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  • Top students would be exempted from some tests under Senate bill

    Continuing a move toward reduced testing in Texas schools, the Senate on Tuesday night approved a bill that would exempt high-performing students from reading and math tests in the fourth, sixth and eighth grades. The measure by Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, would affect thousands of students in elementary and middle schools, but the precise number would be left up to the commissioner of ...

  • Jackson too creepy for Clippers MAY 22

    Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. While the source insisted it wasn't a reflection on Jackson's coaching ability, it would simply be "too creepy" for ...

  • LeBron knows Indy can beat the Heat MAY 22

    Heat by not calling Miami just another team. LeBron is looking for an emotional edge because he knows Miami's physical edge is much less ...

  • Sixers owner would consider Bynums return MAY 22

    Sixers have exclusive rights to negotiate with [Bynum], who earned $16.5 million despite not playing at all last season due to knee injuries. Free agency begins July 1. If ...

  • Standoff with suicidal man blocks off Ross Avenue at Central northbound frontage road

    Ross Avenue has reopened after being shut down this morning at Central Expressway while Dallas police deal with a suicidal man holed up in a home. The standoff began around 1:30 a.m. when someone called 911 to report that a friend was threatening to hurt himself in the 3000 block of Ross. Officers arrived and contacted the man, but he refused to come out of the home. It’s unclear whether ...


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Movie Review

Center Stage

"Center Stage" is a fairly low-key melodrama set against the high stakes world of professional ballet in the heart of New York. And, as it is fairly low-key and almost unoriginal, it would be completely forgettable if it didn't have a strangely retro feel to it. As if the obvious narrative and thematic comparisons to early '80s films like "Fame" (1980) and "Staying Alive" (1983) weren't enough, " ... ...

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  • Giant solar plane flying into DFW Airport tonight

    The SolarImpulse aircraft will land at D/FW Airport at 1 a.m. Thursday morning and will be on display for the public from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The SolarImpulse aircraft will make history Wednesday as it flies nonstop from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg took off today at 4:45 a.m. from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and is expected ...

  • J.C. Penney secures $2.25B loan with stores Plano HQ

    J.C. Penney has backed a $2.25 billion loan with some of its real estate holdings. J.C. Penney Co. is expected to complete a deal on Wednesday that will allow it to borrow $2.25 billion from investors in a loan that is secured by some of the retailer's 1,000 stores, distribution centers and even its Plano headquarters. The Wall Street Journal reported the loan, which is expected to carry a ...

  • Dish warns of national security issues if SoftBank buys Sprint

    Dish Network has brought up national security as an issue should SoftBank acquire Sprint Nextel. Dish Network Corp.'s courting of Sprint Nextel Corp. took on a tone of international intrigue as the Colorado-based satellite entertainment company played up rival SoftBank's Corp.'s ties to China. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that an anti-SoftBank website funded by Dish ...

  • Samsung spends $48M for 10 percent stake in Pantech

    Samsung has bought a 10 percent stake in Pantech. In a move that surprised some analysts, Samsung Electronics has bought a 10 percent stake in rival Korean handset maker Pantech Co. The Wall Street Journal said Samsung's stake cost $48 million and is a sign that Samsung intends to follow a new strategy of investing in rivals and making acquisitions with some of the massive amount of cash the ...

  • Wolf set for first big league start vs. Parker As

    Ross Wolf will not have an easy task in his first Major League start. The 30-year-old, who has 25 big league appearances but none in a starting role, will face the Athletics, who have won five straight games and are going for a series sweep of the Rangers on Wednesday afternoon. Wolf will be starting in place of Nick Tepesch, who was scratched from the start with a blister on his right middle ...

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