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The Lone Star State

"There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else." - Pete Hamill

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  • October 2007

    • Texas Executions at Standstill

      Associated Press  |  Oct 3, 07 1:44 PM CDT

      Texas Executions at Standstill

      (Newser) - As the US Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of lethal-injection methods, a Texas appeals court yesterday stayed an execution order scheduled to be carried out tonight—bringing the country's busiest death row to a standstill. The Supreme Court is looking at a case brought by death-row inmates in Kentucky who say the injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. More »

  • September 2007

    • Texas Buys Crockett's Last Known Letter

      Associated Press  |  Sep 4, 07

      Just two months before he perished defending the Alamo, Davy Crockett described to his daughter and son-in-law the land he treasured enough to die for its independence. "I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world," the famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee wrote. "The best land and the best prospect for health. ..." The Texas Historical Commission announced Tuesday it bought the letter, which is believed to be the last that Crockett penned before he and about 200 other Alamo defenders were killed by Mexican forces led by Gen. Antonio Lopez...

    • Americans Losing Taste for Death Penalty

      Economist  |  Sep 2, 07 7:34 AM CDT

      Americans Losing Taste for Death Penalty

      (Newser) - Capital punishment seems to be dying a slow death in the US. As public sentiment shifts toward life sentences, the number of death sentences has dropped 60% since the mid-'90s and the number of executions has fallen 46% since 1999, reports the Economist. Then there’s Texas, which has carried out some 40% of the nation's 1,000 executions since 1976. More »

    • Woman Claims Roadkill Is Bloodsucking Monster

      ABC News  |  Sep 1, 07 1:53 PM CDT