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Toxic Neighbors

A Dallas Morning News investigation has found dozens of sites with hazardous chemicals that are close to residential neighborhoods. It's a risk repeated throughout Dallas County, from South Dallas to Sunnyvale to new lofts along the Trinity River. Some plants and warehouses are within blocks - and even across the street - from homes, apartment complexes, and schools. This investigation explores how it happened and what can be done.

Immigrant Students A big challenge facing North Texas' public schools is immigration — particularly teens from rural Mexico.		Faces of TYC Brutality, sexual abuse, failed leadership and questionable business dealings often went unchecked at the Texas Youth Commission.

The Fight for Sugar Hill Sugar Hill is a housing project in Texas' richest county that has endured 40 years of economic and racial isolation.		Unequal Justice Texas is known for killing its killers. But it might also free you on probation - if you murder the right person.

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	Losing Chuck, Finding Sallie • Part 1: Stratton's wife sure he'll come back • Part 2: Wife struggles to move on • Part 3: Together again

	TAKS Cheating Look at test score results, see where the cheating schools are and more.

	TXU Buyout The proposed TXU buyout offers no long-term advantages to customers, according to an independent study commissioned by The Dallas Morning News

	Affordable Housing Crisis Dallas is the ninth-largest city in the U.S., and it's not getting any smaller. The question: Where are they all going to live? Part 1: Is Dallas losing its livability? Part 2: Forest Heights back from brink

	Yolanda's Crossing Yolanda Méndez Torres' odyssey reveals hidden abuse that's all too common.

	Unequal Justice Tyrone Brown, a poor, black high school dropout, got a life sentence after he tested positive once for marijuana while on probation for a robbery. Mr. Brown was released in March 2007, less than a year after The Dallas Morning News reported the disparity between Mr. Brown's case and that of a well-connected white man.

	Holes in DISD's screening process Employees with history of serious offenses slip through the cracks.

	Road Hazards A seven-month investigation revealed trucking companies' use of felons as drivers, harsh working conditions and the industry's influence in shaping laws and regulations.

	Cactus, Texas. Cactus doesn't register on most U.S. maps, but for some in Mexico and Guatemala who want a better life, it has become a destination town - a community transformed.

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