Teachers often say they do their job so they can make a difference in a student's life. It's a feeling shared by first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna, who have both served as teachers - and who both know

Dallas-based Centex Corp. - one of the country's largest homebuilders - lost more than $910 million in the most recent quarter.

Avery Johnson has coached his last game for the Dallas Mavericks as the rebuilding process begins.

The Dallas Mavericks have fired head coach Avery Johnson. The team made its announcement Wednesday, one day after the Mavericks made their second consecutive first-round exit from the playoffs.

Four condemned prisoners lost appeals Wednesday before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, including a man identified as a leader of a gang authorities said was responsible for killing six men in a robbery-shooting spree in the Rio Grande Valley.

Members of the Rockefeller family, descended from the founder of what became Exxon Mobil Corp., challenged the oil giant Wednesday to split the roles of chairman and CEO and to focus more on renewable energy sources.

One of more than a dozen people charged in a bribery and extortion scheme within Dallas City Hall has pleaded guilty.

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 1:15 PM ET AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Deirdre Delisi of Austin and William Meadows of Fort Worth to the Texas Transportation...

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 1:25 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - Four condemned prisoners lost appeals before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today.

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 1:25 PM ET LONDON (AP) - British Airways said today that it's looking for new ways to cooperate with Fort Worth-based American Airlines and Houston-based...

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 1:45 PM ET MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - A suburban Dallas man is under arrest after today's fatal shooting of a woman believed to be his wife and the wounding of 2...

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 2:05 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - 1 of more than a dozen people charged in a bribery and extortion scheme within Dallas City Hall has pleaded guilty.

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 6:35 AM ET SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The widow of a man killed in a blast at a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, is suing Savannah Foods &...

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 4:55 AM ET INGLESIDE, Texas (AP) - A man trapped for more than two hours in the rubble of 2 collapsed cranes died later in the day at a hospital.

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 6:35 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are pushing for new standards to protect workers from combustible dust explosions and fires.