Texas Gov Perry makes a campaign stop in Indianola, Iowa
Republican 2012 presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes remarks during a campaign stop at the Sports Page Grille, Indianola, Iowa, December 28, 2011, in advance of Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, January 3,2012. UPI/Mike Theiler
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U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday told a crowd of 400 at a Texas high school not to listen to all the "doom and gloom" coming out of Washington.
There's a disconnect between state needs and U.S. regulations that inhibits offshore energy development, U.S. governors said.
The National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston is designed to be a conference about issues and not a victory celebration, its spokesman said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he and his wife, Anita, will soon become grandparents.
The Czech foreign minister said while on a trip to Brussels his country will donate $200,000 to West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15.
Residents of a town in central Texas were allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated due to an explosion at a fertilizer plant, officials said.
The death toll from the massive West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods reached 14 Friday, authorities said.
Emergency responders in West, Texas, searched for survivors Thursday, one day after a fertilizer plant fire and explosions caused scores of casualties.
Erleigh Wiley, tapped by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to replace slain Kaufman County prosecutor Mike McLelland, said she can do the job "and not be scared."
Slain Kaufman County, Texas, District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were buried Friday after an emotional funeral in Wortham, Texas.
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