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- Buzz - December 31, 1998
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The man who would be judge -
December 31, 1998
U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins is no longer seeking a federal bench, but his days of public service are far from over -
Merry Xmas, Mr. Davis -
December 24, 1998
A hearing officer finds that a convicted killer did not violate parole - Buzz - December 24, 1998
- Buzz - December 17, 1998
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Go for the green -
December 17, 1998
The fight over renovating Tenison West isn't just about trees - Buzz - December 10, 1998
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Bait and switch -
December 10, 1998
The Trinity Project hits some expensive setbacks, but leave it to the News to look on the bright side -
Got milk? -
December 3, 1998
A court fight over watered-down milk raises accusations of misconduct by federal prosecutors - Buzz - December 3, 1998
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Voted out -
November 26, 1998
Denton Republicans oust former Dallas election manager - Arresting development - November 26, 1998
- Buzz - November 26, 1998
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Cheating death -
November 19, 1998
A notorious murder-for-hire ex-con may have reached the end of his road in Dallas - Buzz - November 19, 1998
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Up in smoke -
November 19, 1998
Lone Wolf fracas sees partners exit in a huff -
Enough is enough -
November 19, 1998
Legend Airlines accuses Fort Worth of discrimination and demands that feds cut funds - Buzz - November 12, 1998
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Trojan horse -
November 12, 1998
Dallas PTA leaders fear a Perot-funded district survey will be used to destroy public schools -
Wayward son -
November 12, 1998
The Irving stepmother of a man linked to the shootings of abortion doctors wrestles with questions about his involvement - Buzz - November 5, 1998
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Home unsweet home -
November 5, 1998
Disgruntled homeowners take to the Web to battle a giant homebuilder over complaints of shoddy workmanship -
Don Quixote of the drive-in -
November 5, 1998
Against long odds, Rich Peterson attempts to save a piece of Dallas' past -
Amazon.com -
October 29, 1998
In cyberspace, no one calls you "Stretch" - Buzz - October 29, 1998
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Dead air -
October 29, 1998
KKDA-AM silences the radio voice of black Dallas, but was anyone listening anyway? - Buzz - October 22, 1998
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Technical difficulties -
October 22, 1998
Local NAACP President Lee Alcorn is running for re-election--if his opponents don't get him disqualified first - Observer honored for sports writing - October 22, 1998
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Boys in black -
October 15, 1998
Mesquite High puts a chill on a student's right to dress himself -
It's the details, stupid -
October 15, 1998
Candidate Bob Stimson claims his opponent's shoddy bookkeeping is a sneaky way to campaign at taxpayer expense -
Give her what she wants -
October 15, 1998
Olympics committee finds Dallas boosters' attitudes toward our city council a little scary - Buzz - October 15, 1998
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The fix is in -
October 8, 1998
Plans for a giant market in an Old East Dallas neighborhood speed ahead despite protests by neighbors -
Trash heap of history -
October 8, 1998
A Dallas archaeology buff is forced to the sidelines as the city's past makes way for the new arena - Buzz - October 8, 1998
- Buzz - October 1, 1998
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Trust no one -
October 1, 1998
The City Plan Commission won't let Hillwood Development or city staff play them for saps -
Candidate X -
October 1, 1998
Michael Capehart finds the going lonely for a yellow-dog Democratin GOP country -
Watching us, watching them, etc. -
October 1, 1998
Morning News tries to debunk Observer story reprinted in News ad -
Beggars banquet -
October 1, 1998
KERA makes a stab for its former glory with less wheedling and more programming -
Dissed robes -
September 24, 1998
Federal Judge John H. McBryde gets more than a slap on the wrist from his outraged brethren - Buzz - September 24, 1998
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Armed and dangerous -
September 17, 1998
Judge John Creuzot will do just about anything to get addicts off drugs--including poking their ears with needles -
Going for the gold -
September 17, 1998
