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C.J. Reynolds, 3, of Dallas soaked up the sun at Klyde Warren Park earlier this year. The park, which marks its second anniversary Wednesday, beat out four other finalists for the $10,000 annual prize.

Dallas' Klyde Warren Park wins ‘Oscar’ of park awards

The Urban Land Institute’s Urban Open Space Award honors the park for its impact on downtown and the immediate neighborhood.

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Ebola Watch: Updates. Science. Policy.

LATEST NEWSGov. Rick Perry says UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston will be Texas’ two designated treatment centers for Ebola patients.All travelers arriving...

Gov. Rick Perry, with Dr. David Lakey (left), commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and Parkland Memorial Hospital’s Dr. Fred Cerise, hailed the role UT Southwestern will play at a Richardson site designated as a treatment center for future Ebola cases.

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Perry taps centers in Richardson, Galveston for future Ebola care

Meanwhile, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says, “We are winning the fight” against the disease.

L.M. Kit Carson co-founded the USA Film Festival in part, he once said, so he could find a place to play his David Holzman’s Diary.

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L.M. Kit Carson, filmmaker who invented mockumentary, dies at 73

The Irving-raised artist co-founded the USA Film Festival and helped launch Wes Anderson’s directorial career.

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Faith groups, nonprofits raise aid for Vickery Meadow after Ebola scare

Fund have also been set up to help the nurses who have Ebola and the families of the Ebola patient who died.

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State board suspends license of Fort Worth vet accused of lying about euthanizing pets

A search of the man's clinic came after a client alleged that he told her her dog needed to be euthanized, but said she was told by a former employee months later that the animal had been kept alive for blood transfusions.

Bishop Kevin Farrell said at a news conference Monday that a cabin owned by Dallas’ Catholic Diocese will continue to house the family as it seeks a new place to live.

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Catholic Diocese of Dallas housed family quarantined for Ebola

Bishop Kevin Farrell offered the family a cabin at an Oak Cliff conference center after city officials appealed for help.

Southern Californians searched for shade during an unusual heat wave in early October that sent temperatures to 100. The Earth already has set record high temperatures for September, according to NASA.

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Earth cooking up record temperatures

2014 is on pace to be the hottest year since record-keeping began, federal meteorologists say.

The North Texas Municipal Water District will consider a return to once-every-two-week sprinkler use beginning Nov. 1. The district’s board of directors will consider the change Thursday.

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North Texas water district may reinstate tougher sprinkler rules

The North Texas Municipal Water District could limit sprinkler use to once every two weeks, the limit during the summer.

A doctor in Lagos, Nigeria, who survived after being infected with the Ebola virus recently showed how much rehydration solution he drank — at least 1.3 gallons a day — in his successful effort to beat the virus.

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Hydration helps Nigeria beat Ebola outbreak

A World Health Organization official called the nation’s containment of the deadly virus a “spectacular success story.”

Cole Edmonson, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital's chief nursing officer, delivers a statement Monday outside the hospital where two nurses who assisted in the care of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan contracted the virus. Earlier Monday, officials announced that 43 people who were among Duncan's pre-hospitalization contacts were no longer being monitored for the virus.

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'Guarded optimism' in Dallas as dozens exit Ebola monitoring

The next big milestone is Nov. 7, "the magic date" when health officials will be able to declare Dallas completely free of Ebola, Mayor Mike Rawlings said Monday.

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Dallas’ Trinity Lakes project regains its mojo

An unfunded, $76 million plan includes everything from a climbing wall to a lighted disc golf course.

City-sponsored activities like the Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative in June have been free since the Continental Avenue Bridge opened as a pedestrian walkway.

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City events on Continental Avenue Bridge will stay free — for now

But officials have begun talks about charging activity and rental fees, possibly by April, on the pedestrian bridge.

Anthony Silvia tossed a bag filled with stuffed animals as workers dismantled midway attractions Monday following the State Fair’s 24-day run. This year’s event sold $42 million in coupons, the most in the fair’s history.

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Big Tex ropes in record coupon sales at 2014 State Fair

Neither a hailstorm nor fears about Ebola put a damper on the dollar tally. Funnel cake ale figured in a fair first.

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Roundup: Visitors not expressing Ebola concerns, officials say

Also, Plano police say a vendor at an arts and crafts show caused a stir when talking about Ebola.

Tonight's Winfrey Point town hall meeting to feature fluoride's greatest enemy

We haven't been able to reach Sheffie Kadane this morning - he's at a meeting in Arlington - and his secretary says she's unable to access his schedule at the moment.

20-year-old woman killed late Sunday in single-car rollover crash

Staff writer Tim Cato reports:

City of Arlington will be conducting ground spraying for West Nile between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Arlington to spray for mosquitoes after positive test for West Nile virus

Staff writer Tim Cato reports:

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Eye About Town: ‘Resume speed’ sign gone

Problem: A sign to resume speed at the end of a school zone has been knocked down in the 1800 block of Centerville Road in the White Rock area.Status: The issue is being investigated. Who’s responsible:...

Diane Hunt (left) prays for Louise Troh and her family at a Bible class Sunday at Troh’s church, Wilshire Baptist in Dallas. They hope to see her next Sunday.

