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The similarities between Baylor and TCU as institutions far outnumber the differences.

Two weeks after officials began investigating five suspicious early morning fires throughout Central Waco on Oct. 16, officials say another two mornings of Dumpster, car and brush blazes have kept fire marshals working to find the sources.

L-3 Communciations, Waco’s largest industrial employer, is feeling right at home at Baylor University’s sprawling research park and has signed a lease to double its presence there as it continues to take part in projects that include the use of composite materials in aircraft modification.

Baylor University’s vice president of development has been fired, a decision that comes as the university is in the early stages of a new $320 million fundraising campaign.

Weighing Virginia Weber’s asking price for nearly 28 acres of land adjoining Cameron Park and Waco City Manager Dale Fisseler’s contention the city has significant priorities beyond enlarging the densely wooded, hugely popular 416-acre oasis leaves us wondering if landowner and city administrator are playing hardball with each other. And yet one can easily understand why some park enthusiasts would love the city to spend money to not only expand the park but block any unsuitable development from arising near it.

A once-blighted North Waco house that was resurrected on national television will soon be home to a single mother, her daughter and lots of babies.