Topic: Lubbock

Oil spill cleanup: BP spill's effect on endangered marine species potentially 'mind-boggling'

Oil spill cleanup: The growing BP oil spill threatens a critically endangered sawfish with extinction, as well as many other threatened species.

Defending due process for Guantánamo detainees

Defense attorneys for Guantánamo detainees stand up for due process despite hate mail, threats, and Dick Cheney's daughter.

Conservative Evangelicals embrace God and green

Why some right-leaning evangelical Christians have become true believers in climate change. God and green go together, these conservatives say.

Texas Rep. Randy Neugebauer admits he shouted "baby killer" during floor debate

Neugebauer insists that he was not referring directly to a fellow congressman but to an agreement made in the 11th hour.

Brinksmanship in Lubbock

Mike Leach fired: Texas Tech coach's methods seen as cruel

Mike Leach, the most successful coach in Texas Tech football history, was fired Wednesday after being accused of punishing receiver Adam James for not playing through a concussion.

Unemployed? This week's Top 8 job offers.

A look at this week's Top 8 intriguing job offers.

Terrorist plots uncovered in the US since 9/11

At least 21 plots to launch attacks on American soil have been thwarted. Here's a chronology.

Auto firms' woes test customer loyalty

Any bankruptcy among Big Three is likely to cut into retention, making recovery even harder.

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A weather-beaten economy

Severe weather in the US interior has wrought economic disaster. But recovery may be quick.

Colleges take more notice of gambling problems

Innovative efforts, like those in Missouri, address the problems of widespread student gambling.