60 Minutes

As Drone Journalism Takes Off, UT-Arlington Researchers Offer a Glimpse of the Future

Two years ago, after their cameras were denied entry to a secretive government immigration camps on Christmas Island, the Australian version of 60 Minutes piloted a small, unmanned aircraft above the island detention center. A few months later, activists in Poland dispatched a drone to document the ... More >>

Style By the Spoonful

John Tesar's newest project is potentially a North Dallas pearl

Talking Cold Facts With Lost and Found Detroit Folk Singer Rodriguez

Tonight at House of Blues, the enigmatic Rodriguez takes the stage. The Detroit folk musician, also known as Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, released two albums to little acclaim in the late '60s and early '70s, and quickly faded into obscurity. Meanwhile, half a world away, those albums -- Cold Fact and Comi ... More >>

Is Plano-based Telecom Giant Huawei China's Trojan Horse For Cyber Sleuthing and Warfare?

If you haven't seen the most recent 60 Minutes piece on the potential threat to U.S. telecommunications infrastructure posed by Plano-based Chinese telecom titan Huawei, watch it. If you have, the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the results of its investigation Monday, ... More >>

The Best and Worst Performances of Last Night's Grammys

Five Best Performances 1. Jennifer Hudson Grammy host L.L. Cool J had a hard enough job presiding over a celebration undercut by tragic circumstances, and he achieved a perfect, almost pastor-like tone from the get-go. But Miss Hudson's musical tribute to Whitney Houston - a subtly searing but stil ... More >>

Why Those Black Truffles You're Eating Don't Taste Like Truffles at All

FlickrBlack truffles don't really work like this, as I recently learned.​I remember my first encounter with truffles vividly, probably because it was a simultaneously euphoric and traumatic experience. I was on a date at Al Tiramisu, a basement Italian restaurant in Washington, D.C., which I p ... More >>

At Arlington City Hall, Locals Hammer TCEQ Panel for Stricter Gas Drilling Regulations

Photos by Leslie MinoraA panel of TCEQ reps maintained their poker faces for about two hours as citizens took the mic, almost all demanding tighter fracking regulations.​Shortly after the release of that Fort Worth air study, three reps from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality took a ... More >>

Whitt's End: 5.20.11

​ Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Mavs got outplayed last night, plain and simple. The Rangers' loss to the Royals was more painful. Texas was one pitch from winning until .230-hitting Mike Aviles capped a gutsy 11-pitch at ... More >>

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Jerry Jones and the "Season From Hell"

In case you missed it, here's the entirety of last night's 60 Minutes segment about the Dallas Cowboys' owner and general manager. The takeaway: Jerry Jones thinks he's "smarter" now as GM than he was when he bought the team. Oh, really? Really. On the other side, a bonus "overtime" piece in which J ... More >>

Jerry Jones: 60 Minutes of Sympathy

​I know he takes a lot of shit and he deserves most of it. But the one thing you can't deny is the passion of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. It was on full display again during Sunday night's 60 Minutes story on CBS. At one point Jones' eyes were watering as he talked of being motivated - ... More >>

Inside the Huddle: Jerry Jones on 60 Minutes and Gary Cartwright on Dandy Don Meredith

Ex-Channel 5-and-8'er Scott Pelley has, from the looks of it, been in and out of town this year working on his Jerry Jones profile airing Sunday on 60 Minutes. The sneak peek above provided by CBS offers a good look at the "agony" of defeat (after defeat after defeat) endured by Jones, who acknowled ... More >>

Check Out the Gams on Grandma

Finally, the Story of the Wrongly Convicted Joyce Ann Brown Set to Become a Feature Film

​At long last -- which is to say, close to 20 years since Joyce Ann Brown was freed from prison for a robbery and murder she did not commit -- the South Dallas woman's story will become a movie. So reports The Hollywood Reporter, which makes special note of the announced film as it marks the featu ... More >>

Craig Watkins Is Ready for His Close-Up

I winced when asked to screen an advance copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend that is Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. It took Henry Wade decades in office to achieve legendary notoriety, but with the global media fawning ove ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez Wasn't Even "Tempted" to Juice. Except, This One Time, at Band Camp ...

In light of yesterday's revelations that Alex Rodriguez was juicing during his MVP tenure with Your Texas Rangers, a Friend of Unfair Park remind us of A-Roid's appearance on 60 Minutes at the end of '07, when he repeatedly told Katie Couric he'd never enhanced. Below, one video highlight among many ... More >>

After 27 Years in Prison, James Lee Woodard's "Adventure" Continues

60 Minutes on the Justice -- and Injustices -- of Dallas County

Craig Watkins Gets His 60 Minutes of Fame This Sunday

The Upside of Lions for Lambs

The odd upside of Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

Li'l Pollock? Nah, My Kid Could Paint That

Sure, your kid could paint that. So, hang it on the fridge

60 Minutes of Real Sports

Local TV Journalism Isn't Totally Dead...

It's the Weekend, Music for Our Ears

Re: Sometimes You Feel Like a Cult...

Devils in Disguise

A documentary portrait of a pedophile priest and his pious protectors

Net Gain or Net Loss?

The Gatekeeper

Mary Mapes tells us a story

Mapesgate

Before you judge former CBS-TV producer Mary Mapes, take a walk in her shoes

The Piano

Poke in the Eye

Plus: Legal Warrior; Turncoats

Paper Trail

Plus: Old Hand; When Fanboys Dream

The Mommy Card

Kids T-shirts make a statement

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters are insane

What a Boob

Andy Rooney says female sideline reporters are no good. Well, they're OK by me!

The Way of the Gun

The untold story of why Lenell Geter was freed

Scene, Heard

One Ton Records closes its doors

The A-Team

Love it when a plan comes together? Not so fast. Sure, they've got A-Rod and I-Rod, but what about Rusty Greer hitting leadoff, Tim Crabtree closing, and Johnny Oates acting human? John Gonzalez goes to Texas Rangers spring training to look for answers.

Letters

Eyes wide shut; Vigilante justice; Long live the queen; And more

Edifice complex

Michael Piazza wants his proposed $20 million cathedral to send a message to the world -- gays can go to heaven too

The black eye

Kara Walker's silhouettes would piss off Malcolm X -- or would they?

Buzz

Getting to the heart

Pappas Brothers is belly-full of old-fashioned decadence

Buzz

Noshing around the world

Barcelona Tapas Bar offers eclectic, if mediocre, grazing

Real cuisine--or gator bait?

Blue Conch brings Florida fare to Dallas

Perotnoia

The great mystery of Perot's 1992 presidential bid was his sudden decision to quit the race. Biographer Gerald Posner found that Perot was a victim of a shadowy soldier of fortune-- and his own delusions.

Surplus labor

The fashion for corporate downsizing cuts into the economy in many ways

Stolen thunder

Morales anoints himself hero