Updated: 4:16 PM A judge Thursday in Santa Maria, Calif. denied a defense motion for an acquittal in the child molestation trial of pop singer Michael Jackson.

Updated: 3:40 PM About 250 farmers and ranchers rallied Tuesday at the Capitol to protest Gov. Rick Perry's Trans Texas Corridor plan.

Updated: 11:17 AM Insurgents launched a fresh round of attacks Saturday in Iraq, killing at least ten Iraqis. Six U.S. soldiers have died in roadside bombings in the country since Thursday, military officials said.

Updated: 10:38 AM The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to send the controversial nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice and Baylor Law School graduate Priscilla Owen to the full Senate, setting the stage for a fight over filibuster rules.

Updated: 1:57 PM White smoke poured out of the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel just before 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, signifying the election of a new pope.

Updated: 9:57 AM A Fort Hood sergeant who recently returned from Iraq plotted with a woman he met over the Internet to kill her husband, a federal complaint alleges.

Updated: 4:53 PM Kraft Foods is recalling nearly 150,000 packages of Jell-O chocolate pudding that may contain unlisted pistachio nuts.

Updated: 11:06 AM Texas Representatives worked until the early morning hours Thursday to pass a $137.5 two-year spending plan.

Updated: 9:04 AM Crowds packed St. Peter’s Square Friday as word spread about Pope John Paul’s worsening health.

Updated: 10:04 AM The parents of a badly brain damaged Florida woman said Wednesday they will take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court in Atlanta refused to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube that has kept their daughter alive for 15 years.

Updated: 3:24 PM Two soldiers from Fort Carson died Monday in a vehicle collision in Iraq, military officials said Thursday.

Updated: 4:08 PM Waco Mayor Pro Tem Robin McDurham was unanimously selected Monday afternoon to fill the mayor’s position until the May 7 election.

Updated: 10:15 AM A 26-year-old Army specialist from Houston has died in combat in northern Iraq, military officials said.

Updated: 5:22 PM Iraqi Shiites got the most votes in their country's elections, but they didn't get the two-thirds, which would have allowed them to form a government without forging alliances with other groups.

Updated: 4:45 PM A soldier from the 1st Cavalry Division’s Task Force Baghdad died Friday in a homemade bomb attack.

Updated: 9:52 AM Four CBS News staffers were fired Monday following the release of an independent investigation that said a "myopic zeal" led to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about President Bush's military service that relied on allegedly forged documents.

Updated: 10:57 PM Organizers of Operation Phone Card say they've surpassed their goal of providing phone cards for each of the soldiers heading to iraq this weekend.

Updated: 1:27 PM Soldier didn't get proper military pay and landlord is charged with theft after siezing property.

Updated: 2:56 PM A 27-year old Army staff sergeant from Euless has died in a homemade bomb attack in Iraq, military officials said Tuesday.

Updated: 5:35 PM A school fundraiser in Lampasas is stirring a national debate because a hunting rifle is being raffled off.

Updated: 5:07 PM Central Texas law enforcement agencies were searching Thursday for the man who robbed the Genco Federal Credit Union in Lacy-Lakeview.

Updated: 12:18 PM One American Eagle flight landed and later departed from the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport Wednesday, but most flights remained grounded because of problems with the airport’s instrument landing system.

Updated: 12:50 PM No appeals were pending Wednesday for convicted Texas killer Frederick McWilliams, who is scheduled to die just after 6 p.m. for the 1996 shooting death of a man during a carjacking.

Updated: 11:23 AM Soldiers from Fort Hood’s 13th Corps Support Command have distributed hundreds of loaded backpacks to schoolchildren in Iraq.

Updated: 10:54 AM George W. Bush was the winner as dozens of New Hampshire residents cast the first votes in the 2004 Presidential race.