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Plano Star-Courier: On the Run: Pair of Planoites complete NYC Marathon

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Special to the Star-Courier

NEW YORK — A decade ago, Melvin Chu was a student at the University of Texas-Dallas who didn’t care much about fitness.

“Mostly, I lifted a lot of weights in college,” said Chu, 30, a Plano resident. “When I say lift weights, I mean I threw up an occasional weight and ate a lot of fast food.”

But one day, he decided to change that.

And on Sunday, Chu crossed the finish line in Central Park 3:39:06 after starting his first ING New York City Marathon…Continue Reading at the Plano Star-Courier.

City Limits: Midwood Food Pantry

This is my story that was part of a larger City Limits package about lunch time at Brooklyn food pantries.

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

The boxes, milk crates and shopping carts from Target, Sears and Pathmark were strewn across the sidewalk shortly after noon on Tuesday at B’nai Raphael Chesed… Continue Reading on “City Limits“

Our Town Downtown: Alberto Moore

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Office cleaner Alberto Moore, 50, left the New York University campus at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 13, but his day wasn’t done. Three hours later, he stood on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 91st Street, handing out flyers for New York State Assembly candidate…..

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Bronx News: For some, feast serves as distraction from 9/11

Glenda Torres didn’t want to think about 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Instead of going to any of the ceremonies marking the anniversary on Sunday, she went to Ferragosto, an annual street festival in the Bronx’s Little Italy.

“It takes my mind off of it,” said Torres, 34. “I saw some things that I would rather not remember.”

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Dallas Morning News: Perry provides a boost for button sales

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Staff Writer

Pitching himself as the presidential candidate who best knows how to create jobs, Rick Perry has some new ammo: Some online political merchandise vendors credit the governor for boosting their business. Mark Merthe, owner of American Method, a website in California, said its sales of Perry gear have more than….Continue Reading on The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News: Out-of-state university plates find few fans among Texas drivers

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Texas regulators may soon face a Seminole moment in a debate over specialty license plates that fall flat in the land of Longhorns and Aggies.

My Plates, the state’s license plate vendor, got mixed online reviews on two of its latest college-themed designs — Florida State University and the University…Continue reading at The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News: Horses worse off since Congress stopped slaughter for meat in U.S., report says

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

WASHINGTON — Horse rancher M.C. Baker says he opposes inhumane treatment of horses — that’s why he believes the federal government was wrong to halt horse slaughter.

Baker, a self-described “grouchy old veterinarian” who the runs horse breeding center Alpha Equine in Granbury, said by removing funding for inspections of…Continue Reading at The Dallas Morning News.

Dallas Morning News: Dallas Rep. Jeb Hensarling to help lead committee on spending cuts

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

WASHINGTON — Dallas Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling will co-chair a bipartisan supercommittee charged with proposing at least $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, House Speaker John Boehner announced Wednesday.

Hensarling’s position on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction will put him front and center in the next phase of the…Continue Reading at The Dallas Morning News…

Dallas Morning News: Rep. Michael Burgess clarifies comment about possible Obama impeachment

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess clarified Tuesday that he would not advocate for impeaching President Barack Obama, after he suggested at a meeting that charging the president was a possibility.

An attendee at a tea party event Monday in Keller said that the House should consider impeachment as a…Continue Reading.

Dallas Morning News: Perry’s A&M transcript is heavy on C’s

By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry’s college transcripts from Texas A&M are now available on the Internet — brought to you by the letter C.

The transcript wasn’t published voluntarily by Perry, who is considering a presidential run. An anonymous source leaked a copy to the Huffington Post website, which scanned…Continue Reading…

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