Verdict reached in death of Denver Broncos player
DENVER (AP) -- Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of a man charged with murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams....

Press group: 8 reporters kidnapped in Mexican city
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Eight journalists were kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city over a period of two weeks in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Association reported....

Mavericks beat Nets for 13th straight victory
DALLAS (AP) -- Top scorer Dirk Nowitzki was struggling, and the Dallas Mavericks needed points from other sources....

Texas ed board debates race in history classes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An effort to require Texas students to learn about congressional Medal of Honor recipients turned into an emotional debate about race for the State Board of Education....

Texas gas prices up 3rd straight week
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Retail gasoline prices are up across Texas for a third week in a row....

DoD to resume education grants to military spouses
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Facing a phalanx of angry military spouses, the Defense Department said Thursday it will resume payments for college courses and job training for spouses who had already applied for grants when the popular program was abruptly halted last month....

Warning: Ancient sex on show in Paris
PARIS (AP) -- The latest show at Paris' Quai Branly museum comes with a warning for visitors: "This exhibition of Moche ceramics shows sexual acts of an explicit nature."...

KDOT outlines passenger rail study
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas is a step closer to expanding passenger rail service in the staet. But it will be several years before trains start rolling....

Indiana man who murdered 2 to die in Texas
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- An Indiana man who embarked on a cross-country crime spree with his girlfriend a decade ago that ended in a gun battle with police in San Francisco faced execution Thursday for robbing and murdering a sheriff's officer in San Antonio....

Tugboat's calls to tanker unanswered before crash
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) -- Radio calls from a tugboat to an 800-foot tanker that made an emergency anchor drop and pulled a distress alarm went unanswered in the moments before the two vessels collided, causing the worst oil spill in Texas in 15 years, the tugboat's captain testified....