ATF blames serial arsonist for Texas church fires
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal officials believe a serial arsonist is to blame for the rash of fires at east Texas churches....

ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal authorities have declared they are looking for one person or group in a spate of church fires in eastern Texas that they say were intentionally set....

Texas man killed in accident at Maine ski resort
NEWRY, Maine (AP) -- A 58-year-old Texas man has died after skiing into a tree at Maine's Sunday River ski resort....

US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee gets rare challenge
HOUSTON (AP) -- Sheila Jackson Lee's appearance at Michael Jackson's funeral in Los Angeles last summer helped convince a three-term Houston city councilman to give the ubiquitous congresswoman her first credible re-election challenge since she won her seat 16 years ago....

Cops search San Antonio landfill for missing baby
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day after Christmas....

FAA investigating Southwest Airlines again
DALLAS (AP) -- Federal officials are investigating Southwest Airlines over the way it handled structural repairs on dozens of jets, according to a person familiar with the situation....

Texas educators react to abstinence-only study
DALLAS (AP) -- An abstinence-only study that allowed students to explore the drawbacks of having sex as young as age 12 has attracted praise from some Texas educators....

ATF blames serial arsonist for Texas church fires
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Federal officials believe a serial arsonist is to blame for the rash of fires at east Texas churches....

Texans in Tulsa on recruiting trip for officers
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Five Texas law enforcement agencies have sent recruiters to Tulsa where they met with both recently laid off and current Tulsa police officers....

Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth....