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Darvish on mound as Rangers try to cut As lead in West Follow the game live
15 2B: Oak 1, S. Smith (18). HR: Oak 2, J. Jaso (2), B. Moss (13). HR Detail: Oak, J. Jaso (Inning: 3 , 0 Out, 0 on) off Y. Darvish, Oak, B. Moss (Inning: 2 , 0 Out, 0 on) off Y. Darvish. Scoring Position: Oak - 1 for 4.Tex - 1 for 3. SH: Oak 0, Tex 2, J. Profar ...
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Dallas Finds WNV-Infected Mosquitoes
There have been no human cases of West Nile virus in Dallas County and health officials are urging cities to begin spraying for mosquitoes that carry the disease. Dallas will spray from trucks through Wednesday ...
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Irving ISD Superintendent Dana Bedden passed over for N.C. job
convoluted private talks, the Wake County, N.C., school board picked its new superintendent tonight. Irving’s school chief Dana Bedden, facing opposition from his own board, was one of three finalists for the job. He didn’t get it; the Wake board picked Virginia educator James Merrill instead. With the drama in North Carolina over, our attention turns back to Bedden’s fate in ...
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Berkman back in lineup after two-game hiatus
Email ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman was back in the lineup on Tuesday after getting two days off. But he was batting fifth in the order after batting exclusively in the third spot. A.J. Pierzynski, who was hitting .382 in his last 19 games going into Tuesday, was moved up to the No. 3 spot. Berkman was hitting .192 in his last 19 games. "I just decided to give Berkman less stress, so I moved ...
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Rangers place Baker on DL with thumb sprain
Email ARLINGTON -- Jeff Baker is still unable to throw a baseball or grip a bat, so the Rangers placed him on the disabled list on Tuesday with a sprained right thumb. The Rangers also optioned first baseman Chris McGuiness to Triple-A Round Rock while calling up catcher Robinson Chirinos and left-handed pitcher Joseph Ortiz. Baker has not played since last Wednesday, a day before injuring the ...
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Despite dominant stretch Perez staying in Minors
ARLINGTON -- Left-hander Martin Perez threw six scoreless innings for Triple-A Round Rock in a 12-2 victory over Oklahoma City on Monday night and is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA in his last four starts. But the Rangers are not ready to bring him to the Major Leagues. "The only conversation we had was he threw the ball well again [Monday] night," manager Ron Washington said. "End of ...
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Texas taking it slow with Ogandos rehab
Email ARLINGTON -- Pitcher Alexi Ogando, on the disabled list with inflammation in his right shoulder, is still not 100 percent. Ogando said he is still experiencing some inflammation in the shoulder, and that's why he has not started throwing off a mound again. Ogando, on the disabled list for the second time this season, hasn't pitched since June 5 in Boston. "I'm feeling ...
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Sen. John Cornyn discloses 3 Texas pensions as supplemental income
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn has been supplementing his Senate salary for six years with pensions earned from his days as a Texas judge and attorney general - retirement payments that went undisclosed for several years. Cornyn's most recent annual disclosure statement, filed last month, shows he collected $65,383 from three Texas pension plans in 2012. That's ...
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Fort Worth police seek help finding truck driver who caused fatal hit-and-run
Fox 4 ) Fort Worth police announced a $1,000 reward for information leading an the arrest in a fatal hit-and-run last month. On May 28, two 18-wheelers were driving south on the North Freeway near Heritage Trace Parkway at 7:30 a.m. when one driver swerved from the far right lane into the middle lane, colliding with the victim's truck. The collision pushed the tractor-trailer onto the ...
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Dallas police release sketch of woman who robbed stabbed 60-year-old man
A sketch of a robbery suspect who stabbed a man multiple times June 2, 2013, in East Oak Cliff and made off with $800. (Dallas Police Department) Police are asking for the public’s help identifying and finding a woman who stabbed a 60-year-old man several times with a butcher knife after he refused to give her money. Police released a sketch of the woman, who has straight shoulder-length ...
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American Medical Association votes to accept obesity as a disease
The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to accept obesity as a disease. The vote at the assocation’s Chicago meeting aims to set off a ';cascade'; of actions to highlight the dangers of a nation where half the population could be overweight by 2040, said Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, which sponsored the motion. ...
