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11/20/2009

Best of the Weekend

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson star in The <i>Twilight Saga: New Moon,</i> opening in theaters this weekend.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson star in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, opening in theaters this weekend. Use our guide to plan your weekend.
Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Showtimes | More from the Web
Movies blog: Five reasons the film beats the book
Video: Actor Charlie Bewley talks about the film
Live chat: Join us on Monday to discuss New Moon
Bodies: The Exhibition
Thanksgiving Dining | Concerts | Restaurant reviews | Holiday movie guide

Dallas County to distribute 23,000 H1N1 vaccine doses before Thanksgiving
Health officials will deliver the vaccine Monday and Tuesday by appointment only at three public health clinics in Dallas.

Collin County get 8,600 more doses

Database: Search for information on swine flu vaccine shipments

Swine flu guide: Tips, resources

UT-Arlington bans smoking everywhere on campus
The ban, which takes effect next summer, is the first at a four-year school in North Texas, but part of a growing nationwide trend.

Interactive timeline: Remembering John F. Kennedy

President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy greet the crowd at Love Field Airport in Dallas.

CECIL STOUGHTON/FILE

The day of Kennedy's assassination and the three days following can be explored in this interactive timeline.
Replica 1963 squad car unveiled as memorial to Dallas police officers
Link: The Sixth Floor Museum
Link: Dallas Municipal Archives photo collection

2 arrested in stabbing death of cricket player at Allen park
Witnesses say they heard an argument before Agha Khan, 21, was found barely conscious near the park's basketball courts. Police say an argument over use of the courts led to his killing.

Head-on crash kills 3 near Lavon Lake
A white Hyundai SUV was traveling north in rainy weather when it possibly hydroplaned and crossed the center line, hitting a white Honda Passport minivan, a Texas Highway Patrol officer said.

Texas added 41,700 jobs in October

At 8.3 percent, Texas' unemployment rate remained significantly below the national average.

State officials cautioned that a month of jobs gains doesn't necessarily mean Texas will post sustained job gains over the next few months.
Fed economist: Dallas-Fort Worth job losses will top 100,000
Search job listings
Best places to work in Dallas-Fort Worth
Link: Apply for unemployment benefits
Blog: D-FW economy watch

Credit analysts: Dallas' Galleria office towers in danger of default
Buildings are leased and current on payments, but Fitch says declining values and lower cash flow are concerns

Driver charged in 2008 crash that killed newlyweds gets 30 years for drug trafficking
Uriel Perez Palacios could have been sentenced to life in prison on the federal charges, and he still faces murder charges in Dallas County in the deaths of Erika Clouet, 24, and German Clouet, 23, on Sept. 1, 2008.

Fire interrupts nightly broadcast at KXAS-TV's Fort Worth studio
The one-alarm blaze caused all personnel to evacuate, but no injuries were reported.

Rain should give way to nice weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth

8:58 AM CT This afternoon should be cloudy with only a few light sprinkles.
Dallas-Fort Worth radars, forecasts
Weather alerts: E-mail | Mobile
Traffic: Check your commute

Replica 1963 squad car unveiled as memorial to fallen Dallas police officers
The 1963 Ford Galaxie in the parking lot DPA’s South Dallas headquarters on Friday is not the actual car driven by Tippit, but a restoration of one used as a prop in a movie about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1 killed, 2 hurt in accident near Grapevine Mills
One person was killed and two more injured when a 1997 Jeep Cherokee rolled multiple times down an embankment near Grapevine Mills shopping mall.

Dirk Nowitzki's game hits new heights for Dallas Mavericks

G.J. McCARTHY/DMN

The gifted 7-footer is ascending the list of best international players.
Blog: Mavericks
Dirk's stats
Source: News on Dampier promising
Mavs-Kings: Matchup | Preview

DMN Investigates blog: Bullying blamed for Cleburne teen's suicide
Hunter Layland, a 15-year-old freshman at Cleburne High School, killed himself this week after classmates teased him about facial scars and a hearing problem.

Chat replay: Matt Wixon previews high school playoff games

Running back Marcus Murphy and DeSoto face Dallas Skyline in a star-studded matuchup Saturday at SMU's Ford Stadium.

BEN TORRES/Special Contributor

Running back Marcus Murphy (above) and DeSoto face Dallas Skyline in a star-studded matuchup Saturday at SMU's Ford Stadium.
Video: Get previews of key games
Blog: High schools
Stars align for Skyline-Desoto
Allen, Carroll groom QBS for success

Crime blog: Tony Romo – no, not the Cowboys' QB – a wanted man in Dallas
Dallas police have posted surveillance video to YouTube in hopes that someone has information on the 21-year-old Tony Romo, who they believe robbed multiple area businesses.

Towing firm fails to block Dallas County from soliciting contracts for constables
The owner of a company that tows for two Dallas County constables tried unsuccessfully late Wednesday to stop the county from soliciting towing contracts for those constables.

Boy fighting cancer is on football players' minds – and helmets

Will Morgan and his stepmother, Cheri Morgan, pass time during Will's chemotherapy treatment by playing cards.

G.J. McCARTHY/DMN

When Lake Highlands High takes the field tonight, every helmet will have a special sticker. And maybe, just maybe, Will Morgan will be watching.
Link: Will's Caring Bridge page

11/19/2009

Defense Secretary Robert Gates: We must find military threats
He ordered all branches of the military Thursday to seek better ways of "identifying service members who could potentially pose credible threats to others."

