By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A ENNIS – Monday was the day Tim Gauna was supposed to come home. The Navy had scheduled a little shore time for the 21-year-old, time for him to play sandlot baseball, see his family and impress his friends with tales of adventure. He was going to be back […]
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 12A When police negotiators tried to talk Patrick Murphy Jr. and Donald Newbury out of their hotel room Tuesday night, the men didn’t bargain for leniency. They bargained for airtime. “Well, the way I see it, I had to make a statement,” Mr. Newbury said during a live interview […]
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 33A DUNCANVILLE – She might not yet have the cultivated perkiness of a Katie Couric – she’s only 12, after all – but Morgan Turner already knows how to deliver a line with vigor. “Welcome to Good Morning Smith Academy!” she says into the mike. “We’re proud to be […]
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 25A Over the last decade, Texas has put enormous emphasis on improving how children learn. A new report says it should pay more attention to how teachers learn. “Quality Counts 2001,” a state-by-state school assessment released Wednesday by Education Week, gives Texas a D in its efforts to improve […]
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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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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 […]