Former US attorney general to teach political science at Texas Tech

October 9th, 2009 Texas governor further shakes up forensics panelAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has further shaken up a state panel that was about to review a report concluding that a faulty arson investigation led to a Texas inmate's execution.

October 5th, 2009 Calif attorney general nixes sex scandal probeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's attorney general does not plan to investigate a state lawmaker who resigned after he was caught on videotape boasting to a colleague about his extramarital sexual escapades with two female lobbyists.

September 30th, 2009 Biden welcomes son home from guard service in IraqDOVER, Del. — Having been welcomed home by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, Delaware's attorney general traded hugs and handshakes Wednesday with other members of his Army National Guard unit after a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

September 24th, 2009 Attorney: Jail says Texas mom competent for trialSAN ANTONIO — The attorney for a Texas mother accused of killing and mutilating her 3-week-old son says a jail psychiatrist has deemed her competent to stand trial. Ed Camara said Thursday that a judge will consider that recommendation at a November competency hearing for Otty Sanchez.

September 18th, 2009 Texas group derides scent IDs as junk scienceDALLAS — A group that tries to free wrongly convicted people says scent identifications using trained dogs are based on junk science and should be scrapped. The Innocence Project of Texas says it will release a report next week outlining its reasons why scent identifications should be inadmissible in court.

September 14th, 2009 Kennedy Senate race being shaped by non-candidatesBOSTON — The campaign to succeed Sen. Edward Kennedy is becoming notable for who's not running, as much as who is.

September 9th, 2009 Border mothers angry over Mexican nominee for AGCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A group of women whose daughters were murdered in a violent Mexican border city are protesting President Felipe Calderon's choice for new attorney general. Protesters say the nominee, Arturo Chavez, did little to solve dozens of rapes and murders of women in Ciudad Juarez when he was Chihuahua state attorney general from 1996 to 1998.

August 12th, 2009 Gonzales says he would 'do some things over'LUBBOCK, Texas — Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he wishes he could "do some things over" from his years with the Bush administration, citing a memo he wrote that human rights groups contended led to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

August 3rd, 2009 Correction: Texas Tech-GonzalesLUBBOCK, Texas — In a July 30 story about a Texas Tech faculty petition opposing the hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, The Associated Press reported erroneously that university Chancellor Kent Hance was a Republican former congressman.

July 31st, 2009 Texas Tech petition opposes ex-AG Gonzales' hireLUBBOCK, Texas — A small group of Texas Tech University faculty members is objecting to the school's hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and is trying to gather signatures for a petition that claims he has "demonstrated significant ethical failings." But Chancellor Kent Hance said Thursday that the petition targeting the hire won't deter him from having Gonzales on campus.

June 29th, 2009 Texas LB treated for concussion after crashAUSTIN, Texas — An attorney for Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle says the senior was treated for a concussion after crashing his car into an Austin apartment building last week. Kindle's attorney, Brian Roark, says the crash happened June 24.

June 5th, 2009 Defense: Charges dismissed in Texas dragging deathPARIS, Texas — A defense attorney says charges have been dismissed against two white men accused of killing a black man in a racially charged dragging death in East Texas. Attorney Ben Massar says Shannon Finley and Charles Crostley were released from jail in Paris Thursday afternoon after a judge granted the special prosecutor's motion to dismiss the case.

May 8th, 2009 Big 12 coaches vote to keep tiebreakerPHOENIX — Big 12 coaches have rejected a proposal to change the controversial tiebreaker that gave Oklahoma the nod over Texas in the three-way tie in the Big 12 South last season. Meeting at a resort on Wednesday, they voted to keep the Bowl Championship Series standings as the method to break ties between more than two teams.

April 28th, 2009 Texas Tech QB Harrell to work with BrownsCLEVELAND — After going undrafted, Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell has agreed to attend the Cleveland Browns' rookie minicamp this weekend. The record-setting passer does not have a contract with the team.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Can bamboo replace concrete and steel? Or how about a low-cost tsunami and earthquake warning system? Such and many more projects will be on display at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi's (IIT-D) annual open house fair Saturday. The students and faculty of one the country's top engineering schools will showcase 300 projects of research and technological innovations at I2Tech2009, a day-long event for the 'tech savvy and the tech curious', said S.