayings of a store clerk and a Mrs Baird's delivery driver during a robbery of a far... |
