Teen declared brain dead after skiing accident
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) -- The Eagle County coroner says a 13-year-old Texas girl who hit a tree while skiing has been declared brain-dead....

Okla. Wesleyan's Briggs, Bostwick honored by NAIA
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. (AP) -- Oklahoma Wesleyan guard Steve Briggs has been named as the NAIA Division II men's basketball player of the year while his coach, Donnie Bostwick, received national coach of the year honors....

Response before Texas shooting questioned again
COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) -- Dispatch records and audio recordings appear to conflict with a southeast Texas sheriff captain's claim that deputies were too busy to respond to a call from a home where four people were later found shot to death, according to the Houston Chronicle....

19 hurt when Houston transit train, bus collide
HOUSTON (AP) -- A transit train and bus collided in downtown Houston on Monday, sending 19 people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said....

Stars' Modano out indefinitely after appendectomy
DALLAS (AP) -- Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars is out indefinitely after the star center underwent surgery to remove his appendix....

Mexico violence factors in spring break plans
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) -- Marquette University senior Kelly Magennis wasn't even up prepping for the start of the biggest spring break week on Texas' South Padre Island when the first text message arrived from her mom forbidding her from crossing into Mexico....

12 Texans plead guilty in unemployment fraud case
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Workforce Commission says 12 people have pleaded guilty to fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits....

Mexico violence factors in spring break plans
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) -- Students at the spring break destination of South Padre Island, Texas, say they were avoiding Mexico....

Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest....

Official: Pentagon probing alleged spy operation
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Defense Department official is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday....