Police tightened security Sunday as they investigated the fatalstabbing of the father of a former U.S. Olympian, an attack thatstunned the athletic community and embarrassed Chinese authoritiesdetermined to hold the most successful Summer Games ever.
Tomorrow, the Dallas City Council will take its first crack at the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. And members likely will continue what has become a rite of August: debating the repercussions of abandoning twice-weekly trash collection. The
State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg has reflected the political philosophy of her high-wealth, high-growth Collin-Rockwall County district during three terms in the Texas House. Her voting record last session earned her a 96 percent approval rating from the conservative Heritage Alliance,
The months-long court drama pitting Child Protective Services against a polygamist sect has, at times, been dizzying. Families have been separated, children seized, court orders issued. An emotional legal struggle forced the children of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ
St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann recently proposed that the East-West Gateway Council of Governments study whether local governments get their money's worth when they give economic incentives to developers.
At every turn, John McCain is entangled by the ties of the lobbyists who serve as his campaign staffers and advisers. The sudden outbreak of war in the Caucasus brings to light an especially dangerous example of this, and suggests
This evening's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, jlms qkw (pulling double duty), HansScholl, dadanation and srkp23, with watercarrier4diogenes at the wheel of the Editmobile, the Robes of Objectivity flapping wildly behind him. Tonight's diaries cover a variety of interesting issues not
Your one stop pundit shop. Terry Box isn't going to feel guilty about his car, and says that: ...despite the growing drumbeat against them, the allegations that they're melting glaciers and maiming thousands, the claim that we're choking on them,
