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Texas storms flood, cancel flights, shut off power

A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday.

Report: Tests show jailed woman was pregnant

A woman who said she was carrying Dallas Mavericks' star Dirk Nowitzki's child was pregnant after she was booked into the Dallas County jail on May 6, according to a newspaper report.

DNA sample identifies attacker from 1985 rape case

A DNA sample that freed a wrongly convicted man who spent nearly 23 years behind bars implicated another man already in prison who has confessed to the crime, Dallas County prosecutors said Tuesday.

Police say steroid dealer killed himself

Authorities said Friday that a convicted steroids dealer who claimed to have sold drugs to pro football players killed himself, and the mother of a woman found dead in his home said she believes he killed her, too.

JFK Assassination Documents Revealed

Long-hidden items and documents relating to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are being revealed for the first time in decades.

Texas Man Freed After 26 Years in Prison

Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. His steadfastness was vindicated Thursday, when a judge released him because of new DNA evidence showing he indeed wasn't. The release of Chatman, 47, added to Dallas County's nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates.

DNA Test Expected to Free Texas Inmate

Charles Chatman said throughout his 26 years in prison that he never raped the woman who lived five houses down from him.

Texas County Probes Murder-Probation

Dallas County prosecutors say they will re-examine dozens of cases in which killers were sentenced to probation rather than prison time in exchange for murder pleas.

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Waist-to-hip ratio may better predict cardiovascular risk than body mass index
Source: bloodindex.org

A tape measure, not just a bathroom scale, may help you better assess your heart disease risk.

Texas men's innocence puts a county on trial
Source: The L.A. Times

The wrongful convictions of these four men are some of the most dramatic examples of prosecutions in the Lone Star State that have come under increasing scrutiny.

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