Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

Somewhere, while flying to Argentina or the United Arab Emirates, Vic Gurule of Hurst, Texas, read a newspaper story about a Texas archeological expedition that uncovered the remains of a...

"She deserves an Oscar for being so brave." That's what people were saying this time last year when Kathy Bates appeared nude in "About Schmidt." Well, I'm going to be...

Despite common myth, Texas and its colorful written history did not begin with Stephen F. Austin and his original 300 settlers. It wasn't initiated by the loss at the Alamo...

Texas Tech coach Bob Knight was not happy after the Red Raiders (8-2) beat San Diego State 78-68 on Saturday. How come? Because a season-low 6,136 fans attended the game...

Richard Bausch is a master of the short-story form, capturing the everyday lives of ordinary people with a flair and eye that make the mundane exciting and suspenseful. Now HarperCollins...

Texas is desperately trying to increase the size of its navy. State officials have applied with the U.S. Maritime Administration to take control of a decommissioned aircraft carrier, and if...

The fact the Kansas City Chiefs lost was anything but surprising. But to the Cincinnati Bengals? Well, get used to it. The Bengals have changed their stripes. This isn't the...

The Texas Christian secondary will not be surprised. It knows Cincinnati will attack through the air Saturday. It's something the Horned Frogs can expect every week until they stop someone's...

They roam the Texas countryside by the hundreds of thousands. They can grow to be 400 pounds and have been known to flip a vehicle in a collision on a...

Brenda Wineapple is a meticulous, dispassionate biographer. So much so that her "Hawthorne: A Life" (Knopf, 528 pages, $30) is objective almost to the point of ruthlessness. Still, her respect...