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S E C O N D O F T W O P A R T S
When Kerry Max Cook arrived on death row on July 18, 1978, he was given a haircut, doused with disinfectant, tagged with...
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For this kind of decision, Kerry Max Cook needed room to pace, but 5 feet was all he would allow himself: Two steps forward, turn, two steps back, turn. The distance was set...
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Spare the rod and spoil the rider
Buzz has never understood the love affair Texans have with their cars. (Now in their cars--that's a different story.) We've also never...
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Punching Rocco's Ticket
It didn't take long. Less than a week after the Dallas Observer's story about KTCK-AM (1310) appeared ("Talking up The Ticket," March 18), Ticket...
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Things hadn't been right in the Kastler household for quite some time. Building a new life in suburban Los Angeles, raising a family, growing a business--none of this seemed...
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UxLINKxU: How tall are you women? What's the height in here?
TallTXMs: ~6'3"
Cyrpent: UxLINK, welcome, please be polite...
UxLINKxU: What is you peoples ideal height...
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It was one of the hardest phone calls he ever had to make, a courtesy call all candidates running against incumbents are expected to make. But to phone District Attorney John...
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Certainly, I've known failure. In high school, the day I got cut from the varsity football team after the coach told me I had hands like feet; the night of the homecoming...
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Awaiting the arrival of Newt Gingrich at his Barnes & Noble book-signing in North Dallas, I figure the place should be silly with conservative Republicans: well-heeled women...
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The details would kill a mere mortal. Making gefilte fish from scratch, shaping matzo balls with your bare hands, chopping liver, stuffing cabbage, purging your kitchen of...
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This is where the plot was hatched--or so the story goes. Not in some smoke-filled room at City Hall where politicos broker deals that placate rather than please, not on the...
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On November 3, 1993, both the letter and the tape were introduced as further evidence for terminating forever Pat Hope-Hall's parental rights. Court-appointed social worker...
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The cloyingly heartfelt sound of new-age music swells in the background as the credits brashly announce the topic for the day's show: "Help! My Daughter's Been Kidnapped."
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Act II
The year is 1988. The scene is Granbury, now brimming with free enterprise, country charm, and overpriced antiques. After the Opera House began playing to sold-out...
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The 1992 bond election passed by a 2-1 margin. The TEA audit had found no illegality in the use of the '85 bond funds.
But Finlan and Venable were just getting started....
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Don Venable gulps down a cup of coffee, looking a bit bleary-eyed before court this August morning.
Venable had stayed up late the night before with Rick Finlan, his...
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At 10 weeks, the procedure seems simple enough.
The woman assumes the standard gynecological position--back flat against the table, thighs spread, feet elevated in...
