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Texas inmate caught after using bedsheets to escape

Police in Irving, Texas, captured a convicted burglar Wednesday who escaped from a medical facility last weekend by rappelling off the building using a string of bedsheets, a department spokeswoman said.

Oil baron's wind farm project hits doldrums

Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world's largest wind farm.

Discover untamed Texas in Caprock Canyons

Just a minute ago I was sailing down a Texas Panhandle highway, level as a tabletop. Then I dropped off the face of the High Plains into the heart of a wild place called Caprock Canyons. It's the rough-and-tumble centerpiece of a 15,000-acre state park, 100 miles southeast of Amarillo.

Wildfires plague town in Texas Panhandle

Wildfires continued to spread across a north Texas town Sunday, sweeping over more than 12,000 acres and destroying eight homes in their path, officials said.

Parts of Texas town of 1,400 evacuated as fires approach

Parts of the Texas town of Wheeler were evacuated Saturday as strong, shifting winds fanned wildfires that had already destroyed three buildings, law enforcement officials said.

CNNMoney: Citi CEO: We've got enough capital

Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit sought Wednesday to allay fears about his company's financial strength, a day after a Middle East investor said the Wall Street giant needs to raise more capital to survive.

Ice storm prompts emergency in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has declared a statewide state of emergency as a brutal ice storm moves into the U.S. heartland.

Ice storm ahead for Oklahoma, 2 other states

Frigid arctic air is forecast to move across the southern Plains, causing a "significant ice storm" this weekend in Oklahoma and parts of Texas and Arkansas, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

FSB: Liquid Assets

(FORTUNE Small Business) - Boone Pickens slips off his bright-orange necktie (he's a proud son of Oklahoma State; the football stadium in Stillwater bears his name), pops open a can of Dr Pepper, e...

Fortune: Don't mess with this Texan Donald Hodges manages his market-beating fund with a strict eye on ethics.

Donald Hodges likes to put his money where his morals are. His Hodges fund (HDPMX), which he runs from his office in Dallas, isn't a socially responsible fund by definition, but his basic philosoph...

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