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  • Storm moving through southern Oklahoma weakening as it crosses Red River towards Dallas

    Thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma will continue to weaken as they cross the Red River. The storms will bring cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall to a few of the Red River counties of North Texas between 9:30 and 10 a.m. (National Weather Service) A storm moving through southern Oklahoma near the devastated Moore area is weakening as it crosses the Red River this morning, ...

  • Angela Hunt to help break ground on Katy Trail’s Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge next month

    An invite some never thought would come arrived in the virtual inbox Wednesday. ';Councilmember Angela Hunt cordially invites you to a very special groundbreaking event,'; it reads. ';The Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge at the Katy Trail.'; For those not keeping track, this bridge linking the Katy Trail to the White Rock DART Station was supposed to be finished by December ...

  • Dallas area foreclosure rates dip lower than U.S. rate

    The Dallas area foreclosure continues to decline, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point in March, according to CoreLogic's latest report released Thursday. The Dallas area foreclosure rate continued to decline in March, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point year-over-year, staying well below the U.S. rate. In March, the Dallas area foreclosure rate reached ...

  • Inside Report Mavs with plenty of decisions to make as draft draws closer

    DALLAS -- It's been well documented. The last player selected with the No. 13 pick in the NBA Draft to eventually become an All-Star: Kobe Bryant. But, for every Marcus Haislip, Sean May and Julian Wright since Bryant was taken in the 1996 draft there's also been the likes of Corey Maggette, Richard Jefferson and Thabo Sefolosha, all veterans that have found a way to make positive ...

  • Solar-powered airplane lands at DFW Airport after record-breaking flight

    . Now he’s traveling across the U.S. — from San Francisco to Phoenix to Dallas to St. Louis to Washington D.C. to New York City at an average of 26 miles per hour — using his plane to sell the concept of a ';Clean Generation'; that can and will survive solely on renewable energy. The trip from Phoenix to Dallas, which took some 18 hours, set the distance for a ...


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Movie Review

Cop Land

I've heard too many people describing James Mangold's "Cop Land" as a movie about one good sheriff taking on a precinct of corrupt cops. Yes, that is part of the story, but it's not what the film is about. The good cop/bad cop is just the framework the movie uses to tell a tale of disillusionment, loss, and one man's harsh realization that what he looked up to all his life was wrong. The he ... ...

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  • Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles to address South Dallas church protest planned

    True Lee Missionary Baptist Church to Miles this Sunday. He said that Miles will attend a community meeting at 10 a.m., before the church worships at 11 a.m. Miles will have up to 20 minutes to say what he wants before a Q&A session is held, Parish said. Price has said that Miles is not the right person to lead the school district and should go back to Colorado Springs, where he last ...

  • Mavs shopping pick eyeing Howard MAY 23

    Mavericks ], with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on a bigger prize. Multiple sources have told ESPN.com's Chad Ford ...

  • West fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law report says

    An unknown woman is consoled by a Sheriff's Deputy at a command post in West, Texas, after an explosion that killed 14 people. Despite having been notified in 2012 by West Fertilizer Co. that it was storing potentially deadly chemicals at its plant, local fire officials and emergency responders never acted on the information to train for potential problems. A blast at the plant in central ...

  • Verizon Wireless Jennifer Lopez team up on Latino-themed stores

    Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Wireless are teaming up on the Viva Movil retail concept. Verizon Wireless and singer/actress Jennifer Lopez are teaming up on a new cellphone retail store aimed at capturing the growing Latino market. CNET said the stores will be called Viva Movil. The first stores will be in Los Angeles, Miami and New York City, where the first store will open on June 15, CNET said. ...

  • Stage set for voters to decide Texas water plan in November election

    Action Wednesday in the Legislature puts the issue of the state's water plan to voters in November. It will likely be up to Texas voters to decide whether the state should dip into its Rainy Day Fund to pay for water infrastructure. Action by lawmakers Wednesday sets the stage for a November vote on the $2 billion State Water Implementation for Texas (SWIFT) plan to pay for new water ...

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