WASHINGTON - The mob on top of kicker Hunter Lawrence after his field goal put the University of Texas in college football's national title game was just the start of a burgeoning dog pile on the Bowl Championship Series. Full Story »
Patricia Viramontes, DISD's executive director of information technology and the wife of Chief of Staff Arnold Viramontes, was terminated today and escorted out of her workplace by DISD police, according to district sources. Full Story »
Mackenzie McCollum, 17, recently expanded her complaint to allege that teachers at Arlington Heights High School played a November ESPN clip about her during class, prompting a wave of verbal bullying. Full Story »
The minimum rate owed per worker will be nearly $65 in 2010, up from about $23 this year, the Texas Workforce Commission announced today. Full Story »
The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that greenhouse gases spewed by power plants, oil refineries and vehicles constitute a public health threat, a verdict that positions the government to set new limits on global-warming emissions. Such rules would have a significant effect on Texas, which emits more heat-trapping gases than any other state. Full Story »
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief has gone to great lengths to show his city's support for the third-ranked Horned Frogs. Full Story »
Kenedy County, where former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting acquaintance in 2006, leads Texas in the percentage of uninsured motorists, according to the latest figures from a state database released Tuesday. Full Story »
Photographer Max Faulkner's shot in council chambers got plenty of laughs on Monday's show. Full Story »
A cold front blowing across cities in the western United States is expected to arrive early Wednesday and drop temperatures into the low 20s overnight, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Full Story »
The Fort Worth Water Department says the plant will be shut down for 10 to 14 days of maintenance. Full Story »
Josh Howard was back in action after missing 13 games, and was back to his old tricks on both ends of the court, scoring 20 points and flying around for rebounds, steals and blocks while helping lift the Dallas Mavericks to a 102-101 victory over the struggling Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Full Story »
Saku Koivu and rookie Dan Sexton led the Anaheim Ducks to an improbable comeback against the Dallas Stars, who tried to sit on a two-goal lead. The Ducks went after goalie Marty Turco and the Stars and snapped a five-game losing streak. Koivu scored 4:13 into overtime to give Anaheim a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night. Sexton, a 22-year-old right winger playing in his third NHL game, scored his ... Full Story »
After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close. Making his way through the Berghof, Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, Pistone noticed a table with shelves underneath. Exhilarated by the certainty of victory over the Nazis, Pistone took an album ... Full Story »
This year, a Dallas family says they won't have a Christmas. Their holiday was dampened when someone stole their gifts. Sharon Barr says she still can't believe thieves threw a brick through her living room window and stole the family's Christmas. Full Story »
An Arlington woman, who allegedly killed her husband, is out of jail. The once wife of a University of Texas at Arlington professor was only able to secure her freedom after producing a drastically reduced bond amount. Initially, bail for Colette Reyes was set at $200,000. Reyes is accused of killing her husband, Arthur Alexander Reyes. After bail was reduced to $35,000 Colette spoke with CBS 11 ... Full Story »
Fort Worth city leaders raise tough questions about whether natural-gas drilling harms the environment, but a state expert provides few answers. Full Story »
Levee safety concerns kill a proposed minor league baseball park and mixed use river-walk development. Full Story »
Here's a daily list of recent activities drawing the attention of North Texas law enforcement. List compiled on Dec. 8, 2009. Full Story »
One of Jay Leno's most popular segments is Headlines, Monday night Fort Worth was featured. Full Story »
Seven different fire departments fought a weekend fire in an unincorporated part of Tarrant County without fire hydrants, but residents said they feel safe in their neighborhood. Full Story »
Christmas is a time of sharing, caring and giving. But unfortunately it's also a time of stealing. Full Story »
The transcripts for students in the Carroll ISD could soon look a little different. Everyone, except for students in the top 10 percent of their class, will have something missing from the all-important official document. Full Story »
The federal government improperly posted an internal guide to its airport passenger screening procedures on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security. Full Story »
A beauty technique known as an alternative to facial waxing is now the focus of a Texas lawsuit. Full Story »
Domestic abuse is up again this year in North Texas. A survey shows shelters have gotten thousands more calls for help. Full Story »
The Dallas School Board will have 2 new trustees after Tuesday's runoff election, and they could make Superintendent Hinojosa's path a little rougher. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports. Full Story »
Commentator Matthew Broyles wonders what bothers us so much about dead air. Full Story »
Ten North Texas Chambers of Commerce, and three medical associations, are challenging people to get fit in the New Year. Full Story »
The George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU has to re-think its plan for parking. University Park neighbors and the Planning and Zoning Commission wants alternatives. Full Story »
The unemployment tax next year is tripling for nearly two-thirds of Texas businesses, and going up for all of them. KERA's Shelley Kofler has details. Full Story »
In Sergeant John M. Russell's chaotic Army world the morning of May 11, the enemy was closing in. For the previous several days at sprawling Camp Liberty outside Baghdad, the big Texan from Sherman had talked of conspiracies, woken up from constant nightmares and broken down in tears, wishing so... Full Story »
There's a big plaster duck in the driveway of Rick Orr's mobile home in Scottsdale, Arizona. If you know Rick Orr, you know this can't possibly be just any plaster duck; it's almost certainly one of the world's rarest plaster ducks, probably worth tens of thousands of dollars and crafted by some ... Full Story »
Pay to stay: If Emma Lazarus were alive and living in Dallas these days, she'd probably throw up. Lazarus—for those of you who were sleeping in civics class—is the author of "The New Colossus," the poem that adorns the Statue of Liberty. Why would she be a nauseated Dal... Full Story »
I love plaintiff's lawyers. I wish they were way richer. I hate "tort reform." Plaintiff's lawyers are cool, because they sue the socks off bullies. That's what this column is about. I would urge any plaintiff's lawyer who might be reading this column to snip it out of the paper and file ... Full Story »
At long last, football season has arrived. The draft? Organized team activities? Training camp? The NFL schedule's first three months? Bah humbug. As far as Dallas Cowboys fans are concerned, it's all one big glob of coagulated, repetitive foreplay without any hint of climactic payoff. Full Story »
Fort Worth teacher, Meggan Simpson wasn't worried about air quality until recently. "We need to know what we are breathing in". Full Story »
Family of high school senior says player may have missed out on scholarship opportunities Mackenzie McCollum spent the last three years hitting the volleyball court hard, hoping to get a volleyball scholarship to college. Full Story »
Dallas police are questioning three people in connection to a rape on Monarch, near Garrett Street. Full Story »
The Google Bing Battle Continues, and Google's latest tactic is real-time search. Full Story »
When you're a size 2, tall and leggy beauty, finding a fancy holiday dress isn't a problem. But what if you've already blown your Christmas budget and you can't justify splurging on a new dress for yourself? Full Story »
Krum school board members are expected to consider and possibly vote tonight on offering a medical-based human sexuality curriculum to middle and high school students. If approved, the curriculum could be taught as early as next spring. Full Story »
Denton city leaders on Tuesday again postponed two decisions vital to the Denton County Transportation Authority's passenger rail project, as officials with the city and a Dallas transit group sent mixed messages about the status of an agreement over rights to the Denton rail corridor. Full Story »
About two dozen people gathered Tuesday night on the Denton Square for a candlelight vigil to honor people who died in the past year because they didn't have health insurance. Full Story »
Police are paying close attention to a neighborhood where a 15-year-old girl said a man tried to drag her into his car. The teen's mother contacted police Friday to report that she had just found out about the incident that occurred Nov. 30. Full Story »
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Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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