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12/02/2008

North Texas lawmakers again pitch plan for commuter rail

G.J. McCARTHY/DMN

A new bill would create a transportation district, a tax-levying entity that would cover all of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and would be controlled by the Regional Transportation Council.
Download: The plan
Link: Learn more about the RTC

GM says it needs immediate infusion of cash from government
General Motors, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday presented turnaround plans to Congress that suggest GM is in a more dire situation than previously thought.
Ford sales drop 30%; Toyota falls 34%
Myths and realities about the Big 3 and their cars

Baby boomers give Peace Corps a chance

Eileen Marin

Peace Corps applications among baby boomers have spiked across the country and doubled in Texas in the past year as some choose to fulfill a volunteerism mission statement they heard throughout their childhood.
Link: The Peace Corps

Justice Department blasts state schools for the disabled, threatens to sue Texas
In a 60-page letter to Gov. Rick Perry, the agency's civil rights division said the institutions fail to protect those in their care from harm, to provide adequate health care, and to place residents in the least restrictive setting, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Challenges await Obama national security team

AP

Barack Obama's high-powered national security team faces the challenge of managing two wars and other foreign policy crises as it helps him shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of American leadership" in the world.
Blog: Trail Blazers
Link: Transition team site
More news from Washington

Recession officially began in December '07, economists say

AP

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where stocks plummeted Monday.

The U.S. economy officially sank into a recession last December, according to the committee of economists responsible for dating the nation's business cycles.
Paulson: Other rescue programs possible
Bernanke: lower interest rates 'feasible'
Government bond yields hit fresh lows
Dow plunges nearly 680 points

12/01/2008

Dollar Wise: Seniors cash in on discounts

JUAN GARCIA/DMN

Ed and Sally Pendergast take advantage of senior deals such as DART's $1.50 day pass.

Experts believe the slowing economy will be a boon for senior discounts.
Dollar Wise: Tips and tools to help you save money
Link: Senior Discounts Web site
Link: Bargains 4 seniors Web site

Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus purchase stalls on fuel debate

MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMN

Natural gas, not diesel, is the way to go for a new fleet, say Mayor Tom Leppert and oilman T. Boone Pickens.
Link: DART | Fuel-saving tips

Obama's security team picks indicate foreign policy shift

REUTERS

When Barack Obama introduces his national security team Monday, it will include two veteran Cold Warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than the new president's.
Blog: Trail Blazers
Link: Transition team site
More news from Washington

11/30/2008

India's top security official resigns in wake of Mumbai terrorist attacks
Shivraj Patil, the home security minister, became the first senior official in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration to leave office over the Mumbai attacks, which have laid bare glaring deficiencies in India's intelligence and enforcement abilities.

Experts: U.S. health care system wastes millions
Talk to the chief executives of America's pre-eminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the U.S. isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close.

Fresh turmoil ends Felipe Calderón's 2nd year as Mexican president
November brought fresh levels of violence, scandal and economic malaise that threaten the well-being of not just Mexicans, but also Texans.

Black Friday deals drew crowds that thinned over weekend

G.J. McCARTHY/DMN

Shopping traffic resembled a busy weekend, not a holiday season.
Cyber Monday deals up for grabs
Dallas CityStore has bargains
Video: Bargain hunting
Blog: Shopping
More: Shopping | Retail industry

Texas' Tango Blast gang draws kids with tattoos, loose affiliation rules

JIM MAHONEY/DMN

The violent, drug-dealing gang born in the Texas prison system could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments.
Blog: Crime

11/29/2008

Beyond terror, Mumbai attack was 9/11 to India
The killers stormed the streets of Mumbai, India's financial capital, with machine guns and bags of grenades. They did not strike with the terrorist's fleeting anonymity. Their work was fastidious.

Texas Hill Country town's mural is homage to local boot makers

GABE WOLF

The Texas-size painting, plastered on a wall near the square in Lampasas, pays tribute to the legendary Ray Jones and others who honed the craft over generations.
Travel guide: Texas Hill Country
Day trips: One-tank getaways
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Hundreds gather at Oak Cliff church to mourn seven killed in Mexico bridge crash
About 500 people visited the Iglesia Jesucristo Es Mi Refugio to pay their respects to the three adults and four children who died when their vehicle plunged off a bridge that had been washed away and into a river in northern Mexico.
7 Waxahachie residents killed in Mexico bridge crash

11/28/2008

Smaller crowds of Black Friday holiday shoppers focus on specific deals

JUAN GARCIA / DMN

Rain, wind and cold didn't keep the diehard shoppers in Dallas-Fort Worth away from seeking deals. But shoppers remained cautious about the economy and their ability to take on more debt.
N.Y. Wal-Mart worker trampled, dies
Video: Arriving early for bargains
Blog: Shopping
More shopping news

Wal-Mart worker dies in stampede as shopper break through doors
NEW YORK – A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after he was trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a frenzy.

Hotel siege ends after gunbattle with militants, officials say
MUMBAI, India – After three days of attacks by Islamist militants, Indian officials said today that the siege of the Taj Mahal hotel was over.

7 Waxahachie residents killed in Mexico bridge crash

Courtesy photo

They were visiting relatives in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, when their Chevy Tahoe fell nearly 20 feet off unfinished bridge early Thanksgiving Day morning. Alejandra Hernandez — whose 5-year-old son was killed — said, “There were no signs or lights, nothing."

Beloved N. Texas Methodist pastor, 50, to enter hospice care for cancer

JENN ACKERMAN/DMN

This week, she scheduled farewell gatherings at her home with church members and clergy colleagues after a nearly two-year fight with cancer.
Religion forum
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11/27/2008

Iraqi Parliament passes security deal that sets timetable for U.S. withdrawal
The Iraqi Parliament ratified a long-delayed security agreement on Thursday that lays out a 2011 timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico lashes out on drug war
After six sometimes tumultuous years as ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza is speaking out forcefully about U.S. responsibility for Mexico's widening drug violence.

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