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Update, Saturday night: Organizers have canceled Sunday's Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth due to the recent blast of winter weather. The half-marathon is still on -- it starts at 8 a.m. Sunday. 

A North Texas doctor helped spark an international discussion this week -- about peanut allergies. 

The Dallas Festival of Ideas has announced that its programming is now free today.

Top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Dallas County high school seniors missed out on $34 million in college grants last year, Stella Chavez reports; why one study suggests peanut butter as an important diet staple for babies though it used to be off limits. 

In honor of Texas Independence Day, we’re launching a new program Monday on KERA 90.1 FM – it’s a daily radio newsmagazine with a Texas accent. 

Five stories that have North Texas talking: an earthquake rumbles in Dallas this morning; snow is in the forecast; some teens allegedly beat up an emu; and more.

Nearly 300 women from North America are in Dallas for the United Way Women’s Leadership Summit. They’re discussing a range of topics, such as making the organization more diverse, embracing new technology, and tackling human trafficking.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:

Students from across North America will be in Dallas this weekend to “hack” in a GOOD way. Organizers say they don’t want to destroy software or cause trouble; it’s a competition to create.

High school and college students from across North America will be in Dallas this weekend for what’s being called a hackathon. 

Conservative state senators grilled Gov. Greg Abbott's appointees to the University of Texas System Board of Regents for more than five hours on Thursday, publicly rehashing the drama that has plagued the system's flagship university in recent years.