In federal records, she is known only by her initials. And her story is one of suffering beyond anything I can imagine: She was a widowed mother in Nigeria, struggling to feed six young children. A Nigerian couple living in...
The air near a North Texas natural gas drilling operation had over five times more benzene than the state considers safe for short-term exposure, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today. A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality official told the paper...
I aced college geography. But I wouldn't have been able to find Mbabane, Swaziland, on an African map before reading a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story about two Cowtown city council members who are traveling there this week at taxpayer expense....
Parents of little ones, take heed of today's Hot Links: 1. The bassinet pictured at right looks like a place where a baby would enjoy sweet dreams. But it's really a death trap, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. The...
There's a lot in the news today. Let's start exploring what's out there: 1. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is saying "mistakes were made" in the controversial raid on a Fort Worth gay bar after an internal report rips agents,...
We have key developments in several stories that we've tracked here -- from Dallas County constable contracts to document destruction in Irving to Fort Worth police action. 1. Dallas County commissioners decided to consider instituting policies to control towing contracts...
Let's catch up on a few of the public-interest stories in The Dallas Morning News and around the Web-o-sphere: 1. Dallas ISD faces a robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul quandary. Make cuts in 31 specialized programs, including magnet schools and learning centers? Or give...
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