Carrollton Police Chief David James announced plans Friday to retire Jan. 15.

James has over 36 years' experience in municipal law enforcement, executive management with other municipal services and working with city management. Before coming to Carrollton, he retired from the Dallas Police Department after 21 years.

"I have worked directly with several police chiefs during my career and many others indirectly," City Manager Leonard Martin said in a news release. "David James is by far the best police chief I have had the pleasure of working with or knowing."

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Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Army majors spend 10 months at the school preparing for unit command or staff positions.

A top general at the college says Perot's pledge will help the Army expand ethics training for officers and bolster cooperation between the military and government agencies such as the FBI.

The 79-year-old Perot says he made the pledge after discussing history with a class of officers at the college last month.

He says the college is doing a great job with important work.

Perot graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served four years in the Navy.

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A hearing that some thought could result in settlement of a lawsuit over land at the future Bush Presidential Library was canceled Friday.

Lawyers for Southern Methodist University and a former condo owner who is suing the university had hoped to reach a final settlement. But the parties agreed they need more time to negotiate, an SMU spokeswoman said. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 24 if the two sides haven't reached an agreement by then.

A judge threw out an earlier settlement because it was vaguely written and could not be enforced.

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A federal court decision will allow Tarrant County College students to wear empty holsters during a protest next week over a campus ban on concealed weapons.

U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means of Fort Worth granted a temporary restraining order Friday. It prevents Tarrant County College from restrictions on a protest by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

Students Clayton Smith and John Schwertz sued the school because officials limited the protest to the front porch of the student center. The students say TCC administrators prohibited them from handing out fliers from anywhere but behind a table on the porch and told them they could not wear empty holsters.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas represent the two.

A hearing in the case is set for Nov. 16 in federal court in Fort Worth.

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