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Dan Reeves, who appeared in nine Super Bowls as player or coach during a 37-year NFL career, wants to talk to the Dallas Cowboys about the coaching vacancy left by Bill Parcells' retirement. Speaking yesterday from his vacation home at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in north Georgia, Reeves said he phoned the Cowboys on Monday to express interest in the job. Reeves, 63, spent eight seasons with the Cowboys as a running back and six more as an assistant coach. During that time, he participated in five Super Bowls, winning two. He also went to the Super Bowl as head coach with the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, but lost each time.

10 FOR THE ROAD Roaming with Rover The best cities in the United States and Canada to take your dog, from DogFriendly.com: 1. Boston 2. Vancouver, British Columbia 3. New York City 4. San Francisco 5. Austin, Texas 6. Portland, Ore. 7. Northern Virginia (Alexandria, etc.) 8. Orlando, Fla. 9. San Diego 10. Dallas / Fort Worth WORLD Polls close July 6 for seven wonders The Great Wall, the Colosseum and Machu Picchu are among the leading contenders to be the new seven wonders of the world as a huge poll enters its final month with votes already cast by more than 50 million people, organizers say. As the July 6 voting deadline approaches, the rankings can still change.

DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co., the world's biggest low-fare airline and the dominant carrier at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, said yesterday that second-quarter earnings rose 18 percent because of increased passenger demand along the East Coast.Net income climbed to $157.8 million, or 29 cents a split-adjusted share, from $133.4 million, or 25 cents, in the second quarter of last year. The most recent per-share results were in line with the average estimate of 30 cents from analysts surveyed by First Call Corp.

DALLAS -- Dominik Hasek should own Buffalo the way Michael Jordan owns Chicago. Or John Elway owns Denver. Or Troy Aikman owns Dallas.You would think he would never have to buy a dinner or a cocktail.You would think his face would be plastered on billboards throughout the blue-collar city of slightly more than 300,000 in western New York.But that's not the case.Hasek, considered the world's best goalie, is a complex, mercurial perfectionist who seems to have an antagonistic relationship with Buffalo Sabres fans and the local media.

There's trouble in Big D with a capital D and it rhymes with disaster.At least it's a disaster by the Dallas Cowboys' standards when the team loses back-to-back games by 13-10 scores to the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants.It's easy to forget the Cowboys are still 3-2. In Dallas, all they're talking about is that the offense has produced two touchdowns in the last 28 possessions."I think there's some frustration, sure," Cowboys coach Chan Gailey said.No doubt about that. Gailey's being second-guessed by everybody from Terry Bradshaw to Emmitt Smith.

DALLAS -- The stranger at Mike's nightclub seemed a daydream made flesh.To the men, rural Mexicans newly arrived seeking work, he had all they longed for: manly good looks, fine cowboy clothes, the confidence of a rich man. Unlike the other patrons, he didn't appear to be paying the woman beside him. He never even asked her to dance.Eyeing the light-skinned stranger from bar stools, the women hoped he'd ask them to dance. They liked the way he sipped soda instead of swilling beer. They noticed his wavy hair and his glinting green eyes.

HE'S 9, THE SAME age I was when President Kennedy was killed, and my son wants to know why he should put down his Nintendo Game Boy and give some attention to the news about JFK Jr. "Because," I say, not knowing what else to say, "it's history."Sort of.It's not the monsoon that struck us when Junior's father died in Dallas. It's not history the way Bobby's murder was history. It's not like the assassination of Dr. King. It's not like the moon landing. Or Watergate. Or the fall of Saigon. Or the shooting of Reagan.

ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Redskins have not figured out how to beat the Dallas Cowboys this season, but they have mastered the ability to bounce back from those defeats.The Redskins scored 98 points in their two games after losses to the Cowboys, routing the New York Giants, 50-21, in Week 2 and the Chicago Bears, 48-22, Sunday. As a result, the Redskins (5-2) haven't lost consecutive games since Oct. 11-18 of last season and find themselves in sole possession of the NFC East lead."The team has great character," coach Norv Turner.

ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Redskins could complete their first perfect preseason since 1985 tonight, and the players keep asking the same question: Who cares?The starters want to quickly clock in a little more than a quarter's work against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Redskins Stadium (8 p.m.) without any major mishaps, and officially begin the countdown to their Sept. 12 season opener against Dallas.The reserves, meanwhile, are sweating out their professional careers, trying to make a meaningful last impression before team officials announce its final cuts tomorrow morning.

PLANO, Texas -- Mark Tuinei, the former Pro Bowl lineman who shared a record for tenure with the Dallas Cowboys, was found dead shortly before sunrise yesterday, slumped over the steering wheel of his car outside his home in this Dallas suburb. He was 39."It's shocking for all of us," said defensive line coach Jim Bates, after a voluntary team workout was canceled when the news of Tuinei's death reached the Cowboys' Valley Ranch headquarters. "He was in the weight room last week. He was in great shape.

