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Suspect in critical condition after officer-involved shooting in Irving

The male suspect shot by police Wednesday night is in critical condition at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Witnesses said the man was attempting to run from Irving police while firing back at them. The officers returned ...
Lindy Ruff expected to have second interview with Stars this week

The Stars search for a new head coach is moving forward quickly, as former Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff is expected to be in Frisco Thursday for a second interview with Stars GM Jim Nill, according to an NHL source. Ruff, 53, coached the Sabres for 15 season and had a 571-432-162 record. He took them to the 1999 Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the Stars. He was fired in February when ...
Washington shuffles the lineup deck again

Email ARLINGTON -- The Rangers had yet another lineup change. Nelson Cruz was bumped up to third in the order on Wednesday, switching spots with Lance Berkman in the fifth spot. Cruz hasn't hit third since 2010, when he appeared there seven times. He's 11-for-31 with a home run, four doubles and two RBIs for his career hitting third. "I'm pretty nervous; it's tough to ...
Moreland to work out with Rangers on Thursday

Email ARLINGTON -- Mitch Moreland will return to the Rangers following three rehab games with Double-A Frisco. Moreland can't be activated off the disabled list until Friday, but he'll work out with the club before its day game against the Athletics on Thursday. The Rangers will face the Cardinals for a three-game series at Busch Stadium after Moreland's return. With the absence ...
Calls about suspicious activity led Plano police to investigate prostitution ring chief says

Plano Police Chief Greg Rushin said Wednesday that his department’s involvement in investigating a major prostitution ring started two years ago with complaints from citizens about suspicious activity at several massage parlors. The department launched an undercover operation and soon learned Dallas had similar suspicions about the storefronts. That initial work two years ago turned into ...

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District 9 [Blu-Ray]

Neill Blokamps feature debut District 9 is a sharp-edged science fiction parable that mixes metaphor and violent action with such dizzying confidence that you leave the theater feeling charged and alive. Its proof positive that a film can dazzle your senses while also wringing your ... ...

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Fort Worth police looking for bank robber captured in photos

Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help finding an identifying a man who robbed a bank Wednesday. The man, who was captured in surveillance photos, walked into a Woodhaven Bank branch in the 6300 block of North Beach Street shortly around 11 a.m. and demanded money from the teller, police said. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robber was last seen running ...
Breaking news Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

star James Gandofini died today in Italy, where, according to HBO, he was vacationing. His manager confirmed the news to the Associated Press moments ago. ';We're all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family,'; reads a statement from the network that ...
Fort Worth Continues to Drain Water in WNV Watch

The City of Fort Worth is taking the battle against mosquitoes that can carry West Nile virus to property owners, putting them on notice to eliminate standing ...
Dallas council members say some farewells appoint interim city manager

Mayor Mike Rawlings asked Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm to stay until January to oversee several high-profile projects, including the Trinity River and the Kennedy assassination ...
Line of storms crawling in will be areas last best chance of rain for a while

The National Weather Service reports that a wind gust of 49 mph swept through Stephenville Airport. A line of strong thunderstorms from Granbury to Dublin is also reportedly heading southeast toward ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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No justice for Jeff Skilling despite sentence reduction

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling will be back in court next week to be resentenced. The hearing will put an end to a 9 year saga of court cases, appeals and re-appeals, one the U.S. Department of Justice will be glad to see the end of.

And rightly so. The resources and money spent by Justice to convict Skilling and keep him behind bars has been extraordinary. The deal however they have struck with Skilling and his lawyers is ludicrous.

Skilling should not have ten years shaved off his 24 year sentence. The remainder of his sentence should be quashed. Instead he has to accept the resentencing deal. He has spent years and plenty of cash, resources and angst in trying to prove he was wrongfully convicted. As his lawyer says there comes a time when he needs some "certainty," and some "finality."

The twenty four years in the first place was a rediculous sentence. In the second place the conviction was not attained in the ordinary course of justice, it was a political statement. Skilling and Lay became the public scapegoats for the systematic fraud at Enron, neither of whom were the perpetrators or the beneficiaries.

What is very disturbing is that during Skilling's trial, prosecutors concealed evidence helpful to the defence. ...