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11:44 am
Wed June 19, 2013

Tarrant Water District Defends Lawsuit Costing More Than $6 Million

Credit Shelley Kofler / KERA News
The Tarrant Regional Water District has sought to import water from Oklahoma's Kiamichi River into Texas.

The general manager for the Tarrant Regional Water District  is defending the multi-million dollar cost of its legal battle waged over Oklahoma water.

Jim Oliver says the district spent more than $6 million public dollars for the right to cross into Oklahoma to pump out water Tarrant thought it should have under a four-state state agreement called the Red River Compact.  The final tally for how much public money was spent on the lawsuit was not available. 

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Money
11:28 am
Wed June 19, 2013

Study Up For 'Think': Living Rich, On Just A Little

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Journalist and farmer Ben Hewitt is raising his two sons, Finlay and Rye, on 40 acres in Vermont. He wrote 'Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money And Became The Richest Guy In The World' about his family's re-jigging of priorities and finances.

Everything changed for Ben Hewitt when he came across Erik Gillard, one of the happiest guys he'd ever met. Gillard was living on less than $10,000 a year in small-town Vermont. He was working and living a full life, with his girlfriend and a strong circle of friends. Hewitt wanted to know how - and why - his friend got by on so few dollars. Hewitt talks to Think host Krys Boyd what he learned at noon.

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10:17 am
Wed June 19, 2013

Another Belo Shocker: Robert Decherd Retiring As Head Of Newspaper Company

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Just a week after Gannett bought Belo's TV company, Robert Decherd announced that he's retiring as CEO of A.H. Belo, owner of The Dallas Morning News. Jim Moroney will take the baton at the newspaper firm.
Robert W. Decherd, chief executive of the A.H. Belo Corporation, parent of The Dallas Morning News, is retiring, effective in September. Decherd, 62, has been at the helm of A.H. Belo since the company's spin-off from Belo Corp. in 2008. Jim Moroney, 56, currently executive vice president ...
9:11 am
Wed June 19, 2013

UTA Shut Down With Report Of Armed Man Headed To Campus

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Update, 10:35 a.m.: UT Arlington police say the threat has now passed and the campus has reopened. Students and employees have been told to resume their normal schedules. Original post: Early this morning, police received word that a man with a gun was headed to the University of Texas at Arlington. All students already on campus are asked to stay indoors while police investigate. All summer classes and activities have been cancelled.
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ARLINGTON - The University of Texas Arlington has closed its campus as police investigate a report of an armed man, read an alert on the school's website. The university posted its first alert on their site at about 4:30 a.m.
The High Five
9:02 am
Wed June 19, 2013

Rawlings And Price Team Up To Take Texas Twin Cities Global

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Dallas and Fort Worth mayors are back from a whirlwind tour of South America aimed to promote DFW on an international scale.

Five stories that have North Texas talking: DFW mayors touch down after international development mission, the journalism community loses one of its best far too soon, snakes as carry-on luggage and more.

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Texas News
6:40 am
Wed June 19, 2013

This Juneteenth, A Newly Uncovered Poem On Slavery, By A Slave

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Jupiter Hammon, an 18th century slave, wrote "An Essay on Slavery" in 1786. UT Arlington professor, Cedrick May and graduate student Julie McCown discovered the poem boxed away at the Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library.

There’s a brand new poem to add to Juneteenth celebrations this year. It’s a previously unknown work by the country’s first published black writer, Jupiter Hammon. UT Arlington grad student Julie McCown, uncovered the handwritten poem while looking for a specific piece of Hammon’s work. The piece, called “An Essay on Slavery," was buried in documents at the Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library in Connecticut.

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Government
6:46 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

New Board Member Questions Tarrant Water District Agenda

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New board member Mary Kelleher was sworn in by Tarrant Regional Water District Board President Victor Henderson.

At her first meeting as a new Tarrant Regional Water District board member, Mary Kelleher made good on her campaign promise to challenge the status quo.

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Health/Science
6:08 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Do-Or-Die Inspection Underway At Parkland

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Parkland Hospital officials say the surveyors for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be in the hospital 24/7 until the inspection is completed. Officials say inspectors offered no timeline.

Government officials are at Parkland Hospital for a critical review that will determine if the Dallas County public hospital keeps federal funding, which accounts for nearly half of Parkland’s annual budget.

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Texas News
5:52 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

New Home For Oak Cliff Family Burned Out After Slow Firefighter Response

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Dora Fuller, (right-front) holds the keys to her new home on Berwick Avenue.

It was a homecoming for an Oak Cliff family on Berwick Avenue Tuesday morning.  Dora Fuller and her adult son returned to the neighborhood and a new home after a devastating fire last year.

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Health/Science
5:01 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Dallas Sprays Mosquitoes Again Tonight

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Dallas continues ground spraying hoping to eliminate the spread of West Nile Virus

Dallas will spray for mosquitoes tonight in eight different neighborhoods, after an increase in the number of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus.

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