Associated Press - November 25, 2009 1:55 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by 24 this week to 1,137.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 1:45 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 1:35 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - A preliminary study by a nonprofit advocacy group says Texas teacher's colleges generally do a poor job of training prospective...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 12:45 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - For the first time, pro-immigration forces are raising more political donations than their immigration-control counterparts.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 8:15 AM ET ALICE, Texas (AP) - A pickup hauling at least 18 people plunged off a more than 40-foot embankment and came to rest upside down south of...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 12:05 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - Retail gasoline prices remained largely stable going across Texas going into the Thanksgiving Day holiday this week.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 11:45 AM ET Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel today, with many choosing to drive or take trains and buses instead of...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 11:35 AM ET DALLAS (AP) - A North Texas shelter for pit bulls has opened this week, thanks to a Dallas topless club owner's contribution after Newt...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 11:05 AM ET PEARLAND, Texas (AP) - A bronze statue of a child has been stolen from a Houston-area park and police want to know if it was swiped for the...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 10:05 AM ET LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The police chief at Texas Tech denies trying to run down a skateboarder who allegedly rolled the wrong way in...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 8:55 AM ET DALLAS (AP) - There could be less jingle in the Salvation's Army's hallmark red kettles this season.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 8:45 AM ET LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - Lanterns apparently were part of love in the air that prompted calls about unusual lights above Lufkin.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 7:45 AM ET HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Three finalists for provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southeastern Louisiana University will be interviewed...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 7:35 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Three Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents are not facing charges over the fatal shooting of a man who allegedly tried...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 7:25 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina politician who heads a national Muslim civil rights group has condemned the Army psychiatrist charged in a...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 7:15 AM ET CONROE, Texas (AP) - A man arrested in Conroe on a theft charge has died after being found hanged in the infirmary unit of the Montgomery County...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 6:55 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man who says he bought what turned out to be a $1 million Texas lottery ticket but was scammed by a clerk wants to depose...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 6:45 AM ET LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A driver has entered a guilty plea in a case in which his murder suspect passenger died in a shootout that left a Texas...

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 6:25 AM ET MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Three Odessa men who tried to rob an armored car are going to prison for more than 25 years.

Associated Press - November 25, 2009 5:05 AM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Atlantis and its seven astronauts have left the International Space Station.