Polar bear declared a threatened species due to global warming
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and project...
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CABBAGE COULD LEAD TO CABBAGE
     Bailie McGuire a third grade student in Norman Rowden's class at Chandler Elementary, grew this cabbage plant that was donated as a seedling by Bonnie Plants from Union Springs, Alabama. Students are encouraged to nurture their seedlings and watch them grow...grow....and grow. The variety of cabbage...
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Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
By LINDA STEWART BALL Associated Press Writer
      DALLAS (AP) _ In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
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Jury clears former Galveston photographer
      GALVESTON (AP) - A former photographer for The Galveston County Daily News was acquitted Wednesday of a charge that he interfered with police by refusing to stop taking pictures of an arrest during the city's Mardi Gras celebration in 2007.
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House to boost GI Bill as it passes war funding
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush wants more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. House Democrats are making him pay for a price - increased education benefits for veterans of those conflicts - to pass his long-stalled request.
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Dingus sues Democratic Party
      AUSTIN (AP) - Democrat Bill Dingus filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Texas Democratic Party to determine whether he'll be allowed on the November legislative election ballot against Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick. Dingus, a former Midland City Council member, sued in state district co...
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Father and son sent to prison for killing family rival
      AUSTIN (AP) - A father and son have each been sentenced to decades in prison for killing a family rival at a summer barbecue last year. Jesse Davila, 50, pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting Eddie Deleon in the chest outside a Lockhart home in June, firing his .410-gauge shotgun from the passenger...
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