Provides the latest RSS feeds for Dallas News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dallas Sun.com http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/cat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:19:06 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:19:06 -0400 30 (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) Texas has among the lowest percentage of structurally deficient bridges of any state in the country, according to a new ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215298305/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:06:20 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215298305/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Authorities have located a missing 10-month-old Alabama boy in Dallas with the 14-year-old girl accused of taking him from a home in Birmingham. The Alabama Department of Public Safety issued an alert for 10-month-old De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly and 14-year-old Dor'Sayde Gathright after the boy was reported missing Tuesday. Both children are safe, and police say they'll be taken back ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215298306/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:06:19 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215298306/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d , is retiring, effective in September. Decherd, 62, has been at the helm of A.H. Belo since the company's spin-off from Belo Corp. in 2008. Jim Moroney, 56, currently executive vice president of A.H. Belo, as well as publisher and CEO of the newspaper, will succeed Decherd as CEO of the parent organization. John Puerner, A.H. Belo's lead director, said the board has been focused on ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215296757/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:32 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215296757/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d The UT Arlington campus is closed until further notice, according to the school's MavAlert system. UT Arlington is closed while police investigate reports that an armed man may be headed to campus. The tip came from Dallas police, according to several alerts the university began issuing around 4:30 this ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215296758/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:31 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215296758/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Carrollton Police Department ) A drunken-driving suspect crashed into a home in Carrollton shortly after midnight this morning. The 20-year-old driver, who has not been identified, was speeding west on Peters Colony Road when he lost control of his white pickup and struck two vehicles before plowing into the front of the one-story house. ';Thankfully the homeowners were in a different room ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294933/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:33 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294933/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Cavs have been talking to teams for weeks about a trade, but they are finding a limited market and at this point are likely to keep the pick. Sources in Cleveland strongly suggest that ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294914/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:14 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294914/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Mavericks having the 13th overall draft pick on their opening-day roster next season at 0 percent. There is an 80-percent chance that the pick is traded before or, more likely, during the draft, the source said. There is at least a 15-percent chance that the pick is a foreign player who is under contract and can be left overseas for a year and not count against ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294916/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:13 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294916/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d 07:11 AM ET 06.19 | One cannot teach height, and Cody Zeller certainly has that particular part of the game covered -- even if some question his NBA upside. I've long dismissed the notion that ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294934/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:13 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294934/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d 07:10 AM ET 06.19 | Mark Jackson brings a certain zen quality that Don Nelson lacked. So: Jackson is not going to scheme for a bigger, longer contract this summer after leading ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294918/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:12 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294918/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Clippers to assume head coaching duties. But just because he's not heading to Los Angeles does not mean he's coming back to Boston. Danny Ainge's promise from last month seems about as reliable and useful as a weather report on Mars, and Rivers' future with ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294917/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:11 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215294917/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d There's a trend starting to develop. Once again, Oakland starter Tommy Milone deserved a better outcome in his last start. Rangers starter Justin Grimm expected more from his last appearance. Again. On Wednesday, the two will square off in a battle between the top two teams in the American League West, and there's a good chance only one of them will walk off the field feeling ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215288410/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:05:53 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215288410/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Dallaspolice officers arrested an off-duty Dallas Fire-Rescue officer for allegedly punching another man early Sunday morningat a Downtown club near the West End, according to police documents. Sebastian Serrano, 30, faces a class a misdemeanor assault charge. He's accused of punching 29-year-old Nathan Rosas in the face in what a witness said was an argument over a joke about Serrano's ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215287553/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:04:18 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215287553/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d OAK@TEX: Pierzynski drives a two-run single to center ARLINGTON -- This was not about a lack of run support from the offense. This was simply about the Rangers' starting pitcher not being at his best, and this is supposedly the Rangers' best starting pitcher. But Yu Darvish has not earned a victory in over a