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Critics: Texas Agency Favors Builders Over Buyers

March 29, 2009 • Texas homebuilders are rallying to save a state commission created to handle buyers' complaints. Homebuyers say the process is stacked in the builders' favor — and two state reports agree. Now state lawmakers are considering whether to abolish the panel.

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National

Did Builder's Clout Trap Couple In Dream Home?

March 28, 2009 • Bob and Jane Cull's house in Texas was built by one of the most powerful and politically connected homebuilders in the country — and it was defective. They're now 13 years into a legal odyssey, and still have no recompense.

Did Builder's Clout Trap Couple In Dream Home?

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

Airlines Worried: Fewer Cheeks In Seats

March 4, 2009 • The airline business is seeing more trouble. Stocks in major carriers took a beating Tuesday, because the souring economy has been keeping travelers at home.

Airlines Worried: Fewer Cheeks In Seats

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Politics

Governor's Race Could Shift Course For Texas GOP

March 3, 2009 • The race for Texas governor is already under way — a full year ahead of the March 2010 primary. Incumbent Gov. Rick Perry is setting a hard-right course. His challenger, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, may appeal to more moderates.

Law

Texas Financier Served Legal Papers In Virginia

February 20, 2009 • FBI agents have served Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford with legal papers in a multibillion-dollar fraud case. The FBI, acting at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, found Stanford in Fredericksburg, Va. Stanford is not under arrest or in custody. Fallout from the fraud case is already rattling around the global financial system.

Texas Financier Served Legal Papers In Virginia

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Business

Billionaire Stanford Found In Virginia

February 19, 2009 • Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford was found Thursday in Virginia. Stanford's companies were raided by the federal government earlier this week. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged him with a massive multibillion dollar fraud.

Billionaire Stanford Found In Virginia

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Law

SEC Charges Texas Financier With Massive Fraud

February 18, 2009 • The government has accused Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford of duping tens of thousands of investors. The SEC has charged Stanford and his companies with lying about returns on offshore certificates of deposit and a mutual fund program. The fraud is alleged to total more than $9 billion.

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Law

Stanford charged In $9B Fraud

February 17, 2009 • Texas financier R. Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged Tuesday with a fraud centered on high-interest CDs. The SEC says Stanford orchestrated an investment scheme that promised "improbable" interest rates.

Stanford charged In $9B Fraud

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

Counting The Dollars, One Paint Job At A Time

February 11, 2009 • Because body shop workers are paid by commission, not by the hour, paychecks go up and down with the volume of cars out the door. At Quality Colors, an auto body shop in Dallas, one painter is trying to keep his life on track despite the drop in business.

Counting The Dollars, One Paint Job At A Time

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Law

Judge Posthumously Clears Man Convicted Of Rape

February 7, 2009 • Timothy Cole was accused of rape in 1985. His conviction was based on the victim's testimony, but there was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. He died in 1999, before DNA evidence proved he was not the rapist.

Law

Family Of Man Cleared By DNA Still Seeks Justice

February 5, 2009 • Timothy Cole got 25 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a woman in 1985. DNA test proved he didn't do it, but not before Cole died in prison. Now his family wants to clear his name — and so does the woman whose testimony helped imprison him.

Family Of Man Cleared By DNA Still Seeks Justice

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Presidential Inauguration Of Barack Obama

I Solemnly Swear To Bundle: Dressing For Cold D.C.

January 16, 2009 • It's going to be cold at Obama's inauguration – and elsewhere. Here's some expert advice on dressing with care to survive frigid climes. (And if you plan to view from the comfort of your couch, our winter-weather tips might provide a moment of schadenfreude.)

President George W. Bush's Legacy

Bush Will Soon Call Dallas 'Home' Again

January 14, 2009 • President Bush will soon leave Washington, D.C., and return to the same Dallas neighborhood where the family lived before he became Texas governor 16 years ago. The house in Preston Hollow is a sprawling rambler next to the estate of billionaire Tom Hicks, a longtime friend.

Bush Will Soon Call Dallas 'Home' Again

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Memo To The President

Aging Controllers, Lax Rules Trouble FAA

January 12, 2009 • The Federal Aviation Administration faces tough challenges as the Obama administration takes control. An aging air traffic controller workforce and allegations of inspectors "cozying up" to airlines will test the agency and the new government.

Aging Controllers, Lax Rules Trouble FAA

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Politics

Could Texas Lose Its Solidly Republican Identity?

December 19, 2008 • A new poll shows that the GOP is in danger of losing its dominance in Texas. With its anti-immigration rhetoric, it's losing support among Hispanic voters. Young Republicans also say they're not wedded to voting along party lines.

Could Texas Lose Its Solidly Republican Identity?

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