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Feature
Mexican Citizens Seeking Help from the Local Consulate Get Snared in a Legal Grudge Match
By Megan Feldman
Published: August 13, 2009
The whole sordid story began with a pile of concrete and a malfunctioning Bobcat. On a hot, sticky Monday in mid-August 2006, crews in downtown Dallas were hard at work...
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Buzz
If Pay as You Go Works for City Council, Why Not Everyone?
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 13, 2009
Immodest proposal: Buzz has yet to weigh in on the draconian budget cuts facing City Hall, which could spell layoffs for 840 city employees, because, frankly, no one at City...
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Schutze
Latest Lesson from the City Hall Corruption Trial: When You Ask the City Attorney for an Ethics Opinion, Check With the FBI Too
By Jim Schutze
Published: August 13, 2009
There's a point I want to make about the Dallas City Hall corruption/bribery trial going on now in federal court. It's simple. The trial probably seems impossibly...
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Sports
Everyone Expects the Cowboys Quarterback to Be a Leader, But is Romo Finally Ready to Answer the Call?
By Richie Whitt
Published: August 13, 2009
San Antonio: Chicks and birdies have been usurped by X's and O's. At least that's what the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Tony Romo want us to believe. After the first two...
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Ask a Mexican
The Mexican Has a Ball With the Etymology of Cojones
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: August 13, 2009
Dear Readers: We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question deal with my column a couple of semanas ago on why gabachos prefer the former term for...
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Music
In a New Dallas Music Scene, and a New-Look Deep Ellum, Don't Expect the Same Old Trees
By Pete Freedman
Published: August 13, 2009
It was just another informal meeting for the people behind the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project, or DEEP, as it's called. Which is to say a bunch of residents and business owners...
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Critics' Picks
Judas Priest, Whitesnake
Thursday, August 13,at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
By Shae Moseley
Published: August 13, 2009
Judas Priest started its metal odyssey in the early '70s, when bands from the industrial-wasteland towns of northern England were just starting to set fire to traditional blues...
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Bsides
After All These Years, Slayer Keeps Bringing The Metal Goods
By Darryl Smyers
Published: August 13, 2009
Tom Araya, bassist and vocalist for legendary metal band Slayer, is unapologetic about the controversy that has always surrounded the group—whether it's charges of devil...
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North of the Dial
Shiny Around the Edges Heads From Little D to Big D
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: August 13, 2009
More than 50 people piled into the cavernous DIY venue known as The Majestic Dwelling of Doom to see Shiny Around the Edges play a passionate, "secret" performance—a show...
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Dish
Hula Hotties Holds Sway in Oak Cliff
By Dave Faries
Published: August 13, 2009
They don't mind telling you their story, the basic outline of which involves a graying couple moving from Hawaii to Oak Cliff and setting up a tiny café. Yeah, I...
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Cheap Bastard
Come to Your Senses and Check Out Desperados Mexican Restaurant
By Alice Laussade
Published: August 13, 2009
I've heard the legend of the Desperado taco for some time now. Usually starts with, "Oh my God—these things are life-changing," or I get the typical straight punch to the...
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Film
Alien Invasion As Apartheid Metaphor? It Works In District 9.
By Scott Foundas
Published: August 13, 2009
The aliens have been with us for 20 years already at the start of South African director Neill Blomkamp's fast and furiously inventive District 9, their huddled masses long ago...
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Night & Day
Tales & Tiny Throws
By Michelle Mathews
Published: August 13, 2009
Teenagers have long answered the mall's siren song, but now their little siblings can tag along too: Every Tuesday in August, Pottery Barn Kids is hosting a story time book...
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Night & Day
Just Eat It
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: August 13, 2009
For some folks, going to Craft or Abacus is just another Thursday night, but for me and mine, going someplace like that is about planning, saving up, ordering the cheapest...
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Night & Day
Here's Looking at You
By Sarah Johnson
Published: August 13, 2009
I always thought there was a fine line between being a spy and being a stalker. They are kind of one in the same, but being a secret agent man who travels the world on missions...
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Night & Day
Stick To It
By Anastasia Jakse
Published: August 13, 2009
When a gallery produces an exhibit entitled Sticky, it leaves room for speculation and possibly a few questions. Don't worry; you won't be walking into a room slathered in...
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Night & Day
Dollars for Dime
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 13, 2009
Local legend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was always known as a metalhead with a heart of gold, and there's no better testament to this fact than watching Dime's fans continue to...
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Night & Day
Wave of Inspiration
By Brittan Dunham
Published: August 13, 2009
While Frankie and Annette were teaching American movie audiences the art of riding waves without messing up their hair, a handful of French filmmakers were busy starting a...
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Night & Day
Floating Down the Line
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: August 13, 2009
People say you should take time out to stop and smell the roses. Well, if the scent of flowers makes you reel more than revel, then forget about scents and enjoy your other...
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Night & Day
A Li'l Live Learning
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: August 13, 2009
I'm not afraid to admit that I'm sometimes a slow learner. A very slow learner even. (Spoiler alert: I still can't do fractions.) But my personal issues with math problems...
