DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is going back to court to throw out its contract with union pilots after making changes to satisfy the bankruptcy judge. Fort Worth-based AMR Corporation filed a motion in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York today, two days after the judge ruled against American.
HOUSTON (AP) - A dog returning to the United States with a soldier's family was euthanized after suffering heat stroke in Houston while in the care of United Airlines. Rachel Estes says that she and her 5-year-old daughter were returning to North Carolina from South Korea, where her husband was completing a tour of duty. She says the family's two cats arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, a day after the family's arrival, but their 14-pound terrier had to be euthanized.
HOUSTON (AP) - A Mexican man on Texas death row for strangling and raping a teenage girl in Waco 25 years ago has lost a federal appeal, taking him a step closer to execution. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 today, refusing Ramiro Ibarra's claims of mental impairment and that he should have received protections under an international treaty.
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - An East Texas meat producer and federal prosecutors have resolved a U.S. Agriculture Department investigation of mislabeled meat products. U.S. Attorney John Bales says John Soules Foods Incorporated of Tyler will tighten policies to comply with meat inspection laws and pay $392,000 to reimburse costs of a three-year investigation.
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