LUBBOCK -- Texas Tech announces that offensive line coach Chris Thomsen will serve
as the interim head coach for the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas on
December 28 against Minnesota.
Thomsen was 51-21 in seven seasons as the head coach of Abilene Christian.
The vote by its 1,400 national membership came as no surprise to gay
rights advocates, who hailed it as a first step to ending discriminatory
practices in the 103-year-old organization....
Texas public universities awarded more than 50,000 bachelor's degrees in
spring 2013, an increase of more than 5,000 from 2012, according to
preliminary data from the Texas Higher Education...
Many self-proclaimed gun enthusiasts in the Texas House aren't
ready to expand their own gun rights if they can't do the same for their
constituents....
1400 members of the Boy Scouts of America's National Council are
expected to vote in Texas on Thursday on whether to end the group's ban
on gay youths....