Rookie Taylor Teagarden is supposed to be more of a defensive catcher. However, it's the power he's displayed during his brief stay in the majors that has the Texas Rangers fired up about his future. Teagarden hit his first career

More than 100 dogs and cats sheltered in Beaumont after Hurricane Ike will be available for adoption at the SPCA of Texas. The SPCA late Monday announced 75 dogs and 33 cats were being transported to the group's animal care

For Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and the NYPD, it was a proud moment: the return of all eight Torahs that had been stolen from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills. And for the members of the Center, it was

CBS 2 has learned that Barclays PLC has agreed to purchase a portion of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. investment banking firm, saving at least some of the thousands of jobs that were thought to have been wiped out by the

You want your children to succeed, but what do you do if their school is failing them? On Tuesday, the Department of Education released its progress report on New York City schools. The school grades are in and according to

Bush: Ike victims need to listen to local officials before going home Bush cancels appearance at McCain fundraiser in Fort WorthFEMA boss: rescue winding down, recovery now the focus2 million Texans still without power

More Hurricane Ike relief was on the way for evacuees Tuesday as tens of thousands of people waited for food, water and ice, for the electricity to return to their homes or for their first hot meal and shower. The

Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials say they're moving forward with plans to execute a convicted killer this week. Former auto mechanic and laborer William Murray is set to die Wednesday evening for the February 1998 strangling and rape of

Harris County confirms 6 more deaths Ike's total death toll now 47; 17 dead in Texas County officials order Bolivar Peninsula evacuated, say they'll use force if needed Tiger now loose on Galveston Island

A proposed Downtown Dallas hotel is running in to some big-name opposition from potential competitors with deep pockets.

The financial emergency at the Dallas Independent School District is evolving. Last week officials revealed a $64 million mistake. Now the Dallas school district plans to declare a financial emergency, paving the way toward eliminating hundreds of teaching jobs immediately.

A Richardson woman is stabbed on the side of the road; now her alleged murderer claims the victim wasn't the intended target and her death was a case of mistaken identity.

A Mexican state governor says a small plane carrying the U.S. and Mexican heads of the International Water and Boundary Commission has crashed, killing all four on board.

An Upper West Side dialysis center was shut down by the state Health Department and hundreds of patients were urged to be tested after at least one patient contracted hepatitis C from treatment at the center. The Health Department notified

There's a new plan to raise money for mass transit in New York City. It's being called congestion pricing lite -- a proposal to put tolls on two of the East River crossings, while doing a two-step around Albany legislators.

Forecasting hurricanes is a pricey business. New technology is making that job safer, and more economical.

In what unions are calling a big stakes game of "chicken," Suffolk's County Executive reassigned 44 members of the highway patrol to neighborhood streets. Instead, sheriff deputies will patrol the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway.

Continuing the probe into the fatal crash of a Metrolink commuter train and freight train, investigators today put two trains back on the tracks near Chatsworth and moved them slowly back and forth to determine what engineers on each were

Massachusetts students had their best results ever in the MCAS math exams, but the gains were tempered by a decline in elementary level reading.

How much would you pay for David Ortiz's bed? Big Papi and his wife Tiffany have donated their bed to help raise money for the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.