Dallas Morning News photographer Mona Reeder was among the journalists selected for the 40th annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. In an announcement made Thursday, Ms. Reeder was named the domestic photography winner for a series of photos and text depicting society's "forgotten people."
Muni is investing $19 million to repair all 1,250 fare boxes in its fleet with the hope that the rehab project will increase payment reliability for the cash-strapped agency.
Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim Chimpsky -– lived in a Manhattan brownstone with a family who could teach him sign language.
NORTH BEND †Randy Carlton looks tired. He moves quickly when he needs to and offers a firm handshake, but the darkness around his light blue eyes suggests a heavy workload of late.
One day a couple of weeks ago, San Bernardino City Councilman Esther Estrada received a flurry of excited telephone calls. Somebody was working on the lot at 5th Street and Mount Vernon Avenue. Maybe, finally, after all these years, construction was under way on the gas station.