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Wal-Mart sues grocery workers union and protesters in Fort Worth state court
A small number of Wal-Mart employees are joined by a larger number of non-employees supporting them in a protest outside a Wal-Mart superstore along I-35E in Lancaster, Texas, on Black Friday morning, Nov. 23, 2012. (Christian Randolph/The Dallas Morning News) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed a lawsuit in Fort Worth against a grocery workers union, related groups and individuals that it said have ...
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Eye Opener host to do That Show in Fort Worth
June 18--Oliver Tull, one of the hosts of the DFW-based offbeat morning show Eye Opener, and Justin Allen, the nationally broadcast show's executive producer, were on such similar wavelengths that neither remembers exactly who came up with the idea for " That Show" first. But Tull, who's also a member of Fort Worth improv group Four Day Weekend, was definitely in charge of ...
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Dallas ISD executive suing former school district for alleged racial discrimination
Dallas ISD executive director Jennifer Span filed a lawsuit last June against the Enlarged City School District of Troy, her former employer in New York, and its school board. Span, who is over DISD's Roosevelt High School feeder pattern, contends in an original filing in the U.S. District Court of New York that her civil rights were violated after facing discrimination and retaliation ...
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Dallas PD FBI bust three suspected brothels arrest four women
A sign on the exterior wall of Rosemeade Spa informs patrons the business is closed today. Dallas police targeted the spa and others as part of a two-year organized crime and prostitution ...
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Eco-tourism guide admits to smuggling live snakes into DFW airport
Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Lamar bought the snakes at a market in Lima. He took them aboard flights from Lima to Miami and then from Miami to Dallas. The following day, TSA agents refused to let him board a commuter flight to Tyler with the snakes. So Lamar took a shuttle from the airport to his home in Tyler. ';Game Wardens went to ...
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Christie Proud Dallas Cowboys fan
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made his political advisers sweat when he again expressed his love for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Rangers in a Q&A with elementary school students."Get ready for a nervous moment," ...
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Dallas Baptist earns high marks for teacher prep program
Today the National Council on Teacher Quality released its examination on teacher preparation programs in which it reviewed 1,130 institutions based on various aspects including selectivity, the rigor of its course work based on a review of syllabus, student teaching evaluation forms and employer surveys. And the results weren’t so good. Fewer than 10 percent of rated programs earned ...
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Springtown woman found safe in Azle after search of woods in Tarrant County
Donna Johnstone was found safe around 1 p.m. in the 100 block of South Broadway, the same street she went missing from. It was unclear where she had been for the previous 12 hours, but she was ...
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Dallas Officer Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge
"Because this involves a sexual assault charge, we will not be releasing any further details on this case," Mesquite police said in a news ...
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Walmart Sues Union Protesters in Fort Worth
Walmart has filed a lawsuit in Fort Worth against a labor union that the company claims has staged "confrontational and abusive" demonstrations at stores around the country over the past ...
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New Jerseys Chris Christie confirms Cowboys loyalty in Giants country
Visits to schools are supposed to be publicly appealing fodder for politicians, but this one got some boos … from the students at the school. New Jersey governor Chris Christie was asked what his favorite teams were. Simple enough for public figures to admit allegiance to the local squads, and Christie professed his love for the nearby Knicks and Mets. But his love for the Cowboys, even ...
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Richardson woman on trial after 1-year-old in her care suffered fatal head injury
(Richardson police) A Richardson woman went on trial Tuesday, accused of fatally injuring a 1-year-old girl she was baby-sitting five years ago. Alice Annette Steele, 46, was watching Kiajah Shaw and her 2-year-old brother in February 2008 while their mom was in labor with another child. Steele was a close friend of the family. That day, Kiajah was taken to Richardson Medical Center after ...
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Fair Park to display surviving belt buckle from Big Tex fire this weekend
(Nathan Hunsinger/ The Dallas Morning News) Big Tex fanatics might want to head over to Summer Adventures in Fair Park starting Friday. The theme park will be showing off Big Tex's belt buckle, which survived last October's fire. The buckle will be on display at the Construction Zone play center Friday through Monday. The State Fair of Texas operates Summer Adventures, which is open ...
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A sneak peak at State Farms new Richardson complex
for the huge new regional office center is set for next month. It’s the biggest office development in North Texas, expected to be more than 2 million square feet. So far there’s no release of any photos of what the buildings developer KDC is building will look like. But based on the architect for the project, we can make some assumptions. ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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