Dallas Morning News

Ask aficionados what looks good at the Kentucky Derby, and you'll hear about stables, trainers, jockeys and horses. Others will tell you where to get the best burgoo, the fluffiest...

Talk to Ann Cook, 40, who was a stay-at-home mom for 14 years until she enrolled in an intensive five-month course in Microsoft systems engineering at Southern Methodist University. A...

Thousands of convicts have a life sentence and don't know it. In correctional systems across the country, a medical crisis is emerging, one that threatens to claim countless lives and...

For a moment, Carolyn Lindsey held her newborn daughter. The mother, exhausted but elated, smiled and cooed at the infant's tiny, scrunchy face. Then a prison guard shuffled nervously at...

When Janel Barfield goes to sleep these nights, visions of Java and C++ programming languages dance in her head. "I've started thinking in these languages," she said. "I dream in...

Small-business owner Spence Nelson rarely complains about the 80-hour workweeks at his Denton, Texas, manufacturing plant, or the cutthroat tactics of his competitors. But mention taxes, and the usually placid...

Reflections on class in baseball, as demonstrated in the first three months of 1999: - Dodgers outfielder Gary Sheffield, saying, "You can only take so much," indicates he will keep...

For just a moment, Carolyn Lindsey got to hold her newborn daughter. The mother, exhausted but elated, smiled and cooed at the infant's tiny, scrunchy face. Then a prison guard...

The best bar cookies layer chewy, crunchy and smooth textures with sweet, buttery counterpoint. They please young and old. And they travel well, oblivious to wear and tear. Here are...

Five men gather on a weekday in the family room at Ian Sandland's home. Once the pleasantries are over, talk soon turns to sports. As the men talk, one bounces...