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Blogs
March 8, 2013
Arlington Police Now Have FAA Approval to Use Those Drones They Bought
Last month, we told you that the Arlington Police Department submitted an application to the Federal Aviation Administration in 2012, asking to please be allowed to use the two small remote control drones they bought. The drones were purchased for a little over $200,000 from Leptron Industrial Robo ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2013
Carrollton Man Gets 36 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Crappy Counterfeit Cellphone Accessories
The iPhone cases with crooked "Chanel" logos you see over at your local cellphone accessory store or mall kiosk could be evidence of an international criminal conspiracy, according to the feds. A Carrollton resident, Shiraz Sherali Odhwani, 54, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and o ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2013
Dallas City Employees Make "It Gets Better" Video, But What is Mike Rawlings Doing In It?
This week's edition of the Dallas Voice features a long article about the video you see above, an "It Gets Better"-themed compilation featuring a whole bunch of LGBT city of Dallas employees, including city spokesperson Frank Librio, assistant city manager Joey Zapata, asisstant city attorneys Melis ... More >>
News
December 6, 2012
The Rise of the Texas Atheist
With help from a former church boy from Dallas, the state's "nones" are getting organized and going public.
Blogs
March 12, 2012
SXSW Coverage Ahead. Plus, We're Sponsoring 50 Cent, Big K.R.I.T. and More
"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2009
TABC Fires Agents, Supervisor Involved in the Rainbow Lounge Raid; Disciplines Two Others
Another day, another Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission news release -- this one, concerning the firing of the three agents involved in the Rainbow Lounge raid in Fort Worth and named in the TABC's 32-page report released earlier this month. One other lieutenant is receiving a three-day suspensi ... More >>
Music
April 17, 2008
James Dante Kings was Talented, But Other Facts Are More Pressing
Blogs
June 18, 2007
Selling Stevie Ray
News
June 30, 2005
Shoe One
...was the FBI. Watch out, City Hall. Shoe Two's comin'.
News
October 18, 2001
Innocence Lost
Was the case against Lacresha Murray, the youngest Texan ever tried for capital murder, a rush to judgment or a story of justice denied?
News
August 19, 1999
A woman scorned
A suspect in Madalyn Murray O'Hair's disappearance is sentenced, but for which crime?