To Stephanie Acosta and Micki Stokes, the number 13 is the luckiest in the world. A same-sex couple who have long tried to adopt, the women had fostered a dozen kids before. The trial adoptions ended each time - often

Support for Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has long split the Dallas school board. Now, as voters prepare to select two board members in a runoff election, his stability in the district could be tested. Also Online Compare candidates Link: Early voting

Forty-six years ago today, shots rang out in Dealey Plaza and a cloud of grief descended on Dallas. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, became a defining moment for the city and a bookmark in

Support for Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has long split the Dallas school board. Now, as voters prepare to select two board members in a runoff election, his stability in the district could be tested. Also Online Compare candidates Link: Early voting

Both Hosam "Sam" Smadi and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attracted attention from federal agents long before their high-profile arrests. But the two Texas cases, just six weeks apart, resulted in spectacularly different outcomes - one in the prevention of a

Two months ago Bill Denton flew his aerobatic airplane to the North Texas Regional Airport near the Oklahoma border for the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships. It was a short flight, compared with the distance other pilots traveled across the United

KILLEEN, Texas - Sgt. Fahad Kamal awoke before dawn the morning after the attack. In his Army uniform, he stood before his prayer mat, the one his mother bought him in Houston. He smoothed the top right corner folded over

DENTON - When Claudia Moore first heard the rapid gunfire and screams that followed, she paused but then continued her medical work at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center. It sounded like just another drill, she thought. Seconds later, a

DMN staff are blogging about the Dallas Cowboys during their game today (noon, Ch. 4) with the Washington Redskins. Follow along and get the latest updates on our Cowboys blog .

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and more liberal members warning their party leaders not

Plano voters will notice something missing when they step into the voting both next year - the McCall name. Collin County has been represented in Austin by Brian McCall for nearly two decades, but the veteran House member has announced

Annemarie Simmons I live in: Garland School and grade: Berkner High School, freshman Community and school activities: work with special needs youths at school; basketball team; volunteer at animal shelters; Henna Club; church youth group activities; mission trips; and community

Changes are circling for the emergency medical helicopter industry, which saw a disturbing number of fatal crashes last year. Twenty-nine deaths in 2008 - compared with seven killed in 2007 - spurred calls for regulators to impose new rules for

After Janette Oswald got laid off in January from her job as director of asset protection for a Dallas restaurant company, she spent 12 to 14 hours a day looking for work. Eventually, she landed a job with a new

The police blotter summarizes selected crimes, listed by street and block with the time reported. Allen 1. Bethany Lake Boulevard , 700 block 2:55 p.m. Nov. 6: Burglar took small electronics and a ring valued at $1,700 and caused $100

They all remember the date. For Irving's Waldo Burciaga, it was Feb. 2 - the day he lost his job. In the nine-plus months since then, the 39-year-old electrician and father of two has sent out a stack of job

ATLANTA - Dear Kellogg: Leggo my Eggo! Atlanta rain and Tennessee repairs threw off Eggo waffle production. " onclick="return clickedImage(this);" alt="The Associated Press " onmouseover=" this.style.cursor='hand'" The Associated Press Atlanta rain and Tennessee repairs threw off Eggo waffle production. Kellogg

Don't be surprised while shopping this season to find that some stores no longer accept checks. Diesel, True Religion, Ed Hardy and Lululemon Athletica are among a growing list of stores that don't accept personal checks. Gap Inc. has tested

Under an umbrella in the November rain, Marie Tippit got her first look Friday at a replica of the squad car driven by her husband the day he died.