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An appeals court in Texas upheld a ruling against D Magazine in a defamation suit brought by a woman arising from an article with a headline calling her a “Welfare Queen,” and a subheadline saying she “figured out how to get food stamps while living in the lap of luxury.”

DALLAS — An appeals court in Texas upheld a ruling against D Magazine in a defamation suit brought by a woman arising from an article with a headline calling her a “Welfare Queen” and a subheadline saying she “figured out how to get food stamps while living in the lap of luxury.”

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