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Dallas stories: 48 news summaries

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 Bush a Winner as 
 Motivational Speaker 

Former president tells crowd he relied on 'the Almighty'

Oct 27, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush commanded a 15,000-strong crowd at a motivational megashow in Dallas last night, flanked by signs reading "Achieve!" and "Motivate!" but not by the pyrotechnics that greeted other speakers—Secret Service said no. Bush told stories of both "great and not so... More »

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Dallas • Colin Powell • motivational speaker • George W. Bush

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 2 New Theaters 
 Make Dallas a Hotspot 

One traditional, one progressive, they reaffirm the Big D's vibrancy

Oct 15, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dallas has several museums and concert halls that would be the envy of any city, but until now they've seemed more like standalone monuments than elements of a city center. Two new venues opening this Sunday have transformed downtown, "giving the area the cultural stature Dallas has long been... More »

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theater • architecture • Texas • Dallas • opera • Norman Foster • Rem Koolhaas

Feds Head Off Bombing Plots in Dallas, Illinois

Cases unrelated to each other; no link to Denver, NY terror arrests

Sep 25, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Jordanian citizen arrested in an elaborate FBI sting is to be arraigned today on charges of attempting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. The court appearance comes a day after an Illinois man was charged with plotting to detonate a bomb near a Springfield courthouse, only to learn that... More »

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terrorism • FBI • Dallas • federal investigation • skyscraper • sting operations • al-Qaeda • undercover • criminal charges • Timothy McVeigh • bomb plot • Hosam Maher Husein Smadi • Michael Finton

Drivers Call LA Commute Nation's Most 'Painful'  

City tops IBM's 'commuter pain index'

Sep 4, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angelenos may have fun in the sun, but they suffer the worst commutes, Reuters reports. An IBM survey of 4,446 motorists found that LA commuters ranked their morning drive highest on a "commuter pain index," which measures traffic, stress, anger, and other factors. Though Los Angeles... More »

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Minneapolis • San Francisco • Chicago • Atlanta • New York • Dallas • Miami • Los Angeles • commute • commuting • drivers • Minneapolis-St. Paul

NFL to Dallas: Don't Move the Scoreboard

If a punter smacks
it again, he gets
a do-over

Aug 28, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a preseason punt hit the high-tech video screen at the Cowboys’ fancy new stadium, it prompted talk of moving the board. Now, the league says it can stay where it is, at least for this season, the Dallas Morning News reports. If another punter hits it—the team thinks... More »

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entertainment • NFL • Texas • Dallas Cowboys • Dallas • HDTV • video • high definition • Dallas Cowboys Stadium

 NYC Ranks No. 1 
 in Road Rage 

City's drivers are angriest in the US

Jun 16, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York drivers are the most aggressive and angry in the US, an annual road rage survey finds. Gotham cut off Miami, which had zoomed to the top of the list the past 4 years, Reuters reports. "New Yorkers were most likely to wave their fists or arms,"... More »

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Minneapolis • cell phones • Atlanta • Cleveland • New York • Detroit • Dallas • road rage • Miami • driving • Portland, Oregon • driver distraction

 Seoul's Airport Is World's No. 1 

None in North America makes top 10

Jun 9, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incheon International airport in Seoul, South Korea, is the world's best, according to a British survey that took into account passengers' experiences with check-in, departures, transfers, and arrivals. Two other Asian airports, in Hong Kong and Singapore, finished second and third, the BBC reports. More »

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San Francisco • South Korea • Seoul • Dallas • Hong Kong • Amsterdam • Zurich • Singapore • airport • air travel • Vancouver • Munich • Auckland • Incheon airport • Kansai • Kuala Lumpur • Nagoya

Bush Likes His 'Liberating' New Life in the Burbs

Former president tells high school seniors he's relieved to be in suburbia

May 22, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Being wrist-deep in dog poo makes a nice change of pace from being neck-deep in responsibilities, George W. Bush told a group of New Mexico high school seniors yesterday. Bush, in one of his few public appearances since leaving office, said it felt liberating to be out of the Oval... More »

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Dallas • George W. Bush • former presidents

(Newser) - Former President Bush is gradually reentering life as a private citizen in Texas, Newsweek reports, but he's doing it gingerly and on his own terms. While many Texans agree that Dubya's still the friendly, aw-shucks guy they sent to Washington eight years ago, he's definitely keeping clear of dissent.... More »

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Bush administration • Texas • Dallas • Bush approval ratings • Bush legacy • presidential library • George W. Bush

OPINION

Web Didn't Kill Sportswriting; Lame, Humorless Writers Did

Writers today just don't know how to have fun

May 14, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the working day is done, sportswriters just wanna have fun—or at least they did 50 years ago, when hot-type dinosaurs like Gary Cartwright and his gonzo cohorts roamed Dallas in capes and leotards pretending to be Italian acrobats. But today’s mirthless philistines are doing more to butcher... More »

