1/21/03
The decision to use "credit or debit" at the checkout line makes a difference. A class action lawsuit accuses Visa and Mastercard of monopolizing the debit card market. In turn, merchants are charged higher fees if the customer signs for the debit purchases. How does that effect you? Sharon has more in NewsChannel 11's Consumer Connection.
1/21/03
Neurosurgeons and even space shuttle astronauts have converged to study brain trauma and the latest findings in the roller coaster debate. Just how safe are these thrill rides?
1/21/03
One Lubbock medical researcher says the federal government may have over-reacted to news of the missing Bubonic plague vials. He says the incident could have pushed scientists away from studying bio-terrorism agents all over the country.
1/21/03
Posting bail is big business in Lubbock. Find out the risks involved, and what happens at a bail bond office.
1/21/03
Fire officials are still investigating a gas pump fire in Plainview last week.
1/21/03
Texas Tech is one of hundreds of universities nationwide seeing a drop in its endowments.
1/21/03
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will stand before the newly inaugurated governor next week to lay out its legislative agenda.
1/21/03
David Langston made that announcement Tuesday.
1/21/03
The man accused of lying about 30 missing bubonic plague vials is a free man Tuesday night. He posted a $100,000 bond for his freedom.
1/21/03
We've seen change after change at airports across the Nation since September 11th, 2001. Security changes passengers understood but proved frustrating. Now airports have another change to announce, but this one is designed to speed things up.
1/21/03
A pickup and an oil tanker collided in northwest Lubbock County on Tuesday night, injuring three people.
1/21/03
Leaders for Texas Tech met Tuesday to discuss ways to become more diverse.
1/21/03
The weather cooperated Tuesday in Austin as Governor Rick Perry and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst were sworn in.
1/21/03
In an effort to express war concerns, about a dozen Lubbockites, representing the Internet Activist Organization Move On, gathered in Congressman Larry Combest's office to present a petition protesting war with Iraq.
1/21/03
A Texas Tech researcher was freed on bond Tuesday, six days after he was arrested for lying about the disappearance of vials of bubonic plague bacteria from his lab.