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2nd 911 call from home of Tex Tech coach Gillispie

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

** FILE ** Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to his initial court appearance at the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Mr. Aldawsari, a college student from Saudi Arabia, is accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long)

Jury selection to begin in trial of Saudi in U.S. bomb plot

By Betsy Blaney - Associated Press

** FILE ** Craig James (AP Photo/Geoffrey McAllister, File)

ESPN football analyst Craig James running for Senate

Associated Press

Gillispie silent on Texas Tech job

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Leach sues ESPN, PR firm for slander, libel

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

FILE - In a March 10, 2003 file photo,Dr. Thomas Butler leaves the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, after a federal judge sentenced him to 24 months in federal prison, fined $15,000, and ordered to pay $38,000 in restitution after Butler's report of missing plague-causing bacteria caused a bioterrorism scare. A senior law enforcement official said Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 that officials decided to shut down much of Miami International Airport Thursday after a database showed Butler, a scientist with a suspicious item in his luggage, had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague. (AP Photo / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Jim Watkins, File)

Scientist in ‘03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown

By Curt Anderson and Jennifer Kay - Associated Press