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**Communities Thrive By Embracing Growth and Opportunity**

Real estate agents say a half-point interest rate cut won’t immediately cure what ails the North Texas housing market. But it’s seen as a step in the right direction.

The Sept. 18 decision by a panel of Federal Reserve policymakers to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points [link removed] should result in a "gradual rebound" in the number of homes sold in Dallas-Fort Worth, but it may not happen immediately, said Todd Luong, an agent with Re/Max DFW Associates.

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**The Mercury**, the University of Texas at Dallas student newspaper, is on strike.

Staff with **The Mercury** announced the strike [link removed] Monday to demand the immediate reinstatement of editor-in-chief Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, who was removed from his position Friday by the school's student media operating board.

Student Media Director Lydia Lum called the meeting to remove Olivares Gutierrez. In a letter submitted to board members, Lum alleged Olivares Gutierrez violated student media bylaws including holding multiple student jobs, causing budget overruns and not allowing Lum to perform her job.

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