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House Speaker Joe Straus is facing a primary opponent, and several members of his team are embroiled in difficult races.

Three Louisiana Tech alumni received the Tower Medallion award and were therefore inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni at spring commencement May 19.

Looks like Louie Kelcher can still fill a hole. The former Chargers Pro Bowl defensive tackle got inducted into the Southern Methodist University... The former Chargers Pro Bowl defensive tackle got inducted into the Southern Methodist University Hall of Fame on May 18, just hours after carding his first hole-in-one on the 162-yard 13th hole at The ... (more)

Glenn and Diann Rose of Canyon announce the engagement of their daughter, Savannah Lynn Rose of Dallas, to Travis Edward Franklin of Dallas, son of Darrell and Jennifer Franklin of Canyon.

A professional writing career that began at age 13 for H. A. Dawson of Dallas with sports reporting for The Mexia Daily News and spanned eight decades ended with his death on May 23, 2012.

The end of the school year hasn't meant a slowdown for Southern Methodist University.

A historical marker being dedicated this week honors a south-central Kentuckian who became a Methodist bishop and was a founder of Southern Methodist University.

Corbin Klett Speech , Georgia Tech Commencement , Georgia Tech Speech , Hero Generation , Slideexpand , Photo Galleries , Strauss-Howe , Strauss-Howe Generational Study , Georgia Tech's Corbin Klett delivers a short, sweet and stellar address to his graduating classmates just before receiving his degree in aerospace engineering.

The Dedman Foundation has given $5 million to Southern Methodist University to create the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute in the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.

Today's mega forest fires in the U.S. Southwest are truly unusual compared to the long-term record and may be the result of human activity, researchers say.

Ulysses S. Grant, 17th President of the United States, is pictured. His presidential library is now permanently housed at Mississippi State University's Mitchell Memorial Library.

Rhea, a drummer in Big Star precursor bands the Jynx, Rock City and Icewater, as well as an Ardent Records staffer, died Wednesday morning at his home.

Dallas, TX, United States - Steve Orsini was fired as athletic director at Southern Methodist University Thursday in a move announced in an official statement by SMU president R. Gerald Turner.

Thanks to a particularly dry April, Arizona is kicking off the 2012 fire season with several intense fires.

America's catchiest jingle du jour is Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe": The YouTube video alone has been seen by more than 63 million people.

President George W. Bush met with his national security advisers in the weeks after 9/11. The Situation Room was redone during his term after becoming outmoded.

Call it the campaign cycle's rite of spring: Politicians always seem to sprout up behind a university commencement lectern this time of year - but especially during presidential elections.A It's no coincidence that President Obama spoke to Barnard graduates this week.

Ask people to tell you what was said at their college graduations and many of them will claim not to remember.

Yesterday, we wrote about a Moments ago, I got confirmation from the Southern Methodist University athletic department that the members of the rowing team featured in this video - which has become an Internet sensation - have been invited to appear Thursday morning on NBC-TV's Today show.

Unprecedented study combines more than 1,500 years of tree-ring data and hundreds of years of fire-scar records gathered from Ponderosa pine forests Today's mega forest fires of the southwestern US are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests an unprecedented study that examined 1,500 years of ancient tree ring and... Today's ... (more)