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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases

2013-06-15 19:52:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...

A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas

2013-05-25 21:53:00

WACO, Texas — On a recent afternoon, as McLennan County Republicans polished off their barbecue, the head of the local GOP worked his way through the group's luncheon agenda. A plaque was presented. A local judge spotlighted. The fertilizer plant...

reFramed: In conversation with WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY curator Anne Wilkes Tucker

2013-05-01 03:05:07

Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...

Lil Wayne seizure puts spotlight on rappers' use of 'sizzurp'

2013-03-23 05:00:00

The powerful narcotic popped up on the cultural grid around the turn of the millennium. A Texas producer-remixer named DJ Screw paid homage to its woozy, heavy-lidded high by dramatically slowing down beats and vocals to replicate the drug's sleepwalker...

Wide search expected in hunt for next UC president

2013-04-15 08:08:00

With no obvious inside candidate to be the next president of the University of California system, experts predict a wide search that will concentrate on similar university systems elsewhere but could also stretch beyond academia. Whoever replaces Mark...

It's official: High-speed Google Fiber heads to Texas

2013-04-09 11:15:00

Google Fiber, the ultra-fast broadband Internet service developed by the search-engine company, will be expanding to Austin, Texas, in 2014. In a widely expected move, Austin city officials and Google on Tuesday morning announced the expansion of Fiber....

Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities

2013-04-02 00:00:00

On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...

New super-thin, flexible invisibility cloak wows Harry Potter fans

2013-03-27 15:19:00

Harry Potter fans rejoice: Researchers have devised an ultra-thin invisibility cloak that can mask three-dimensional objects -- if you’re observing that object in microwave light, that is. With butterbeer and Bertie Bott's every flavor beans on...

Marvel’s David Marquez talks X-Men, Spider-Man, 3D graphic novel

2013-03-06 14:32:09

In search of 'The Searchers' and the history behind the western

2013-03-01 11:00:00

The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban

2013-02-26 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate America's most famous working mother has banned her employees from working at home. Now the backlash is threatening to overshadow the progress she has made turning around Yahoo Inc. Marissa Mayer, one of only a handful of...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on the Fisher vs. University of Texas case, which is a lawsuit brought by a white student who was denied admission to the university and claims that she experienced racial discrimination.

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Sanjay Gupta will join Allstate as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Gupta will be responsible for the company's marketing and consumer-focused initiatives. Gupta joins Allstate from Ally Financial, where he served as the chief marketing officer.

2012-08-27 13:29:00

Debra Clark has joined Dykema's cororate finance practice in the firm s Chicago office. Prior to joining Dykema, Clark was a member of SNR Denton s Corporate practice group.

2011-08-10 00:00:00