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In U.S. visa program, money talks

2011-09-03 22:36:00

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Gov. Rick Perry's big donors fare well in Texas

2011-08-16 00:00:00

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has powered his political career on the largesse of donors like Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who gave the governor $1.12 million in recent years. And donors like Simmons have found the rewards to be mutual, reaping benefits...

International visitors' favorite places to visit in the U.S.

2011-07-03 00:00:00

Whether you're shopping at Tiffany, contemplating the Liberty Bell, hiking in Yosemite National Park or throwing dice inLas Vegas, odds are good you'll meet an international tourist enjoying America alongside you. New York, Florida, California, Nevada...

Shel Hershorn dies at 82; photojournalist chronicled '60s tumult

2011-09-26 00:00:00

Shel Hershorn, a photojournalist who documented the tumult of the 1960s and then dropped out to live a rustic lifestyle in northern New Mexico, died Sept. 17 at a nursing home in Espanola, N.M. He was 82. Born in Denver on June 11, 1929, Herbert...

Arthur 'Kit' Murray dies at 92; pilot set Bell X-1A altitude record

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Retired Col. Arthur "Kit" Murray, an experimental test pilot who set an altitude record in 1954 when he piloted a Bell X-1A at 90,000 feet at nearly twice the speed of sound, has died. He was 92. Murray died July 25 of complications from Alzheimer's...

On the healthful highway

2011-06-26 00:00:00

For the junk food junkie, a road trip can be a dream journey. Between the fast food outlets and the glop at gas station minimarts, travelers may find themselves on a never-ending sugar/trans-fat wallow. But on a monthlong road trip from Los Angeles to...

PASSINGS: Charles Wyly, Cornelius 'Corny' Cole, Billy Grammer

2011-08-11 00:00:00

Charles Wyly Texas billionaire and philanthropist Charles Wyly, 77, a Texas billionaire and philanthropist whose family donated millions of dollars to Republican causes and Dallas arts projects, died Sunday after a car accident in western Colorado,...

Bob Banner dies at 89; Emmy-winning producer

2011-06-16 00:00:00

Bob Banner, an Emmy Award-winning television producer and director whose credits included "The Garry Moore Show," "Candid Camera" and "Solid Gold" and who gave a career boost to a young Carol Burnett years before becoming executive producer of her popular...

L.A. rave producer responds to death at Dallas event

2011-06-20 21:35:30

Tori Amos announces North American tour, including Orpheum dates

2011-07-22 16:35:53

It's Amazon vs. California in high-stakes sales-tax fight

2011-08-08 16:36:05

Weekend TV Talk Shows

2011-08-12 16:36:26

University technology students from Monterrey, Mexico, Fabolia Gutierrez, right, and Cristina Grza Juarez make a tourist snapshot in front of a bronze statue of the quintessential Texas cowboy in the statue garden in Pioneer Plaza in downtown Dallas .

2012-07-12 19:25:00

The quintessential Texas show, "Dallas" was king of the primetime soaps for 14 seasons. Like the wealthy Thatcher family of "Lone Star," the Ewings of "Dallas" were awash in the oil and cattle-ranching industries, making Texas as much of a character as any of the actors.

2012-06-11 16:03:00

In Bastrop, Texas, just outside Austin, firefighters from Dallas prepare to battle wildfires on Tuesday, September 06, 2011.

2011-09-08 12:54:13