December 5 started out like a typical football Monday for Raiders cornerback Chris Johnson. He arrived at the team facility around 7:30, went to special teams and positional meetings, and watched tape of the previous day's game, a 34-14 loss to the Dolphins in Miami. Early in the afternoon, before the team went out on the field for a walkthrough, Johnson went to his locker to check his cell phone for messages.
Last week's volcanic eruption in Iceland combined with the storms that pummeled Dallas/Fort Worth airport provided a good reminder that Mother Nature can wreak havoc on flight schedules. With Memorial Day marking the official beginning of the summer travel season, it's a good for a refresher on what to do when weather ruins your travel plans.
Hot, dry weather returns to Texas this week, whisking away the limited relief scattered thunderstorms brought to firefighters in parts of the Lone Star state over the weekend.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann spoke to a Texas resident who did everything in his power to stop wildfires from burning his home.
What's Arabic for: "Spineless school administrators who teach all the wrong lessons by caving in to fear, hysteria and prejudice?"
After penning two decades of NFL columns for Sports Illustrated, legendary sports journalist and best-selling author Peter King has garnered more Super Bowl wisdom than the average fan.
On November 25, 1963, representatives from more than 90 countries attended the Washington funeral for President John F. Kennedy. Millions watched the somber events on television.
A police chase through central Dallas, Texas, ended on the runways of Love Field after a man driving a stolen pickup truck crashed through the airport's gates Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Dallas police used the pit maneuver to catch a carjacking suspect that drove on to an active runway.
New in town, Brandy Preston reasoned that it was only lunch. She liked the fact that there were no strings attached. If she didn't like the person, she could just say, "It was nice to meet you," and leave.
Airports in the Northeast were digging out from Wednesday's heavy snow as winter weather in Texas complicated operations Thursday at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Question: Where can I see how my net worth compares to that of other people my age? --Luke, Fort Worth, Texas
Bud Shrake started working at The Fort Worth Press in 1951, when newspapers ruled -- especially what is called the sports world. The Press has long since gone, unmourned. Ah, but when Shrake worked there, he and his sports-page pals, like Dan Jenkins, imagined they were the last live remnants of The Front Page, the Hecht-MacArthur play that celebrated manic newspaper life. It was Fort Worth, but they called it "their Chicago days."
With the economy sputtering along, buying a plane ticket for a getaway may not be a priority.
About 1,600 Hurricane Ike evacuees from the Texas coast headed home on state-chartered buses Monday after spending the week in shelters in the Fort Worth area.
Rebuilding hundreds of homes on the Texas Gulf Coast might be a difficult task. Ed Lavandera reports.
A TIME correspondent actually had a good recent experience flying commercial -- even if others had to suffer in the process
Will you become rich from natural gas under your home? CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
Bishop Kenneth Spears always thought gifts from God came from above. He never imagined that the gifts would be hiding under his church in Fort Worth, Texas.
No need to beware of modern-day Daniel Plainviews. Thanks to the Internet, soccer moms and dairy farmers are now savvy negotiators when the energy companies come calling
Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled
American Airlines will start charging $15 for the first checked bag, cut domestic flights and lay off workers as it grapples with record-high fuel prices
"If you don't have a gas well, GET ONE!" implores the billboard on the interstate through Fort Worth, Texas. And in this amiable community (where, as it happens, I make my home), many neighborhoods are getting a gas well - whether they like it or not.
Runway incursions are on the rise and an air traffic vet thinks he knows why
A tornado rips through fields in Dawson County, Texas.
CNN's T.J. Holmes talks to a travel reporter about American Airlines' 3,000 flight cancelations this week.
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled dozens of flights Thursday as they continue their inspections of wiring bundles on some of their planes.
More people moved to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, than to any other metropolitan area in the United States last year.
American Airlines canceled about 200 flights on Wednesday so its crews can inspect some wire bundles aboard its MD-80 aircraft
Find out what's affecting the life of the globe-trotting business traveler.
For 24 years, the NBA commissioner has helped globalize pro basketball. And this year's compelling season could lift the league out of a ratings funk. David Stern will now take your questions
Investigators said three teens are accused of forcing runaway teenage girls into prostitution. Affiliate WFAA reports.
Air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights Tuesday after the Federal Aviation Administration's Memphis Center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours, snarling air traffic in the middle of the nation.
What's the fastest-growing American city with more than half a million people?
SI.com: The time is rightupdated: Fri Apr 13 2007 15:21:00
SI.com's experts weigh in with their predictions for this Sunday's race in Fort Worth, Texas.
AR: Anjali Rao TA: Tadao Ando
Like the estimated 34 million Americans now caring for an aging loved one, you may be worried that one day soon your mom or dad will need your help. Maybe you've already spotted a few warning signs...
Like the estimated 34 million Americans now caring for an aging loved one, you may be worried that one day soon your mom or dad will need your help.
A shooting at a military base in Fort Worth, Texas, left three people wounded Thursday, a military spokeswoman said.
Since the 19th century, damage surveys have included reports of tornadoes moving entire houses while keeping them intact, driving pieces of straw into tree trunks in high-speed winds, and tearing asphalt pavement away from the road like an orange peel. The following facts can help distinguish between myth and reality concerning tornadoes.
I'm in my early 20s and want to start an IRA or Roth IRA soon. I want to take as little risk as possible and I want to keep fees down as much as possible. Any suggestions?
My boyfriend and I, both in our mid-twenties, have been discussing our marriage and our future. We're both employed as engineers and we both contribute to our 401(k) and save outside our plan.
A Texas man arrested for the slayings of a pregnant woman and her 7-year-old son told police he suffocated Lisa and Jayden Underwood in their home, police said Tuesday.
CNNMoney: New $50 arrivesupdated: Tue Sep 28 2004 15:58:00
More redesigned American money went into circulation Tuesday, when government officials became the first to spend a new $50 bill during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
More redesigned American money goes into circulation Tuesday, when government officials become the first to spend a new $50 bill during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
When the Guggenheim Foundation opened a museum here in 1997, it knew the building would be a landmark. But even the project's biggest boosters could not have foreseen how it would transform Bilbao itself.
People looking for the low-carb lifestyle should head toward big cities on the coasts rather than the "breadbasket" in the Midwest, according to a new ranking of America's top 10 low-carb cities.
Engineer Mike Spink sits in the lead locomotive of his 127-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train, hauling 18,158 tons of low-sulfur coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin across the Texas ...
In photographs, some of them smile in a gentle way. They're the performing cowgirls, who sing "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" or "I Fall to Pieces." The weatherworn woman ranchers and rodeo pe...
Allied pilots during World War II were both terrified and fascinated by the Messerschmitt 262, Germany's pioneering jet fighter. With its organic, sharklike contours and major speed advantage over ...
On the Veterans Day when he became an even more grizzled veteran of disaster management, American Airlines CEO Donald Carty stared incredulously at the television in his Fort Worth office. Smoke bi...
When you're grounded, what alternatives do you have to airport bars, newsstands and vending machines?
It seems like the stuff of pipe dreams. Engineers at Lockheed Martin, taking inspiration from dragonfly wings, crab shells, and other strong, light forms found in nature, want some similarly exquis...
We asked locals to recommend child-friendly hotels and restaurants near each of the dinosaur facilities. The restaurants are all low- to mid-priced. The hotel rates are for one weekend-night stay f...
I started having vague concerns about managed care a few years ago when my new doctor, selected from a thick roster approved by a managed-care company with which my employer has a contract, began g...
"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley," wrote Scottish poet Robbie Burns in 1785. He wasn't discussing retirement, but well he mae ha' ben, since plenty can gang agley. No matter ho...
Hotels in Hong Kong, rental rates in Raleigh-Durham, martinis in Milwaukee? We got 'em. Commute time in Cincinnati, BAs in Boston, lodging in London? Look no further. In the chart below, you'll fin...
FORTUNE created its list of best cities in partnership with Arthur Andersen, whose Business Location Services practice consults with companies on location strategy, selection, and implementation.
IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY WHERE HOUSE PRICES have gone through the roof, you're probably skeptical of the knee-jerk advice that it's cheaper to buy than rent. But after a few years when the opposite wa...
Money Magazine: CUTTING THE DEFICIT updated: Sun Aug 01 1993 00:01:00
May's Editor's Notes said we should kill the 20% withholding tax on lump-sum retirement payouts and make up the lost revenues by reducing federal employees' pensions. Here are other alternatives fo...
The incredible shrinking defense industry has already cost more than 1.6 million Americans their jobs since 1989 -- and even sharper cuts lie ahead. How should the country cope? By facing the music...
ARE YOU BETTER OFF than you were four years ago? Remember, that was the question with which candidate Ronald Reagan taunted -- and ultimately devastated -- President Carter a dozen years ago. You c...
Fortune: THE TOP TEN CITIES updated: Mon Nov 04 1991 00:01:00
Rankings on access to quality labor and on pro-business attitude come from Moran Stahl & Boyer's survey of executives in America's 50 largest metropolitan areas. A rank of 1 is best, and 50 the wor...
When FORTUNE set out to find America's best cities for business this year, a trend was unmistakable: Cost has become far more important than it was in the Eighties. What companies want in a city ha...
IT IS THE BEST of times and the worst of times for America's schools. Best, because after years of talking about it, the nation's political leaders finally seem dedicated to radical reform. In Apri...
If you're a doctor, lawyer, architect, accountant or any other independent worker who sells a specialized skill, you probably find the business end of your trade a chore. After all, you didn't spen...
IF YOU'RE LIKE most managers, you're already grappling with what's to be the critical business problem of the Nineties: a shortage of skilled workers. The baby bust -- the decline in the birthrate ...
AIRLINES/Cover Stories 40 AMERICAN TAKES ON THE WORLD With tough guy Robert Crandall at the controls, this airline has soared to the top of the U.S. industry. Next, the workaholic CEO believes, Ame...
What will the world's biggest oil company take with it in the August move of its corporate headquarters from New York City to Dallas? Answer (in part): 1,637 chairs, 331 desks, 651 file cabinets, 5...
TRAVELERS' ADVISORY: In just a few years, things could get very, very ugly. Along with mobs of weary souls, you will be stranded for hours at U.S. terminals whenever the weather turns bad. Even und...
MORE THAN EVER, where you are determines how you do. Pity the poor fool with ) his headquarters in some mean-streets town, where office costs are out of sight and only the reckless venture out afte...
If your child is headed for high school and you're only just beginning to think about college, don't feel guilty. Congratulate yourself; most families wait until senior year. And if you have the fe...
The wealthy Texans who bought the Texas Rangers got a lucky start on their investment. The group was led by oilman George W. Bush, 42, you-know-who's eldest son. After they bought the franchise ear...
WHEN FORTUNE last took a close look at the billionaire Bass family of Fort Worth, Sid, the eldest son, was busy making outsize profits on deals for the likes of Texaco and Walt Disney Co. Edward, t...
Okay, the envelope, please. And the winner is . . . National Airport in Washington, D.C. National Airport? That's right, the homely little terminal our congressmen use to jet to and from the heartl...
Have you ever fantasized that you were a financial heavyweight like Cincinnati's Carl Lindner or one of the Bass brothers of Fort Worth? You buy 30% of General Widget Corp. at half book value. The ...
One annoying aspect of investing in no-load mutual funds is the difficulty of getting information about funds that interest you. You must write or phone for prospectuses and then wait two weeks or ...
FORT WORTH -- A federal judge says American Airlines had the right to fire a flight attendant because he did not smile enough . . . U.S. District Judge David O. Belew Jr. ruled Thursday against Rob...
Like some antic used-car dealer's lot, the U.S. rental car industry these days is touting bargains galore. Want a Lincoln Town Car for about $40, just three-fifths the standard rate for plain gray ...
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