Cab driver drops off blind woman in middle of nowhere

We can all relate to the frustration of being lost—but imagine being blind and lost. That was the predicament of Carla Rowland, who was on her way to dinner when she felt her cab driver was taking her out of the way. An argument ensued, and Rowland said the cab driver then dropped her off without telling her where she was.

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Two shot dead at Dallas condos

Gunfire rang out late Friday night in the courtyard of the Windtree condominium complex on Skillman Street.

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Missing artifacts surface at hotel

The Dallas Historical Society has apologized for implying that a TV show could have been responsible for the disappearance of 21 valuable items.

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'Classroom on wheels' for student filmmakers

Educators in DeSoto looking for innovative ways to engage young students believe they have hit on something big.

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CompUSA sold; stores to close

Dallas-based CompUSA—up for sale for more than a year—has been acquired by Gordon Brothers Group, a firm that specializes in restructuring and liquidating retail assets.

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'Have papers in order for traveling,' Mexican consulate warns citizens

The usual buzz at the Mexican Consulate picks up during the holiday season, as people wait for IDs and passports, so they can visit their families in the U.S. and Mexico. Be prepared, that's the message the Mexican Consulate is stressing now, more than ever, after illegal immigrants were recently rounded up at the Greyhound bus station in Dallas.

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Last person to finish White Rock marathon recalls ordeal

The White Rock Marathon is just two days away. Some athletes will run to win and others will run to finish. Somewhere, Thelma Jones, is in the pack. She's a winner by simply entering the race again.

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Jury recesses without verdict in Pleasant Grove day care owner's trial

Jury deliberations were halted for the weekend late Friday afternoon in the trial a Pleasant Grove day care owner accused in the death of a 4-year-old boy.

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Duncanville swingers 'frustrated' over complaints

The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock's split-level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to swinger parties featuring "Naked Twister" nights.

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Left out after dark: DART flees Turner Courts neighborhood

Small signs of trouble and reasons people living in Dallas' Turner Courts say they want to turn around their neighborhood -- where even public transportation now refuses to go after dark.

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Jury deciding fate of day-care owner accused of boy's death

A Pleasant Grove day-care owner took the stand Friday to defend herself against accusations she caused the death of a 4-year-old boy. Now, her fate rests with the jury.

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College student deals millions in LSD from dorm room

A freshman University of Houston student is in jail, accused of dealing millions of dollars worth of LSD from his dorm room.

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Tow truck driver arrested for illegal towing on Greenville

Every night tow truck drivers haul away cars illegally parked along Greenville Avenue, but Thursday night it was the tow truck drivers being hauled away.

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Aggressive robbers hit FW cell phone store

Fort Worth Police are looking for a pair of extremely aggressive armed robbers after they assaulated a clerk at a Metro PCS store. It's almost identical to an armed robbery earlier this week at a Subway sandwich shop.

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Kansas man indicted for McKinney airport burglary
A federal grand jury has indicted a Hutchinson, Kan., man on charges of burglarizing six airports in four states, including one in Collin County.

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Ex-Mexican president's brass dress spurs and other items found

A former Mexican president's brass dress spurs recovered after the Texas Revolution in 1836, plus a number of other valuable Dallas Historical Society artifacts, have been found.

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NFL player turned astronaut blasts off Saturday

Leland Melvin never planned on being an astronaut. He wanted to play football, and he started in kindergarten.

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Former Cowboy out at DISD after cell phone fight

Former Dallas Cowboy Tyrone Hughes will not get to keep his job as a Dallas Independent School District hall monitor after an accusation he threatened a student he says stole a cell phone.

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Mountain lion terrorizing Collin County neighborhood

Cougar sightings may be rare in Texas, but it appears a mountain lion is roaming a Collin County neighborhood. The sighting on the Allen-Lucas border is putting families on edge.

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Home run king Bonds pleads not guilty to perjury, obstruction charges

Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he lied to federal investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs.

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Kaufman couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
An out-of-state phone call led Kaufman County sheriff's deputies to an apparent murder-suicide of a husband and wife early Friday morning.

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Police nab men accused of Grand Prairie golf course robberies

Two Arlington men have been arrested on accusations they robbed golfers at the Riverside Golf Club course, Grand Prairie police said Friday.

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UT campuses to get cap on tuition hikes
Amid pressure from state lawmakers and students, the University of Texas System took the unprecedented step Thursday of capping tuition increases at its nine academic campuses. For the next two school years, tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates can go up no more than 4.95 percent or $300 a year, whichever is greater.

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Financial woes follow boy's Scout camp injury

Six weeks after a toy rocket nearly killed her son, a North Texas mother is struggling to help pay the bills needed for his recovery. While in itself that may not seem noteworthy, her son was injured while at Boy Scout camp, which the mom said she assumed meant that the Scout organization would help.

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Teens wreck car after police chase

Two teens are under arrest and a third is hospitalized after they led Fort Worth police on a brief pursuit that ended in a rollover wreck on Highway 287.

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Safety sign spurs parent, HOA battle

A sign struggle has emerged between parents and a homeowners association in one Little Elm neighborhood. Some El Dorado Estates residents say all they want to do is protect their kids when they play in front of their houses, but the homeowner association says their warning signs for drivers to slow down have got to go.

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Good gas news: Texas prices falling

Retail gasoline prices fell this week across Texas, according to a weekly survey released Friday.

