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  Crime Not Ruled Out in Deadly Texas Blast

  

  Posted 6:03 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  WEST, Texas (AP) - Investigators have completed their scene investigation but not ruled out criminal activity as the cause of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed 15 people and flattened part of a tiny Texas town, officials said Thursday. The April 17 blast at West (More)

  
  

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  Crime Not Ruled Out in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

  

  Posted 4:28 PM 5/16/2013

  WEST, Texas (AP) - Authorities say investigators have completed their scene investigation but not ruled out criminal activity as the cause of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed at least 14 people and flattened part of a tiny Texas town. The April 17 blast at West (More)

  
  

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  School Bus Carrying Special-Needs Kids Rolls Over

  

  Posted 4:08 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A school bus carrying severely disabled students home from a trip to the zoo rolled over Thursday on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring a dozen people, including five children, state police said. Indiana State Police spokesman Rich Myers said a truck was (More)

  
  

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  10 Tornadoes Whip Through North Texas; 6 Dead

  

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  Posted 3:20 PM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday afternoon. The National Weather (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Texas Tornado Winds Believed to be up to 200 mph

  

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  Posted 11:33 AM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Forecasters say the tornado that claimed six lives and destroyed dozens of homes in North Texas is believed to have had winds up to 200 mph. The National Weather Service said the preliminary storm estimate for Wednesday night's tornado in Granbury was an EF-4 (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  At Least 6 Confirmed Dead in Texas Tornadoes

  

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  Posted 10:26 AM 5/16/2013 by Associated Press

  GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - A rash of tornadoes slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes and threw trailers onto cars. In (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Inmate Indicted In Murder-For-Hire Plot Of Judge

  Posted 8:11 AM 5/16/2013

  FORT WORTH - A prison inmate has been indicted on a charge that he tried to hire someone to kill a North Texas federal judge.Authorities say a federal grand jury in Fort Worth indicted Phillip Monroe Ballard on Wednesday.Ballard was in federal custody in Fort Worth last (More)

  
  

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  Texas Executes Man For Fatal Shooting Of Officer

  

  Posted 8:09 AM 5/16/2013

  HUNTSVILLE - A Houston man condemned for the slaying of a police officer shot while trying to handcuff him during a car theft arrest 14 years ago was put to death Wednesday evening.Jeffrey Demond Williams, 37, received lethal injection just over an hour after his last-day appeal to (More)

  
  

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  Dozens Of DFW Flights Canceled, Delayed In Storms

  Posted 8:05 AM 5/16/2013

  GRAPEVINE - About 130 flights have been canceled or diverted at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport after tornadoes rolled through parts of North Texas.A tornado Wednesday night killed at least six people in Granbury, about 50 miles southwest of the airport.DFW Airport (More)

  
  

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  At Least 6 Confirmed Dead In Texas Tornadoes

  Posted 7:43 AM 5/16/2013

  GRANBURY - A rash of tornados slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes and threw trailers onto cars.In Granbury, the (More)

  
  

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  Execution Delayed for Killer of McConnell Unit Guard

  

  Posted 5:54 PM 5/15/2013 by Associated Press

  BEEVILLE, Texas (AP) - A state district judge has put off next week's scheduled execution of a Texas inmate condemned for the slaying of a corrections officer at a South Texas prison in 1999. Robert Pruett faced lethal injection May 21 for the fatal stabbing of Dan Nagle, a (More)

  
  

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  Excessive Force Lawsuit Filed Against Former Officer

  

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  Posted 5:52 PM 5/15/2013 by NBC News

  DALLAS - A federal lawsuit filed in Dallas this week says a former Dallas County Detention officer used excessive force when she slammed a handcuffed woman to the ground. Rhonda Wells was handcuffed behind her back when she casually stepped over a red line and was body slammed to the (More) • Video (1)