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Obama school In a split vote, trustees also approved naming a planned all-boys school for President Barack Obama. The school will be housed in the building that had been B.F. Darrell Math, Science, and Technology Vanguard, an elementary school in southern Dallas. The new school is scheduled to open in fall 2011 and will be called Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at B.F. Darrell. Trustee Lew Blackburn recommended that the school be named for the president. However, the recommendation did not meet the deadline for submissions. Therefore, trustees waived the deadline. Also, Obama did not meet the district's requirement that...

If there's anything people love more than reading Twilight, it's reading things into Twilight. The internet is abuzz with theories about the saga: that it's feminist or anti-feminist, pro-religion or anti-religion, a metaphor for sexual purity or a classic morality tale. But two of the most popular Twilight talking-points are the books' alleged Mormon and pro-life messages. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart simply refuse to buy into the speculation. In an upcoming interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Twilight Saga: Eclipse stars are asked whether Bella's vampiric pregnancy in Breaking Dawn (which she refuses to end, even though it endangers her...

After a 20-13 victory over Baylor on Nov. 28, 2009, Leach is seen criticizing his players and ripping into them for thinking a close loss to Texas was acceptable. "There's a couple of you guys that your current living situation is going to change," Leach says. "We've got several of you, particularly on offense, all you do is pull mediocrity out of one another. Well, you're going to live somewhere else. Last time I checked, we're paying the [expletive] bills." After a 42-21 victory over Kansas on Oct. 31, 2009, Leach questions a group of players and calls them "God...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Mackenzie McCollum was about four months pregnant as she darted around the volleyball court, angling to get under the ball in her team's first game of the district playoffs. Although her team lost that Nov. 3 contest, simply getting to play was a victory for the 17-year-old senior, who battled several obstacles to get back on the team at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the many issues raised was concern about whether being that active was good for her and her baby. "I've had times where I've been short of breath on...

A man was shot and killed in Dallas by Garland police early this morning at the end of a chase. According to Garland police, a Garland officer was attempting to make a traffic stop involving a Ford pickup just before 2 a.m. near Centerville and Kingsley Roads. When the officer turned his emergency lights on to make the stop, the pickup began to flee and the officer started pursuing. The chase made its way to Interstate 30 into Dallas, and two more officers joined the pursuit. The chase ended in the 900 block of Montclair in Dallas after the driver...

NEW YORK – The departure of four sitting Democratic senators this year has cast a new — and at times, unflattering — light on the nation's governors and their outsize power to fill Senate vacancies. While governors must call a special election to replace members of the House who resign or die before their term is up, 38 states allow governors the sole power to appoint an interim senator, according to the National Council of State Legislatures. Just nine states require a special election to fill a Senate vacancy. In three other states — Hawaii, Utah and Wyoming — governors...

On Saturday, S2N posted a video of a Cowboys fan who was extremely pissed at Ed Werder and letting him know it in person. Well apparently that guy wasn't the only person upset with Werder. You can add T.O. to that list as well. NBC got Romo, Witten and Owens together after their win over the Giants tonight, and while they all seemed to be enjoying each other's company, Terrell had this to say to the ESPN reporter....

Many of you in District 17 have been hearing a radio commercial being played by my opponent in this congressional race, and if you’re like me, when I first heard it, I was stunned. It represents the worst of what politics has become in this day and age. In a breathtaking distortion of the facts, Chet Edwards claims that I want to raise taxes on the American people by 30%. This spot even goes so far as to say I’ll tax food for children and medicine for the elderly. That’s crazy and nothing could be further from the truth. Since...