by MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ Julie Wallace looked forward to Tuesday to watch the execution of the man convicted of killing her youngest sister almost two decades ago at a home in suburban Dallas. "I have no doubt in my heart, at all, that he did it," Wallace said of condemned prisoner Charles Dean Hood, scheduled for lethal injection in Huntsville for fatally shooting her sister, Tracie, 26, and her sister's boyfriend, Ronald Williamson, 46. (0) comments

by APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN (AP) _ Investigators said Monday that they believe the arson at the Texas Governor's Mansion was politically motivated and offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who torched the historic landmark. State Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado said last week that investigators did not believe the blaze was politically motivated, but changed course Monday. (0) comments

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ No appeal is planned to a state judge's ruling that he has jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit to end spankings in a Los Fresnos justice of the peace's courtroom, Cameron County officials said. State District Judge Abel C. Limas issued the ruling. (0) comments