month, and he didn't deserve one on Tuesday night, allowing five runs ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215286654/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:57:26 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215286654/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 08: Quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M poses with the Heisman Memorial Trophy after being named the 78th Heisman Memorial Trophy Award winner. A source told SportsDay's Kate Hairopoulos that Manziel was nearly suspsended and transferred from Texas A&M after an arrest last ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285827/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:22 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285827/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d 15 2B: Oak 1, S. Smith (18). HR: Oak 2, J. Jaso (2), B. Moss (13). HR Detail: Oak, J. Jaso (Inning: 3 , 0 Out, 0 on) off Y. Darvish, Oak, B. Moss (Inning: 2 , 0 Out, 0 on) off Y. Darvish. Scoring Position: Oak - 1 for 4.Tex - 1 for 3. SH: Oak 0, Tex 2, J. Profar ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285053/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:22 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285053/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d There have been no human cases of West Nile virus in Dallas County and health officials are urging cities to begin spraying for mosquitoes that carry the disease. Dallas will spray from trucks through Wednesday ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285054/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:39:18 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215285054/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d convoluted private talks, the Wake County, N.C., school board picked its new superintendent tonight. Irving’s school chief Dana Bedden, facing opposition from his own board, was one of three finalists for the job. He didn’t get it; the Wake board picked Virginia educator James Merrill instead. With the drama in North Carolina over, our attention turns back to Bedden’s fate in ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284039/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:45 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284039/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Email ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman was back in the lineup on Tuesday after getting two days off. But he was batting fifth in the order after batting exclusively in the third spot. A.J. Pierzynski, who was hitting .382 in his last 19 games going into Tuesday, was moved up to the No. 3 spot. Berkman was hitting .192 in his last 19 games. "I just decided to give Berkman less stress, so I moved ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284000/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:55 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284000/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Email ARLINGTON -- Jeff Baker is still unable to throw a baseball or grip a bat, so the Rangers placed him on the disabled list on Tuesday with a sprained right thumb. The Rangers also optioned first baseman Chris McGuiness to Triple-A Round Rock while calling up catcher Robinson Chirinos and left-handed pitcher Joseph Ortiz. Baker has not played since last Wednesday, a day before injuring the ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284001/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:55 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215284001/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d ARLINGTON -- Left-hander Martin Perez threw six scoreless innings for Triple-A Round Rock in a 12-2 victory over Oklahoma City on Monday night and is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA in his last four starts. But the Rangers are not ready to bring him to the Major Leagues. "The only conversation we had was he threw the ball well again [Monday] night," manager Ron Washington said. "End of ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215283999/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:55 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215283999/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Email ARLINGTON -- Pitcher Alexi Ogando, on the disabled list with inflammation in his right shoulder, is still not 100 percent. Ogando said he is still experiencing some inflammation in the shoulder, and that's why he has not started throwing off a mound again. Ogando, on the disabled list for the second time this season, hasn't pitched since June 5 in Boston. "I'm feeling a ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215283998/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:37:54 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215283998/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn has been supplementing his Senate salary for six years with pensions earned from his days as a Texas judge and attorney general - retirement payments that went undisclosed for several years. Cornyn's most recent annual disclosure statement, filed last month, shows he collected $65,383 from three Texas pension plans in 2012. That's ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282901/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:43:06 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282901/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Fox 4 ) Fort Worth police announced a $1,000 reward for information leading an the arrest in a fatal hit-and-run last month. On May 28, two 18-wheelers were driving south on the North Freeway near Heritage Trace Parkway at 7:30 a.m. when one driver swerved from the far right lane into the middle lane, colliding with the victim's truck. The collision pushed the tractor-trailer onto the ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282903/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:43:05 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282903/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d A sketch of a robbery suspect who stabbed a man multiple times June 2, 2013, in East Oak Cliff and made off with $800. (Dallas Police Department) Police are asking for the public’s help identifying and finding a woman who stabbed a 60-year-old man several times with a butcher knife after he refused to give her money. Police released a sketch of the woman, who has straight shoulder-length ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282902/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:43:05 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215282902/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to accept obesity as a disease. The vote at the assocation’s Chicago meeting aims to set off a ';cascade'; of actions to highlight the dangers of a nation where half the population could be overweight by 2040, said Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, which sponsored the motion. ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215281696/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:31 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215281696/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d A small number of Wal-Mart employees are joined by a larger number of non-employees supporting them in a protest outside a Wal-Mart superstore along I-35E in Lancaster, Texas, on Black Friday morning, Nov. 23, 2012. (Christian Randolph/The Dallas Morning News) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed a lawsuit in Fort Worth against a grocery workers union, related groups and individuals that it said have ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215281697/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:30 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215281697/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d June 18--Oliver Tull, one of the hosts of the DFW-based offbeat morning show Eye Opener, and Justin Allen, the nationally broadcast show's executive producer, were on such similar wavelengths that neither remembers exactly who came up with the idea for " That Show" first. But Tull, who's also a member of Fort Worth improv group Four Day Weekend, was definitely in charge of ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280561/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:57 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280561/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Dallas ISD executive director Jennifer Span filed a lawsuit last June against the Enlarged City School District of Troy, her former employer in New York, and its school board. Span, who is over DISD's Roosevelt High School feeder pattern, contends in an original filing in the U.S. District Court of New York that her civil rights were violated after facing discrimination and retaliation ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280563/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:48 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280563/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d A sign on the exterior wall of Rosemeade Spa informs patrons the business is closed today. Dallas police targeted the spa and others as part of a two-year organized crime and prostitution ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280562/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:48 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280562/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Lamar bought the snakes at a market in Lima. He took them aboard flights from Lima to Miami and then from Miami to Dallas. The following day, TSA agents refused to let him board a commuter flight to Tyler with the snakes. So Lamar took a shuttle from the airport to his home in Tyler. ';Game Wardens went to ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280564/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:47 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215280564/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made his political advisers sweat when he again expressed his love for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Rangers in a Q&A with elementary school students."Get ready for a nervous moment," ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279344/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:36:45 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279344/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Today the National Council on Teacher Quality released its examination on teacher preparation programs in which it reviewed 1,130 institutions based on various aspects including selectivity, the rigor of its course work based on a review of syllabus, student teaching evaluation forms and employer surveys. And the results weren’t so good. Fewer than 10 percent of rated programs earned three ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279345/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:31 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279345/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Donna Johnstone was found safe around 1 p.m. in the 100 block of South Broadway, the same street she went missing from. It was unclear where she had been for the previous 12 hours, but she was ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279346/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:30 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279346/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d "Because this involves a sexual assault charge, we will not be releasing any further details on this case," Mesquite police said in a news ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279347/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:30 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279347/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Walmart has filed a lawsuit in Fort Worth against a labor union that the company claims has staged "confrontational and abusive" demonstrations at stores around the country over the past ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279348/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:29 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215279348/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Visits to schools are supposed to be publicly appealing fodder for politicians, but this one got some boos … from the students at the school. New Jersey governor Chris Christie was asked what his favorite teams were. Simple enough for public figures to admit allegiance to the local squads, and Christie professed his love for the nearby Knicks and Mets. But his love for the Cowboys, even ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278093/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:13 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278093/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d (Richardson police) A Richardson woman went on trial Tuesday, accused of fatally injuring a 1-year-old girl she was baby-sitting five years ago. Alice Annette Steele, 46, was watching Kiajah Shaw and her 2-year-old brother in February 2008 while their mom was in labor with another child. Steele was a close friend of the family. That day, Kiajah was taken to Richardson Medical Center after ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278091/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:12 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278091/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d (Nathan Hunsinger/ The Dallas Morning News) Big Tex fanatics might want to head over to Summer Adventures in Fair Park starting Friday. The theme park will be showing off Big Tex's belt buckle, which survived last October's fire. The buckle will be on display at the Construction Zone play center Friday through Monday. The State Fair of Texas operates Summer Adventures, which is open ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278092/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:12 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278092/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d for the huge new regional office center is set for next month. It’s the biggest office development in North Texas, expected to be more than 2 million square feet. So far there’s no release of any photos of what the buildings developer KDC is building will look like. But based on the architect for the project, we can make some assumptions. ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278090/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:11 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215278090/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d The critical government survey that will determine whether Dallas County’s public hospital retains its state and federal funding is currently underway. The surveyors arrived — unannounced — Monday and began combing through Parkland Memorial Hospital, looking for signs of patient-safety problems that were detected in 2011. The county hospital has been operating under federal ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276777/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:14:03 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276777/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d left-wing media today for suggesting that fetuses as young as 15 weeks old feel pleasure. Self-pleasure. He made the comment during a late-night hearing Monday of the House Rules Committee, on a GOP bill that would ban abortion of fetuses older than 20 weeks. The House is expected to vote today on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. In his previous career as an ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276778/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:14:01 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276778/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Dallas County Health Department director Zachary Thompson told commissioners that ground spraying is working in Dallas County. He said where they have sprayed the number of mosquitoes has been cut by about 60 percent. The region was the epicenter of the national outbreak last ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276779/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:42 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276779/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tonight a family and a community is in mourning. We have learned among the 4 victims killed in Saturday night's crash in Fort Worth, was a mother and daughter and also youth minister (insert) Brian ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276780/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:37 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215276780/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d a two-alarm blaze destroyed the bakery of Luna's Tortillas on Harry Hines Boulevard. One day later, Dallas Fire-Rescue has released what’s at least a preliminary cause: a short in the sign. The fire has been ruled accidental. The owner of the landmark Dallas eatery doesn’t take issue with the fire department’s findings. But when reached for comment Tuesday morning, ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215275373/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:06:08 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215275373/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d DART will operate the buses in the Arlington commuter bus service that's now set to launch in August. But the Metropolitan ArlingtonXpress buses will look different that the typical DART bus, such as this one arriving in Mesquite in March ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215275372/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:06:08 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215275372/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d The group that's taken over the downtown farmers market says it's working to make Justin Fourton's Pecan Lodge an anchor of the new Shed ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215273902/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:13 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215273902/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d DALLAS -- While he continues to weigh his options on what to do with the No. 13 selection in the first round of the NBA Draft on June 27, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has also maintained his focus on the start of free agency. Continuing to make his radio rounds to express his sales pitch to free agents before they hit the open market July 1, Cuban made it clear that the Mavericks will ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215273903/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:42 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215273903/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Chris Kyle over an incident in Kyle’s best-selling autobiography did not end with the Navy SEAL’s death in February. Now, the man formerly known as The Body wants to take ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215270959/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:32 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215270959/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Woodrow Wilson and Sunset high schools made the biggest gains on STAAR end-of-course exams in comparison to other non-magnet Dallas ISD campuses. In assessing passing rates in reading I, writing I, algebra I, biology and world geography, Woodrow gained 49.4 points. Sunset High School came in second with a gain of 26.5 points, followed by Bryan Adams High School with a 23.4 gain. These ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215270960/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:31 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215270960/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d (DMN files) An investment group led by Dallas real estate exec Jonas Woods is trying to swing a deal to purchase downtown’s 50-story Thanksgiving Tower. The 31-year-old glass high-rise at 1601 Elm St ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215269650/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:42:35 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215269650/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d For a moment early this morning it looked like Dallas-Fort Worth would spend another morning with a good, soaking rain. But what remains at this hour is a storm that’s a shadow of a shadow of its former self as it makes its way across Dallas County thanks to a cold front now south of the area. And what you see now is likely all we’ll get for the next long while as a ridge of high ... http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215268473/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:38:55 -0400 http://www.dallassun.com/index.php/sid/215268473/scat/9f9b95cfe01d1f7d