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Rice calls for new Iran sanctions

Secretary of State Condoleezza said Friday the United States would continue along a two-track strategy to deal with Iran, pressing for new sanctions and holding talks to convince Tehran to come clean about its nuclear program. But Russia ignored her calls to punish Iran.

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3 killed in train, van collision

Three men were killed and another was critically injured Thursday when their van was struck by a train, authorities said. The crash occurred when the driver of the van disregarded a warning signal and continued across the railroad tracks, said Lt. John Martin of the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

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Complaints lead to FW store inspection sweep

During the course of a few hours Thursday, Fort worth officials cracked down on more than a dozen convenience stores that police say may be a breeding ground for criminal activity. Local and state agencies are focusing on independent, neighborhood convenience stores that authorities said have violations ranging from black market cigarettes to gambling machines.

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Mavs, Nuggets coaches grudgingly wear microphones

NBA coaches aren't too pleased about wearing microphones during nationally televised games. Dallas' Avery Johnson and Denver's George Karl became the first to clip on the little wires when their teams met in a game shown on TNT Thursday night.

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Vinyl continues its comeback

From Jefferson Airplane to Janis Joplin to Bruce Hornsby and the Range, vinyl has made a serious comeback over the last years. To some, the sounds emitted from the vinyl disc are like not other. "You can't go to the Internet and download songs like these," said Cliff Cosby, a record enthusiast.

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Burglars target pawn shops for weapons

High-powered rifles aren’t the weapon in a rash of North Texas crimes. They’re the prize. The latest in a string of burglaries happened at a Dallas pawnshop. Burglars nabbed 39 weapons, some of them assault rifles, and they knew what they were doing.

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Dallas ex-postal worker admits he stole mail

A 35-year-old now-former postal worker in the Dallas area who stole mail will be sentenced Feb. 27. Salvador Gonzalez of Dallas faces up to five years in prison.

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One TV preacher holds out on financial info

A congressional probe into the spending of six popular television evangelists won't happen without a fight from one of them. Thursday was the deadline for Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn and four others to submit financial records to Congress over concerns about possible tax law violations

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HEB ISD warns of attempted abduction

A safety alert has been issued for parents and students in the Hulen-Euless-Bedford (HEB) Independent School District. A man nearly abducted a 10-year-old boy near Shady Oaks Elementary School Wednesday afternoon.

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Some charges dropped against one McKinney murder suspect

Prosecutors have dropped some of the charges against one of the men arrested in McKinney's quadruple murder.

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Road rage: County improvements could cut massive trees

County leaders say it's a safety concern, but homeowners want to preserve their view. Collin County's ambitious mission to eventually pave all country roads could force a mile-long canopy of trees to be ripped up along County Road 424 near Anna.

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One dead in Dallas barbershop brawl

A man at a Dallas barbershop was fatally shot Thursday afternoon, and police were searching for the gunman.

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Cross-country cat lands in Cow Town

“Hercules” the cat looks pretty docile inside his temporary home at an animal shelter in Fort Worth. Somebody loved him. Somebody “chipped” him. But imagine their surprise when a scan of the cat’s microchip told animal control officers “Hercules” was actually from St. Louis, Missouri.

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First major development along Trinity near approval

With the Trinity Toll Road vote out of the way, renaming Industrial Boulevard is not the only decision ahead for the Dallas City Council. Wednesday, the council must decide on a zoning change that would begin the first big redevelopment along the river.

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'Compass' movie stirs up controversy

The new big budget fantasy film called “The Golden Compas” is drawing anger from religious groups due to comments made by the original author. Some religious groups, many of them conservative Catholics, have condemned the books and the film based on author Pullman’s inflammatory anti-God comments.

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CIA taped 2002 interrogations then destroyed tapes

The CIA videotaped its interrogations of terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes three years later out of fear they would leak to the public and compromise the identities of U.S. questioners, the director of the agency told employees Thursday.

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'Downtown Roadmap' unveiled for Dallas

he Dallas City Council appears ready to move forward with a plan to keep revitalizing downtown and attract more people to live and work there. A new plan by the city staff called the "Downtown Roadmap" ecommends building a convention center hotel, heavily promoting the arts district and connecting downtown Dallas with uptown.

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A&M; suspends 2 football players after felony arrests

Texas A&M; indefinitely suspended two football players Thursday after their arrests a day earlier on felony robbery and drug counts.

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Bush: Deal reached with mortgage industry for 5-year rate freeze

President Bush announced on Thursday a plan to freeze interest rates for five years for hundreds of thousands of strapped homeowners whose mortgages are scheduled to rise in the coming months.

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AT&T; employees file discrimination suit

While KwanzaaFest, one of Dallas' top cultural events, is set to be held this weekend, one of its major sponsors is now being accused of discriminating against some its African American employees.

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Skyrocketing costs could delay Dallas light rail expansion

The costs could force DART to delay many of the projects that are part of its long-range plan, the agency's president said Wednesday. The cost of building materials like petroleum, ready-mix concrete and steel has shot up in recent years.

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Starbucks recalls mug with faulty handle

Starbucks Corp. issued a recall Thursday for two coffee mugs sold in its coffee shops following reports that nine people suffered minor burns.

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West, Winehouse, Foo Fighters among Grammy nomination leaders

Kanye West, Amy Winehouse and the Foo Fighters were among the leading Grammy contenders announced Thursday. West received a leading eight nominations. Winehouse received six, including for best new artist, record and song of the year for her hit "Rehab," and album of the year for "Back to Black."

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