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Company Alters Some McKinney High Yearbook Photos
McKinneyHigh Schoolyearbook staffers will spend the weekend rebuilding the year's book of memories after they discovered altered photos when yearbooks were distributed earlier this week.
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McKinneyHigh Schoolyearbook staffers will spend the weekend rebuilding the year's book of memories after they discovered altered photos when yearbooks were distributed earlier this week.
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Senator Edward Kennedy hospitalized with stroke-like symptoms
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NAACP Board Selects New President
A North Texas pastor who was a finalist for president of the NAACP is not selected for the position.
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A North Texas pastor who was a finalist for president of the NAACP is not selected for the position.
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Union rejects American Airlines contract offer
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American Airlines Workers Reject Contract OfferAmerican Airlines employees represented by the Transport Workers Union reject a new contract offer, according to the airline.
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Shooting Suspect Arrested After 3-Hour Standoff
A shooting suspect is taken into custody after a three-hour standoff with Fort Worth Police.
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A shooting suspect is taken into custody after a three-hour standoff with Fort Worth Police.
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Woman Shot In NorthPark Parking Lot
Police say a 43-year-old woman was shot outside a Dallas shopping mall while waiting for her teenage daughter.
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Police say a 43-year-old woman was shot outside a Dallas shopping mall while waiting for her teenage daughter.
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Live blog: It's do or die for Dallas Stars in game 5
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Air pollution expected to hit unhealthy levels in DFW
By SCOTT STREATER Ozone pollution is projected to reach unhealthy levels across the Dallas-Fort Worth region for the first time this year today and throughout the weekend.The highest ozone for today is forecast to occur on the northeast side of the Metroplex, primarily in Collin County. But by Sunday, state regulators say, it could reach unhealthy levels at areas like Eagle Mountain Lake in northwest Tarrant County, and in Denton.The prime reason: A continental air mass will move air pollution from the West Coast and Midwest into the Dallas-Fort Worth area by late Friday, where it will mix with pollution generated by cars, trucks, construction equipment and industry in the region, said Bryan Lambeth, senior meteorologist at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."If the winds are light and temperatures are hot and the background conditions are high enough, we could see some very high ozone this weekend," Lambeth said. "We'll be watching that carefully."So will Ernie O'Donnell, 77, a retired Fort Worth pastor.For O'Donnell, who has asthma and emphysema, the advisories mean taking a daily walk through his southwest Fort Worth neighborhood extra early in the morning."I can tell when it's bad," he said. "When the pollution is there, I'm not getting enough oxygen to really function effectively."Ozone advisoryWhat is it? Ground-level ozone is a lung irritant produced when nitrogen oxides mix with volatile organic compounds. The nitrogen oxides and organic compounds come mostly from automobile exhaust and industry smokestacks. Trees also produce the organic compounds as part of photosynthesis. Ozone, the main ingredient of smog, needs sunlight and heat to form.Why should I care? Because ozone is a health concern. At high concentrations, ozone can trigger asthma attacks, stunt lung development in children and aggravate respiratory ailments. The American Lung Association this month ranked Tarrant County the nation's 10th-most ozone polluted county.Didn't ozone season just start? Yes. Ozone season in the Dallas-Fort Worth area began May 1. This weekend's ozone advisory marks the first time this season that high ozone is expected across the nine-county region. There has been one high ozone reading this year, which occurred last week at the monitor in Italy in Ellis County, south of Dallas. But this is the first full year the monitor has been in operation. An ozone monitor must have three full years of operation to be counted in the region's monitoring network.What's next? This weekend's ozone advisory is the first of many the area can expect. That's because the advisories are now based on a tougher standard announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in March. Though the new standard will not technically go into effect for several years, regulators are using them as a guideline to determine safe air quality.Online The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provides daily ozone forecasts at: www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/air/monops/forecast_today.htmlSources: Environmental Protection Agency; American Lung Association
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By SCOTT STREATER Ozone pollution is projected to reach unhealthy levels across the Dallas-Fort Worth region for the first time this year today and throughout the weekend.The highest ozone for today is forecast to occur on the northeast side of the Metroplex, primarily in Collin County. But by Sunday, state regulators say, it could reach unhealthy levels at areas like Eagle Mountain Lake in northwest Tarrant County, and in Denton.The prime reason: A continental air mass will move air pollution from the West Coast and Midwest into the Dallas-Fort Worth area by late Friday, where it will mix with pollution generated by cars, trucks, construction equipment and industry in the region, said Bryan Lambeth, senior meteorologist at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."If the winds are light and temperatures are hot and the background conditions are high enough, we could see some very high ozone this weekend," Lambeth said. "We'll be watching that carefully."So will Ernie O'Donnell, 77, a retired Fort Worth pastor.For O'Donnell, who has asthma and emphysema, the advisories mean taking a daily walk through his southwest Fort Worth neighborhood extra early in the morning."I can tell when it's bad," he said. "When the pollution is there, I'm not getting enough oxygen to really function effectively."Ozone advisoryWhat is it? Ground-level ozone is a lung irritant produced when nitrogen oxides mix with volatile organic compounds. The nitrogen oxides and organic compounds come mostly from automobile exhaust and industry smokestacks. Trees also produce the organic compounds as part of photosynthesis. Ozone, the main ingredient of smog, needs sunlight and heat to form.Why should I care? Because ozone is a health concern. At high concentrations, ozone can trigger asthma attacks, stunt lung development in children and aggravate respiratory ailments. The American Lung Association this month ranked Tarrant County the nation's 10th-most ozone polluted county.Didn't ozone season just start? Yes. Ozone season in the Dallas-Fort Worth area began May 1. This weekend's ozone advisory marks the first time this season that high ozone is expected across the nine-county region. There has been one high ozone reading this year, which occurred last week at the monitor in Italy in Ellis County, south of Dallas. But this is the first full year the monitor has been in operation. An ozone monitor must have three full years of operation to be counted in the region's monitoring network.What's next? This weekend's ozone advisory is the first of many the area can expect. That's because the advisories are now based on a tougher standard announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in March. Though the new standard will not technically go into effect for several years, regulators are using them as a guideline to determine safe air quality.Online The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provides daily ozone forecasts at: www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/air/monops/forecast_today.htmlSources: Environmental Protection Agency; American Lung Association
