http://www.ktxs.com/-/14769454/15232252/-/fgm8f7/-/index.html KTXS recent articles. en-US © 2012 KTXS. Home Home en-US © 2012 KTXS. http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/Sheriff-Colorado-wildfire-is-a-crime-scene/-/14769504/20592896/-/q84tx1/-/index.html As hundreds of firefighters began to get the upper hand on a huge blaze near Colorado Springs, investigators stepped up their probe into the cause of the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. Investigators are treating the 16,000-acre Blac... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:06:20 GMT 20592896 2013-06-18T06:06:20Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/wind-gust-reaches-78-mph-in-hamby-4-inches-of-rain-reported-in-abilene/-/14769632/20606964/-/xsj30o/-/index.html More than four inches of rain fell on the Abilene area in a short amount of time Monday evening. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:58:11 GMT 20606964 2013-06-18T05:58:11Z http://www.ktxs.com/lifestyle/money/half-of-nasas-new-astronauts-women/-/14769526/20602816/-/uaiy3i/-/index.html NASA has selected another generation of astronauts to travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars, and for the first time in its history half of the new candidates are women. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:26:49 GMT 20602816 2013-06-18T05:26:49Z http://www.ktxs.com/sports/Lakers-weighing-options-with-Howard/-/14769664/20597980/-/h8anuk/-/index.html The Los Angeles Lakers want to retain center Dwight Howard, even though he intends to become a free agent on July 1. However, the team also has not ruled out signing and trading Howard if he insists on leaving. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:29:54 GMT 20597980 2013-06-18T04:29:54Z http://www.ktxs.com/sports/rask-blanks-blackhawks-to-give-bruins-21-series-lead/-/14769664/20607142/-/12uipalz/-/index.html The Bruins are two wins away from their second Stanley Cup in the past three years. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:12:45 GMT 20607142 2013-06-18T04:12:45Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/abilene-police-apply-for-federal-grant-to-hire-more-officers/-/14769632/20602812/-/y4g296z/-/index.html Abilene police welcomed 19 new cadets into their ranks Monday. Administrators, however, hope to add even more officers with the help of city council and a federal grant. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:46:33 GMT 20602812 2013-06-18T03:46:33Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/two-months-after-the-explosion-in-west-hundreds-of-volunteers-helping-to-rebuild/-/14769632/20606962/-/12xefavz/-/index.html It's been about 60 days since a deadly fertilizer plant explosion shook the Town of West. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:44:35 GMT 20606962 2013-06-18T03:44:35Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/storm-damage-reports-coming-in-all-over-abilene/-/14769632/20605660/-/6sp4d2/-/index.html Water rescues, damage to power lines, and street flooding reports are pouring in over Taylor County scanners. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:04:19 GMT 20605660 2013-06-18T03:04:19Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/update-abilenes-southside-reporting-wind-and-flooding-damage/-/14769632/20605898/-/rht82i/-/index.html Multiple storm reports from the Mall of Abilene, Albertons, and Walmart on the far southside of Abilene tell the tale of some amazing winds moving through that part of Abilene. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:57:15 GMT 20605898 2013-06-18T02:57:15Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/18000-aep-texas-customers-lose-power-in-abilene-after-monday-evenings-storm/-/14769632/20606840/-/houem4z/-/index.html About 21,500 customers lost power immediately following Monday’s storm and at least 40 utility poles were either knocked down or damaged, according to AEP Texas Community Relations Manager Greg Blair. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:55:36 GMT 20606840 2013-06-18T02:55:36Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/Grilling-of-potential-jurors-goes-on-for-Zimmerman-trial/-/14769504/20603710/-/dkk812/-/index.html Attorneys for both sides in the George Zimmerman trial continued Monday to drill down into what potential jurors have heard about the case in the media. Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch captain, is charged with second-degree murder for killing 1... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:40:07 GMT 20603710 2013-06-18T02:40:07Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/politics/us-releases-names-of-guantanamo-indefinite-detainees/-/14769570/20605674/-/l1491z/-/index.html The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the information. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:35:47 GMT 20605674 2013-06-18T02:35:47Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/us-waiting-seeing-with-irans-new-chief/-/14769504/20603898/-/tamvl8/-/index.html The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until 2014. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:35:21 GMT 20603898 2013-06-18T02:35:21Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/politics/us-cuba-to-discuss-direct-mail/-/14769570/20605618/-/hp4kj1z/-/index.html Direct mail between the United States and Cuba was suspended 50 years ago -- now the two countries have agreed to hold talks on reestablishing that service. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:28:14 GMT 20605618 2013-06-18T02:28:14Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/nigella-lawson-moves-out-amid-assault-reports/-/14769504/20596184/-/4m1329/-/index.html Amid British tabloid reports over the weekend that celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was grabbed around the neck by her husband, Charles Saatchi, London police said Monday that a man accepted a warning related to the case. London's Metropolitan Police say... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:51:05 GMT 20596184 2013-06-18T01:51:05Z http://www.ktxs.com/lifestyle/money/Exxon-sued-over-Arkansas-pipeline-spill/-/14769526/20560128/-/mpchgdz/-/index.html The Arkansas Attorney General and the federal government are suing ExxonMobil, alleging improper waste storage and water contamination stemming from a March pipeline spill that sent thousands of barrels of heavy tar sands crude flooding into the smal... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:51:04 GMT 20560128 2013-06-18T01:51:04Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/2012-weather-disasters-cost-110-billion/-/14769504/20602126/-/kdogq5/-/index.html From Superstorm Sandy and last year's drought to tornadoes, wildfires and a hurricane, the weather and climate disasters of 2012 caused more than $110 billion in damages. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:47:43 GMT 20602126 2013-06-18T01:47:43Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/national/Star-witness-testifies-in-Bulger-trial/-/14769504/20605834/-/2ebjkjz/-/index.html With defendant James "Whitey" Bulger sitting less than eight feet away and staring straight ahead, a star government witness in the case against Bulger explained Monday why he turned against the man he long counted among "my partners in crime." Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:37:24 GMT 20605834 2013-06-18T01:37:24Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/politics/poll-obama-approval-falls-amid-controversies/-/14769570/20593552/-/v00qf6/-/index.html President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points over the past month, to 45 percent, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national poll. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:25:43 GMT 20593552 2013-06-18T01:25:43Z http://www.ktxs.com/news/politics/Heimlich-maneuver-saves-congressman-s-life/-/14769570/20603492/-/a55cf8z/-/index.html A congressman from Texas had quite the scare after choking on a piece of popcorn the other day. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:17 GMT 20603492 2013-06-18T01:24:17Z