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B0827SA001PCB0827SA001PMB0827SA001PYB0827SA001PKB0827SA001PQ A1 _ 08-27-2008 Set: 22:58:19 Sent by: tkelly News CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK FAA glitch causes major flight delays A communications failure at an FAA facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. caused hundreds of flight delays around the country. 4A Gustav hits Haiti, looks Gulf-bound Hurricane Gustav dumped rain across Haiti, remained on track to hit Cuba today and could enter the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. 8A Texas students lag again on the SAT Texas students lost ground on the SAT this year, widening the gap between them and students elsewhere in the U.S. 3A Jury: County denied inmate proper care A jury ordered Dallas County to pay $900,000 to a former jail inmate for denying him proper medical care while he was in custody. 1B A&M’s new coach has offense options Mike Sherman enters his first game as Texas A&M’s football coach Saturday with new options on offense. 9C Area home prices again show decline Area home prices continue to drift lower, dropping 3.2 percent over last year in the latest national study. 1D ‘Traitor’ falls short Traitor updates a variation on a classic formula but offers little character development. 1E Gazpacho and vino Chill out with spicy gazpacho and one of our wine pairings. 1G The Dallas Morning News _ . . . . . . . . Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, August 27, 2008Texas’ Leading Newspaper 75 cents H 98 L 76 Metro, back page Mostly sunny ©2008, The Dallas Morning News INSIDE Lottery 2A Texas 3A Nation 4A World 8A Editorials 14A Viewpoints 15A Obituaries 4-5B Baseball 4-6C Market Day 6-7D TV 3E Classifieds 1F Taste 1G Comics, puzzles 1H Jobs 1J NATION WORLD TEXAS METRO SPORTSDAY BUSINESS GUIDELIVE TASTE QB Tony Romo struggling with long passes SPORTSDAY, 1C DENVER — Hillary Rod- ham Clinton summoned mil- lions of voters who supported her in the primaries to send Ba- rack Obama to the White House,declaringTuesdaynight in a Democratic National Con- vention speech that the man who defeated her “is my candi- date and he must be our presi- dent.” In a prime-time address, the former first lady added, “We don’t have a moment to lose or a vote to spare.” Thepackedconventionfloor became a sea of white “Hillary” signs as the New York senator strode to the podium. Calling herself a “proud sup- porter” of Mr. Obama, she dis- missed Republican John McCain with a few choice words. “No way. No how. No McCain,” she said as the hall erupted in cheers. “We don’t need four more yearsofthelasteightyears,”she added. Her speech capped a day in which Democrats ripped into Mr. McCain as indifferent to the working class and cozy with big oil. “If he’s the answer, then the question must be ridiculous,” New York Gov. David Paterson said of the Republican candi- date. By contrast, Mr. Obama will “appeal to us not as Republi- cans or Democrats, but first and foremost as Americans,” ELECTIONS ’08 | DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION Clinton summons support for Obama VERNON BRYANT/Staff Photographer Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined on stage by daughter Chelsea, formally closed her bid for the presidency Tuesday in an address at the Democratic National Convention. Speech stressing unity caps day of criticism of rival McCain FROM WIRE REPORTS See CLINTON Page 12A Texas once again led the na- tion with the highest percent- age of residents without health insurance, a U.S. Census Bu- reau report showed Tuesday, although the same study also reports a slight dip last year in the percentage without cover- age across the nation. Almost one of every four Texas residents — 24.8 percent — were uninsured in 2006 and 2007, based on an average of the rates for those two years. That’s up from 23.9 percent for 2004 and 2005. The national number also increased a bit for the two-year period to 15.5 percent. Howev- er, looking at 2007 by itself, the percentage of uninsured in the country fell from 15.8 percent in 2006 to 15.3 percent in 2007. (State percentages were given only for two-year peri- Texans without coverage top U.S. HEALTH INSURANCE Nearly 1 in 4 lack policies; some say statistics misleading By JASON ROBERSON Staff Writer jroberson@dallasnews.com See TEXAS Page 2A Whenever Ladaryl Kelly got into trouble with the law, Dal- las County sheriff’s Detective Lonnie Cole was there to help. Detective Cole’s controver- sial arrangement with Mr. Kelly, his informant, first came to light several months ago af- ter Mr. Kelly was arrested on suspicion of taking part in an armed Waxahachie truck heist. But the detective’s efforts to extricate his snitch from legal entanglements extended be- yond the Waxahachie case, an- gering investigators with at least two other police agencies, according to interviews and police reports. Irving police investigators SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Detective a sketchy snitch’s out Other area agencies cite meddling in their cases By TANYA EISERER and KEVIN KRAUSE Staff Writers See DETECTIVE Page 10A There’s no in between. You’re either Abercrombie hot — or you’re not. Kristen Carmichael discov- ered she didn’t fit the clothing store’s self-described “sexy, ef- fortless style” when she was pulled from a sales position on the floor of the NorthPark Cen- terstoreandshovedbacktothe stockroom to fold clothes. This was after they’d rated her face. The college student who was in Dallas for the summer and her female co-worker had received a 0 ranking on a dis- trict manager’s monthly audit. The report, posted on a wall in the office, included the ques- tion,“Doallfemalemodelscur- rently working have beautiful faces?” There were two choices, 0 and 5, with the higher number signifying an approval rating forthemodels—anAbercrom- bie&Fitchtermforsalesrepre- sentatives. The same question for the male models had both 0 RETAIL | ABERCROMBIE & FITCH Workers: From the looks of it, beauty is key to job success In an excerpt taken from a weekly “secret shopper” evaluation, special attention is given to employees’ attractiveness. Scrutinizing employees’ beauty KYLE ALCOTT/Staff ArtistSOURCE: Dallas Morning News research Company that ranks attractiveness says it’s upholding a brand By JESSICA MEYERS Staff Writer jmeyers@dallasnews.com See SOME Page 10A AT A GLANCE Tuesday’s highlights Keynote speaker Mark Warner, former Virginia governor, said that voters “have one shot to get it right” by electing Barack Obama president to end Republican leadership stuck in the past. INSIDE At the Air Force Academy, just down the road from the convention, political opinions are mixed. 11A Mitt Romney, in Denver as part of the GOP opposition effort, attacked Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. 11A Texas lawmakers pressure Obama to follow through on fundraising pledge. 13A Editorial: “Moderating the Message.” 14A ON TAP TONIGHT Joe Biden, Bill Clinton SONYA N. HEBERT/Staff Photographer Linda Figuero of Corpus Christi and other Texas delegation members gathered. READ AN ONLINE EXCLUSIVE about the Democrats’ efforts to keep Hispanic voters on their side. dallasnews .com /elections