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Texas Homophobia: School Officials Suspend Gay Cheerleader For Kissing Another Boy

A gay Texas cheerleader is crying foul after high school officials kicked him off the cheerleading squad and suspended him for kissing another boy. The teenager believes school officials deliberately attempted to catch him in the act by ... continue

Texas capital shows how you do clean power adoption the right way

In a country that talks a lot about the need for clean power there sure is a lot of NIMBY attitude as well as extremely powerful lobbying against any serious move to utilizing clean power alternatives. So it is ... continue

DNA Evidence Sets Texas Man Free Today After 25 Years Behind Bars

Texas prisoner Michael Morton was released from Prison on Wednesday after a Texas appeals court examined DNA evidence from his wife's murder scene in 1986 and determined he could not have committed the murder. Morton, 57, is set ... continue

Texas Man Michael Morton Freed After Wrongful Conviction, Served 25 Years

Well, let's just all take a moment and reflect in thanks that Rick Perry was in no way connected to this case, or perhaps exculpatory evidence like DNA proving his innocence would be removed as a roadblock ... continue

Kat Von D and Jesse James Call It Quits Again [Confirmed]

It's been a month since Jesse James and Kat Von D got back together and now they have officially called it quits...again. Posting on her personal Facebook page Kat Von D announced on Saturday: "I am not in a ... continue

Death Row Inmates Will No Longer Get To Pick A Last Meal

If you're about to be put to death on Texas' death row you will no longer be able to request a special last meal. The new rule is all thanks to the execution of white supremacist Lawrence ... continue

Texans Abandoning Donkey’s At Record Pace, Causing Headache For Officials

Donkey owners around the state of Texas have been abandoning their animals in record numbers as they lose the income needed to care for the animals. According to the Houston Chronicle the animal abandonment has created a huge headache for ... continue

Texas Wildfire Only 30% Contained, Already Claims 1,386 Homes, 2 More Lives

The wildfire that continues to rage in the Bastrop area of Texas has been called the state's "worst ever" and now with only 30% of the blaze under control we have learned that 1,386 homes have been ... continue

Fried Bubblegum Is The Newest Fair Food

Move over fried chicken, fried fish and even fried beer, there's a new fried in town and believe it or not it's fried bubblegum, a new choice that will be hitting the Texas State Fair circuit this ... continue

Ben Stein Willing To Give Gov. Rick Perry An Economics Lesson

Ben Stein is worried about our economy, not at the present moment but more specifically if Texas Governor Rick Perry manages to win the GOP primary and eventually the Presidency, that's why he hopped on the tube ... continue

11-Year-Old Mayor Names Street After Justin Bieber

So, we've got an 11-year-old mayor, what could possibly go wrong? Bedtimes are now illegal, an official decree was handed down declaring that So Random without Demi Lovato now sucks and a street was named for pop icon Justin ... continue

5-Inch Lizard Puts New Mexico and Texas Oil Drilling In Danger

Politicians in New Mexico and Texas are causing quite the stir at they consider putting the dunes sagebrush lizard on the endangered species list, a move that could hurt oil drilling in the region. The lizard, known by it's ... continue

Super Bowl seating fiasco heading to court

I have never heard of a Super Bowl so widely panned by so many people, and I have lived though two Super Bowls in Detroit, Michigan one of which was one of the worst weather days ever ... continue

[Map] How Europe sees the US

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Amarillo skateboarder stops Koran burning- “Dude, you have no Koran”

If you somehow missed it, there's been a bit of a debate in the US lately over whether burning the Koran is an acceptable method of protest. Some d-bag in Florida tried to organize a rally to burn ... continue

Coming to a bar menu near you – Fried Beer – Wait! What?!?

Yes you read that right - Fried Beer. Sounds impossible right? Never mind asking why you would even want to eat fried beer how the hell do you fry a bubbly liquid? Well apparently it is something that creator Mark ... continue

Texas mayor murders teenage daughter, kills self

Mayor of Coppell, Texas Jayne Peters shot and killed her 19-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself Tuesday night. Friends of Peters, 55, sent police to check on the mayor after she failed to attend a scheduled ... continue

Somehow, the Big 12 survives

After losing the University of Colorado to the Pac 10, and the University of Nebraska to the Big Ten, it now looks like the bleeding of the Big 12 conference will stop. This conference survives with 10 ... continue

3 killed, at least 10 missing in Texas pipeline blast

Ten people are reportedly missing after an explosion a in a rural area near Cleburne, in north-central Texas. Smoke and "leaping flames" were visible for miles in Johnson County, witnesses report, and a giant plume of fire and ... continue

Pac 10 has a plan to raid six Big 12 schools

Before we get deep into this let us all realize that the day of the College Super Conference is coming. That is mostly driven by the ideal to make the sports channels each big conference now owns ... continue

In Texas, Cats Are So Tough They Beat Pit Bulls In A Fight

A Texas woman has been saved from a savage pit bull attack by her pet cat. 39 year old Cherry Woods was set upon by two pit bulls May 21, and things were looking grim after her husband ... continue

(Update) CNN: Texas pilot torched house, crashed plane

A small plane has crashed into a seven story building in Austin, Texas. The crash occurred at around 10 a.m. local time at the Echleon building in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard, near U.S. 183 and MoPac. ... continue