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Ponyboy. Greasers vs. Socs. For millions of fans around the world, these few words will instantly call up the world of The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton's classic novel about teen gangs and the troubled process of fitting in. Since publication of this first no...

S. E. Hinton's young adult novels are among the best-selling books of all time and continue to be popular with adolescent readers a generation after she wrote them. Her books, especially The Outsiders (1967), continue to be assigned reading in middlescho...

"I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma [in 1950], where I have lived most of my life. There is nothing to do there, but it is a pleasant place to live if you don't want to do anything.... "I started reading about the same time everyone else did, and began to wri...

A federal jury has ruled in favor of a school district accused by the mother of a kindergartner of doing nothing to stop what she called the sexual abuse of her daughter by a classmate.In her lawsuit, the plaintiff accused the Eanes Independent School District...

A Texas Supreme Court justice acknowledged Wednesday that he used campaign cash to pay for dozens of flights to his hometown last year, calling the trips campaign-related — even though he's not up for re-election until 2012.Justice Nathan Hecht is the third of the state's...

The entries in this year's Big Tex Choice Awards could entice State Fair visitors back to the deep fryer for breakfast, lunch and dinner.There are Deep Fried Lattes for a morning jump-start, plus fried chili pie, fried guacamole, and a range of crispy desserts including...

Dickies has redesigned its work jeans to tug less, shift more and improve comfort. Just don't say the pants defend against the unsightly blue-collar phenomenon known as plumber's crack. The new design does seem to curtail rear exposure, but Fort...