March 14, Â 2018
By Tommy Cummings and Wayne Carter
Good evening!
Here is a look at the top headlines of the day.
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Ahmed Mohamed shows the infamous clock he built in a pencil box following a news conference in August 2016 in Dallas. A lawsuit brought in the wake of Ahmed's arrest for bringing the clock to school was dismissed Wedneday. (2016 File Photo/David Woo)
Irving
Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by 'Clockboy' Ahmed Mohamed against school district, city
A federal judge [has dismissed a lawsuit against Irving ISD, the city of Irving and several others]( filed by the father of a teen who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb.
The federal lawsuit alleged Ahmed Mohamed's civil rights were violated in September 2015 when Irving police officers took him into custody at MacArthur High School and charged him with making a "hoax bomb." Mohamed, then 14, was also suspended from school for three days.
The charge against Mohamed was later dropped.Â
Allen:Â Money magazine ranks the Collin County city [the No. 2 place in country to launch a career.](
Fort Worth:Â [A splashy SXSW outing]( aims to build the city's tech cred.
Garland:Â A teacher [has been acquitted]( on the first of two charges for indecency with a child.
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This rendering shows what the stage inside AT&T Stadium will look like when the Dallas Cowboys host the NFL Draft in April. (National Football League)
Sports
What will the NFL draft look like with the Cowboys hosting at AT&T Stadium? Here's a sneak preview
It appears the NFL and the Cowboys[are planning to offer a State Fair-like setting]( to complement the league's April 26-28 draft at AT&T Stadium. All that will be missing is Big Tex. But there is one factor that should make up for his absence: The attractions and parking will be free.
In addition to the business of NFL teams re-stocking themselves with what they deem to be colleges' finest eligible players inside the reconfigured stadium from the final Thursday through Saturday of April, the Cowboys and the league will offer a cornucopia of attractions outside the stadium that they hope will keep fans occupied throughout three days of the draft.
Mandatory registration for a chance to be one of the more than 20,000 people each day who gain entry into the stadium's "draft theater" to witness the selections live ends Wednesday at 11 p.m. More than a quarter million people from all 50 states registered for the chance to win the maximum of two tickets each.
Rangers:Â [Cutting out the cutter]( would be a good start to fixing Texas' pitching, writes Evan Grant.
Stars: Ghosts from the past are haunting Dallas [as the team finds ways to lose games](, says Mike Heika.
NCAA Tournament:Â Before becoming the next NBA 'unicorn', [Mohamed Bamba has chance to build his legacy at Texas](, Chuck Carlton says.
Construction crews work on gas lines on El Centro Drive in Dallas earlier this month. (Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer)
EDITORIAL
Atmos promises long-overdue answers after deadly gas blast, shaken public trust
In journalism, we often talk about the public's right to know. In the aftermath of a deadly natural gas explosion in Dallas, it's about residents' need to know.
Whatever the problems that exist within Atmos Energy's pipeline system, getting the facts out as quickly as possible is a far better strategy than leaving the current information void that allows imaginations to run wild.
Yet more than two weeks have passed and the company still has provided little information. In a promising development Wednesday, when contacted about this editorial, Atmos has offered to sit down with us next week and answer questions.
That meeting can't come soon enough given that [details are dribbling out that raise new questions.](
Commentary: White American evangelicals' true sin in supporting President Trump isn't that they're exceptionally bad, [it's that they're not exceptional at all](, writes conservative columnist David French.
Commentary: [Legal immigration has soared]( as illegal entries have dwindled, writes immigration analyst David Bier.
Commentary: There's [much to learn from theÂ]([Dallas Mavericks]( about addressing sexual harassment at work, Genesis Women's Shelter CEO Jan Langbein says.
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(Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer)
Photo of the Day
Maria Scott calls her bird, Paraqueto, to come eat chips, while her dog Roy watches. Scott returned to her house after her gas was shut off and the neighborhood was being refitted for pipes after a house exploded. For days, [her concern was not only for her neighborhood, but also the well-being of the pets]( that she had left to "protect" their house "from possible thieves," she said.
Around The Site
- Obituary:Â A [heart attack claims Dallas Senior Cpl. Chris Gilliam](, who led fellow motor jockeys 'from the front.'
- Missing person: Police are searching for Carrollton [woman who may be driving a minivan]( with a handicap tag.
- Shooting in Haltom City: A [woman was wounded in a drive-by shooting]( around 10 p.m. Tuesday, police reported.
- Crime: [East Texas teacher calls himself 'a monster']( after admitting to relationship with student, police say.
- Denton County: A patrol sergeant for the sheriff's office was arrested and  [charged with online solicitation of a minor](, authorities said.
- Fort Worth fatality: [A child died in an SUV rollover]( on a Fort Worth interstate Wednesday morning.
Jim Little during his second tour in Vietnam, when he established himself as a top pilot in "The Rebels," the 235th Air Assault Company, one of the toughest Cobra gunship groups in Vietnam. (File)
Finally...
Jim Little [died Tuesday at age 73]( in the Palo Pinto County jail. In 1987, award-winning investigative editor Howard Swindle documented Little's transformation from highly decorated combat helicopter pilot to daring bank robber.
Jim Little turned 43 in June in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, an oppressive, hope-diminisher of an institution in Kansas. This isn't the Bureau of Prisons' end of the line -- Marion is the final stop -- but by the time the track reaches Leavenworth, the trip's almost over.
That he got 25 years for a bizarre pair of bank robberies is not an issue with Little. But the extra three years tacked on for a seemingly implausible, equally unorthodox conspiracy to escape from the federal penitentiary in El Reno, Okla., is -- a confirmation for him of how corrupt The System really is. One more time, Little says, the government sledgehammered a gnat.
And there's the irony he sees over and over, in a mental tape the former Army warrant officer can't turn off: "The only time my war record has been acknowledged by society was when they used it against me in court to show how dangerous I am, how they should treat me differently."
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