http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state RSS Feed for KBMT - News - State News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:12:07 GMT http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/69149382.html CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Prosecutors say a gang of gunmen has killed six men in a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/69147302.html HOUSTON (AP) - A now-former bank teller in Houston who stole money by changing withdrawal and deposit slips faces up to 30 years in prison. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/69090042.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas spent $300 million on merit pay for teachers in the past three years in an effort that led to few gains by students. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/69089582.html MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Some students at a special needs school helped Midland native Laura Bush celebrate her birthday early with a video and a song. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68952807.html BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68889772.html Students and teachers at one southwest Houston high school want the city to help them enforce a law against cell phones in school zones. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68888562.html In the past three years, 22 Dallas, Texas, police officers have ticketed drivers for not speaking English. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68543962.html SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - San Antonio police say officers have fatally shot a man after a nearly four-hour standoff. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68543377.html GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A helicopter crash on takeoff from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico left two men injured and the aircraft in the water. http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/68543322.html DAYTON, Texas (AP) - Boats have been used in the search for a livestock herder who disappeared in Liberty County while moving cattle near the rain-swollen Trinity River.