Blog: DMN Investigates

More Fort Hood coverage

11/20/2009

Investment firm stands by reports on gifts to State Board of Education official
State Board of Education member Rick Agosto has accused an investment company of incorrectly reporting that it gave him more than $1,000 in gifts before it sought a lucrative contract with the board. But the company has insisted that its disclosures are generally correct and said in letters to the Texas Education Agency that the disagreement may partially result from differences in accounting.

11/19/2009

Collin County gets 6,500 doses of H1N1 vaccine, but officials had requested 42,550
The shipment is the county's first from the state since it received 500 doses last month. "We don't have enough," County Judge Keith Self said. "There's going to be frustration with that. I share the frustration."

Dallas police initiative aims to catch burglaries in progress
Christian De La Fuente spends his days breaking into other people's cars, authorities say, and he's just the sort of person Dallas police want to get off the streets with an initiative that kicked off Wednesday. They say 18-year-old De La Fuente's case shows the pitfalls of a system that often releases property crime offenders almost as soon as police arrest them.

Hearts ache for 5th Terrell soldier to die in war
As the sobering news spread this week that one of their own died at war, residents of Terrell knew immediately that they would soon gather along flag-lined downtown streets for a procession.

No jury misconduct in Dallas City Hall corruption case, judge determines
Defense attorneys had alleged that juror Nedra Frazier's post-trial interview with the Dallas Observer suggested she may have been influenced by comments overheard in hallways during the three-month-long case.

Dallas, Fort Worth get short straw in highway spending plan OK'd by state
The Texas Transportation Commission unanimously rebuffed North Texas leaders, who asked for additional highway construction funds. Under the plan adopted by the commission, Houston, San Antonio and Waco will get the biggest share of the money.

Report: Nearly 10% of Texans running late on home loans

FILE/AP

Texas' loan delinquency rate is still slightly behind the national average.

About 2 percent of the state's mortgage holders were already in foreclosure in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.

Foreclosures:

Mortgage tips and tools

Map: Dallas-area home sales and prices

Blog: Economy

Two men snatch purse from elderly woman at medical center in Dallas
Dallas police are searching for two men who stole an elderly woman’s purse as she walked into a medical clinic on Nov. 11.

Oprah Winfrey says prayer, careful thought led to decision to end show
Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she loved "The Oprah Winfrey Show," that it had been her life and that she knew when it was time to say goodbye. "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit," she said.

Thanksgiving side dishes that go with smoked turkey

Nice accompaniments to smoked turkey are Sausage and Grits Dressing, a salad with ranch dressing and Mango-Cranberry Salsa.

EVANS CAGLAGE/DMN

We got ideas from local cowboy cooks for giving the annual feast a western twang. (The best part: Start with a purchased smoked turkey.)
11 variations on cranberry sauce
Pump up your pecan pie
More Thanksgiving tips, ideas

Specialty license plates on sale Thursday in Texas
Updated specialty license plates for cars, trucks, motorcycles, trailers and private buses go on sale Thursday in Texas.

Hit-and-run driver kills woman on I-35E in Dallas
The 50-year-old victim, bbelieved to be homeless, was not immediately identified.

11/20/2009

Rain may linger all day in Dallas-Fort Worth

Showers, thunderstorms are likely to continue through this evening.
Dallas-Fort Worth radars, forecasts
Weather alerts: E-mail | Mobile
Traffic: Check your commute

11/19/2009

DMN Investigates blog: Fort Hood suspect reportedly targeted soldiers
Only one of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood massacre was a civilian. And that's no accident, The Austin American-Statesman reports today.

GameStop bucks trend, beats Wall Street estimates
The Grapevine-based company said sales for the quarter ending Oct. 31 came in at $1.83 billion, 8.2 percent higher than the $1.7 billion in the third quarter of last year.

West Oak Cliff apartment resident shot after confronting burglars
The 31-year-old resident, who had returned to his apartment after a neighbor called him, was wounded in the stomach and hospitalized.

Comatose Austin hospital patient's debit card used to swipe more than $1,300
Police say the Seton Medical Center patient lapsed into a coma in May and that his debit card was used at least eight times in late June to steal more than $1,300.

Allen, Southlake Carroll QBs groomed for success

Quarterbacks David Piland (left) of Southlake Carroll and Matt Brown of Allen direct offenses that - combined - average almost 1,000 yards per game.

DMN File

David Piland (left) and Matt Brown lead potent attacks into Saturday's Cowboys Stadium showdown.
Tell us: Best game – Allen-Carroll or DeSoto-Skyline?
Blog: High schools
Brackets: 5A | 4A | Full pairings

U.S. Postal Service ends popular Santa letter program in Alaska
Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.

Chat replay: Chuck Carlton talks Big 12, college football

Colt McCoy and the Texas Longhorns look to stay unbeaten this week against Kansas.

RON JENKINS/Special Contributor

Carlton sees Jerry Hughes (above) and TCU going to the Fiesta Bowl and finishing ranked No. 2.
Blog: Colleges
Sherrington: Frogs won't leap into BCS title game

Transportation blog: Dallas-Fort Worth leaders to face off with TxDOT chiefs over funding
We reported last week that North Texas elected officials -- and the transportation staff at the North Central Texas Council of Governments were outraged by news that of the $1.85 billion in bond proceeds TxDOT plans to spend on Texas roads, Dallas and Fort Worth districts will get only about $126 million.

FAA glitch causes flight delays; Dallas-Fort Worth impact minimal
Widespread flight cancellations and delays are occurring nationwide because of a problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans.

06/13/2009

Dallas City Hall blog: A quiet Monday coming to Dallas City Hall
Dallas City Council candidates Carolyn Davis and Delia Jasso have jumped to early leads in their respective election runoffs.

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