Et cetera Lewis survives Browns cut; Steelers let Redman go Former Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, who was believed to be in danger of not making the team's opening-week roster, survived the Cleveland Browns' final cuts Saturday. An impressive training camp by rookie James Davis and Lewis' average of just 2.6 yards on 24 carries during the NFL preseason fueled speculation that Lewis, 30, who has eclipsed 10,000 career yards, might be among the players dropped. "Jamal has lot to contribute, and I'm looking forward to seeing him as we go through the season," Eric Mangini, the team's first-year coach, said.

Dallas Jermaine Smith was the kind of kid who read the dictionary cover to cover - encyclopedia, too. He could be a "nuclear scientist" if he wanted, his dad told a police investigator. He can dismantle and rebuild a computer in no time, and he is his former foster mom's favorite ward. She called him "very special" in court documents. But those records also show him to be a boy who built 21 pipe bombs by the time he was 13, when he detonated one in his mother's Temple Hills apartment, perhaps practice for the Los Angeles federal complex his personal journal said he wanted to target, according to FBI records from 2000.

Dallas Dix She will be greatly missed.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County chess team won its fifth national championship in nine years on Sunday, avenging last year's title round loss to the University of Texas at Dallas. UMBC had vowed to come back stronger after falling to UT-Dallas, and it did so in an effective way: by recruiting one of the world's best players and making him its top competitor. Leonid Kritz, the highest-rated college chess player and 17th overall in the United States, won his board yesterday, as did another UMBC player.

QB A Joe Flacco made some really impressive throws. He showed great patience under duress and kept his patience regardless of what happened in the game. He won a big game against a quality team. It was a strong showing. OL C+ The Ravens gave up five sacks, but all were in the first half. They got better as the game went on. The Ravens' inside linemen had no answers for Dallas nose tackle Jay Ratliff. The Ravens wore down the Cowboys in the second half. WR C Derrick Mason put on a gutsy effort, maybe the grittiest in Ravens history.

Ravens run offense vs. Cowboys run defense: Dallas has developed into one of the tougher run-stopping defenses this season. The Cowboys have not allowed more than 80 rushing yards in the past four games, and they have held teams to fewer than 100 yards in five of the past six games. The Ravens usually need their running game to win. They have gained at least 140 yards on the ground in eight of nine wins this season. Le'Ron McClain has picked up the slack for struggling Willis McGahee, averaging 80.5 rushing yards the past four games.

Dallas Varden Smith, a retired Baltimore businessman who had owned and operated several clothing stores, died Thursday of cancer at his Pikesville home. He was 73. Mr. Smith was born in Baltimore and raised in Pigtown and on West Lexington Street. He was a 1953 graduate of Carver Vocational-Technical High School, where he studied business administration. Mr. Smith's entrepreneurial spirit began when he was a youngster, family members said, when he'd sing and dance to "Don't Fence Me In" for money outside a neighborhood firehouse.

Dodgers make first pitch to keep slugger Ramirez baseball The Los Angeles Dodgers have offered Manny Ramirez the second-highest average salary in baseball behind Alex Rodriguez in an effort to keep the free-agent slugger, general manager Ned Colletti said yesterday. Colletti did not disclose details, but he acknowledged that the proposed deal exceeded the average of $20 million a season Ramirez received during his most recent eight-year, $160 million contract. However, mlb.com reported that the Dodgers' offer is said to be in the range of $55 million over two years.

1 Texas tussle: When last we saw Yao Ming (left), he was towering over the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics. Now, he's back with the Rockets, who face Dallas (8 p.m., TNT). 2 Nick Lachey: will watch: There are probably lots of reasons to watch South Florida play Cincinnati in football (7:30 p.m., ESPN). We just don't know any. 3 One more day: Just a reminder: Tomorrow is Halloween, so you'd better get out there and buy your Joe Flacco mask today. 4 Fighting for cause: The Jonathan Ogden Foundation hosts a charity boxing card at Martin's Valley Mansion, (cocktail hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner)

DALLAS - This is an obituary for a guy who hasn't died, a retirement story for a person who hasn't retired, a goodbye for someone who isn't going anywhere. Chairman Herb Kelleher, 77, chaired his 31st and last Southwest Airlines Co. annual meeting yesterday, ending one of the longest and most colorful tenures for a head of a U.S. airline. As of today, he's just an ordinary employee of Dallas-based Southwest - if Kelleher can ever be considered ordinary. His $400,000-a-year contract keeps him at Southwest into 2013.