Washington, D.C.: Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) has asked Governor Perry to request aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Maverick County. The area incurred flooding on June 14 and 15 and is still in the recovery process. In order to be considered for FEMA funds, the federal government must first receive a request from the office of the Governor. In the letter, Gallego writes:

MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) —

Weak earnings from several U.S. companies helped drag the stock market lower Friday, putting major indexes on course for their first weekly loss this month. Expedia plunged 26 percent, the worst fall in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer CLEVELAND (AP) —

he Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade agreed to plead guilty Friday in a deal to avoid the death penalty. In exchange, Ariel Castro would be sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years, prosecutors said. Castro was in court Friday morning to enter the guilty plea. When asked if he understood he would never be released from prison, Castro said: