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A Carjacking in North Dallas Turned Into a Chase on a Love Field Runway. But It's Over.

Nick RalloThat slow-moving police chase just passed in front of Unfair Park HQ. This is what it looked like out the ofice window.​This just in from the Dallas Police Department: North Central patrol officer are currently pursuing a stolen Chevy pickup that was taken in a carjacking. That is all t ... More >>

Rafael Anchía, Anderson Cooper Amused By Houston Rep. Riddle's "Terror Baby" Claim

​A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to this Texas-sized showdown last night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 concerning "anchor babies" -- or, as Houston's Rep. Debbie Riddle calls 'em, "little terrorists." Offered on the other side without comment except to say it takes a good four minutes ... More >>

LeBron James Gives Cleveland an Edge. Dallas, Your Move.

​In an interview -- strangely enough -- with CNN suspendered-geezer Larry King, the most coveted free agent in the history of sports is alluding to a hometown advantage. And while LeBron James says the Cleveland Cavaliers have an edge, Dirk Nowitzki's best friend in basketball ... More >>

Meadows Foundation Gives Deck Park Half a Mil For TBD Arts Programming

​Two months ago, Chase pledged $3 million to the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park -- for, specifically, the crescent-moon-shaped, 15-foot-wide Promenade that will span the length of the 5.2-acre park currently under construction. But, as we noted two weeks later, there's still much fund-raising left to d ... More >>

With Shifting Attitudes and a Burgeoning Medical Marijuana Movement, the Future Looks Rosy for Legalized Weed

Watch: Green River Ordinance's New Video For "Come On"

2009 saw Fort Worth's Green River Ordinance touring the country in support for the likes of David Cook, getting played on MTV's The Hills and even performing on CNN, go figure--all in support of the band's major label debut, Out of My Hands, which is an awesome listen if you're so desperate for lat ... More >>

Help! Those Mexicans Are Laughing at Me.

Cowboy Chicken vs Boston Market: Rotisserie Rumble

Alex Flores​Something about America's Northeastern states grates on us Southwestern hicks.OK, so I'm really a Midwestern hick--our distrust of New England is about the same. So the opportunity to pit a local enterprise against a national chain bearing a blue blood name? Couldn't resist.Rotisserie ... More >>

CNN Tries To Peel Back the Enigma from the Mystery That Is Rhett Miller

​If your Rhett Miller alarm was sounding off all morning and you just couldn't figure out why, North Of The Dial'er Daniel is here to help, pointing out that CNN's Shannon Cook sat down with Miller to feature him in today's installment of CNN's interview series "Music & Conversation." (Two thi ... More >>

Parkland, Even More "Overwhelmed"

The new and imrpoved Parkland's scheduled to open in 2014.Out this week is a report that notes the following: Patients spent "an average of four hours and three minutes" waiting in the emergency room in 2008, a slight decrease from the '07 average but an enormous jump from the '02 numbers. (In Texas ... More >>

SMU's Tate Lecture Series Gets Its Buzz On

The sorrow and the pity: Diane Keaton's May 2010 SMU appearance is, alas, already sold out.I was just on the SMU Web site and noticed that yesterday, the university announced the complete roster for the 2009-10 Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series, which tends to sell out fast -- as evidenced ... More >>

Hill Gets a Second Court Date to Follow the Long, Hot Summer of a Public Corruption Trial

Kimberly ThorpeSeriously, we have dozens of pictures like this one from last night's prayer vigil. And by the end of the summer, we'll have run every one.This morning, a Very Special Unfair Park Correspondent -- which is to say, Herschel Wilonsky, my dad -- found himself in U.S. District Judge Barba ... More >>

The JoBros Are The Most, To Say The Least.

Patrick MichelsThings keep looking up for the Jonas Brothers.If all continues to shake out as they have been for the past few days, Billboard believes The Jonas Brothers' this week-released album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, will debut at the top of its album chart next week with a total of 275,0 ... More >>

Don't Blame Mexicans for Swine Flu; They Just Work Here.

Whitt's End: 1.16.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *My summation of Thursday's dramatic plane crash/rescue in New York's Hudson River: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!! *Found it funny that, although the crash happened at 2:30, Larry Ki ... More >>

From Humble Dallas Roots, CNN's Roland Martin Climbs Alongside Barack Obama

While We Wait For Our Dispatch from Bishop Arts, This Just In ...

Texas Ain't No Toss-Up, Says NBC Producer Following Mix-Up

Landscape Badass

Clinton Rally Feels a Little "Last-Minute" and "Half-Assed"

Clinton and Obama to Meet in Austin Next Week -- Though, Likely Not at Scholz Garten, Shame

Ask a Mexican

Are illegal immigrants closing California hospitals? Not quite, Mrs. Dobbs.

Tonight's Guests: Ahnuld, Naomi, Eva ... and Lupe!

A Troubling Video Sweeping the Nation

Channel Surfing

There's more than one way to play with your Wii

Smuts Illustrated

Quixote Sings

You Can Run, But You Aren't Hyde

Fear of Flying

You may not want to see United 93, but you should

I Am Sure Ron Kirk Feels the Same Way

Friends in Need

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Aesop Rock

Wednesday, January 19, at Tom Cats

Debate Team

The Real World

The Dallas Video Festival shows all the news not fit for print

Family Ties

An Israeli clan takes its Broken Wings and tries to fly again

Rock on a Roll

Chris Rock finds some new ambitions

The Magnificent Dozen

Akira Kurosawa,Seven Samurai and a Drunken Angel walk into a movie theater

The Day the Sky Fell

Plus: Waking up the Snooze, Anti-Semitic Morons, True Fanatic

Coming Down

A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

Long Live the Poison Pen

There are two kinds of critics: those who criticize, and those who don't

Clinic

March 16

Slayer

February 7

Does a Bear Shop in the Woods?

Don't get malled. This year, do your business al fresco.

Photo Finish

Death Cab for Cutie sees itself as just a guitar band. You might not agree.

The Sundance Kidder

With his own movie in tow, Dallas' indie-film guru goes to Robert Redford's festival, falls in love with the First-Timer, and embraces the hype

Bull--it's what's for dinner

The cows aren't the only ones pumping out manure in windy Amarillo, where Oprah is giving the cattlemen a lesson in steer wrestling

Events for the week

Brainy horror

Teatro Dallas conjures thoughtful chills with Night of the Chupacabras

Buzz

Blue-collar blue bloods

Phil Gramm and the R's cozy up to the average working guy