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TOM FOX/DMNA school official and native Cuban, who led UTD players (above) on the trip, is hoping chess can help unite two estranged countries. Full Story »
TOM FOX/DMNA school official and native Cuban, who led UTD players (above) on the trip, is hoping chess can help unite two estranged countries. Full Story »
Garland police fatally shot a 27-year-old Dallas man who led them on a chase that ended in a North Oak Cliff neighborhood early Friday morning. Full Story »
Justin Wilson and Rocky were among thousands of runners and walkers who packed downtown Dallas streets for the 42nd annual Capital One Bank Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot. Organizers say it's the country's largest multilevel race. Full Story »
Another 16-year-old boy was arrested earlier this week. Detectives said they are part of a group of five males who may be responsible for up to 20 robberies using the weapon. Full Story »
DMN FILE 2008Long before the Turkey Trot became a Dallas institution, the race consisted of a few dozen fitness buffs and Bob Neal's Volkswagen bus. Full Story »
The goal is $900,000 to provide $50 gift cards to 18,000 schoolchildren. Full Story »
You knew the pleasant temperatures and fair skies of the past few days would not last. You were right. Full Story »
The Grapevine mayor meets with the utility, and the company promises to change its pruning ways. Full Story »
A panel of the nation's top scientists says longstanding forensic identification methods are unreliable, which will be a topic of concern when the Texas Forensic Science Commission meets. Full Story »
Fort Worth is at the forefront of offering palliative care to families when babies are stillborn or seriously ill. Full Story »
A former Dallas police narcotics informant has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and immigration charges after serving time for his role in the fake drugs scandal, according to a newspaper report. Full Story »
Dallas landmarks, like Dealey Plaza, have been packed with visitors this holiday weekend. Hundreds of people took the time to remember President John F. Kennedy, but one bike group's tribute raised some concerns. A messenger bike race, which started at Glencoe Park, wasn't the only thing drawing attention to the group. CBS 11 News first reported about a poster for today's race on Wednesday . Full Story »
The North Collin County chapter of Habitat for Humanity works to make home ownership a reality for local residents. That could now be a problem since, more than $5,000 worth of equipment was stolen from the Habitat work trailer over the Thanksgiving holiday. Full Story »
Mo Williams made all seven of his 3-point attempts and scored 25 points, James added 25 with 12 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded from a lackluster loss in Charlotte by beating the road-tested Dallas Mavericks 111-95. Full Story »
A 32-year-old Hurst man has died in a car accident and Euless police have charged the driver of the vehicle with intoxication manslaughter. A 2007 BMW had reportedly been traveling northbound early Saturday when it hit a utility pole and slid into a tree. Police say the passenger died on the scene. His name was not immediately released. Full Story »
A single mother's Christmas wish is crushed by thieves who stole tools from Habitat for Humanity. Full Story »
A North Texas family is remembering loved ones lost in a crash last year in Mexico. Full Story »
North Texans remember a family killed in a 2008 Thanksgiving crash. Full Story »
It's Black Friday for plumbers who are working overtime. Full Story »
Oncor reports breaker failure led to power problems in SW Fort Worth. Full Story »
A Thanksgiving Day theft has left a local Habitat for Humanity chapter without home building tools. The crew was working to build a woman's home in time for Christmas. Full Story »
The Pentagon says the divorce rate in the military continues to climb. It's yet another reminder of the sacrifices being made by our servicemen and women and their families. Full Story »
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us the holiday shopping season is in full swing. This year the outlook appears to be a little better for merchants than last year. Full Story »
Homes and shops in an area of Fort Worth spend part of Black Friday in the dark. Full Story »
Police fatally shoot a man they say led them on a chase and pulled a gun, according to authorities. Full Story »
Parents taking part in the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy have a new tool for assessing toy safety. KERA's BJ Austin says it's a website full of information about potential dangers and what to look for. Full Story »
Texans tried to make sure that no fellow Texan went without a traditional Thanksgiving feast. Full Story »
The Salvation Army kicks off its nationwide Red Kettle campaign during the Dallas Cowboys halftime show at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. KERA's BJ Austin says demand for help from the Salvation Army is up this holiday season. Full Story »
Retail gasoline prices remained largely stable going across Texas going into the Thanksgiving Day holiday this week. Full Story »
Three million Texans have travel plans this Thanksgiving weekend. KERA's BJ Austin says that's a big increase from last year. Full Story »
Paul Michael Summer figures he was 30 before he learned how to ride a bicycle. Oh, he knew how to pedal one well enough before then. Like many people his age—he's 59 now—Summer started bicycling to school in the fifth grade, carefully riding against the flow of oncoming traffic in Lak... Full Story »
Around we go: He doesn't have Governor Rick Perry's awesome, awesome hair. He doesn't have Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's statewide name recognition. Plus, he's a Democrat in what remains a GOP state. So, does Houston Mayor Bill White have a real shot at becoming the next governor of Texas... Full Story »
I have been a reporter all my working life, half of that time for daily newspapers, so who knows what volume of fish-wrap I must have ground out over the years, how many tens of thousands of interviews I've done. Yet in all that volume of chat, a very few conversations still ring clear. One of th... Full Story »
Ray Johnston got out of the hospital in Dallas last weekend. Don't bother with the cards or flowers or well wishes, because he's gone. Just like that. By the time you read this, Johnston will be back on the road with his band, back planning his next series of motivational speeches, back k... Full Story »
Dear Mexican: I live in a little village in England in a house that's 200 years old, just down the hill from a tiny church that's so old that it was actually built before God said "Let there be light," thus proving that Stephen Hawking is a blowhard. The only industry around here, apart from d... Full Story »
The white house state dinner was attended by dignitaries, officials, celebrities, and.... two strangers. Michaele and Tareq Salahi were not on the guestlist for the star-studded dinne, but they were able to get past tight security, and successfully crashed the state dinner. Full Story »
Economy Has People Volunteering To Work History was made today in Plano. For the first time in The Original Pancake House's 27-year run in North Texas, one of its restaurants opened on Thanksgiving. Customer Roxanna Garcia says, "It's really good knowing I'm a part of this today." Full Story »
Mom and Daughter Home after Weeks of Weeks Apart Angel Cobb and her mom Sharon are back home tonight after spending the past five weeks homeless. Sharon lost her job at a mortgage company and was forced to move out of her apartment. Angel stayed with church friends, while her mom looked for work during the day and by night slept at DFW airport terminals and the Parkland hospital emergency ... Full Story »
Shoppers ditched their turkey for great deals and missed the Black Friday crowds Black Friday shoppers may have seemed hardcore in the past, but this year deal seekers ditched the turkey and the Cowboys game to gobble up savings. Some 700 Old Navy, Banana Republic and Gap stores opened their doors on Thanksgiving Day for the first time this year. Full Story »
Full plate of family stress around the dinner table The holidays, full of food, fun and ever changing family dynamics. Jack and Kelly Hutcheson are off to St. Louis for Thanksgiving. It's where Jack's family lives and they say the visit should go smoothly. Kelly says her family is the one prone to drama. Full Story »
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A man called police when he noticed the front window of his vehicle had been smashed in and saw two strangers riffling through his car's belongings early Saturday morning, according to a police report. Full Story »
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A 4-year-old giant panda is seen in the quarantine section of a natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo in Australia. (AP Photo/Adelaide Zoo, Brian Charlton)
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