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Costs for raid on polygamist sect in the millions and mounting
By JOHN MORITZ Providing foster care for the 460-plus children seized at a polygamist ranch six weeks ago could cost taxpayers as much as $1.5 million a month, and that does not take into account the millions the state is on the hook for dispatching countless caseworkers and law officers to West Texas in the days after the raid.Figures provided by Gov. Rick Perry's office Friday covering the first three weeks show that operations related to the April 3 raid on the YFZ, or Yearning for Zion, Ranch in Eldorado cost nearly $7.5 million. Officials cautioned that the figures are preliminary and incomplete.And they are sure to keep rising."We'll be getting a better handle on it as invoices from the field continue to come in," said Stephanie Goodman, a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. "Not everyone in every agency has submitted all of their invoices yet."Documents for expenses from the beginning of April when officials served the initial warrant at the ranch through April 23 show that the state's social service organizations, law enforcement agencies and military forces spent more than $5.3 million. Local agencies in Tom Green and Schleicher counties, which are expecting reimbursement from the state, have spent nearly $945,000, and private vendors have billed the state for $1.17 million.After the state removed the children from the compound, operated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a state district judge awarded temporary custody to Child Protective Services and most have been placed in foster care group facilities or private homes.Goodman said the cost for such care ranges from $38 per child per day to $106. That works out to a low-end monthly cost of about $530,000 and a high of about $1.48 million.About a week after the state moved against the breakaway Mormon sect, Perry and top legislative leaders signaled their intention to help Tom Green and Schleicher counties offset the unexpected costs of providing legal services for the children taken into custody. A proposed budget submitted to Perry's office sets the dollar figure at just over $1.8 million and includes such expenditures as psychological examinations, expert witnesses and visiting judges.Typically, counties pay for such services, but taking so many children into custody at once is considered unprecedented, and the cost could bust the budgets of the two comparatively small counties."I believe that our most pressing question at this point is how the state can channel funds to the two counties so that the immediate impact on the clerks' offices can be ameliorated with temporary staff and equipment," Carl Reynolds, who heads the state's office of court administration, wrote in an e-mail that was released with the cost figures.Goodman said she expects the state's social service agencies to have more complete figures Tuesday when they are scheduled to appear before the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee."Obviously, we want to provide the committee with the most accurate cost estimates as possible, so we are continuing" to compile the figures, she said.By the numbersHere's a breakdown of preliminary costs through April 23:State social service agencies: $3.14 millionDepartment of Public Safety: $1.2 millionPrivate buses to transport sect members: $633,736City of San Angelo: $820,000 (estimated)Schleicher County: $81,607Other counties and cities: $43,000
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By JOHN MORITZ Providing foster care for the 460-plus children seized at a polygamist ranch six weeks ago could cost taxpayers as much as $1.5 million a month, and that does not take into account the millions the state is on the hook for dispatching countless caseworkers and law officers to West Texas in the days after the raid.Figures provided by Gov. Rick Perry's office Friday covering the first three weeks show that operations related to the April 3 raid on the YFZ, or Yearning for Zion, Ranch in Eldorado cost nearly $7.5 million. Officials cautioned that the figures are preliminary and incomplete.And they are sure to keep rising."We'll be getting a better handle on it as invoices from the field continue to come in," said Stephanie Goodman, a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. "Not everyone in every agency has submitted all of their invoices yet."Documents for expenses from the beginning of April when officials served the initial warrant at the ranch through April 23 show that the state's social service organizations, law enforcement agencies and military forces spent more than $5.3 million. Local agencies in Tom Green and Schleicher counties, which are expecting reimbursement from the state, have spent nearly $945,000, and private vendors have billed the state for $1.17 million.After the state removed the children from the compound, operated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a state district judge awarded temporary custody to Child Protective Services and most have been placed in foster care group facilities or private homes.Goodman said the cost for such care ranges from $38 per child per day to $106. That works out to a low-end monthly cost of about $530,000 and a high of about $1.48 million.About a week after the state moved against the breakaway Mormon sect, Perry and top legislative leaders signaled their intention to help Tom Green and Schleicher counties offset the unexpected costs of providing legal services for the children taken into custody. A proposed budget submitted to Perry's office sets the dollar figure at just over $1.8 million and includes such expenditures as psychological examinations, expert witnesses and visiting judges.Typically, counties pay for such services, but taking so many children into custody at once is considered unprecedented, and the cost could bust the budgets of the two comparatively small counties."I believe that our most pressing question at this point is how the state can channel funds to the two counties so that the immediate impact on the clerks' offices can be ameliorated with temporary staff and equipment," Carl Reynolds, who heads the state's office of court administration, wrote in an e-mail that was released with the cost figures.Goodman said she expects the state's social service agencies to have more complete figures Tuesday when they are scheduled to appear before the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee."Obviously, we want to provide the committee with the most accurate cost estimates as possible, so we are continuing" to compile the figures, she said.By the numbersHere's a breakdown of preliminary costs through April 23:State social service agencies: $3.14 millionDepartment of Public Safety: $1.2 millionPrivate buses to transport sect members: $633,736City of San Angelo: $820,000 (estimated)Schleicher County: $81,607Other counties and cities: $43,000
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