<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Texas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/tx?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><description>Texas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[COAST TO COAST]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Illinois Lawmakers Aim to Get Students to Take a Load Off <br>Illinois students need to lighten up.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tex. Pressed on DNA Exonerations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2637-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2637-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the state with the nation's busiest death row and an increasing number of post-conviction DNA exonerations, legislators are urging the governor to investigate the causes of mistaken convictions.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Takes Fight to Talk Radio]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2588-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2588-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), who recently sent supporters a mass e-mail proclaiming his innocence of ethical transgressions, spoke out Tuesday on conservative talk radio shows.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Leader Denies Ethics Violations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64194-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64194-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tom DeLay, in a written statement, says he  broke no House rules in accepting trips abroad and implores supporters to accept his version of what he calls "the real story."]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Addresses NRA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61176-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61176-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tom DeLay, under fire for alleged ethics violations, accused liberal Democrats and the media of giving him a hard time in a keynote speech Saturday at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Texas, Fire Ants Public Enemy No. 1]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61286-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61286-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LOCKHART, Tex.  --  On a sunny, cloudless day Charles L. Barr walked the wilds of Central Texas in search of public enemy No. 1: the red imported fire ant.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Escaped Killer's Ex-Teacher Says She Feared Aiding Abductee]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61214-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61214-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A woman who has known escaped killer Randolph Dial since she taught him in high school knew that he was hiding in East Texas with the prison warden's wife he had abducted in 1994. But she said she was too afraid to help.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay's Ability to Raise Funds Seems Unhurt]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59522-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59522-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the first three months of this year, DeLay's personal campaign committee took in $438,235, including $100,000 he borrowed personally for his campaign.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Apologizes for Comments]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51284-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51284-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) apologized yesterday for heated comments he made about possible retribution against federal judges for their handling of the Terri Schiavo case, but declined to say whether he favors impeaching those judges.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Barton Faces Energy Challenge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51236-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51236-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep. Joe Barton has evolved over the past 20 years from a maverick conservative willing to cast lonely, defiant votes into a central political figure who cuts deals and raises millions of dollars for his colleagues and who marshaled a small army of lobbyists to secure for himself a powerful chairmanship.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall  and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Seeks GOP Senators' Support]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47809-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47809-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) implored Republican senators Tuesday to stick with him while he addresses questions about his travel and his dealings with lobbyists, as House Democrats unveiled plans to try to make ethics a defining issue for the year.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44826-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44826-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Senate Confirms First Judge of Second Term <br> The Senate confirmed the first of President Bush's second-term judicial nominees yesterday as senators continued to argue over Democrats blocking the White House's most wanted candidates.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay's Backers Launch Offense]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40496-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40496-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Supporters of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) plan to preserve his power by launching an aggressive media strategy and calling in favors from prominent conservative leaders, Republicans say.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Player's Father Held in Shooting of Coach]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34399-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34399-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ AUSTIN, April 7  --  The disgruntled father of a Canton High School football player shot the school's athletic director in the campus field house Thursday and was captured several hours later, authorities said.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery of Missing Inmate and Woman Ends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32519-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32519-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  AUSTIN, April 6  --  Randolph Franklin Dial used to portray himself as the hero of his own novel, writing friends that he served in Vietnam as a member of Delta Force or that he was a CIA, Secret Service or FBI agent. He told others he was a hit man with Mafia connections.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Links Violence to 'Political' Decisions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26236-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26236-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. John Cornyn said yesterday that recent examples of courthouse violence may be linked to public anger over judges who make politically charged decisions without being held accountable.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26255-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26255-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Ad Blitz to Attack Private  Social Security Accounts <br> A new labor-backed nonprofit group announced plans yesterday to spend at least $850,000  --  and perhaps $15 million  --  on television advertising attacking President Bush's plan to let workers under age 55 invest part of their Social Security taxes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Governor Isn't Turning the Other Cheek in Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22018-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22018-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The 46-second video shows Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) hugging  --  twice  --  with pair of cheek rubs thrown in for good measure.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Brian Faler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Wants Panel to Review Role of Courts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19793-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19793-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), under fire from Democrats for what they consider threatening remarks about federal judges, plans to ask the Judiciary Committee to undertake a broad review of the courts' handing of the Terri Schiavo case.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scouts Official Pleads Guilty in Porn Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12750-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12750-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/tx</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:24:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A former high-ranking Boy Scouts of America official  pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet in a case that authorities said was connected to a German-based trafficking ring.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item></channel></rss>