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America’s love affair with the drive-in theater

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One of my great drive-in memories dates to 1969, when my parents took my five sisters and me to see “Herbie the Love Bug” in our Plymouth Fury III station wagon. As the blue sky fell dark and the film projector began rattling behind the concession stand, black-and-white numbers — “5, 4, 3, 2, 1…” — flashed onto the screen.
America’s love affair with the drive-in theater

Paxton hopes to unify Republicans after runoff

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Attorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported. Both Paxton and his general election opponent, Democratic nominee James Talarico, swiftly went on the attack in what promises to be the most expensive Senate general election race in history.
Paxton hopes to unify

Has fishing gotten too high-tech for its own good?

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“You get a line and I’ll get a drone, honey / You get a line and I’ll get an app, babe…” Or something like that. I haven’t been fishing since 1972 (although my lunch has to share shelf space with bait worms in the company break room refrigerator), so I didn’t realize just how controversial the once-tranquil sport has become.
Has fishing gotten too high-tech for its own good

Are landline phones cool again?

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My late mother would have been tickled by a front-page Wall Street Journal story that appeared on her 99th birthday. Mom loved meeting strangers and pumping them for information (“Why does someone your size carry such a tiny can of pepper spray — and where is the nearest eyewash station?”), so she was always tormented by the New Normal of people walking around with their nose buried in their “little machine” (smartphone).
Are landline phones cool again?

State’s wind projects at a standstill

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Dozens of Texas wind projects have been halted because the Department of Defense has not approved the federal permits required for them to move forward, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Data from the American Clean Power Association indicate that the state has 54 wind projects stalled as part of a nationwide delay affecting 165 onshore wind projects.
State’s wind projects at a standstill

Why more modern parents prefer goofy baby names

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The Social Security Administration just released the most popular baby names for 2025, and they reveal an unfortunate trend. Girls’ names lean toward elegance and tradition — names our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had.
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All that I am, I owe to my angel mother

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I wish every child could be blessed to have a mother like mine. When my five sisters and I were babies in her womb, she never took so much as an aspirin for a headache — never ingested anything but the nutrients we needed to grow healthy and strong.
All that I am, I owe to my angel mother

Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law

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CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Top Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline.
Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law
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