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Unfair Park
6:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
One-Year-Old Child Dies After Being Left in Locked Car at Elementary School [Updated] Vibha MarksA 1-year-old child died after being left in a locked car in the parking lot of Frank Guzick Elementary School in Pleasant Grove. The child's mother is a teacher at the school, according to a statement from Dallas ISD.... More >>
Unfair Park
2:12 pm
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Infighting in the Pro-Life Movement Killed a Bill to Reform End-of-Life Care A bill aimed to reform end-of-life care in Texas is likely to die in the state House. Although the bill made it through the Texas Senate, Representative Lois Kolkhorst, a Brenham Republican, told the Austin American-Statesman that it won't get... More >>
Unfair Park
1:43 pm
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Now That the Omni's Officially a Success, the City Hopes to Build Shops and Restaurants Downtown's city-owned Omni Hotel has been a roaring success since it opened a year-and-a-half ago, routinely filling up and helping score such convention-business coups as the annual gathering of the American Meat Institute and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Expo.... More >>
Unfair Park
12:07 pm
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Collin County Judge Invokes "Morality Clause" to Split Up Lesbian Couple Judge John Roach Jr.A while back, before his father retired as district attorney against a backdrop of small-town political intrigue, Collin County District Judge John Roach Jr. described his philosophy on family law in a less-than-hard-hitting interview with Dallas Child.... More >>
Unfair Park
11:26 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Strong Mayor: Mike Rawlings Loses the Game but Wins the Crowd at Literacy Center Benefit Damn. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings got me last night. I resisted, but he got me. Anyway, I finally found the answer to a question that has long nagged me. When he does that affable dumb jock routine? Yeah. He's about... More >>
Unfair Park
11:01 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Randy Travis Really Doesn't Want Anyone to See That Video of His Drunken, Naked Arrest Randy Travis, the wiry, multi-platinum-selling country crooner with a golden voice that carries enough bass to rattle your silverware, had a tough 2012. In February, he was cited and arrested for public intoxication in front of a Sanger church... More >>
Unfair Park
9:46 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Watch Ian Kinsler's Magnificently Terrible Slide into Third Base Eric Nadel's vocal talents aside, there are some things you miss listening to Rangers on the radio, as I do when the kids aren't yelling too loud. One of those things in last night's 10-4 victory over the Tigers was... More >>
Unfair Park
9:13 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Rolex is Not Amused by Dallas Pop-Punk Singer's Counterfeit Watch Business FacebookJonathan Cook, second from left, is accused of selling counterfeit Rolex watches.Their bio on Jam Base chalks it up to a "magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity," but, whatever their secret, Forever the Sickest Kids has enjoyed a remarkably... More >>
Unfair Park
8:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Dallas Is Building a Naval Museum on the Trinity River WikipediaThe USS Dallas, somewhere that's not the Trinity.Tom Clancy buffs are already well-acquainted with the USS Dallas. The 5,700-ton nuclear submarine, a hair longer than your standard football field, was a main player in The Hunt for Red October. Back... More >>
Unfair Park
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Dallas News
Mavs Fans Really Outdid Themselves with Their Uniform Designs In the 72 hours since he announced that he was crowd-sourcing designs for the Mavericks' new uniforms, Mark Cuban has been swamped with quality submissions. See also Mark Cuban Wants You to Design the Mavericks' New Uniforms. For Free. Take... More >>
Unfair Park
5:22 pm
May. 16, 2013
Dallas News
West, Texas Blast Was Caused By an Arsonist, Electrical Short or Golf Cart, Officials Say NBC 5State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy at this afternoon's press conference.The Morning News broke the news this morning that officials had narrowed the cause of last month's deadly West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion to one of three things: a golf... More >>
Unfair Park
2:43 pm
May. 16, 2013
Dallas News
Here's How Not to Rob a Doughnut Shop GoogleIt's 5:30 on a Wednesday morning, and you're broke. Maybe you're short on rent. Maybe you need some beer. Either way you need to get some cash. It's too early to rob a bank. They're all closed. So are jewelry... More >>
Unfair Park
1:27 pm
May. 16, 2013
Dallas News
Oncor's "Phantom Tax" Windfall May Become Permanent as Bill Hits Texas House Floor Peter RyanOncor, the Dallas-based sticks-and-wires utility, has collected half a billion dollars from ratepayers since 2007 for federal income taxes. But according to a report, the IRS hasn't received a dime. In fact, most of that cash has gone to... More >>
Unfair Park
12:28 pm
May. 16, 2013
Dallas News
The Calvary Church of Granbury Was Reading the Book of Revelation When the Hail Started Image via. Last fall, I drove down to the Calvary Church of Granbury, a Pentecostal congregation in the little town southwest of Fort Worth that was devastated by last night's tornadoes. It's a tiny building with vivid green carpet, next... More >>
Unfair Park
11:38 am
May. 16, 2013
Dallas News
How Mary Suhm's Departure Could Help Usher in a New and Improved Dallas Tons of talk already, of course, about this morning's announcement that City Manager Mary Suhm is stepping down. I tend to go with the end of the spectrum that's viewing it as ushering in the End Times. But I would.... More >>

From the Print Edition

Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long,… More >>

Everything's Better with an O Everything's Better with an O

Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? Juanito Dear Wab: "Anglos… More >>

Sex Ed the Texas Way Sex Ed the Texas Way

Teenagers have a favorite word, one they deploy frequently. An easy way to ensure its arrival in conversation is to bring up sex education. "The abstinence stuff is awkward," says a… More >>

A Touch of Intra-Mexican Hatred A Touch of Intra-Mexican Hatred

Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They cross the border and act as if their cagada does not stink. They eat at… More >>

The Killings in Kaufman The Killings in Kaufman

There was a time before 8:38 a.m. on January 31 when the people of Kaufman County would commonly leave their doors unlocked or sleep with windows open on a temperate… More >>

Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets? Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets?

Last week the city's only daily newspaper published a package of three opinion pieces about the new George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas and the effect it will or… More >>

Who's White? Who Isn't? Who's White? Who Isn't?

Dear Mexican: I was struck by something you said in a recent column about how Mexicans can make Americans like Mexicans: "We called ourselves Spanish, we considered ourselves white." I'm… More >>

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