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City Hall: Some Dallas library phone lines are out

Weather: Oncor bosses go before Dallas city leaders to explain recent winter storm power outages

DMN Investigates Blog: Consumer protests lead Oncor to seek independent testing of smart meters' accuracy

East Dallas: St. Matthews Cathedral will dedicate restored oil painting Sunday

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Worst Cowboys free-agent signings: No. 3 Bryant Westbrook Rangers' Ron Washington on Elvis Andrus: 'We just have to get him focused' Dallas Stars stand pat at trade deadline Caron Butler remembers Tony Romo, the basketball player Pro Bowl back to Hawaii, not Super Bowl players

Dallas Cowboys Get feed Worst Cowboys free-agent signings: No. 3 Bryant Westbrook Cowboys Blog: Worst Cowboys free-agent signings: No. 3 Bryant Westbrook When safeties made plays for the Cowboys Newsletters: Inside the Dallas Cowboys \| Cowboys Daily Update \| Subscribe Video \| Desktop widget \| NFL Blog

Local Get feed Lower Greenville fire doesn't faze organizers of St. Patrick's Day party City Hall blog: Oncor addresses February snowstorm outages to Dallas City Council Pregnant woman found critically injured beside road in South Dallas

Business Get feed Market Street debuts nutritional scoring system in Dallas area Fed report shows more signs of slow recovery in Dallas district Dallas commercial buildings fall further behind in mortgage payments Government still hearing complaints about fixed Toyotas

From the DMN Opinion Pages Get feed Editorial: Perry, White must hone messages for November Editorial: Weak, corrupt leaders get the boot OP-ED: Carl Leubsdorf: Is Rick Perry's next race for president?

Texas politics Get feed U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall bests 5 challengers in bid for 16th term Tea Party activists coming up short in Texas Legislature races Johnson leads Hodge for Democrats' nod in Texas House District 100 race Voter Guide: Texas primary election

Education Get feed The garden is a classroom at Dallas elementary schools Ratliff tops McLeroy in tight Texas ed board race Conservative Christian wins GOP nomination for District 5 State Board of Education seat

State Get feed Trusty slips out of Sugar Land prison, makes cigarette run to Walmart Hatred toward IRS nothing new Arkansas girl shot in getaway car dies of injuries	Technology Get feed Using smart phones' VoIP apps can save you some cash Authorities bust 3 in infection of 13M computers Survey: 26% of Americans get news via phone

Nation Get feed Air traffic controller suspended for allowing son to radio instructions to pilots at New York's Kennedy Airport Senate passes jobless benefits extension Living together first no guarantee of a lasting marriage, study says	World Get feed Online Google Earth map pinpoints need in Haiti Chileans welcome troops now Plan to raze Palestinian homes in Jerusalem for tourist center draws criticism

Real Estate Get feed Government extends deadline for mortgage refinance program Federal report says that D-FW home prices were up last year Report: More than one in 10 Texas homeowners behind on payments	Autos Get feed Toyota's pain was rivals' sales gain in February Government still hearing complaints about fixed Toyotas Cars and Coffee heads to Austin area