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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) —
Beaumont police are trying to determine how a Southeast Texas woman ended up dead on a road.
Police on Monday identified the victim as 39-year-old Tammy Carraway of Vidor (VY'-duhr).
Officers on Sunday night responded to a 911 call from someone passing who saw the body. Authorities found Carraway dead and located a 41-year-old man at the scene who said she was his girlfriend.
Sgt. Rob Flores Jr. says the boyfriend told police that the couple argued and that Carraway jumped from the moving vehicle. Police interviewed him and other possible witnesses.
An autopsy has been ordered.
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
The archive of celebrated Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been acquired by the University of Texas — meaning the critic of U.S. foreign policy is having his papers end up in a country he wasn't always too fond of.
The Harry Ransom Center, a top literary archive located on the university's Austin campus, announced Monday that the collection spans more than 50 years and features original manuscript material for 10 books, including Garcia Marquez's acclaimed 1967 novel, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
Also included are drafts of Garcia Marquez's acceptance speech for his 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature and 2,000 pieces of correspondence, such as letters to novelists Carlos Fuentes and Graham Greene. There are also typewriters and computers used by Garcia Marquez, who lived most of his life in Mexico City and died there in April at age 87.
Most of the collection is in Spanish. The center plans to digitize part of it eventually to make it more accessible.
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Texas A&M (6-3, 2-3 SEC) at No. 3 Auburn (7-1, 4-1 SEC), 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
Line: Auburn by 21 1/2. Series Record: Texas A&M leads 3-1.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
Auburn is third in the College Football Playoff rankings and trying to stay in strong position with road games against No. 17 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama awaiting. Texas A&M could go a long way toward turning the season around with an upset after losing three consecutive SEC games.
WILL WEISSERT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is making his first court appearance on felony charges that accuse him of abusing his power when he vetoed funding for public corruption prosecutors.
The potential 2016 presidential contender will be at a hearing Thursday in Austin. The Republican has said the charges are politically motivated and has asked for the case to be dismissed.
The 2014 Texas Tribune Festival is a weekend debate, discussion and dialogue featuring some of the biggest names in the world of politics and public policy.
Over three days on the University of Texas at Austin campus, more than 200 speakers will dive into the state's and nation's most pressing issues: public and higher ed, immigration, health care, transportation, energy, the environment, criminal justice and - new this year - government transparency.
CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The standards are high at Rice, and that's starting to go for the football team as well as the academics. The Owls won their first solo conference championship in 57 years last year and finished 10-4, the second 10-win season since 2008. The only other 10-win season came in 1949.
SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Tony Romo hasn't taken a snap in a game since he played through a back injury to lead a drive that kept Dallas in playoff contention late last season.
The 34-year-old quarterback has eased his way back in since surgery to repair a herniated disk, staying out of competitive situations during the offseason and taking frequent days off at training camp.
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
BASTROP, Texas (AP) —
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that sending National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border will defend not just his home state but the entire nation from "narco-terrorists" and that he doesn't know how long they will have to be deployed before the national threat is quelled.
The Republican's possible 2016 White House aspirations got a boost nationally last month when he ordered 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border. Perry traveled to Camp Swift Army National Guard Training Center 30 miles outside Austin for a firsthand look at the training they are getting for deployment — while perhaps hoping to look presidential.
JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) —
About 90 percent of districts and 85 percent of schools in Texas met the state's minimum education standards, education officials announced Friday as they continue overhauling an accountability system that will eventually hand out letter grades.
Because the Texas Education Agency has been tinkering with the system to reduce an emphasis on standardized test scores and calculate other factors, these latest ratings aren't directly comparable to the ones released last year. Meanwhile, that so many districts and schools statewide met the minimum standard was no accident since many facets of the new ratings were designed to ensure failure rates of no more than 5 percent.
ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The government said Monday it will soon close three emergency shelters it established at U.S. military bases to temporarily house children caught crossing the Mexican border alone. It said fewer children were being caught and other shelters will be adequate.
A shelter in Oklahoma at Fort Sill is expected to close as early as Friday, the Health and Human Services Department said. Shelters in Texas at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and in California at Naval Base Ventura County-Port Hueneme will wrap up operations in the next two to eight weeks, agency spokesman Kenneth Wolfe said. About 7,700 children had been housed at the three military bases since shelters there opened in May and early June. They stayed an average of 35 days.
