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The Dallas County Democratic Party had more to celebrate than the new year Tuesday morning when its top officials marked another electoral season that saw them dominate local politics.

Dozens of party stalwarts and politicians gathered at the Hyatt Regency downtown to witness the swearing-in of newly elected and re-elected county Democrats in what has become a tradition for the party.

Last year — the fourth election cycle that saw Democrats overpower Republicans locally — the party captured a supermajority on the Dallas County Commissioners Court. Newly elected District 1 Commissioner Theresa Daniel’s swearing-in Tuesday leaves just one Republican, Mike Cantrell, on the court. Democrats continue to hold all countywide elected offices.

County Judge Clay Jenkins said his party’s repeated success at the polls is the result of several factors.

“It’s partly a demographic shift. It’s partly a priority shift. It’s partly the Republican Party moving to the far right. That will send voters to the party that’s in the middle,” he said. “In Texas, the Democratic Party is the party not only of progressive causes, but it’s the party of moderates, and increasingly it’s the party of former mainstream Republicans.”

Jonathan Neerman, former chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party, said that demographic changes have helped put Republicans on thei…………… continues on Dallas Morning News

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Were it not for the hard feelings among the administrations, you’d have to expect all of the Big East players to gather at center court and sing “Kumbaya” this week.

Because this is it — the end of the Big East tournament as we know it. Thanks to the heft of the all-mighty dollar, this time next year, West Virginia will be gone. In two seasons’ time, everyone — save for the Jamaican bobsled team — will be in (although no one has said this expansion thing is over so don’t count it out).

And in its final iteration, the Big East looks to be little more than a coronation for the team that tends to turn Madison Square Garden into its own field of Orange. Syracuse rolls to New York with more league wins than any team in conference history and as the first team in the Big East to complete the regular season dropping just one game overall.

Of course, looks can be deceiving. If the Big East tournament has taught us anything it is to expect the unexpected:

Five-games-in-five-nights champion? Check. Six overtimes? Got it. Allen Iverson versus Ray Allen and Victor Page is your MVP? Yep. It happened. Walter Berry blocks Pearl Washington in a title game? Been there.

So why should the final season of this 16-team setup be different?

Here are some things to look out for in the Big East tournament:

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Muslims at rally: NYPD surveillance keeps us safe

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press – 2 hours ago 

NEW YORK (AP) — Members of an Islamic coalition stood in front of police headquarters with signs to support the New York Police Department’s aggressive counterterrorism efforts, saying the agency is doing what is necessary to protect the city — and Muslims.

Imam Qazi Qayyoom, who was among the group Monday, said he believes the New York Police Department is keeping his community safe and if that means some Muslims are monitored, so be it.

“The police, they come to us and say, ‘Is everything OK? How can we help you?” the Queens marriage officiant said Monday. “They are not trying to hurt us. For this, I want to say thank you and tell them I support them.”

Qayyoom and about three dozen other people attended the first rally held by Muslims in support of the NYPD following a series of Associated Press stories detailing the police department’s secret surveillance of mosques, Muslim-owned businesses and college campuses across the Northeast since Muslim extremists attacked the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of people.

The rally, held by the American Islamic Leadership Coalition outside police headquarters in downtown Manhattan, illustrated a divi…………… continues on The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Houston Texans had so much to gain with a win against the Colts.

The AFC South champions could have put themselves in position to earn a first-round playoff bye, swept Indianapolis for the first time and finally won a road game against their division rival.

In what looked like it would be merely a playoff tuneup, the Texans looked anything but ready in a 19-16 loss on Thursday night. They settled for two field goals in the red zone, didn’t convert a third down until getting a lucky bounce late in the fourth quarter and struggled to run late in the game after Arian Foster shredded the Colts defense for three quarters.

All this against a team that lost its first 13 games.

“We had chances to put it away,” Texans quarterback T.J. Yates said. “We couldn’t get it in the end zone. That’s very disappointing. We have to score more points.”

The Texans (10-5) committed 11 penalties for 84 yards, and many of them bailed the Colt…………… continues on Baltimore Sun

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