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Posted 03/15/2010 9:40 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Results of the Cash 5 drawing Monday night:

Winning numbers drawn: 1-6-20-29-32.

Number matching five of five: 0.

Matching four of five: 53. Prize: $677.

Matching three of five: 2,043. Prize: $12.

Matching two of five: 22,629. Prize: $2.

Next Cash 5 drawing: Tuesday night.

Tagged As: Cash Five Texas

Posted 03/15/2010 4:41 PM

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) Dispatch records and audio recordings appear to conflict with a southeast Texas sheriff captain's claim that deputies were too busy to respond to a call from a home where four people were later found shot to death.

San Jacinto County sheriff's deputies didn't reach the home near the southeast Texas town of Cleveland until seven hours after a phone call from a woman, reporting that she was concerned about her son's behavior.

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Tagged As: Texas Family Slain

Posted 03/15/2010 4:25 PM

DALLAS (AP) Three people were hurt, including one who's been hospitalized, after a car slammed into the side of a Dallas transit bus, sending it careening into a column fronting a new office building.

A spokesman for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which operates the Dallas-area bus and commuter rail system, says the worst injury from the 4 p.m. Monday crash was an open fracture to a woman's right leg. The other two injuries were treated at the scene.

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Tagged As: Dallas Transit Crash

Posted 03/15/2010 3:17 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The Texas Workforce Commission says 12 people have pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits.

The punishments announced Monday ranged from two-plus years in prison to probation. Each defendant was ordered to pay restitution ranging from $9,100 to $120.

The commission says it paid $56,928 from a total of $80,433 in 25 fraudulent claims.

The defendants pleaded guilty to mail fraud or th… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Unemployment Benefits-Fraud

Posted 03/15/2010 3:14 PM

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) Students at the spring break destination of South Padre Island, Texas, say they were avoiding Mexico.

They've struck it from their spring-break itineraries, whether because of grisly murders of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, over the weekend or months of media reports about the bloody drug war south of the border.

As always, cost is a factor in many students' decisions, but f… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Drug War-Spring Break

Posted 03/15/2010 5:13 PM

HOUSTON (AP) Officials say a collision between a transit bus and light-rail train in downtown Houston has sent 19 people to local hospitals.

None of the injuries are reported to be life threatening, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or Metro, which runs Houston's bus and light-rail system.

Police say the accident happened about 2:10 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Main Street and St. Joseph Parkway, a block nor… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Houston Transit Crash

Posted 03/15/2010 2:38 PM

HOUSTON (AP) Officials say a collision between a transit bus and light-rail train in downtown Houston has sent 18 people to local hospitals.

Metropolitan Transit Authority officials say none of the injuries are reported to be life threatening after Monday's accident. Police said the collision occurred about 2:10 p.m.

The cause of the collision is being investigated by transit authority police.

Last month, a similar downtown… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Houston Transit Crash

Posted 03/15/2010 1:13 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Space shuttle Discovery has some leaky valves that could delay its launch next month.

NASA discovered the helium leaks over the weekend. The valves are part of a control system used to maneuver the shuttle in orbit and for re-entry.

NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said Monday that engineers will conduct additional tests later this week, to see if they can live with the problem. If any valves need to be replaced, Discovery … Click to Read More

Tagged As: Space Shuttle

Posted 03/15/2010 1:03 PM

PLANO, Texas (AP) A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $18 million after pleading guilty to fraud in an oil and natural gas drilling scheme.

U.S. Attorney John M. Bales said Monday that 50-year-old Michael Eugene Dannelly of Denton was sentenced in federal court last week on a charge of mail fraud.

Authorities allege that Dannelly bilked investors out of nearly $17.7 million that they thought w… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Drilling Fraud-Sentence

Posted 03/15/2010 11:34 AM

DALLAS (AP) Here are winners in the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters 2009-2010 radio and television contests.

Awards will be presented Saturday night, April 24, during the 2010 TAPB convention at the Headliners Club in Austin.

Registration information is available at: www.tapb.org

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Best Commentary-Editorial

KURV, McAllen. Sergio Sanchez. Take Plastic Bag… Click to Read More

Tagged As: TAPB Winners