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Feature
A court case forced a Santeria priest to reveal some of his religion’s secrets. Its ritual of animal sacrifice, he revealed on his own.
By Kimberly Thorpe
Published: October 22, 2009
The Euless neighborhood is mostly quiet, a sleepy suburb of pleasant ranch-style homes, winding creeks and mossy oaks that looks as if it could have been plucked from any...
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Buzz
Rick Perry: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox? Guess Which We Pick.
By Patrick Williams
Published: October 22, 2009
Governor nutso: So, whaddya think? Is Governor Rick Perry crazy like a fox or just plain crazy? Dallas Morning News editorialist William McKenzie posed a similar question in...
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Schutze
Feeling sorry that the politically gifted Don Hill got convicted of corruption. Please don’t.
By Jim Schutze
Published: October 22, 2009
Two more things about the Dallas City Hall corruption trial. Then I'm done. I almost promise. I'm having trouble with something. Many people I talk to who know Don Hill, our...
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Sports
Texas-OU Belongs in the Cotton Bowl, But Jerry Jones is Preparing to Lure the Game to You Know Where.
By Richie Whitt
Published: October 22, 2009
The ESPN College GameDay crew—including analyst Lee Corso in a giant Bevo mascot head—was on hand last Saturday at the Cotton Bowl. So were Billy Bob Thornton,...
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Ask a Mexican
Why Would Mexican Girls Want to Fail High School?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: October 22, 2009
Dear Mexican: As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and minority students (read: Anglos and Mexicans). I teach...
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Music
The Sound Sucks At Cowboys Stadium--But The Bands Aren't Helping Matters.
By Pete Freedman
Published: October 22, 2009
At first, it was the spectacle of the whole thing. That's what made the new Cowboys Stadium stand out as such a treat. I mean, c'mon, have you been to the football stadium?...
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Critics' Picks
Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr.,Lou Barlow & the Missing Men
Thursday, October 22, at the Granada Theater
By Nic Hernandez
Published: October 22, 2009
It's not often that one gets the opportunity to witness the rock royalty. But that's exactly what's in store for the audience for Thursday's double-headlining bill featuring...
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playlist
Built to Spill
There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros.)
By Martin Cizmar
Published: October 22, 2009
Despite the inflated reputation of 1999's Keep It Like a Secret, it's obvious that Built to Spill never made the perfect Built to Spill record. Instead, the band's...
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Bsides
With Jamie Thompson's Return, Islands Rights Its Ship
By Catherine Downes
Published: October 22, 2009
At some point after Islands released its debut album Return to the Sea in 2006, the band stopped sounding, well, fun. The shift in Islands' musical course is an easy one to...
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North of the Dial
Jenn Gooch Warbles Her Way Into Denton's Heart
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: October 22, 2009
Jenn Gooch's distinctive warbled vocals alternate from plaintive to punchy, from breathy to brash, and, when paired with the wispy finger pluck of her tenor banjo, she sounds...
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Dish
York Street Gets It Right by Doing Everything Wrong
By Dave Faries
Published: October 22, 2009
Sharon Hage went about everything the wrong way when she opened York Street way back in May 2001. Not only was she among the first to tie her menu to the vagaries of seasonal,...
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Cheap Bastard
Sweet Georgia Brown: Sometimes Spending a Little Extra is Good for the Soul (Food)
By Alice Laussade
Published: October 22, 2009
When I heard about Sweet Georgia Brown's bevy of pork offerings, I also heard that they were a little outside my price range. So, I bet my friend that strippers will beat you...
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Film
Cirque Du Freak: There's No Pulse in This Confuse Vampire Tale
By Aaron Hillis
Published: October 22, 2009
Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, the bloodsucker trend is again in a waxing phase thanks to the mass cult followings of...
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Night & Day
Moving Off-Screen
By Melissa Crowe
Published: October 22, 2009
Dressed to kill and in high heels that did, I tore up the ballroom--actually, more of a tacky country club buried in the woods of Red River Redneck County--at my high school's...
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Night & Day
Roaring Into Dallas
By Dianna Wray
Published: October 22, 2009
Once my She-Ra doll got so thoroughly eaten by my T-Rex that she got jammed in his purples plastic stomach with just her tan plastic legs poking from his mouth; he was a messy...
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Night & Day
Cowboy Up
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: October 22, 2009
The Fort Worth Stockyards are a bastion of cowboy culture year-'round, but this weekend will feature even more boot-scooting and hat-tipping than usual as the 19th Annual Red...
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Night & Day
Travel the World In a Day
By Stephanie Daniels
Published: October 22, 2009
Forget passports, fear of flying and spending thousands of dollars to see the world and instead experience it in just couple of days in Dallas. The town of Addison and World...
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Night & Day
Daring Disc Doggies
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: October 22, 2009
I've never had a dog that was into catching Frisbees. I've trained dogs to sit, shake, shake with the other paw, lie down, roll over, play dead and even jump through a hula...
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Night & Day
Eatin' On the Avenue
By Jayme Rutledge
Published: October 22, 2009
Count on lots of face-stuffing on Saturday at the inaugural Taste of Greenville Avenue at the Granada Theater. Food from 23 restaurants, including Ozona's, iFratelli's,...
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Night & Day
Star Wars In the Death Star
By Stephanie Daniels
Published: October 22, 2009
One of the most historic film sagas of all time continues to bring a massive audience wearing Yoda costumes and battling one another with light sabers--and not for Halloween....
