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  Soul Musician Taylor Morgan Just Wants to Praise God

  January 22 at 4 a.m.

  “Oh, my God! Thank you, Jesus! God is so good! I love God!” This is Taylor Morgan, recounting the jubilation she felt after planning a successful event. Morgan, who's 30, plans jam sessions. She plans benefit concerts. Sometimes she sings. And she prays. She prays in her car. She prays...

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  Growing Pains: Stress Is Killing Farmers, but These Texans Keep Plowing Ahead

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  Farmers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. In Texas, the stress weighs on farmers who sometimes struggle to figure out how to scrape together the next bill payment.

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  Moving on Up: A Project to Place Public Housing Tenants in Better Neighborhoods Gets a Boost

  January 14 at 4 a.m.

  When Donna Pryor walked into her new three-bedroom home on a tree-lined street in Plano, she was mesmerized. There was a clean yard, a huge kitchen and  a swimming pool out back. Finally, her children would be safe. Pryor left home when she was 13 to escape her drug-addicted mother. Pregnant...

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  Mallow Box’s Marshmallows — Ahem, S’mores — Exude Homemade Flavor

  Monday, December 30, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  There are marshmallows you get in a bag at the grocery store — the kind you can smell through the plastic as you approach that section in the aisle. Then there are real marshmallows — the ones that make you realize there can be a real freshness to these creations,...

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  Waffle House? At Christmas? It’s More Than You Think.

  Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Just going to be honest here: I’m fascinated by Waffle House for a variety of reasons. For example, FEMA’s Waffle House Index, which the agency uses to determine the level of assistance a community needs after a storm. Or the time on Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain said it was a...

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  Best Dallas Observer Covers 2019

  Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 11:42 p.m.

  DO covered a lot in 2019—from the best burgers in town to the heart-wrenching tale of a father avoiding jail time. Because of our tabloid structure, DO has the chance to tell you what's hot on our minds every week—visually—with our cover. Here we show you some of the best that we had the opportunity to create, for better or worse, in 2019.