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A 17-year-old was critically injured this evening after he was car surfing in southwest Fort Worth, authorities said. The boy was standing on top of a vehicle in the 1900 block of Arborwood Trail when he fell off about 5 p.m. Tuesday, said Lt. Paul Henderson, a Fort Worth police spokesman.

A suspicious object found in a locker at Jasper High School in Plano today turned out to be a homemade firework, police said. Plano police were called to the school in the 6800 block of Archgate Drive about 1 p.m. They questioned a 14-year-old boy identified as the owner.

Arlington school officials today are warning parents about a man who fondled a 10-year-old girl at a bus stop as she waited to go to school.

It was a long haul for the Dallas Zoo’s newest arrival. Jade, a 10-foot, 900 pound female giraffe, rolled up to the gates of the zoo at 11 a.m. today in an expanded horse trailer with plenty of head room.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the extradition of a suspect in a July 2001 slaying who was captured in New Mexico last week. Martin Marmolejo Romo, 28, of Mexico was arrested near the border in New Mexico.

Crude oil prices edged up Tuesday, but some Fort Worth motorists found less pain at pumps along a stretch of East Lancaster where a price war brought 87-octane regular gasoline down to $2.95 and $2.94 a gallon ¡s the cheapest in the county, according to an informal survey.

American Airlines will filter pornographic content from its new in-flight Internet service, after after hearing complaints from family groups as well as worries from flight attendants.

The 16-year-old was taken to a hospital Tuesday after he fell off either the roof or the hood, Fort Worth police said.

She told Grand Prairie police a man in a white ski mask approached her from behind, grabbed her and touched her all over her clothing, then fled when he realized a bus was approaching.

The man left the store, "but not before shooting a Sony flat-panel television as he left," a police spokesman said.

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor joined four women in a new class of inductees into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. Gov. Rick Perry and his wife Anita announced the women’s inductions during a reception today at the hall on the Texas Woman’s University campus.

Hickory Creek police are investigating the death of a prisoner in their custody last week. Hickory Creek Sgt. Bobby Starnes said officers arrested Joshua Ivy, 26, of Kamay, Texas, about noon Wednesday.

Denton residents could get rebates for installing a variety of energy-saving features on their homes under a plan discussed Monday by a City Council committee.

After more than a month of sharing space at Hattie Dyer Elementary School, students and teachers from Krum’s Early Education Center moved into their own facility Monday.

The lawsuit over Denton City Council term limits lost another plaintiff Friday, as former mayoral candidate Justin Bell abruptly dropped out. Bell’s departure leaves only one plaintiff in the case, which stems from a dispute over how the city interprets its term limits statute.

A teenager has been seriously hurt in the 9300 block of Cleburne Road near North Crowley High School.

Surveillance video shows at least two young men getting what appears to be a big surprise when they tried to break into one North Texas house.  What happened is all captured on tape.  CBS 11 News talked exclusively to the Fort Worth homeowner about the experience he calls 'frightening'.

A mother and daughter escaped an attempted car-jacking Tuesday morning. It happened just down the road from their home in Dallas.

The Town of Highland Park is trying to save a historic and beloved pecan tree.  The pecan tree has stood for more than a century at what's now the intersection of Armstrong Parkway and Preston Road.

A showdown is expected Tuesday evening between a Fort Worth neighborhood and a company that wants to drill for natural gas less than 600 feet away.

Latisha Furch, the daughter of a missing woman believed to be dead, speaks during her mother's murder trial.

Dallas-based Neiman Marcus revealed the 82nd edition of its annual Christmas catalog Tuesday and it includes a Texas-sized offering for any Dallas Cowboys fan.

Newy & Buck field questions.

A woman asked to see a Dallas woman's nails on Sunday and then tried to take her wedding ring off of her finger, police said.

A man who had been escorted out of a hospital office building was arrested after authorities say he came back and rammed his pickup truck through a plate glass window next to the Memorial Health System of East Texas emergency room.

GRAND PRAIRIE - An investigation is underway after an elementary student told her principal a masked man touched her inappropriately while she waited for a school bus Monday morning, Grand Prairie police said.

PLANO - Across North Texas, few feel the economic hit more than those in the housing industry. Many former boomtowns are now seeing a bust.

FORT WORTH — Testimony began Tuesday at the trial of Rodney Owens, who is charged with murdering a Fort Worth woman — even though the body of Glenda Furch has never been found.

DALLAS — Was it a scare tactic or something more? A Dallas Independent School district teacher is under investigation for reportedly making students surrender their fingerprints to help solve a classroom crime.

WASHINGTON — More than 400 U.S. athletes enjoyed what Steven Lopez of Sugar Land calls “the ultimate perk” of being an Olympian — visiting President Bush at the White House Tuesday morning.

Tonight's Fort Worth City Council meeting is expected to be crowded with neighborhood association members OPPOSED to a gas drilling permit on 8th Avenue.

This past weekend, at least three area school districts voted for major increases in property taxes, and tomorrow, voters in two more districts go to the polls.

More than 1,000 Dallas school employees await word on their job futures this week. Five percent of the district workers are slated for pink slips to help fix a huge budget deficit. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.

Fort Worth officials like what they saw on a weekend visit to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland to look at their streetcar systems. KERA's BJ Austin says the trip could put a downtown Fort Worth streetcar line on the fast track.

You may think you know the meaning of words or expressions you've read, but perhaps not. Here's commentator Paula LaRocque.

Gas under $3 a gallon? That's what East Fort Worth customers saw today, as did others all the way north to the Oklahoma border. FOX 4's Dionne Anglin has the positive side in the drop in oil prices.

Health experts say children's cough medicines can do more harm than good, and now the drug companies have agreed to new guidelines. FOX 4's Lynn Kawano has details.

A top Republican strategest says there's a sense of urgency, particularly for the GOP, in this campaign. FOX 4's Shaun Rabb explains.

Another down day on Wall Street: The Dow Jones dropped 508 points to close at 9447 points on Tuesday. Those kinds of numbers are causing people to ask a lot of savings and 401k questions, and FOX 4's Matt Grubs went looking for answers.

The Komen Race for the Cure is less than two weeks away, and as part of FOX 4's committment to finding a cure, here is the story of a North Texas woman who underwent chemotherapy after having a double mastectomy. In her battle to beat breast cancer, she lost her hair, but as FOX 4's Heather Hays reports, thanks to her friends she got a new look and a new outlook.

American Airlines Inc. said Tuesday it’s working with Aircell to ensure its Gogo inflight Internet service is free from pornographic material. (AMR)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 508.39 points Tuesday, remaining below 10,000. (AMR) (LUV) (GME) (DHI) (CTX) (FLR) (CE) (ALJ) (XCO) (TIE) (PIR)

Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp. said Tuesday one of its subsidiaries is closing Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Irvine, Calif., effective Jan. 15. (THC)

Renewable energy company Southridge Enterprises Inc. has inked a deal to acquire a Brazil ethanol plant from Bronsiacco Industrial Ltd.

Electronics retailer RadioShack may outperform initial earnings expectations for the third quarter, as consumers rush to purchase digital television converters, the Associated Press said Tuesday.