Jose Perez often butted heads with his grandfather, who emigrated from Mexico years ago and feared his American-born grandson didn't appreciate the sacrifices his family made. Then the teenager started playing the music of the elder's homeland.

CEDAR PARK

LUBBOCK

A fire fueled by donated clothes ripped through a homeless shelter in this small Northeast Texas town early Monday, killing five residents as some tried dousing the blaze with pans of water.

Donors to the new presidential library probably will remain a mystery, according to the nonprofit foundation overseeing its fundraising.

One of rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifacts will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his coffin on eBay sometime in the next few weeks — almost 50 years after "the day the music died."

AUSTIN

Fort Worth attorney Lynn Barber started last year with a common loon on the Texas Gulf Coast and ended with a rufous-capped warbler in Arizona.

COMAL COUNTY

A teenage girl has been given two life sentences and an additional 25 years in prison for her role in the murders of her mother and two young brothers in the family's home.