On Mrs. Novacek's Death and Online Comments Thereon

As was mentioned in the comments to Leading Off this morning, the Dallas Morning News had to turn off comments to its story about LeAnne Novacek’s apparent suicide due to “numerous violations” of their terms of service. It makes one wonder how anyone — much less numerous someones — could possibly say something offensive in response to that story. It also makes me wonder how much longer the DMN will allow comments to its stories.

Arts & Entertainment

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By Austin Zook

Local News

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By Bethany Erickson

Basketball

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By Mike Piellucci