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Dallas police chief: Dozens of tickets issued for not speaki

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Scott Goldstein - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, Police Chief David Kunkle announced Friday while promising to investigate all officers involved in the cases for dereliction of duty.

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Dallas police chief: Dozens of tickets issued for not speaking English

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Scott Goldstein - Oct. 23 (News Report) - Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said this afternoon that his officers have written at least 39 citations to people over the past three years for not speaking English

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Editorial: If you thought ACORN was bad ...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - Sep. 23 (Editorial) - We've all heard plenty about a private U.S. government contractor whose employees were caught behaving unspeakably and which now faces the swift and brutal withdrawal of taxpayer dollars by a Congress demanding accountability. That was ACORN, of

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Slater: Matt Latimer recalls Kay Bailey Hutchison 'purse boys' in new book 'Speechless'

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Wayne Slater - Sep. 18 (Comment) - Former George W. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer admits being enamored of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison when he arrived as young staffer on Capitol Hill some years ago. "I thought a tough-talking Texas woman would be an ideal Republican presidential candidate someday," he writes in his new book, Speechless, which goes on sale next week. Then he met her.

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Sands Hid Fate of Gulf War Pilot Missing Since 1991

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By All Authors - Aug. 02 (News) - Mystery Surrounding Speicher’s Whereabouts Had Sparked Rumors, Conspiracy Theories

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Baylor hospital has lowest cardiac readmission rate in nation

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Jason Roberson - Jul. 10 (Special Report) - Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, in government data released Thursday, had the lowest readmission rate for heart patients in the country, a key quality indicator that says the facility did the job right the first time. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the payer of government-provided health insurance, published hospital quality scores of more than 4,700 hospitals on its Web site, hospitalcompare .hhs.gov, with the goal of using transparency to drive down costs. The agency is now pointing to Baylor as an example of superior quality for all other hospitals to follow.

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Earthquakes fuel questions over drilling in Cleburne | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Sherry Jacobson - Jun. 14 (News Report) - It's hard to find anyone in this North Texas city of 30,000 who isn't getting mailbox money in exchange for allowing a natural gas company to drill on – or under – his or her property. But after a spate of mild earthquakes in the past two weeks that could be connected to the drilling, people are starting to reconsider: Is it worth the money?

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Iranian presidential candidates focus on pocketbook issues

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Reese Elrich - Jun. 11 (News Report) - Although successive U.S. administrations have been concerned about Iran's nuclear power program and conflicts with Israel, Halvaei and most Iranians are preoccupied with the country's severe economic problems. The country faces 11 percent unemployment, 23.6 percent inflation and a deepening recession.

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Few voter ID fraud cases found in Texas

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Terrence Stutz - Apr. 08 (News Report) - "We can't prove there is voter ID fraud. The Democrats can't prove there isn't," said Skipper Wallace, the Republican Party chairman of Lampasas County. "We may have a big voter impersonation problem we don't know about. I think we do." That brought a quick response from Dallas Democratic Rep. Rafael Anchia: "There are also people who believe in UFOs who have never seen them, either."

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Wallace B. Jefferson: Why not elect judges on merit, not whim?

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Wallace B. Jefferson - Mar. 12 (Opinion) - even if i had never appeared in court, lost every endorsement and fared poorly in polls that assess qualifications, i would still have won in texas. the state voted for mccain, and i was the down-ballot beneficiary.

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Saga of NFL's African-American pioneers is an untold story

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Evan Grant - Feb. 25 (Special Report) - The story of Jackie Robinson's struggle to integrate Major League Baseball is told in a library full of books and a multiplex worth of movies and documentaries detailing its impact on the sport and American culture. The story of the NFL's African-American pioneers, however, remains largely forgotten. When the league sprang up in the early 1920s, Fritz Pollard was among its first stars. He was the first African-American coach, too. And, after a 13-year informal ban on African-American players, the league reintegrated a year before Jackie Robinson ever tugged on a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. Yet Pollard was not inducted into the Hall of Fame until 2005, nearly 20 years after his death. The two Los Angeles Rams backs who reintegrated the league, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, have never been formally recognized.

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Analysis: Obama learning to deal with Washington's partisan ways

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Todd J. Gillman - Feb. 09 (News Analysis) - In his first three weeks in the bully pulpit, President Barack Obama has offered a post-partisan vision while resorting to old-school pressure tactics. So far he has managed to draw three Republican votes – learning, as presidents inevitably do, that Washington will not bend easily to his will. "There's a lot of jockeying in this town," he conceded Monday night. "People have to break out of some of the ideological rigidity and gridlock that we've been carrying around for too long."

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Finland's educational system offers lessons for Dallas

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Jim Landers - Feb. 08 (News Report) - By the time Finland's children complete the ninth grade, they speak three languages. They have studied algebra, geometry and statistics since the first grade. And they beat the pants off students from just about everywhere else in the world. In math, science, problem solving and reading comprehension, Finland's 15-year-olds came out at or near the top in international tests given in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Even the least among Finnish students – the lowest 10 percent – beat their peers everywhere else. This matters to Dallas because so many students are still left behind. Even though Dallas reformers played key roles in the federal legislation named for the goal of bringing everyone a quality education, there are still great disparities in academic achievement between city and

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Bush reviews unfinished business and his legacy

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Todd J. Gillman - Jan. 11 (News Analysis) - Every president leaves unfinished business. For George W. Bush, the list includes two wars and the war on terror, saving Social Security, establishing an enduring Republican majority, and much, much more. In some cases, like immigration reform, he concedes tactical miscalculations. Mostly, though, Bush maintains that he did his best and did the right thing, even when it cost him. "I know this, that I never sold my soul for the sake of approval ratings, which matter not one whit to me. Evidently they do to a lot of other people, but not to me," he told The Dallas Morning News last week. "What matters most is the principles that you adhere to in life, particularly if you're the president of the United States." It's a certitude his fans admire and detractors find maddening.