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Between two worlds, Ebola victim’s fianceé found Bible class

Louise Troh’s Sunday school class helped her grieve for a daughter who died in childbirth and now prepares to help her grieve again.

Jim Hancock (left) and Bryant Pearson sang Sunday at Wilshire Baptist in Dallas, the church Louise Troh attends. Troh, whose late fiancée was the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., has passed the 21-day mark free of symptoms.

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Ebola isolation ending, but not fiancée’s grief

Dallas churches prayed for the hospitalized nurses and those still being monitored during the 21-day watch for symptoms.

A 4.7-mile extension of the Trinity Skyline Trail, expected to link with Irving’s Campion Trail, will cost $3 million.

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New funds for trails boost Dallas efforts to ‘connect the dots’

With about $20 million from the county and the Regional Transportation Council, the city hopes in coming years to link up hike-and-bike trails with one another, with DART stations, even with other cities.

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Dallas Cowboys’ playoff run could come in conflict with debut college football championship

Organizers said they have a backup plan to turn around AT&T Stadium quickly in January if the Cowboys are still playing.

Emergency personnel responded to a sick woman Saturday at the DART White Rock Station. Officials said the woman is not at risk for Ebola.

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14 who had contact with first Ebola patient clear Dallas County watch period

Thomas Eric Duncan’s family remains under quarantine until midnight as officials look forward.

Nowai Gartay Korkoyah (center), the mother of Thomas Eric Duncan, was comforted during Saturday’s memorial service at Rowan International Church in Salisbury, N.C. Duncan, a Liberian, died of Ebola on Oct. 8 in Dallas.

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Relatives, fellow Liberians mourn Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan at North Carolina church

Congregants at a small North Carolina church call the Ebola victim a compassionate man with big dreams.

A news report about Ebola patient Nina Pham plays at Vietnam Plaza Supermarket in Haltom City. The Dallas nurse grew up in East Fort Worth, and many of the area’s Vietnamese have followed her story with interest.

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Fort Worth Vietnamese community rallies around Ebola-stricken nurse

Nina Pham worked and lived in Dallas, but the young nurse grew up in east Fort Worth, where she attended Catholic schools.

Pink positive: Members of Di’Lolas Team were an eye-catching bunch at the start of the Race for the Cure on Saturday at NorthPark Center.

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20,000-plus unite to fight breast cancer at Dallas Race for the Cure

The annual fundraiser for breast cancer research and services marked its 32nd year Saturday at NorthPark Center.

Christopher Perkins, D.O., M.P.H. Medical Director, Health Authority with Dallas County Health and Human Services walks out of an apartment unit at The Ivy Apartment Complex, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Dallas. Dallas County officials have ordered family members who had contact with the patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus to stay inside their home. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez),

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County protocol could let Ebola carriers slip through the system

Under the guidelines, another patient displaying the symptoms Thomas Eric Duncan had wouldn't warrant testing — and might well be sent home.

The site of the “Great Hanging” is now a small park.

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Gainesville to commemorate still-controversial ‘Great Hanging’ of 1862

A memorial listing the 42 people hanged or shot as Union sympathizers will be dedicated Saturday, but that doesn't mean history has been settled.

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Ebola has little impact on Dallas-area emergency room visits

Hospital spokesmen report mixed results and say increases may reflect seasonal ailments as well as fear of Ebola.

Hospital personnel attended a rally to buoy spirits outside Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Friday. Since the country’s first Ebola victim was hospitalized there Sept. 28, fears of exposure have spread beyond Dallas.

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Texas Health Presbyterian begins public relations effort to restore trust

The push includes employee rallies, YouTube videos, a #presbyproud campaign and candid words from the hospital's clinical leader.

Workers prepared to clean Ruth Cherry Intermediate in the Royse City ISD on Friday. The school was closed out of an “abundance of caution” and will be open Monday.

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Dallas County Medical Society: No Ebola risk in keeping schools open

The organization, which represents over 7,000 physicians, recommends that area campuses remain open, even if they have students who are related to people being checked for Ebola.

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News wins honors in legal reporting

The Dallas Bar Association’s grand prize went to Dallas Morning News reporters on a series on Kaufman County slayings.

Glenn Moore, who was 6 when he attended his first fair in 1936, made his way through the Embarcadero Building's exhibit hall Thursday.

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Fort Worth brothers are State Fair fans from way back - 1936, to be exact

This year's fair was No. 75 for Glenn and Dennis Moore of Fort Worth, who kept the streak going with a visit Thursday.

Cleburne police investigating after video shows officer coaxing, then shooting dog

The dogs do not appear dangerous in the video, but police have said the officer was responding to a 911 call for assistance after several animals cornered residents in a vehicle.

Oncor crew members (from left) Larry Mayfield, Brandon Sowards, Leo Sanchez and Kutter Werning worked Oct. 6 to correct a storm-caused outage in Grand Prairie.

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Oncor takes heat from regulators over storm preparations

The electric transmission company disputes findings by the PUC that it cut maintenance spending more than 20 percent even as it was adding customers.

$Direct mail pieces, door hangers and informational flyers from both sides of the debate over the proposed ban on fracking in Denton, Saturday, October 11, 2014, in Denton, TX. David Minton/DRC$

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