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Texas teen develops iTunes app: Widget Tabs

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:37 -0400

McALLEN, Texas - At age 16, Julian Alvarez has an app on the iTunes market and the trappings of a development company.

Mexican nationals sentenced for smuggling weapons

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:12:45 -0400

McALLEN, Texas - Authorities in South Texas say four Mexican nationals with ties to a leading crime ring have been sentenced to prison for attempting to smuggle weapons into Mexico.

Border agent charged with sexual assault

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:36:57 -0400

MCALLEN, Texas - A South Texas U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested on a sexual assault charge after an incident with a woman he was guarding at a Corpus Christi hospital.

Students will read more nonfiction under new core...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:50:37 -0400

By JEAN COWDEN MOORE - Students from kindergarten through high school will soon be reading more nonfiction -- biographies, speeches, even a government publication on insulation -- under new national standards that are changing what and how children learn.

Texas plant that blew up carried $1M policy

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:50:13 -0400

McALLEN, Texas - The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more than 200 others and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to the surrounding area had only $1 million in liability coverage, lawyers said Saturday.

Agents raid 5 stash houses in South Texas

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:52:09 -0400

McALLEN, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol agents have shuttered five stash houses and arrested some 230 immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas.