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Disaster Relief

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    April 11, 2012

    Modern Disaster Relief/Student Housing/Fort-like Contemporary Structure Springs Up at SMU

    Walk across SMU's campus, a mini-city of stately brick buildings and pristine open spaces, and you'll stumble across an odd sight this week: a wood-framed prototype meant for housing relief after natural disasters, built sturdily on a swath of green at the center of campus. It's the latest work of b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Fearing's To Donate Portion of Profits to Japan Relief

    Fearing's this weekend plans to donate a portion of its proceeds to Japanese tsunami relief efforts, becoming one of the first area restaurants to publicly announce its charitable giving plans. ​Spokesperson Bonnie Crail said she didn't know the exact percentage of profits the restaurant inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    At McCommas Bluff Landfill, The Search for a Missing City Sanitation Worker Ends

    McCommas Bluff Landfill​Last night a disturbing e-mail from Dallas police arrived in the Unfair Park in-box: "For your 9:00 news, everything remains the same at the landfill. The searching will cease for the night here shortly and will continue in the morning." It was the first note we'd received ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    As City Awaits Ruling in "Billion-Dollar Case," New Lawsuits Were Just Added to the Pile

    Joe Betzel, one of the Dallas Fire-Rescue workers who filed suit against the city -- yet again -- today​Back in December we wrote a few items about the so-called "billion-dollar case" currently being considered by the Supreme Court of Texas. Very long story way too short: It stems from a 1979 refe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Close to the Madding Crowd

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Food for Kids or Terror Funding?

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    It's Official: We're a "Major Disaster"

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    Local Kids' Charity is Suing a Former Bush Administration Official for Libel

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    A Search for a Missing Dallas Man Comes Up Empty

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2006

    Heck of a Job

    The bleakest of Black Fridays at a New York Wal-Mart, where a temporary employee was trampled to death by bargain-hunters who didn't so much as slow down while rescue workers tried to save the man's life. Not so savage a scene at a Dallas Best Buy, where the Associated Press set up shop to meet and ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Laissez les bon temps rouler

    Buzz looks for love in all the wrong places

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2005
  • News

    April 27, 1995

    Local hero

    Disaster-relief expert Fred Cuny disappears while rendering aid in Russia

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