Crews prepare to raise failed blowout preventer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A vessel has latched onto a key piece of evidence in the oil spill investigation so crews can raise the 300-ton device to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Read more

Former TTU Plague Researcher at heart of Miami airport closure

The NBC TV-affiliate in Miami is reporting online that the man responsible for last night’s shut-down of the Miami International Airport is Thomas C. Butler. Read more

Air Force proposing training in NM, Colo.

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) – The Air Force is proposing a low-altitude training area over northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Read more

NM deputy arrested on child sex charges, resigns

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – A Lea County sheriff’s deputy has resigned after being arrested in an investigation involving sex crimes against two children. Read more

Gas prices fall 3 cents in Texas to $2.52 a gallon

IRVING, Texas (AP) – The cost of gasoline dropped 3 cents this week in Texas as motorists prepare to hit the road for the Labor Day holiday weekend. Read more

11 indicted in El Paso public corruption case

EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people, including the mayor of a small West Texas town and the El Paso County district clerk, as part of a years-old federal public corruption case. Read more

NC Symphony CEO resigns, takes Texas job

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The man who has led the North Carolina Symphony for the past 11 years says he’s leaving to head the Van Cliburn Foundation in Texas and its world-famous piano competition. Read more

2nd appliance rebate program for Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texans frustrated by not being able to get through by phone or online to take part in an April energy-efficient appliance rebate program will have another chance. Read more

Corpus Christi airport getting $2.8M for upgrades

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Corpus Christi International Airport is getting a $2.8 million federal grant for terminal improvements and an expanded federal inspection station. Read more

Michigan oil spill workers detained in Texas

WINNIE, Texas (AP) – Forty-two suspected illegal immigrants have been detained in Texas after returning from an oil spill cleanup job in Michigan. Read more

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