Children's Health

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Hot Dish

Mother's Play

Not the Huxtable

Comic Relief

Stand up to fight children's cancer

Childish Charity

See the ponies run for the kids

Birth Defects

Critics blame poisons from the tie plant for severe birth defects

Laughing for the Cure

Local comics stand-up against children's cancer

Flying High

Nimble Asians are entertaining

Tig Ol' Bitties

Mo'Nique introduces a whole new underworld

Give 'Em the Boot

Mo'Nique introduces a whole new underworld

Cowboy Catwalk

Mo'Nique introduces a whole new underworld

A Slice of Pizza Face

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

Charity Jam

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

Dancin'! Dancin'! Dancin'!

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

The Rainbow Sign

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

He Objects to Injustice

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

It's a Real Motherlover

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

Top Chef Tell: Baby Food and BS

​This week, Top Chef finally got interesting. That's not to say it wasn't totally bassackwards, but it was almost intense, and I officially started my yelling at the screen. I still haven't gotten the names of all the cheftestants straight, but that time is nearing.At QuickFire, the chefs found To ... More >>

Kids Like It Hot and Spicy. No, Not That, You Perv.

Can we get some habanero sauce with those fish sticks, Mom?​Spicy foods, much like bikinis and personal cell phones, aren't just for adults anymore. Young children are increasingly demanding school lunches dabbed with jalapenos and chipotle peppers; dishes on display at the School Nutrition A ... More >>

Fitness Model: Oncor Pledges the First Million to Mayor's Youth Fitness Initiative

Photos by Patrick MichelsMayor Tom Leppert accepted a million bucks from Oncor to launch the Mayor's Youth Fitness Initiative today, which, first off, will help keep rec centers open.Once they hung the posters for this afternoon's big announcement at City Hall, the suspense was pretty well killed. M ... More >>

According to Census Bureau, 4,262,000 Texans Now Living Below the Poverty Line

​This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States report. And while some take issue with how the bureau calculates the poverty rate, the headline are more or less the same: "U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent." The median natio ... More >>

The Babies Will Thank You Later

​This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States report. And while some take issue with how the bureau calculates the poverty rate, the headline are more or less the same: "U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent." The median natio ... More >>

Active Child, Com Truise

​This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States report. And while some take issue with how the bureau calculates the poverty rate, the headline are more or less the same: "U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent." The median natio ... More >>

Last Night: Active Child, Com Truise at The Prophet Bar

Active Child, Com Truise The Prophet Bar September 1, 2011 Better than: doing then homework at the local coffee shop Active Child​There's a stark difference between electronic music that is made for partying and electronic music that is made for listening. Last night at The Prophet Bar that differ ... More >>

A Square Deal

Active Child, Com Truise The Prophet Bar September 1, 2011 Better than: doing then homework at the local coffee shop Active Child​There's a stark difference between electronic music that is made for partying and electronic music that is made for listening. Last night at The Prophet Bar that differ ... More >>

We Gave The Grape's Brian Luscher a Big Box of Crap and He Made Us a Quail Egg Terrine

The Box. Note the baby food. Yum.​We all know that Dallas chefs are great at cheffing. So we thought it might be fun to give them a chance to show off their chef creativity and skills with a new challenge we'll be calling "The Box." Once a month or so, we'll invite a new lucky soul to attempt ... More >>