New Year’s planners want Dallas to party like it’s 2000

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 29A Note to North Texans: You don’t need a nice, round number like 2000 to have an excuse to party on New Year’s Eve. While 2001 might not have the same “wow” factor as last year’s Y2K Night, organizers of Sunday night’s downtown bash hope they can turn a […]

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Trade secrets: College teaches ins and outs of international business

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 28A The next time you chow down on Tahitian breadfruit or enjoy a glass of Tibetan yak butter tea, think about the people who helped bring it to your table – the business people who managed to wade through the thicket of international tariffs and troubles to deliver it […]

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District blames clerk error for discipline undercount; Lancaster officials say they’ll correct problem

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 31A The Lancaster school district underreported the number of students it disciplined last year to the Texas Education Agency because of clerical errors, Superintendent Billy Ward said Tuesday. “We certainly were not trying to hide anything or misrepresent anything,” he said. “We will fix the problem.” The discrepancy was […]

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Survey finds D-FW among more-educated metro areas; Though some groups lag, local rates outpace U.S. average

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 25A Dallas-Fort Worth residents are more likely than most across the country to hold a college degree, according to a new Census Bureau study that found Americans more educated than ever. The study released Tuesday, an annual report on education attainment in the United States, also found the area […]

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Bugging out: Exterminator faces 1,000 roaches for ‘Ripley’s’ stunt job

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 41A The worst part was when the roaches got into his pants. “No mas! No mas!” yelled Plano exterminator Michael Bohdan, dancing an impromptu jig as a few of the little buggers scampered below his belt. “They squeeze in anywhere they can!” Mr. Bohdan wasn’t complaining about a job […]

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Take out your Bibles: Teacher keeps Constitution in mind in lectures to public school students

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 37A DUNCANVILLE — At first glance, it looks like any current events class, from wall maps of the world’s hot spots to the newspaper the teacher is reading out loud. Today’s topic: the latest clash in the Middle East, the battle between Israelis and Palestinians over control of the […]

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