Staff Writer Jessica Meyers reports: The Libertine Bar on Lower Greenville Avenue opened five hours early today so patrons could watch the inauguration live, while enjoying special libations, including the Obama Slammer, the McCain Parting Shot and the Sarah Palin...
Staff Writer Roy Appleton reports from Victory Plaza in downtown Dallas About 300 people watched the inauguration on three giant screens outside American Airlines Center. They huddled together, cheered and took photos of one another during the new president's...
From Staff Writer Jeffrey Weiss: Several hundred people gathered at Victory Park in Dallas and treated the historic moment as if they were attending the event in Washington. They stood when the announcer asked them to stand for the vice...
Twenty-one communication and journalism students from Southern Methodist University are braving the cold on an inauguration trip, but the crowds are causing some of them to change their plans. Caitlin Myers, who has a ticket to the standing-room section at...
From Staff Writer Jessica Meyers: The election celebration at Friendship-West Baptist Church in Oak Cliff is nearing a capacity crowd. More than 2,000 people are being entertained by comedians and singers, while watching a muted CNN on a big screen....
From staffers Karen Ayres Smith, Leslie Snyder and Linda Johnson: As people line up in schools across Dallas-Fort Worth to cast their ballots today, some parent groups have spotted an opportunity to make some cash. At W. B. Travis TAG...
Young voters have been a big part of the news in this year's presidential campaign. This video by The News' Randy Eli Grothe nicely captures the excitement of these Lake Highlands High School students casting ballots for the first time....
An hilariously condescending piece in today's New York Post about George and Laura Bush planning to move, come January, to a town "outside Dallas called Preston Hollow." Gossip mistress Cindy Adams says houses in that distant place come with horse...
Dallas Morning News political writer Gromer Jeffers Jr. recalls Sarah Palin's time in the Dallas area in April, at a Republican Governors Association conference being held in Grapevine. Here are some interesting pictures from the event, where Palin was...
Ron Kirk, the former Dallas mayor, is at the Democratic National Convention. In an interview with Dallas Morning News editorial columnist William McKenzie (which will appear on Thursday's Viewpoints page), Kirk talks about the southern vote, the moderate vote,...
Political writer Gromer Jeffers Jr. reports: For local and national politicians, soaring gas prices suddenly represent the best opportunity to grandstand. Frustrated motorist will tell you the hot air is blowing today in Dallas as Democrats and Republicans make dueling...
So says his redesigned campaign Web site this evening. The first of two events -- the one where tickets start at $2,300 -- will be conducted at 5 p.m. at the Belo Mansion downtown on Ross Avenue. Later, at 7...
Apparently, President Bush isn't exactly relieved that his once-and-future hometown is withstanding the blows of the housing crisis. Wait till he has to fill up that white Ford pickup he drives around the ranch. If only former presidents had some...
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