Convinced you want to go to school in Texas but not sure where? Below we've listed the top 10 colleges in Texas according to the ranking site The Best Colleges. The rankings of Texas based schools take 12 different data points. Points of emphasis are quality of life, academic quality, student...
The Bush School of Government and Public Service is a public and international affairs graduate school at Texas A&M University located in College Station, Texas. Named after 41st U.S. President George H.W. Bush, the school was established in 1997 with the goal of preparing students for positions...
Chupacabras have been killed in Texas with sightings elsewhere. Frank Hackett, a Hood County Animal Control Officer found one chupacabra in a barn the week of July 5th, 2010. Hackett found the animal in a barn and shot it to death when it growled at him. 10 miles away, rancher...
Lizzie Velasquez must eat 8,000 calories per day to survive. The 5 foot 2 inch twenty one year old from Austin, Texas, weighs merely 59 pounds and must eat every 15 minutes because of a rare genetic disorder. Velasquez admits to regularly "weigh[ing] myself...and if I gan even one pound...
Tennessee is a state with a very rich history and vast resources. Not only is Tennessee home to mountain ranges, lakes and plateaus put it is also often credited as the birthplace of country music and several well known historical figures. Below we've listed ten interesting facts about the state of Tennessee.
A Texas woman decapitated her 25-day-old baby and ate pieces of her body after claiming she “heard voices” early Monday morning. Authorities found 33-year-old Otty Sanchez with a self-inflicted stab wound lying on the floor of her home, bleeding, and screaming,“I killed my baby, I want to die.”...
Houston, Texas officials have plans to cover the city with a dome to protect the city from severe weather. Architects, scientists, and engineers have teamed to construct a dome over the city to protect it from hurricanes, cyclones, and temperature extremes. The DomeProject has residents worried...
In businesses, banks, companies, and schools everywhere, individuals who earn a Master of Accounting Degree from a quality school are offered rewarding jobs in an array of areas. Those jobs include forensic accountants, accounting administrators, credit managers, actuaries, and financial planners...
Convinced that Hyundai's reclining seats were a defect, a Texas jury awarded the family of 19 year old Sarah Goodner damages in the amount of $1.8 million. Goodner was killed when the Hyundai Tucson she was riding in flipped on a Texas highway. Although she was wearing a seat belt at the time of...
LeTourneau University was established as the LeTourneau Technical Institute in February 1946 with the aim of providing education to soldiers returning form World War II. In 1961, the school began offering bachelor’s degrees in engineering, technology and, a few courses in arts and sciences. This...
