Whisker wars over, Fort Hood shooter pleads for his life

KILLEEN, TEXAS--In a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, Judge Tara Osborn considered several motions brought before her by attorneys for Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan. Judge Osborn replaces...

Attorney General rules against change in Shue's death certificate

BOERNE, TEXAS      After a week long trial, one year ago Judge William Palmer ruled that Air Force Colonel Philip Shue’s death on April 16, 2003, was a homicide. Shortly thereafter the...

CBS 48 Hour Mystery to Feature “The Curious Case of Col. Shue”

BOERNE, TEXAS  On Saturday, April 18, 2009, 10:00 pm EST, CBS will broadcast a 48 Hours Mystery detailing the case of Colonel Philip Michael Shue of Boerne, Texas who was killed in a car crash almost exactly six years ago.Col. Philip Shue died of massive head injuries in...

South Texas Coast Under Evacuation Order

Mandatory evacuation has been ordered for Corpus Christi, Texas and other coastal areas of South Texas. Hurricane Ike is forecast to make landfall at Corpus Christi sometime Friday night or Saturday morning,...

Judge rules Shue death a murder

In a surprise move today, both the Plaintiff and the Defendant in the Tracy Shue vs. USAA Life Insurance Company agreed to submit their cases directly to Judge William Palmer and waive the Jury trial that began on...

Col. Philip Shue's ex-wife takes the Fifth

In a video deposition played for the jury on Friday in the Tracy Shue vs. USAA Life Insurance Company lawsuit, Col. Philip Shue’s ex-wife, Nancy Timpson Shue, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate...

Philip Shue trial draws national media attention

BOERNE, TEXAS  The trial of Tracy Shue vs. USAA Life Insurance Company began Monday, June 9 with more than just local onlookers in the audience. Producers Peter Henderson and Shoshanah Wolfson of the...

Philip Shue case reads like a novel

BOERNE, TEXAS   After five long years the trial of Tracy Ann Shue against USAA Life Insurance Company will finally begin on Monday, June 9, 2008 with voir dire, the jury selection process. It is expected...

A Nod to Odd

Odd Hours, the fourth novel in Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series, finds Odd living in the small California coastal town of Magic Beach. After spending several months in a monastery after he thwarted an attack...

"Gun Shy" pokes fun at Texans’ infatuation with firearms

“Fifty-two years ago, at the tender age of nine, Dale Allen Stubbs fell head over heels in love. He simply couldn’t help himself. The object of his affections was slender and hard, blessed with understated...

Designer Liz Claiborne dies at age 78

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who started the namesake U.S. company Liz Claiborne Inc., has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday. Claiborne, 78, was ailing from cancer and...

Texas Monthly magazine names Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. one of the worst legislat...

" THE BEST Rafael Anchia, Democrat, Dallas Sen. John Carona, Republican, Dallas Byron Cook, Republican, Corsicana Sen. Bob Deuell, Republican, Mesquite Scott Hochberg, Democrat, Houston Lois Kolkhorst,...

Texas man to die laughing tonight

"By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer © 2007 The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Whatever condemned prisoner Patrick Knight has planned as the joke he's promised in his final statement before he's...

Splints give ill dog a leg up on normal life

With just 24 hours remaining until his appointment with death, an Old English sheepdog received an unexpected reprieve. Wesley, born with congenital defects in both back legs, could no longer walk, run, or stand....

Texas legislature turns blind eye on gun safety

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Texas' love affair with guns got a shot in the arm last week when Governor Rick Perry signed into law House Bill 308, expanding the rights of blind game hunters to include the use of laser...
 

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