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A family friend of the man who killed six family members and then turned the gun on himself says that he didn’t like that his estranged wife was doing well.

Three soldiers from Fort Hood have been killed in Afghanistan.

According to Texas prison officials, an investigation is ongoing in whether convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs violated his inmate telephone privileges.

More than a dozen Occupy protesters were arrested in Iowa yesterday, including five people who were outside the campaign headquarters of Texas Republican congressman Ron Paul.

A man attempting to flee gunmen trying to kick down a door was shot and killed yesterday in a southeast Houston apartment.

A McAllen businessman convicted of arranging for others to purchase assault rifles for him from gun stores has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term.

If a Virginia attorney and tea party activist has his way, Newt Gingrich’s name will be placed on the state’s Super Tuesday primary ballot.

The use of all fireworks within the city limits of Greenville and all incorporated cities in Hunt County is illegal, according to Greenville Police Chief Daniel J. Busken.

A state district judge has denied a bail reduction for a West Tawakoni woman. 22-year-old Erin Elizabeth Saari will be spending her New Year’s Eve in jail.

Is there anybody on TV more adorable than Zooey Deschanel on Fox's new hit sitcom New Girl?

She's playing a woman who moved in with three guys after a bad romance. We've seen Deschanel play this character countless times over the last 10 years: quirky, bohemian, earnest and a little dorky. Fox even used the term "adorkable" just to describe her.

But she's also the leading edge of a trend that defined television in 2011: the Funny Female.