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Top Stories:

-Obama rebuffs McCain's call to delay debate
In an attempt to display his bipartisanship, Mccain suggested to halt the anticipated first debate between the two candidates this Friday night. This Story was in the main boxed in top story
section of the opening page. For good reason, being that this is
going to be a drain on our economy and a plan for America needs to be reached. This debate is much needed for Americans to begin hearing the issues face to face in their differences, and delaying it would be a strain on this election process. Especially when there is supposed to be leadership already in power. What is needed is leadership. Obama's statement is to issue a joint resolution and to continue with debates.


-Bush warns 'entire economy is in danger'
Even though this story wasn't written in the biggest font, and it wasn't accompanied by a picture, it was located directly in the middle of the the main box, along with all of the other top stories. Being about the president and the economy, it's bound to catch people's attention. The story page does have a link to the video of the actual speech given by President Bush. The story is about what the President said in a recent prime-time address in hopes of convincing Congress to pass his $700 billion bailout plan. Many believe the plan has many flaws though, and that his plan will not stop a recession from happening. Even though many other major crises have happened while the president has been in office, the economic problems of the country will overshadow his last four months in office.


-Colleges, universities across Dallas-Fort Worth see a spike in enrollment
There has been a significant increase in enrollment in community colleges and universities in Dallas and as well as the rest of the Nation. This growth is partly accounted for by the increase in high school graduates this year, as well as students that are not fresh out of high school but rather already in the work force and having to further their education to remain competitive. This escalation is expected to soon level out across the nation but will remain steady in Texas. The surge in community colleges, specifically, is most likely link to the harsh economical times. This story was centered, slightly lower on the “front page” and denoted third in hierarchy by the third largest font size. It was also the only story on the "cover" to be accompanied by a photograph.

Most Emailed Articles:
The Most Read and Emailed section of the site was located by scrolling down and found on the right. These articles contained more local news of Dallas and the Fortworth Area. The topics are varying from gas prices to rape to house fires. It is more on the local level where the top stories over the past few days have been on a more statewide and national level.
Here is one of the articles that was found in the Most Emailed section.

Blogs:
The Blog link is in the very middle of the main page. There are blogs on everything from weather, sports, and shopping, to religion, arts, and food. The bloggers are mostly writers for the Dallas News and their blogs are related to the sections of the paper that they write for. For example, Ann Pinson writes for the Arts and Entertainment section of the Dallas Morning News, and she posts in the Art Blog.

Reader Comments:



On almost every page and after every story there is a place for Dallas News readers to “Join the Conversation”. This allows followers to become active in the news and share their opinions, as well as, observe the thoughts posted by others. The only dilemma is you have to be a member of the site to participate. Most stories have a variety of post that spark new view points and lead to many different discussion. There’s no better way to understand and become more knowledgeable than active learning.

Multimedia Content:
There is a list on the right side of the front page that has a list of the top videos. Once you get to the videos page, they have sub-categories of videos including sports, local/state, nation/world, election and entertainment.