The Bush Institute focuses on educational leadership- 12 hours agoThe Bush Institute holds its first education seminar today. The subject is educational leadership. Here is an interview I did for our Sunday Points section with James Guthrie, who is the institute's s...
State Board of Education: Texas' second most important race tomorrow- 2 days agoMost of us in Texas are concentrated on the governor's race, which certainly is the most crucial contest in the primary both parties are holding tomorrow. But not far behind in importance is a race fo...
Bill White and tuition rates- 4 days agoI noticed in today's paper that Bill White was down in the Rio Grande Valley talking about Rick Perry's failures. Among other things, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful criticized Gov. Perry for agr...
UT-Austin: What about using more of its endowment?- 1 week agoThe DMN's Holly Hacker and Bob Garrett reported this week on the budget cuts that state agencies are being asked to make to help correct the state's budget shortfall of anywhere between $10 billion to...
Internet vs. Forces of Nature- 1 day agoTsunami, “Snowmaggedon”, earthquakes, and homes in California are slipping into mud maelstroms. Storms come in all shapes and sizes, and that means they can effect just about anyone. If you want to fe...
Conquering the Winter Olympics- 2 weeks agoI find the Winter Olympics fascinating, but a bit overwhelming, to be honest. The events are so fast and intense, and there are so many of them, that I don’t know what to watch and when. I want to be ...
Haiti’s sorrow, My Yahoo! and you- one month ago Wednesday’s 6.1 magnitude aftershock in Haiti is a jolting reminder of a tragedy whose scale we struggle to comprehend. The world has responded with resources and compassion, but a disaster of this s...
Playoffs, Football & Fans- one month ago2009 + 1 = a whole new year. We’re starting it off running working on a new set of features to enhance My Yahoo!. I’ll start off by letting you know that we have a series of fan apps for all your fav...
Over 150,000 New Icons- 2 months agoI wonder if it bothered you as much as it bothered me that so much of the content in the My Yahoo! Content Gallery did not have a unique icon associated with it. Every time I clicked on “ Add Content ...
Missing Bedford man with Alzheimer's found safe in Alvarado- 1 hour agoBY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. BEDFORD -- Police say that an 84-year-old Bedford man reported missing as part of a Silver Alert Wednesday has been found safe in Alvarado. The man, who has Alzheimers diseas...
Investigation continues into Greenville Avenue blaze in Dallas- 46 minutes agoInvestigators are still trying to determine what caused the massive fire Tuesday on Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas, but the origin was narrowed to the popular Terilli's Italian Restaurant & Bar, of...
North Richland Hills fire kills pet dog, does $100,000 in damage- 1 hour agoBY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. NORTH RICHLAND HILLS A candle ignited a fire that caused heavy damage to a home Wednesday morning and killed a pet in a neighborhood in the southwest part of the city, an of...
Unarmed bandit robs Hurst cash advance store- 2 hours agoBY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. HURST -- An unknown man rushed up behind an employee of a money store as she unlocked the business, ordered her inside and stole an undisclosed amount of cash, police said Wed...
Three hurt in separate wrecks in Fort Worth- 2 hours agoThree people were taken to area hospitals following separate traffic wrecks early Wednesday morning in Fort Worth. The first was reported 2:25 a.m. near the intersection of Interstate 35W and Rosedal...
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