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A lawyer for Liverpool's owners says they will drop their court order in Texas blocking the sale of the club.

The move does not mean current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have given up their fight to stop the 300 million pound ($476 million) sale to the owners of the Boston Red Sox.

Lawyer Keith Oliver, who represents Hicks...

 The housing downturn has lost its hold on the Dallas area's priciest neighborhoods.

Home sales in the affluent Park Cities area are up 41 percent so far this year – the first year-over-year increase in more than four years.

Sales are also strikingly higher in North Dallas – up 28 percent –...

Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged Wednesday that he has a "nice, close personal relationship" with a major campaign donor whose company was awarded $4.5 million in state technology funds despite its failure to win approval from a regional screening board.

 The governor defended the funding as permissible under the law...

Texas Forest Service officials say they are investigating an increase in wildfires they believe were intentionally set in East Texas.

Agency spokeswoman Holly Huffman said Wednesday that 94 of the more than 600 fires reported to the forest service since the start of the year were considered arsons. She said it wasn't immediately clear...

Hurricane Paula headed for a near pass along the southern coast of Mexico's resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, and then was expected to move toward the western end of Cuba.

The Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kph), was expected to swipe at the islands of Cozumel, Isla Mujeres and Holbox,...

 Anyone who knows Sara Rice knows she stands out in a crowd like a pair of red cowboy boots. She's not into traditional anything – especially a traditional wedding."Even the word 'bridesmaid' grosses me out," she said.

Tuesday evening, with a pink cotton candy bouquet in hand, the Dallas hair stylist married...

 How good is your child's teacher?

For years, principals answered that question by visiting a classroom, taking down observations and handing the teacher an annual review.

Now with millions in federal money aimed at rewarding the nation's best teachers, school districts are searching for ways to identify them....

Witnesses to a gunman's rampage at Fort Hood will begin describing the attack for a military officer.

The testimony Tuesday will provide new details about the scene that unfolded nearly a year ago in a building where soldiers were making final preparations to deploy.

The Article 32 hearing involving Maj. Nidal Hasan will...

 It felt like someone throwing cold water on him. That's how John Hargrove describes learning that Dallas planned to zone him out of business. City officials wanted to make way for progress – developments of high-end shops and apartments along the Trinity River.

At nearly 50, Hargrove was too old to start over, too...

With Howard K. Stern watching solemnly, his lawyer told jurors in his drug conspiracy trial that he loved Anna Nicole Smith and never conspired to give her harmful drugs.

"Witnesses have said he cherished her, loved her. She was the love of his life," said attorney Steve Sadow.

He said prosecutors calling Stern her...