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sports • media • Internet • newspaper • Texas • Dallas • reporter • sports writer • Gary Cartwright • Blackie Sherrod

ANALYSIS

Go Ahead
and Mess
With Texas

Nate Silver does electoral math for 5
Lone Star States

Apr 24, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An obscure provision of Texas statehood gives it the right to split into five smaller states, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. He outlines the potential new entities:
  1. New Texas: Centered on Austin, as populous as Kentucky, and split down the middle politically—city vs. suburbs.
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Barack Obama • John McCain • Texas • Dallas • Austin • Houston • Rick Perry • Fort Worth • secession • Rio Grande • Arlington, Texas

Bush's Simpler New Life Has No Talk of 'L Word' (Legacy)

He moves firmly among the 33% who supported him

Apr 11, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush began his new life in an "insulated bubble" the day he left Washington toting a plane of teary-eyed friends watching a rosy video tribute on the Bush era. Low approval ratings? Bah. "He lives squarely in the remaining 33%" who supported him, writes Washington Post's Eli... More »

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Texas • Laura Bush • Dallas • retirement • Bush legacy • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The Dallas police officer who was suspended after stopping NFL player Ryan Moats, keeping him from his mother-in-law's deathbed, has resigned, the Dallas Morning News reports. Robert Powell said he made the decision “with a heavy heart and great sadness” and hopes the move will allow people “... More »

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NFL • police • Dallas • resignation • Ryan Moats • mother-in-law • traffic violation • Robert Powell

Cop Harassed NFL Player Trying to See Dying Relative

Dallas police officer held Ryan Moats for 13 minutes outside hospital

Mar 26, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dallas police officer drew his gun on Ryan Moats after the NFL running back ran a red light as he tried to get to the hospital where his mother-in-law was dying of cancer, the Morning News reports. Dashboard video shows officer Robert Powell held Moats, 26, for 13 minutes... More »

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NFL • Texas • police • Dallas • Ryan Moats • racial profiling • Howard Stern Grid

 Texas School 
 Forced Teens 
 Into Cage Fights 

Students ordered to settle differences in bare-knuckle fights as others cheered

Mar 20, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Employees at a Dallas high school forced troubled teens to settle their differences in bare-knuckle brawls inside a locker room cage while spectators cheered, says a report obtained by the Dallas Morning News. The principal of South Oak Cliff High at the time did nothing to stop the fights and... More »

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high school • Dallas • fight • principal • fistfight

Senate OKs
Ron Kirk as
Trade Rep

Former Dallas mayor vows to enforce US export deals

Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate today confirmed, in a 92-5 vote, former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as US trade representative, the Dallas Morning News reports. With global trade declining for the first time in 27 years, Kirk has vowed to make countries fulfill their trade promises to the US. Kirk paid the IRS... More »

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international trade • Dallas • Senate confirmation hearings • US Trade Representative • President Obama • Ron Kirk

Jokey Bush Applies for, Turns Down Job

Former prez could have had free parking, discount in greeter gig

Feb 22, 09 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - George W Bush made a surprise visit to the hardware store that published a job offer for him in a Dallas paper, joking that he was "looking for a job." The owner provided him with a jacket and nametag ("W"), and the former president spent... More »

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Dallas • joke • hardware • part-time jobs • job • George W. Bush

HS Hoop Team Runs Up Score, Then Repents

Christian girls have second thoughts about 100-0 thumping

Jan 23, 09 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A Dallas high school whose girls basketball team ran up a 100-0 score last week has forfeited what school officials called a “victory without honor,” the Dallas Morning News reports. The Covenant School, a Christian institution, defeated Dallas Academy, a high school for children with "learning... More »

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Texas • Dallas • high school basketball • landslide victory • learning disabilities • defeat • forfeit • Christian values • Covenant School • Dallas Academy

OBITUARY

Real-Estate Pioneer Crow Dead at 94

Turned single Dallas warehouse into international empire

Jan 16, 09 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Visionary real-estate developer Trammell Crow, who pioneered strategies that helped him become one of the world’s largest landlords, has died, the Dallas Morning News reports. He was 94 and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Crow, who helped popularize the concept of building on spec—erecting structures before they were... More »

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real estate • Dallas • obituary • real estate development • commercial real estate • Trammell Crow

Bush Wants a Gate to Keep
Public Off His Dallas Street

And public money can foot the bill to do it

Jan 7, 09 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush wants to limit access to his new Dallas home by putting up a gate on a public street, the Dallas Morning News reports. City officials must approve the plan, but it seems the Bushes' Preston Hollow neighbors are willing to go along with it. "It's great the... More »

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Texas • Laura Bush • Dallas • inauguration • George W. Bush • former presidents

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