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7 hrs ago | Denton Record-Chronicle

University of North Texas System moving governing offices from Denton to downtown Dallas 10:40 Am CT

Members of the governing board and other divisions of the UNT System will formally announce their relocation from Denton to the Universities Center in downtown Dallas on Friday evening in the center's lobby.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Denton, TX, Texas, Fort Worth, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Dallas Observer

Before UNT Vote, a Debate Over Allowing Same-Sex Couples on Homecoming Court

He sounded a little groggy when he spoke to Unfair Park this morning. But University of North Texas junior Stephen Michael Benavides had a long night: The chair of ACLU's student chapter spent Thursday night appealing to the UNT Supreme Court to adopt language of a failed bill and allow same-sex couples to run for homecoming court.

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Related Topix: Benavides, TX, ACLU

Sun Nov 08, 2009

North Texas e-News

UNT to offer degree options at new Collin Higher Education Center

DENTON , Texas - In an effort to reach more degree-seeking North Texans the University of North Texas is partnering with Collin College to offer five degrees at the new Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney.

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Related Topix: Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas Baptist University

Hotel News Resource

Fourth Best Western Atrea Prototype Opens in Texas

The fourth Best Western Atrea, an upper midscale prototype designed to attract business travelers, has recently opened its doors in Denton, Texas.

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Related Topix: Texas, Denton, TX, Texas Woman's University

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Story | Mental-health professionals speculate on what went wrong

As an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan treated soldiers with post-traumatic stress and mental disorders.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX

Denton Record-Chronicle

Perry issues statement on Fort Hood while in Denton

Texas suffered a "significant loss" with Thursday's violence at Fort Hood, Gov. Rick Perry said during a stop in Denton.

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Related Topix: Denton, TX, Fort Hood, TX, Rick Perry, US Governors

Fri Nov 06, 2009

North Texas e-News

Vincent in Brixton paints picture of van Gogh's early life

DENTON , Texas -- A young Vincent van Gogh arrives at a boarding house run by a widow in the London suburb of Brixton, where he falls in love with the landlady's daughter.

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Related Topix: Denton, TX

Medical News

Egg sensitivity and flu shot: Doctors' dilemma

"My three year old had a skin breakout we think was due to eggs - is it safe to do a flu shot?" It's a question being asked to every doctor who takes care of kids during flu season.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Influenza, Health, Family, Kids, Pediatrics, Immunology, Biology, Science, Cincinnati, OH Metro

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Military has made effort to help troubled soldiers

The Fort Hood community knows all too well how stress and pressure can take a tremendous human toll, as soldiers deploy more quickly to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have stretched on for years.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Texas

Thu Nov 05, 2009

University of North Texas News Service

UNT to offer degree options at new Collin Higher Education Center

DENTON , Texas a ' In an effort to reach more degree-seeking North Texans the University of North Texas is partnering with Collin College to offer five degrees at the new Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney.

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Related Topix: Texas, Denton, TX, McKinney, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas Baptist University

McClatchy DC

Commentary: With BNSF purchase, Buffett bets on growth in container traffic

Warren Buffett says his railroad buy is an investment in America, but it's also a bet on a recovery in global trade.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Dallas Metro, Texas

KTXA-TV Fort Worth

The 'CSI Factor' Influencing Female UNT Students

Share + Nov 4, 2009 10:00 pm US/Central Reporting Carol Cavazos DENTON You could call it the CSI Factor.

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Related Topix: Prison, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Action TV, Texas

Wed Nov 04, 2009

University of North Texas News Service

Vincent in Brixton paints picture of van Gogh's early life

What: "Vincent in Brixton" -- Presented by the University of North Texas Department of Dance and Theatre.

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Related Topix: Denton, TX

University of North Texas News Service

UNT librarian elected chair of council of Federal Depository Library Program

DENTON , Texas -- Suzanne Sears , head of the Government Documents Department in the University of North Texas Libraries, has been elected chair of the Federal Depository Library Program's Depository Library Council to the Public Printer .

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Related Topix: Libraries, Denton, TX

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Voters cast their ballots at the Tarrant County subcourthouse on Granbury Road on Election Day.

Turning out in expected low numbers Tuesday, Texas voters registered strong approval for 11 state constitutional amendments, including measures to create more elite universities and to bolster protections for property owners, according to incomplete returns.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Tarrant County, TX, University of Texas at Arlington, Fort Worth Metro

Tue Nov 03, 2009

New York Times

Mormon Sect Leader Goes on Trial

A year and a half after the state authorities raided a fundamentalist Mormon ranch here, the first of a half-dozen leaders of the sect has gone on trial on charges that he had sex with an under-age girl who state officials assert was one of several wives assigned to him by church elders.

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Religion

Grits for Breakfast

Should prostitutes be protected or prosecuted?

Are prostitutes criminals or victims? Or might the correct answer be "both"? And if it's "both," what should be the relationship of law enforcement to workers in the sex trade - should they seek to prosecute or protect them? Those questions are raised by an interesting program established by the Dallas Police Department known as the Prostitution ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Texas

The Dallas Morning News

Retirees reveling in noncredit UNT program

Elsie Griffith says the day she stops learning is the day she'll die. At 84, the Lewisville resident attends the University of North Texas' new Emeritus College and takes classes on everything from Christian-Muslim relations to the history of the American West.

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Related Topix: Lewisville, TX, Denton, TX, Social Software, Denton County, TX

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Working With Poultry Linked To Certain Cancers

Poultry workers may be at particularly high risk of developing several forms of cancer, according to a new study that points to viruses carried by birds as a possible cause.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Mumps, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Star-telegram.com

Tuesday's ballot includes 11 constitutional amendments

By DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN - Proposals designed to create a network of top-flight universities, toughen protections for property owners and streamline the state's tax appraisal system are among 11 state constitutional amendments to be decided by voters in Tuesday's elections.The amendments are the only statewide issue facing voters, but election ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Texas, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas

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