Texas Headlines

UNDATED (AP) - States that let debt collectors seize debtors' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that ban or restrict the practice. An Associated Press analysis finds the nationwide bankruptcy rate is 42 percent higher than the rate in those five states. Texas and three other states prohibit wage garnishment except in special circumstances such as unpaid taxes or child support. Texas has a smaller rate than all its neighbors.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A man hospitalized after a raid at a Fort Worth gay bar maintains that he was the victim of excessive police force. Chat Gibson is back home after he was hospitalized for bleeding in his brain after his arrest more than a week ago on suspicion of public intoxication at the Rainbow Lounge. Police say the 26-year-old injured himself when he fell and hit his head. Witnesses say officers slammed him into the wall and floor and tackled other patrons who were arrested that night.

DENVER (AP) - Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport appears to be staying on the flying public's good side. Federal statistics show it's second only to Denver International Airport in receiving fewest passenger complaints about security screeners among the nation's 10 busiest airports. The Denver Post reported Monday that travelers filed just five complaints about screeners at Denver International over a 45-month period from 2003 to 2006. Bush Intercontinental Airport had 16.

ABILENE, Texas (AP) - The checkered professional football career of former Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Quincy Carter continues to fade away. The Abilene Ruff Riders of the Indoor Football League say they cut the former Georgia Bulldog after he failed to show up for a home game Saturday against the Odessa Roughnecks. Coach Gerald Dockery tells the Abilene Reporter-News Carter called four hours before Saturday's game to tell him that he wouldn't play. So the team cut him.

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