Daylight Saving: Lose an hour, but gain back your sleep
      Sure, we're springing forward. But we're losing an hour of sleep. This weekend, most Americans will set their clocks one hour ahead for daylightsaving time, which falls on the second Sunday in March.
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Clues needed in Time Square blast
By TOM HAYS Associated Press Writer
      NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities on Friday were investigating whether an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting office was connected to strikingly similar bombings at two foreign consulates in New York, but ruled out a link to mysterious letters sent to Capitol Hill offices.
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Texas Two-step under fire after caucus
By KELLEY SHANNON AP Political Writer
      AUSTIN (AP) - Texas Democratic Party officials got results from fewer than half the caucus precincts by Thursday after crowded balloting during the state's primary on Tuesday caused so much chaos that police were called to some polling places.
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Groundbreaking Texan honored with achievement award
By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
      SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Frances "Sissy" Farenthold spent years as a "first" or as one of just a handful of women: in law school, in the state House of Representatives, as the head of a women's college, a candidate for governor and a serious contender for the vice presidential nomination.
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Pregnant woman killed with bat in Houston park fight
      HOUSTON (AP) - A woman who was almost three months pregnant has died after someone cracked her skull with a baseball bat during a fight in a park over a minor vehicle accident, police say. Police say that Melissa Spriggs, 27, was hit with the baseball bat as she tried to usher her family to safe...
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