By TRISH CHOATE, Scripps Howard News Service
Capitol Hill all a-Twitter about lawmakers' use of social sites
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mac Thornberry doesn't tweet on Twitter, or anywhere else probably.But he recently sounded off on the right of other U.S. House members to post updates -- tweets -- up to 140 characters on the microblogging site, even if he doesn't.
New COOL law aims to fight food contamination
WASHINGTON -- Federal law requires the shirt on your back to have a label revealing the country it came from, but fresh jalapenos that can travel from your grocer's shelves to your stomach have no such requirement -- until Sept. 30.
Families learn fate of WWII fallen from band of volunteers
Wayne Ogren is one of the lucky ones.Not because his brother, 2nd Lt. Jack Ogren of the 317th Troop Carrier Group, died navigating a battle-worn bomber during World War II in Australia.
Lack of spare parts, mechanics hurting bombers' combat readiness
WASHINGTON -- Some Texas and South Dakota lawmakers are concerned that B-1B bombers, which have played a major role in recent U.S. air wars, aren't ready to fly missions because of shortages of spare parts and qualified aircraft maintenance technicians.
Fringe sect's lawsuit delays monument to fallen WWII soldiers
A Utah religion whose followers practice mummification is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that is delaying a permanent home for a World War II monument honoring fallen American servicemen.
Sect doctor silent on abuse question
SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Here's what's known about Dr. Lloyd H. Barlow:-- He's licensed to practice medicine in Utah, in Arizona and -- since June 2005 -- in Texas.-- He has no disciplinary actions against him in the states in which he's licensed to practice.
Sect leader suspected of draining $100 million trust
SAN ANGELO, Texas -- While many have wondered how a Mormon splinter sect financed its multimillion-dollar West Texas spread, one man thinks he knows the answer.
State rep says he unwittingly helped sect buy Texas ranch
A man who helped the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints acquire West Texas land for its sprawling ranch is now the state legislator representing an area adjacent to the compound.
Tab rises for care of polygamist sect members
The West Texas city of San Angelo, alone, is paying $60,000 a day toward the care of 416 children and 139 mothers taken from a polygamist compound in nearby Eldorado, Texas.
Republicans considering crossing over for Texas primary
Robert Diehl of Abilene, Texas, is a model young conservative Republican.The 24-year-old future Marine is anti-abortion, anti-gun control and anti-big government, and he's pretty much voted Republican since he became eligible to vote in his teens, he said.
