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 Medieval ‘mourners’ to leave France for US tour 
                                            
            
 Prison population to have first drop since 1972 
                                            
            
 Jail population could have first drop in 4 decades 
                                            
            
 Southwest announces summer 2010 schedule 
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines on Wednesday announced its schedule for travel from May 9 to Aug. 13. 
                                            
            
 US agents hold suspected Iran-bound helicopter 
                                            
            
 Wooden gun linked to Dillinger sells for $19,120 
                                            
            
 Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays 
                                            
            
 Nigerians facing forced servitude charges in Texas 
                                            
            
 AMR sees improvement in leisure and premium travel 
                                            
            
 Continental official downplays merger prospects 
                                            
            
 WWII veteran had Hitler’s book sitting on shelf 
                                            
            
 New Black Panther leader defends attorney general 
                                            
            
 IRS seeks identities of investors in Stanford bank 
                                            
            
 Southwest Airlines changes board election rules 
                                            
            
 Continental matches hike in spring peak surcharges 
                                            
            
 Bio Box: Penney CEO Mike Ullman 
NAME: Myron E. Ullman III, known as Mike 
                                            
            
 Ex-first lady Laura Bush unveils Bush library plan 
                                            
             
                                            
            
 Virgin America expands to Florida 
DALLAS — Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson. 
                                            
            
 Billy Crystal: Dallas Cowboy for a day 
DALLAS — Billy Crystal traded a stage for a Salvation Army center to help serve an early Thanksgiving lunch to the needy in Dallas. 
                                            
            
 Airlines boost peak-day surcharges 
DALLAS — Call them surcharges or call them fare increases, but either way it looks like you’ll pay more to travel next spring or summer. 
                                            
            
 Alliance Data defaults rise in October 
DALLAS — Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Monday that defaults on its private-label credit cards rose in October. 
                                            
            
 Pioneer Southwest Energy raises $61M in offering 
                                            
            
 Report: Texas greenhouse gas emissions down 
                                            
            
 Blockbuster 3Q loss widens, closing 115 stores 
                                            
            
 Clarification: London arrest in pilot drinking 
                                            
             
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 House fire in Dallas kills couple, 5-year-old son 
                                            
            
 London arrest latest in pilot drinking episodes 
                                            
            
 Fisher: Texas faring better than much of country 
                                                   
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