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Amber Alert Issued for 3 Year Old Texas Boy

The suspect is Mario Romero, an Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes, 5'7" and 205 pounds.

(DENVER CITY, Tx.) - The State of Texas issued the Amber Alert Friday (10-16) after the boy was reportedly abducted by the suspect in Denver City.

Denver City is near the New Mexico-Texas state line, about 30 miles east of the New Mexico town of Lovington. The child's mother was found murdered at the child's home and the suspect is wanted in connection with the murder.

Amber Alert Issued for 13-Year Old Texas Girl

Police say the suspect likes to carry knives, and has bad acne. There is no suspect vehicle information at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call the Tyler Police Department.

(TYLER, Tx.) - The State of Texas issued the Amber Alert Wednesday afternoon (10-07) after the girl was reportedly abducted in Tyler. The victim and the suspect were last seen in Richardson early Monday morning (10-05).

The suspect has mental issues and the child is considered to be in serious danger.

Lubbock, Texas Murder Suspect Arrested in Bend

One of the man's alleged victims is still missing.

(BEND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police and Bend Police Department assisted Lubbock, Texas police in the arrest Wednesday in Bend, Oregon of a murder suspect wanted in connection with the 2006 disappearance and murder of two women.

Lieutenant Gregg Hastings with OSP, says today at approximately 12:00 noon, detectives from the Oregon State Police and Bend Police Department arrested 59-year old Mickey Weldon Patterson outside of a Bend-area residence located at 31 SE Benaiah Circle.

Texas Issues Amber Alert for 14-Year Old Texas Boy

The suspect vehicle is a dark blue 2004 Kia sedan with Texas tag number 178HWV.

(LEAGUE CITY, Tx.) - The State of Texas issued a Amber Alert Wednesday afternoon after the boy was reportedly abducted Sunday afternoon in League City.

Authorities in Texas say the suspect has a history of family violence and aggravated kidnapping. There is an open CPS case against the suspect for physical abuse.

New Evidence in Botched Houston Castration Trial

Mrs. Nadal was insane, not guilty of extraordinary hateful vengeance.

(PARIS, France) - New evidence is developing in the Houston castration case, via the Facebook page of Mrs. Jennifer Coias, in an entry dated August 18, 2009.

Five weeks after the birth of the baby boy, Katherine Nadal was down in deep post-partum depression, a fact attested by her taking strong pain-killers (methadone notably, which is supposed to prevent from addiction) rather than being “high on drugs”, as unjustly reproached.

Is Texas Harboring Torture Decider?

It is essential that those responsible for torture be held to account. This is not about “policy differences.” It is about crimes.

(DALLAS, Tx.) - Seldom does a crime scene have so clear a smoking gun. A two-page presidential memorandum of Feb. 7, 2002, leaves no room for uncertainty regarding the “decider” on torture. His broad-stroke signature made torture official policy.

This should come as no surprise. You see, the Feb. 7, 2002, memorandum has been posted on the Web since June 22, 2004, when then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales mistakenly released it, along with other White House memoranda.

Texas Cops Support Taser Strikes on 72-Year Old Great Grandmother (VIDEO)

Tasers are deadly, anything else anyone says about it is a sham. Responsible governments would implement new policies quickly before lawsuits drain away the last of the blood, and they will.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Police in Texas are standing behind a deputy's repeated taser attacks on an elderly great grandmother who was reportedly driving fifteen miles an hour over the speed limit in a construction zone.

Texas Enacts `Innocence Committee` Over Excessive Wrongful Convictions

"Hang 'em high" state approves innocence commission.

(SAN ANTONIO) - Texas' unenviable record of convicting too many innocent people has helped the Texas House pass legislation creating an innocence commission that would investigate how innocent people ended up in prison.

"What we're trying to do is to make sure that we never, never ever convict a person wrongly again," says. Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, author of HB 498. The bill still needs Senate approval before he heads to Governor Rick Perry.

Amber Alert Issued For Texas Girl Believed to be in Grave and Immediate Danger

The girl was last seen wearing lime green shorts, a green striped shirt with a white collar and Hello Kitty earrings. She has a small scar on right eyebrow and a birthmark on her upper leg.

(HIDALGO, Tx.) - The State of Texas issued an Amber Alert early this morning after a child was reportedly abducted while playing in front of her home in Hidalgo on Tuesday evening.

Hidalgo is just south of McAllen on the Mexican border.

Fusion Center Encourages Improper Investigations Of Lobbying Groups And Anti-War Activists

The ACLU has long warned that ambiguities regarding who controls these fusion centers and a complete lack of oversight over their intelligence activities would lead to violations like this.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A Texas fusion center's "Prevention Awareness Bulletin" made public last night is the latest example of inappropriate police intelligence operations targeting political, religious and social activists for investigation.

The North Central Texas Fusion System bulletin states that it is "imperative for law enforcement officers to report" the activities of lobbying groups, Muslim civil rights organizations and anti-war protest groups in their areas.