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5:00 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Casa Mañana Showcases Best Of The Best In High School Theater

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Ben Allen and Sarah Roach were awarded Best Male And Best Female Actor awards and as a result are New York City bound.
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The Buckley Awards have major production value with a full tilt crew running the show.
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Casa Mañana was packed with students from 18 schools.
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Tickets to the Buckley's were a hot commodity
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With talent to spare and the charm of seasoned professionals, students filled the house at Fort Worth’s Casa Mañana last night for the 13th annual Betty Buckley Awards.

These musical theater awards promise to showcase high school’s top thespians, and the audience wasn’t disappointed.

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Texas News
9:52 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Gay Youth Now Allowed In Boy Scouts - But Gay Adults Still On The Sideline

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Boys Scout Alex Derr has been working years to overturn anti-gay rules in the Boy Scouts. At the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting, Derr says he’s thrilled with the result of
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David Metcalf and his son, Sean, 13, are dissapointed that the Boy Scouts of America decided to end the ban on openly gay youth.
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Former Scouts Dave Rice, Howard Menzer, and Dave Knapp at the Great Wolf Lodge. All are members of Scouts for Equality.
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The vote has been taken but the controversy isn't over - The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America will lift its long time ban and allow gay boys to join their organization – although the ban on gay adults remains. 

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Texas News
5:20 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Boy Scouts Lift Ban On Gay Members

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The  Boy Scouts of America, based in Irving, will  lift the organization's ban on openly gay members.

KERA reporter Lauren Silverman says 61 percent of the 1,400 national council members meeting behind closed doors in Grapevine have voted in favor of including  gay scouts.

Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.

The outcome is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the Scouts' membership policy.

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Texas News
4:54 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

No Federal Help For Tornado Victims In Granbury, Cleburne And Ennis

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Relief work of volunteers in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood is critical to the clean up after the EF 4 tornado, May 22.
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Three North Texas counties hit by tornadoes last week won’t get any federal help to clean up and rebuild.

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4:31 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Southlake Assassination Target Was Father Of Three

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Southlake Police Chief Steve Mylett ssays he's asking the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Homeland Security for assistance in solving the murder of 43-year old Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa. The Southlake man was gunned down Wednesday night while sitting in his car. The Dallas Morning News says Mylett believes the killing seems like an organized criminal act.
SOUTHLAKE - The 43-year-old man who was gunned down in an apparent targeted assassination in Southlake Town Square was a married father of three teenagers who is believed to have practiced law in Mexico, the town police chief said today.
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The High Five
8:44 am
Thu May 23, 2013

CDC Reports Staggering Drop In Hispanic Teen Birth Rate, TX Lags Behind Trend

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The Hispanic teen birth rate has dropped significantly overall, but Texas is one of the states where it still outpaces the white and black birth rates.
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Five stories that have North Texas talking: drop in Hispanic teen birth rate doesn’t completely apply to Texas, solar plane glides to a landing early this morning at DFW, the speech JFK never gave will live on in Dallas and more.

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Environment
12:34 am
Thu May 23, 2013

Pilot Bertrand Piccard Says Solar Impulse Is Vehicle For Change

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Bertrand Piccard joined pilot Andre' Borschberg as he completed the Phoenix-Dallas leg of the trip.
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Update:  The Solar Impulse project says all of its scheduled open houses for Saturday at DFW are full.  If they add other open houses the information will appear on their website solarimpulse.com

Solar Impulse touched down at DFW International early this morning at 1:08 a.m.  

The Phoenix-Dallas flight of more than 800 miles is the longest yet for the aircraft which is on a coast-to-coast trip to raise awareness about the capabilities of renewable energy.

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Texas News
6:58 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

Two Distinct Messages Greet Delegates Before Boy Scout Vote

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Boy Scout Delegates are set to vote on lifting openly gay member ban Thursday.
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James Dillingham says he will pull his child from Scouts if the openly gay member ban is lifted.
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Will Oliver and Pascal Tessier an openly gay Eagle Scout and Eagle Scout hopeful are committed to what they call Scouting equality.
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Protestors held signs urging delegates to vote no.
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Eric Hay can't be a scout leader because he is openly bisexual, but he is fighting to lift the membership ban.
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Activists made one last push for support before Thursday’s vote in Grapevine on openly gay membership to the Boy Scouts of America.

And both sides say the result will dramatically impact the future of the Irving-based organization.

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Texas News
5:42 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

Solar-Powered Plane To Light Up The Night Sky As It Lands At DFW

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Solar Impulse landing.
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A DFW International Airport spokesman says North Texans may think the strange lights they see shortly after midnight tonight are a UFO, but what they’re probably observing are the unusual lights along the wings of a solar powered plane landing at DFW.

Solar Impulse is the first airplane that can fly day or night without refueling.

Swiss aviation pioneers Bertrand Piccard and Andre' Borschberg are the developers and pilots of this first solar airplane powered by 12,000 solar cells.

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Texas News
4:04 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

School Marshals Get Final Approval In State Legislature

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Schools could appoint one marshal for every 400 students. School marshals would take 80 hours of training, paid for by the state.
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A bill creating school marshals is headed to the Governor for his signature. The state Senate gave final approval to the bill today.

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