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1. Feature

   Part Coach, Part Cheerleader, Sunset High Principal Anthony Tovar Aims to Prove That Inner-City Schools Can Be Winners

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: May 28, 2009

   It's a balmy morning in April, which to Anthony Tovar means only one thing: crunch time. Instead of walking the halls of Sunset High School in his usual happy-go-lucky way,...

2. You Said It

   Magnetic Subtraction | Classic Schlock

   By Jim Schutze and Ben Westhoff

   Published: May 28, 2009

   "Magnetic Subtraction," by Jim Schutze, May 21 Bunch of Dupes What I, too, find scary is how many people actually believe [Superintendent Michael] Hinojosa and his "fairness"...

3. Buzz

   Remember the Alamo, But Forget That Whole Kennedy Thing, Please

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Stand and deliver: On behalf of Dallas, Buzz would like to make the following statement: Listen, world, we're sorry about that whole Kennedy assassination thing. Real sorry....

4. Schutze

   Trinity Toll Road Isn't a White Deal. It's a Bad Deal.

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: May 28, 2009

   You can't really understand Dallas politics without grasping the concept of the white-people deal. It's a key element. I'll give you an example. In 2000 a professional...

5. Sports

   At the Byron Nelson, Golf Is Merely the Foreplay To the Real Action

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Overheard at last week's HP Byron Nelson Classic: Jesus effin' Christ, didja see those? In other words, screw Tiger Woods. You, I and the tipsy woman with the low-cut top,...

6. Ask a Mexican

   Yes, Mexico Has Professionals, and No, We Don’t Mean Wrestlers

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Dear Mexican: My question is simple: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers and other professionals living in Mexico? I'm a Mexican-American woman...

7. Music

   Carter Albrecht's Final Disc; Raised By Tigers' Sendoff

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: May 28, 2009

   Bear with the local music scene this weekend as it prepares for what should be a pretty emotional span of shows. But it's all very well-deserved, mind you, so don't get too...

8. Critics' Picks

   Bob Log III, Williem Maker, El Paso Hot Button

   Friday, May 29, at Club Dada

   By Christian Schaeffer

   Published: May 28, 2009

   He plays a raggedy hollow-body guitar and kick-drum simultaneously, wears an Evel Knievel-style jumpsuit and sings through a telephone grafted to the front of a motorcycle...

9. playlist

   Green Day

   21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)

   By Michael Roberts

   Published: May 28, 2009

   The five years since the release of American Idiot, an album so strong that most critics didn't believe the Green Day crew had it in them, have only added to the burden of...

10. Bsides

    Anvil! Is The Sweetest Rock Doc Ever

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Anvil just may be the most stubborn heavy metal band in history. After 30 years of recording and touring, its name is still unknown to most rock fans. But, nonetheless, the...

11. North of the Dial

    School's Out For Summer

    By Daniel Rodrigue

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Thousands of students graduated from Denton's two universities two weekends back. Others went home for the break or took a vacation. Some bands headed out on tour, meanwhile,...

12. Dish

    Nori Sushi Bar and Grill is a Surprising Good Catch Out in Chain-Restaurant Land

    By Dave Faries

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Closing in on 8 p.m. on a Friday and Nori is just about empty. A couple early diners abandoned the place about an hour before, and the lone guy in the bar looks ready to leave...

13. Cheap Bastard

    Texaco: Fill Up With Gas--From the Tacos, Not Petrol

    By Alice Laussade

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Ever been to a gas station and thought, "Know what this gas station needs: tacos 'n' shit." Well, the Texaco on Inwood Road and Stemmons Freeway will make all your gas...

14. Film

    Up Soars in Unexpected Ways

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 28, 2009

    First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly Boy Scout, finds his inner child during a series of magical adventures experienced...

15. Night & Day

    Please Forgive Me

    By Jennifer Elaine Davis

    Published: May 28, 2009

    I have an embarrassing story that involves Bryan Adams. Actually, I think most people that have any story at all regarding the Canadian singer would characterize it as...

16. Night & Day

    Underwater Art Show

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: May 28, 2009

    I can totally understand the fascination people have with the mermaid and octopus. Sure, the mythical fish-chick and the eight-limbed sea beast have been popular figures in art...

17. Night & Day

    Canvas-Sized Rain

    By Noah W. Bailey

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Artist Judy Youngblood's paintings look a lot like the water cycle illustrations you'd find in your average environmental science textbook. If they'd been drawn while on...

18. Night & Day

    I Think I Can't

    By Noah W. Bailey

    Published: May 28, 2009

    When I first saw Thomas the Tank Engine on Shining Time Station, I immediately thought, "Why is this show ripping off The Little Engine That Could?" The beloved children's...

19. Night & Day

    Trunk Show

    By Sarah Johnson

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Personally, I'd rather not go to a mall when I need to do some shopping. They're always too crowded with bubblegum-chewing skater kids and angry mothers speed-walking with...

20. Night & Day

    Rally 'Round the Family (Pet)

    By Dianna Wray

    Published: May 28, 2009

    The Pro Plan Rally Across America "Rally to Rescue" campaign is traveling the country and making a stop at the Dog Days of Denton in Quakertown Park. The rally focuses on pet...