His ambition, he told The Dallas Morning News last year, was to record "the real gutbucket stuff that other labels weren't putting out."

He made statements at the time to the Dallas Morning News that he had "refused" to take his pension.

Its flagship, The Dallas Morning News, has been publishing since 1885.

So what if, last year, The Dallas Morning News issued a bleak report on the state of crime, schools and growth?

It was a tough decision to leave the Dallas Morning News, and the friendships and extraordinary talent that had inspired me over seven years.

The Texas economy is in distress, and the larger Dallas Morning News competes hard for every dollar.

The Dallas Morning News says, "Nonwriters who just want advice that won't put them to sleep will find sentences they can dance to."

Her Dallas Morning News obituary said no funeral was planned.

The Dallas Morning News said "her concert was entertaining and gleefully glitzy."

Retiring as a Dallas Morning News staff member in 2006, he continues to contribute to the paper through his ongoing syndication.