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GAO says airline merger would reduce competition
A government analyst says the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes traveled by more than 53 million passengers. A researcher for the Government Accountability Office said Wednesday that the loss of competition would be greater than occurred in the 2010 merger ...
LeBron excited for title-deciding Game 7
LeBron James could not sleep after Game 6. Imagine, then, how frayed his emotions will be going into Game 7. So much is at stake. Legacies, for so many players, James included. The NBA championship. Whether the season was a success or a bust. How he will be portrayed over ...
Appeals court vacates West Texas corruption ruling
A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling by a West Texas judge that resulted in a six-year prison sentence for a man accused of fraud. The federal panel determined in a filing Tuesday that the judge interfered with plea negotiations involving Adrian Pena. The El Paso contractor pleaded guilty ...
EPA levies $2.5M penalty against US cement maker
The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a big cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air Act. Ash Grove Cement Co.'s penalty was announced Wednesday by the EPA ...
As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts ...
Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill
Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The new indictment of former BP executive David Rainey adds language alleging that he knew of the ...
Uncertain future for border prosecution program
On an October afternoon in 2009, a Dallas man arrived at a highway checkpoint about an hour north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Inside the gas tank of his pickup truck, agents found 99 pounds of marijuana. When the Border Patrol called the Drug Enforcement Administration, the agency said it was ...
Texas House panel approves new youth punishment
A Texas House panel endorsed a bill Wednesday to create a new punishment for 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder to allow the possibility of parole after 40 years. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee passed the bill on a 7-2 vote and sent it to the full House, which is expected to ...
Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Barry has formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical storm is drenching areas in its path with up to 10 inches of rain in some places, raising the threat of flash floods. Barry was about 70 ...
Astros sign No. 1 overall pick RHP Mark Appel
The Houston Astros have signed right-handed pitcher Mark Appel of Stanford, the No. 1 overall draft pick in the draft earlier this month. Terms were not disclosed Wednesday ahead of an afternoon news conference with Appel and team officials. The 21-year-old Appel was 10-4 with four complete games and a ...
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