If Dallas taxpayers think they will get a free ride as the city pursues the Olympics, they might want to think again - Buzz - September 17, 1998
- Buzz - September 10, 1998
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Blues for Freddie -
September 10, 1998
The family of a Dallas guitar legend fights to protect his legacy -
The big tchotchke -
September 3, 1998
A Dallas artist can't understand how his statuette of a freed slave ended up as a public monument--in Barbados -
Tawana meet the new Al Sharpton? -
September 3, 1998
New York's rabble-rousing reverend announces he's ready to take on Dallas - Buzz - September 3, 1998
- Buzz - August 27, 1998
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Wizard of os -
August 27, 1998
Candidate R.D. Rucker explains the joy of sex and the problems of an elected judiciary -
Politically incorrect -
August 27, 1998
News editors try to strong-arm the League of Women Voters over its stance on the Trinity - Buzz - August 20, 1998
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Kingdom of uncool -
August 20, 1998
Homeowners near Lower Greenville find new Palace music club an intolerably noisy neighbor -
Bus rout -
August 20, 1998
Plano parents are up in arms over their school district's new busing policy -
He said, she said -
August 20, 1998
The Evans-Tyler school board race disintegrates into cheap talk of sex and powerlust - Buzz - August 13, 1998
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Target practice -
August 13, 1998
The feds got a conviction against a DISD contractor, but they may have been gunning for Matthew Harden -
All wet -
August 6, 1998
Supporters call the Trinity Plan a flood-control project. It isn't. - Buzz - August 6, 1998
- Buzz - July 30, 1998
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Zero-sum game -
July 30, 1998
A mother who hasn't seen her children for five years gets no help from a Denton County court - Jockeying to first place - July 30, 1998
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The artful dodger -
July 23, 1998
Deep Ellum's legendary Theatre Gallery will reopen as the Center for the Arts. The question is, which arts? - Buzz - July 23, 1998
- Buzz - July 16, 1998
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Welcome to the neighborhood -
July 16, 1998
North Dallas residents find that having a housing project for a neighbor isn't so bad -
Hispanic enough -
July 9, 1998
Dallas' new city manager steps from Mr. Inside to role model - Buzz - July 9, 1998
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Kosher war -
July 2, 1998
High prices and low competition raise rumors that the fix is in at Dallas kosher markets - Buzz - July 2, 1998
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Conflict? What conflict? -
July 2, 1998
When D/FW Airport hired the partner of one of its board members, something didn't add up -
Mayor potty mouth -
July 2, 1998
A telephone blooper catches Ron Kirk as he turns the air blue -
The perils of Paula -
June 25, 1998
Paula Jones learns that hell hath no fury like a lawyer out to collect a bill -
Getting fat off non-fat -
June 25, 1998
A fat substitute with some unpleasant potential side effects pits junk food against junk science - Buzz - June 25, 1998
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Pint-sized pep -
June 18, 1998
A cheerleading class for preschoolers: where else but Plano? - Buzz - June 18, 1998
- Buzz - June 11, 1998
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Benched -
June 11, 1998
Judge Brenda Prewitt resigns as controversy rattles the Dallas Municipal Court -
Spinning wheels -
June 4, 1998
Fahim Minkah cleared one set of hurdles to build a South Dallas skating rink, only to have the city put more in front of him - Buzz - June 4, 1998
- Buzz - May 28, 1998
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Plugging the hole -
May 28, 1998
A bungling bureaucracy allowed murder suspect Maricela Martinez to escape to Mexico -
Nice try -
May 28, 1998
A troubled Dallas anti-poverty agency's end-run around state regulators goes nowhere - Buzz - May 21, 1998
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Help wanted -
May 21, 1998
A shortage of workers spells happy times for job-seekers and college graduates - Buzz - May 14, 1998
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Mulchnacht -
May 14, 1998
It took an army to raze a mulch pile, steal a yard, and toss the mulch lady into the loony bin -
Unfairness doctrine -
May 14, 1998
The heavy hand of the News' publisher tilts coverage of the Trinity bond proposal -
The "g" word -
May 7, 1998
An uneasy mix of stereotypes and commerce helps prompt Deep Ellum's cruising ban - Buzz - May 7, 1998
