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Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze

|Monday, May. 20, 2013

A veteran Dallas firefighter's body was recovered Monday several hours after he called for help because he was trapped in a condominium complex blaze.

Mama Dog returns to owners viewing tornado damage

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

Canine that captured readers’ hearts wouldn’t listen to anyone but her owners.

Many agencies rely on lie detectors despite errors in measurement

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

Police departments and federal agencies nationwide are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has found.

Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO

|Monday, May. 20, 2013

Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet.

Texas Roadhouse restaurants to go strawless this week

| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

Texas Roadhouse Straw Free 2

The restaurant chain was inspired by the Be Straw Free Campaign launched by a Vermont boy to reduce waste.

South Arlington residents will begin receiving new recycling carts on Monday

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

The city-wide rollout will be complete by June, official said.

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

Powerball Jackpot

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

Sifting through the ruins of some 40 years of life together, piece by piece

| |Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Granbury Tornado Cleanup 013

On the second day they were allowed back in, residents of Rancho Brazos Estates are joined by hundreds of volunteers to pick through the debris in search of their life’s treasures. Utilities will continue to be out for the foreseeable future, maybe weeks, authorities say.

Mother, daughter found slain in Grand Prairie home

| |Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Police have a suspect in custody in the slayings of a mother and her daughter at a Grand Prairie home.