Email Author ANNA MERLAN

2012 Stories by ANNA MERLAN

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  The Bizarre Fight Over Tom Corea's Cases, Which Have Been Living in his Girlfriend's Apartment

  published Nov 20, 2012

  The weirdness surrounding disgraced attorney Tom Corea has several levels. There's the obvious one, in which he was sued by several former clients who said he'd stolen their settlement money; indicted... More >>

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  Beaumont State Rep. Joe Deshotel Suggests Rick Perry Also Drug Test Politicians

  published Nov 16, 2012

  On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst announced their support for a bill filed by Flower Mound State Senator Jane Nelson, which would require people applying for Temp... More >>

• State Rep. Dan Flynn Wants To Make Sure Texas School Districts Can't Keep 10 Commandments Out of the Classroom

  published Nov 15, 2012

  This week, to our great excitement, Texas legislators started pre-filing bills for the upcoming legislative session, which kicks off in January. Those bills will include State Senator Jane Nelson of ... More >>

• Texas Nationalist Movement's President Wants You To Think He Wrote That White House Secession Petition

  published Nov 14, 2012

  At this point, you've probably heard just about enough about petitions, particularly the one lobbying the White House to let Texas "peacefully secede" from the United States . It's got over 100,000 ... More >>

• Rick Perry and State Senator Jane Nelson Want Texas to Drug Test Welfare Recipients

  published Nov 13, 2012

  It's the most wonderful time of the year: There's still some very stale, deeply discounted Halloween candy kicking around the aisles at CVS, Christmas music has suddenly overtaken your dentist's offic... More >>

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  Prosecutors Indict Oak Cliff Mom For Allegedly Drowning Her Infant Son

  published Nov 12, 2012

  On the afternoon of September 6, police officers came to the door of an apartment in the 4300 block of Wyoming Street. They were following a man who lived there, who had just received a disturbing ca... More >>

• European Election Monitors Find U.S. Elections Are Expensive, "Unduly Politicized," Other Shockingly Obvious Conclusions

  published Nov 09, 2012

  At the end of October, highly watchable Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott threatened to press charges against any "U.N. poll watchers" who might "interfere with Texas elections." Not to be outdone, ... More >>

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  Planned Parenthood V. Texas, Round 1,867: Judge Rules PP Can Stay in the WHP, For Now

  published Nov 08, 2012

  I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but it's true: the argument between the state of Texas and Planned Parenthood over the Women's Health Program looks like it's never, ever going to end. This ... More >>

• Texas Nationalist Movement Would Like to Secede Now, Please

  published Nov 07, 2012

  Everyone has their own way of coping with or celebrating the results of last night's election. For his part, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott doesn't appear to have made good on his threat to arrest... More >>

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  In Museum Tower vs. Nasher, Tower Officials Say the Only Sure Fix is Fixing the Nasher Roof

  published Nov 06, 2012

  It seems like decades, or perhaps centuries, since we first started hearing about the feud between the Nasher Sculpture Center and its shiny new neighbor, Museum Tower, a high-end condo building owned... More >>

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  Brookhaven Student Sues Coca Cola Over Spring Break Beating on South Padre Island

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Back in March, Derek Madrigal, a 21-year-old student at Brookhaven Community College, was viciously beaten and stabbed by around a dozen people after he tried to defend a woman who was being harassed.... More >>

• Texas Lawmakers Beware: The American Federation of Teachers is Coming for You

  published Nov 02, 2012

  Last spring on the steps of the State Capitol, it was possible to buy a highly metaphorical cupcake, one that would cost you just $100 million. The "Billion Dollar Bake Sale" was put together by an o... More >>

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  A Highland Park Student is Accused of Rape, and Culture Map Kicks Off the Victim Blaming

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Update, January 29, 2013: A Dallas County grand jury has declined to indict Romo. On Tuesday, Ryan Adam Romo, an 18-year-old Highland Park High School senior and star baseball player, was charged w... More >>

• Lesbian Activist, Mistaken for a Man by Maurine Dickey, Offers Her Sensitivity Training

  published Oct 31, 2012

  Yesterday morning, in a vote split along partisan lines, Dallas County narrowly approved domestic partner benefits for Dallas County employees. But the historic vote was accompanied by an odd incide... More >>

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  State Senator John Carona is Backpedaling Wildly on His Support for Gay Rights

  published Oct 30, 2012

  Republican state senator John Carona got himself into a bit of hot water with fellow conservatives last week, after he told Dallas Voice senior editor John Wright that he would support several LGBT ri... More >>

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  Handsome Guy Bandit Steven Ray Milam Sentenced to 35 Years In Federal Prison

  published Oct 30, 2012

  Steven Ray Milam's long run as the "Handsome Guy Bandit" came to a sudden end on a rural Mississippi highway in January of this year, as the former casket salesman turned bank robber led local police ... More >>

• Printable Gun May Yet Be a Reality, With a Little Help from a San Antonio Defense Firm

  published Oct 26, 2012

  A few weeks back we told you about Cody Wilson, the UT Austin law student who heads a group called Defense Distributed. Wilson and co. would like to make a printable gun, a process that was stymied ... More >>

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  Texas Will "Immediately" Defund Planned Parenthood After Court Refuses to Hear its Plea [Updated]

  published Oct 26, 2012

  That faint popping sound you heard last night was Governor Rick Perry uncorking a nice bottle of bubbly, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday refused a request by Planned Parenthood... More >>

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  Pension Fund Administrator to Museum Tower Homeowners: Tower Is Bringing "Gracious Living to the Heart of Dallas"

  published Oct 24, 2012

  Earlier today, Dallas attorney Tom Luce abruptly resigned as the mediator in the dispute between Museum Tower and the Nasher Sculpture Center. This afternoon, Dallas Police and Fire Pension System adm... More >>

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  Texas AG Greg Abbott Threatens to Press Charges Against European Election Monitors

  published Oct 24, 2012

  Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is threatening to bring criminal charges against European election observers who may be monitoring the general election process in Texas. His always-entertaining T... More >>

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  The Museum Tower-Nasher Debacle is Getting Uglier By the Minute [Updated]

  published Oct 24, 2012

  The Morning News has obtained an email from Dallas attorney Tom Luce, in which he tenders his resignation as the facilitator in the endless dispute between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas ... More >>

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  Richard Malouf, Dallas Dentist Accused of Fraud, Wins Restraining Order Against WFAA

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Last week, Richard Malouf, the Dallas dentist accused of massive Medicaid fraud, sued WFAA, Owen Wilson's mom and real estate blogger Candy Evans, accusing them all of libel, defamation, slander and i... More >>

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  Anonymous Dallas Businessman Says Bigfoot Threw Enormous Rock At Him

  published Oct 22, 2012

  A Dallas businessman, who for some unfathomable reason is choosing to stay anonymous, told an East Texas TV station that he has several photos of "a bigfoot," taken in Shelby County and just outside D... More >>

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  On CNN, Reddit Troll Michael Brutsch Is "To Some Degree Apologizing For What I Did"

  published Oct 19, 2012

  A few days after Arlington's now-outed Reddit troll Michael Brutsch sat for an interview in a Fort Worth hotel room with CNN reporter Drew Griffin, the rest of us finally got to see it. It's a bit o... More >>

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  Big Tex Burned Down Today at the State Fair

  published Oct 19, 2012

  State Fair mascot Big Tex has gone up in flames. It's still not clear what caused the fire, which is reported to be "under control." Remembering Big Tex: "Big Tex Gets a Makeover," by Allison V. Smi... More >>