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Life in the slow lane -
April 30, 1998
The Information Age meets the technological Stone Age at Dallas schools - Observer wins Bar award - April 30, 1998
- Buzz - April 30, 1998
- Buzz - April 23, 1998
- Pulitzer finalist - April 23, 1998
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Sunday in the park with gays -
April 23, 1998
Fans of the Dallas Symphony Easter concert in Lee Park fear it will be moved - Buzz - April 16, 1998
- All about Richard - April 16, 1998
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The scarlet G -
April 16, 1998
DISD's ex-security chief learns that being a friend of Yvonne is a bad career move -
Overdue charges -
April 16, 1998
You get a little late, and you land in jail under Texas' little-known rental services law -
Flamers -
April 9, 1998
Former Internet America exec Robert Maynard must pay $75,000 to the man he accused of stalking his family -
Study this -
April 9, 1998
Teachers, parents, and black and Hispanic activists say no to the Perot-funded DISD survey -
Tough enough? -
April 9, 1998
Paula Jones wonders whether she's up for an appeal, but the Supreme Court may decide for her - Buzz - April 9, 1998
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Attack of the geeks -
April 2, 1998
A cadre of computer whizzes plans to expose DISD's finances to the world - Buzz - April 2, 1998
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Getting justice -
April 2, 1998
False arrest fuels woman's zeal to undo judge - Buzz - March 26, 1998
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Liar, liar -
March 26, 1998
A federal magistrate rules that real estate baron Vance Miller says things that "are not true" -
Help wanted -
March 26, 1998
Dallas employment agency fires executive director amid allegations of financial mismanagement -
Union busting -
March 19, 1998
Managers of a publicly subsidized apartment complex try to shut down tenant organizers - Buzz - March 19, 1998
- Observer editor wins award - March 19, 1998
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Ross to the rescue -
March 12, 1998
Perot Sr.'s plan to fix DISD makes a multicultural misstep - Buzz - March 12, 1998
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How does the garden grow? -
March 5, 1998
The Nasher sculpture garden is slow to take root - Buzz - March 5, 1998
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Liars' court -
February 26, 1998
Judge John Creuzot shepherds wayward addicts through recovery - Observer writer wins education award - February 26, 1998
- Buzz - February 26, 1998
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Fee(ding) frenzy -
February 19, 1998
DISD taxpayers pay rising legal bills as trustees dither over hiring a full-time lawyer - Buzz - February 19, 1998
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Bottom of the ninth -
February 12, 1998
Permit hearings begin in TXI's quest to become the nation's largest toxic waste incinerator -
Deal of the arts -
February 12, 1998
Does 500 Inc. bully small Dallas arts groups to perform for their grants? - Buzz - February 12, 1998
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Poop on the scoop -
February 5, 1998
DMN editors spin the truth until it wobbles rather than come clean on how they blew their big story - Buzz - February 5, 1998
- Buzz - January 29, 1998
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Baby, it's them -
January 29, 1998
Bad teachers make bad students, according to DISD's own statistics; just don't ask to see them -
Payback time -
January 22, 1998
Anti-poverty agency risks shutdown if it doesn't come clean with the state - Buzz - January 22, 1998
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Cancel that -
January 15, 1998
An about-face over release of the Peavy Tapes puts DISD trustees opposite Sandy Kress - Buzz - January 15, 1998
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Crime and no punishment -
January 15, 1998
A legal loophole lets illegal immigrants get out of jail nearly free - Buzz - January 8, 1998
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Not kosher -
January 8, 1998
A Dallas County Jail inmate claims his junk-food diet is religious persecution -
Grow up -
January 8, 1998
A little scuffle between kids turns into a nasty fight between grown-ups at DISD - Buzz - January 1, 1998
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Reader beware -
January 1, 1998
Combatants in DISD's political battles play spin-the-media -
Surfing for convicts -
January 1, 1998
Texans will soon have access to statewide criminal convictions via the Internet--maybe
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