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Staffer gets 'Queer Eye'-inspired 'make-better'12:19 PM CST on Thursday, November 13, 2003By MICHAEL GRANBERRY / The Dallas Morning News There I was, sitting at my desk, when the fashionistas of The Dallas Morning News made me an offer: "We want you to be the straight guy in our version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Whoa! Not the sort of assignment one usually gets. My first reaction was apprehension bordering on "NOOOOOOO!" So I decided to ask friends and co-workers what they would do, were the same invitation hurled their way. Natalie Caudill / DMNThe style-scrambled straight guy: Dallas...

Circulation of the Nation's 20 Biggest Newspapers The Associated Press Published: Nov 3, 2003 Average weekday circulation of the nation's 20 biggest newspapers for the six months ended Sept. 30, as reported Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The percentage changes are from the comparable year-ago period. 1. USA Today, 2,246,996, up 0.7 percent 2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,091,062, up 16.1 percent (a) 3. The New York Times, 1,118,565, up 0.5 percent 4. Los Angeles Times, 955,211, down 1.1 percent (b) 5. The Washington Post, 732,872, down 1.9 percent 6. New York Daily News, 729,124, up 2.1 percent...

HEADLINE: Stowaway: 'This was my own plan'; Crate rider's statement to FBI contradicts his story to police, media SOURCE: Dallas Morning News BYLINE: DAVE LEVINTHAL BODY: The man who shipped himself from New York City to Dallas inside an air cargo crate repeatedly lied to police and media outlets about his bizarre journey during which he eluded security at five airports, according to documents obtained Friday. Charles D. McKinley originally told DeSoto police and media that he first flew Sept. 5 to Kentucky aboard a passenger airline and was duped by an accomplice into sealing himself in a crate. He...

HEADLINE: From MTV to Leno, media vying for time with stowaway; After a week of interviews, crate rider has no comment SOURCE: Dallas Morning News BYLINE: Dave Levinthal BODY: A bevy of television programs wants to make a celebrity out of the man who flew special delivery from New York to Dallas in an air cargo crate. Sharon Osbourne, rocker Ozzy Osbourne's wife, called the Dallas County Sheriff's Department seeking an interview with Charles D. McKinley, 25, for her new television show, officials said. An MTV producer inquired about filming a reality television program at the Dallas County jail featuring...

Same-sex unions in 'News'Announcements are a 'logical step,' says publisher07/06/2003By ALINE McKENZIE / The Dallas Morning News Starting July 6, The Dallas Morning News will publish announcements of same-sex unions. The announcements will run alongside paid marriage and engagement announcements on Sundays. "The publication of same-sex union announcements is a logical step for The Dallas Morning News to take," says James Moroney III, the paper's publisher and CEO. "We are now in line with practices of most major metropolitan newspapers across the country. "We convened a meeting of representatives from the Cathedral of Hope as well as four other...

I didn't read the endorsement in the newspaper but I heard on the local conservative radio station here that the Dallas Morning News has endorsed John Cornyn, the republican candidate for senate, while the Houston Comical(Chronicle) endorsed Ron Kirk, the democrat candidate for senate. This should be a political mouthful considering Ron Kirk was mayor in Dallas. I guess they know better like the Arkansas Democrat did not endorse Clinton for president the first time and has endorsed Tim Hutchinson this time for senate. Interesting. Not sure if someone had posted this about Ron Kirk and John Cornyn yet; therefore,...

WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Dick Armey has attempted to slip language into a military appropriations bill that would force Belo, parent company of The Dallas Morning News, to divest itself of one of its Dallas-area media properties. Congressional and company officials said Mr. Armey's office asked Republicans to insert the provision as House and Senate aides completed work Friday on the military construction appropriations conference report that awaits final congressional action. Though the provision was not included in the working draft after objections were raised, House and Senate conferees could add it when they meet early this week to...

Ex-News editor was mentor to young, inspiration to many 07/22/2002 By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News Lawrence E. Young, the energetic editor who mentored and inspired a legion of journalists during a 20-year newspaper career in Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington and Riverside, Calif., died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. The 47-year-old's death came on the first anniversary of a published news article announcing his promotion to managing editor of The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. At 6:16 p.m. Saturday a Riverside motorist reported a black Jeep stopped on the side of the road with its doors locked and...

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Maryln Schwartz: My last column 06/03/2002 To our readersEditor's note: This message from Robert W. Mong Jr., president and editor of The Dallas Morning News, will appear in Tuesday's Dallas Morning News. It is with a very heavy heart that I report to you this morning that Maryln Schwartz's column will no longer appear in this newspaper. Maryln has served our paper and its readers for nearly four decades, first as a distinguished reporter and later as one of its most popular columnists. She also is a successful author of books about Southern culture, books that have been widely...

Founders foresaw court fight 04/04/2002 By CARL P. LEUBSDORF / The Dallas Morning News George W. Bush is a man of his word. As a candidate, he cited the two most conservative Supreme Court justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, as models for the judicial nominations he would make. As president, Mr. Bush has followed up by nominating a number of staunch conservatives to federal appeals courts. They include Mississippi Judge Charles Pickering, recently rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, who may face a similar fate. And at a Republican fund-raiser in Dallas...