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Scott Feldman leads Cubs over Rangers, 9-2 SPORTSDAY, 1C
Official says troops’Benghazi trip haltedA team of U.S. specialforces ready to head toBenghazi, Libya, after theassault on the Americandiplomatic mission hadended was told to standdown, according to aformer top diplomat. 6A
White House stillcautious on SyriaTheWhite House said itwon’t be thrown off itscautious approach toSyria despite Israelimilitary strikes and newquestions about the useof chemical weapons. 7A
Trouble times 10on Atmos gas billsA glitch caused almost28,000 Atmos Energycustomers in North Texasto be overcharged by 10times what their billsshould have been. 1B
As Bush Libraryhailed, critics remainSMU’s latest additionattracts scholars, nationalattention and thousandsof visitors. But the GeorgeW. Bush PresidentialCenter also has itscampus critics. 1B
3may be chargedin building collapseBangladeshi police areinvestigating possiblemurder charges againstthe owner of a factorythat collapsed nearly twoweeks ago. 8A
Leader raised profileof UTA athleticsOutgoing UT-Arlington
PresidentJamesSpaniolo,who retiresat the endof this
month, raised the statureof the school’s athleticprogram, Rick Gosselinwrites. 1C
Owners exploreNeiman sale, IPOEight years afteracquiring Neiman Marcus,two private-equity firmsare exploring a sale orpublic offering of theluxury retailer. 1D
Oilman sees futurefor ‘dry’ fieldsThe grandson of formerPresident Franklin D.Roosevelt is hoping that adecades-old techniquecalled carbon dioxideflooding will provide newhope for “dry” oil fields. 1D
Eyes offer a viewinto the bodyAn eye exam can tell youmore about your healththan whether you needglasses. It also revealsother problems. 1E
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AUSTIN — High-stakestesting of high school studentswould be rolled back sharplyunder legislation that the Sen-ate approvedMonday.
Studentswould have to passonly five end-of-course tests to
graduate — instead of the cur-rent 15—under the Senate bill,which also revampsgraduationrequirements.
The legislation is similar toa bill theHouse has already en-dorsed, and differences willhave to be negotiated with justthree weeks left in lawmakers’session.
But the bills set up Texas
Senate OKs rollbackof high-stakes tests
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Backers insist barnot being lowered
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By TERRENCE STUTZAustin Bureau
WEST — Ammonium nitrate stored at afertilizer plant here was probably the triggerfor a deadly and destructive explosion afterfire broke out in the same building, authori-ties saidMonday.
It was the first time investigators publiclynarrowed the location of the April 17 fire andofficially acknowledged the probable cause ofthe explosion. Experts who reviewed the ex-plosion for The Dallas Morning News havesaid ammonium nitrate appeared to be thesource of the blast.
“All indications are leading to that,” RachelMoreno, a spokeswoman for the State Fire
Ammonium nitratecalled likely trigger
WEST EXPLOSION | FIREMARSHAL’S OFFICE
For 1st time, officials publicly giveblast’s probable cause, site of fire
By BRANDON FORMBYStaff Writer
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Porshia and Adrian Millsdrove from their home in Eu-less on a recent weekday todowntown Dallas, a placethey don’t often visit.
“We came here specificallyfor the park. We heard somuch about it,” Porshia said.“We thought it might be niceto try something different.”
Klyde Warren Park was
dedicated justover sixmonthsago, joining an unprecedent-ed wave of amenities openingin or near downtown. In thepast few years, two otherdowntown parks, a conven-tionhotel, theAT&TPerform-ing Arts Center, the MargaretHunt Hill Bridge and the Pe-rot Museum of Nature andSciencehavedebuted.
During the decades of
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The splash park at KlydeWarren Park is an especially popular spot for kids as the weather warms up.
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Klyde Warren Park adds toallure of city’s new amenities
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By DAVID FLICKStaff Writer
WASHINGTON — TheObama administration onMonday explicitly accusedChi-na’s military of mounting at-tacksonAmericangovernmentcomputer systems and defensecontractors, saying one motivecould be tomap “military capa-bilities that could be exploitedduring a crisis.”
While some recent esti-mates have more than 90 per-cent of cyberespionage in theU.S. originating in China, theaccusations relayed in the Pen-tagon’sannual reportto Con-gress onChinesemilitary capa-bilities were remarkable intheir directness. Until now theadministration had avoided di-rectly accusing both the Chi-nese government and the Peo-ple’s Liberation Army of usingcyberweapons against the U.S.in a deliberate, government-developed strategy to steal in-tellectual property and gainstrategic advantage.
“In 2012, numerous com-puter systems around theworld, including those ownedby the U.S. government, con-tinued to be targeted for intru-sions, some of which appear tobe attributable directly to theChinese government and mili-tary,” the nearly 100-page re-port said.
The report, released Mon-day, described China’s primarygoal as stealing industrial tech-nology but said that many in-
Chinablamedin cyberattacks
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Hacking could gaininsights into Americanpolicy, blunt report says
FROMWIRE REPORTS
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CLEVELAND — Threewomenwho disappeared sepa-rately about a decade ago,when they were in their teensor early 20s, were found aliveMonday in Cleveland, police
said, an announcement thatrocked the city and promptedcelebrations in the street.
Cleveland police saidAmanda Berry, Gina DeJesusand Michelle Knight seemedto be “in good health” aftertheir discovery, and threebrothers have been arrested.Police said a 6-year-old was al-so found in the house.
Police didn’t immediately
provide any details of how thewomen were found but saidthey appeared to be in goodhealth and had been taken to ahospital to be reunited withrelatives and to be evaluated.
A 911 recording capturedthe dramatic moment whenBerry told authorities who shewas.Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer
Charles Ramsey said he heard screaming in the home nextdoor Monday, and he and another neighbor ran to help.
3 women rescued from housea decade after disappearing
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Cheering crowds fillstreets after discovery;3 brothers arrested
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