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George W. Bush: On Texas, the fog of war and Vaclav Havel

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - Jan. 10 (Interview) - President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush sat down with The Dallas Morning News' Lori Stahl, Todd Gillman and William McKenzie on Thursday for a 75-minute interview on their plans for the Bush presidential library and institute at Southern Methodist University and a look back at the last eight years. Here is an edited version of the Oval Office conversation, where each talked in a relaxed manner about Texas, Washington and their life ahead.

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The bailout betrayal

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Dallas Morning News Editorial Board - Dec. 30 (Editorial) - Don't blame just the banks for refusing to tell anyone how they're using bailout dollars. Blame Congress for authorizing $700 billion of taxpayer money with virtually no strings attached. And Treasury officials for never asking questions. These days, you couldn't borrow a cent from a bank without completing mountains of paperwork explaining how you would use the cash. And if you didn't spend the money as you promised, the bank probably would accuse you of loan fraud, and rightly so. Before another penny is doled out, Congress must require firms that receive federal aid to account for it. This is not asking too much of the banks. The added oversight will keep them from intentionally commingling funds, abusing them and claiming later that the dollars are untraceable.

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Dallas ISD faulted for using fake Social Security numbers

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Tawnell D. Hobbs - Nov. 15 (News Report) - Years after being advised by a state agency to stop, the Dallas Independent School District continued to provide foreign citizens with fake Social Security numbers to get them on the payroll quickly. Some of the numbers were real Social Security numbers already assigned to people elsewhere. And in some cases, the state's educator certification office unknowingly used the bogus numbers to run criminal background checks on the new hires, most of whom were brought in to teach bilingual classes. The practice was described in an internal report issued in September by the district's investigative office, which looked into the matter after receiving a tip. The report said the Texas Education Agency learned of the fake numbers in 2004 and told DISD then that the practice "was illegal." It's unclear how long DISD had been issuing the phony numbers, and district officials didn't know Thursday how many had been given out. But the investigative report and interviews with DISD employees indicate the practice went on for several years before it was discontinued this past summer.

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California gay marriage vote negates fundamental freedom

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Erin Goldman - Nov. 14 (Opinion) - The day after the election, I woke up invincible; Barack Obama was elected to serve as the president of the United States of America. The voting population looked past the color of the man's skin and voted for him based upon merit. However, my restored faith in humanity was short-lived. "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible," declared Obama on Nov. 4, "who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." He spoke too soon.

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Todd J. Gillman - Oct. 21 (News Report) - Gov. Sarah Palin's wardrobe has provoked admiration and envy. Politico has now uncovered evidence that the Republican National Committee paid $150,000 for a shopping spree that started in early September "to clothe and accessorize" the governor and her family. It's all there, buried in federal financial disclosure records, including: $49,425.74 from Saks Fifth

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Texas Faith: Is it possible to think of an economy not driven by greed and fear?

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - Oct. 18 (Interview) - Texas Faith is a weekly discussion that poses questions about religion, politics and culture to a panel of Texas religious leaders. This week's question: Is it possible to think of an economy not driven by greed and fear? If so, what would that economy look like?

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Experts compare current immigration situation to deportation of Mexicans in 1930s

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Dianne Solís - Oct. 11 (News Report) - The stock market tanked, unemployment rose and cries grew forceful against Mexican immigrants. It was 1930. In the decade that followed, an estimated 1 million people went to Mexico in a wave of deportations and voluntary repatriations. As many as half of them, it is believed, were U.S. citizens of Mexican ancestry.

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Hazy outlook

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:31:06 -0700

Dallas Morning News - By Jim Landers - Aug. 02 (News Report) - China is home to 16 of the 20 cities rated as having the poorest air quality in the world. Beijing is on the list. The Chinese capital's average level of particulate matter in the air in 2004 was 89 micrograms per cubic meter (the average in Dallas is 13.8). Industrial plants emitting soot were the biggest source of China's urban air pollution until a few years ago. But auto exhaust-fed smog is now the chief culprit. From 1995 to 2001, Beijing's air contained three times more nitrogen oxide than the World Health Organization's recommended maximum, according to the World Bank.

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T. Boone Pickens' prediction: Oil production is reaching its peak

Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dallas Morning News - May. 24 (News Analysis) - The legendary oilman, who runs a multibillion-dollar commodities hedge fund in Dallas, appears frequently on CNBC to predict oil prices. He's often correct... "I think you're going to see $150 before the end of the year," Mr. Pickens told CNBC viewers Tuesday. Sure enough, oil futures ended the day 1.6 percent higher at $129.07 a barrel, another record.

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Bush undecided on disclosure policy for library donors - Dallas Morning News - News for Dallas, Texas - Breaking News for Dallas-Fort Worth - Dallas Morning News

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By BRENDAN McKENNA - Feb. 29 (News Report) - After settling on SMU to house his library, President Bush said Thursday he doesn't know yet whether donors to the multimillion-dollar project will be identified but he probably will accept money from foreign sources.

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What FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds found in translation

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dallas Morning News - By Philip Giraldi - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - Most Americans have never heard of Sibel Edmonds, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will. The former FBI translator turned whistle-blower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levels - sale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage.

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