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May 22, 2012
Earth (the Planet) Now Has a Stuffed Crust
Just like everything Pizza Hut makes, Planet Earth now comes with a stuffed crust, after 300,000-plus wheels of gorgeous and delicious Parmesan and Grana Padano cheese were lost in a 6.0 Earthquake this past weekend. Last year, we watched Scardello crack a 90-pound wheel of Parmesan-Reggiano, the ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Get Your Family Hooked on Art
Just like everything Pizza Hut makes, Planet Earth now comes with a stuffed crust, after 300,000-plus wheels of gorgeous and delicious Parmesan and Grana Padano cheese were lost in a 6.0 Earthquake this past weekend. Last year, we watched Scardello crack a 90-pound wheel of Parmesan-Reggiano, the ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Shippin' Shale: Energy Independence Means Exporting It So We Can Import It. Got That?
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to us either. A couple of weeks ago we asked if America could stop pretending that politicians and their benefactors in the energy industry actually give two shits about "energy independence" or "energy security," or any of the other portent-laden, focus-grouped catch phr ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Will It Ever Get Really Cold in Dallas This Winter? Well, As a Matter of Fact ... Maybe?
A few days back the great Alan Melson, KERA's director of interactive, directed his Facebook friends to a great weather-geek (said with all due respect) site where folks are currently having a great debate about whether or not signs point to an icy deep freeze headed toward North Texas toward the ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Study: In Drought Planning, Water Managers Should Look Further Back Than 1950s
Photo by Brandon ThibodeauxAs we near the end of 2011, let us now look back on the year (without much fondness) and take stock. We racked up one of driest years in recorded history (more on that in a moment). The livestock and agricultural industries took a shuddering blow that, when the fina ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
To Save the Trees, Start by Saving Poor People
Maybe we need some context for this week's debate on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. vs. the tree canopy. After a not-very-uplifting debate yesterday including the line, "Trees do not vote," our esteemed city council voted to allow a developer to decimate a vast swath of the urban forest for a new Walma ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Hammered by the Drought, Texas Ranchers Are Running Out of Cows to Send to Slaughter
Brandon ThibodeauxSince we started catching rain in pans and writing down measurements, Texas has never gotten so little rainfall as we have this year. As we reported in our recent story on the cattle industry, we're in uncharted territory. That's why, in August, experts were anticipating ano ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Before He Talks to Council, Meet Frank Luntz
Perhaps by now you've seen Rudy Bush's item about Frank Luntz, one of two speakers lined up to address the city council at its Arboretum retreat today. Among pols and media folks, Luntz is a pretty well-known guy -- after all, he's the man who, in 2003, told George W. Bush to start referring to "glo ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Life's Cheap. Levees Aren't.
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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September 1, 2011
Come Out of Your Cocoon
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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July 21, 2011
There's Still Time To Discover
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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June 2, 2011
Despite Setbacks, The Deftones Diamond Eyes Shines
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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May 12, 2011
Try Mola With Your Mocha
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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April 21, 2011
Heard That!
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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March 24, 2011
Toast the Bones
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
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January 13, 2011
Downtown Tomorrow, It's an EPA-Sponsored Open Season on Texas's Greenhouse Gas Regs
If you were all revved up yesterday for a few solid hours of public debate on the environment, only to be abruptly denied, well, take heart -- at the Crowne Plaza Hotel tomorrow, the Environmental Protection Agency's holding an all-day hearing on its proposals for regulating greenhouse gases. Fro ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Reason No. 23,328 Texans Aren't Like New Yorkers: U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall
U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall says that despite evidence to the contrary, why, sure, he's willing to take a few courses in "climate science." Because as he said during an Energy & Environment subcommittee hearing only last November, "Reasonable people have serious questions about our knowl ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
An Emotional Clime
U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall says that despite evidence to the contrary, why, sure, he's willing to take a few courses in "climate science." Because as he said during an Energy & Environment subcommittee hearing only last November, "Reasonable people have serious questions about our knowl ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
V Bistro: Next Time, This Party of One
Will Party Down the Block
As this weather continues playing its schizophrenic mind games, the affect on me is a range of melodramatic "food swings." It's cold. I want something fat. It's hot. Maybe just some fruit. It's cold again. Maybe it's OK if I have a burger as long as I'm wearing a baggy sweater. Nope. ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
SMU, UT Researchers Think They've Found Cause of North Texas Quakes
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Boom
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
From Swelter To Snow
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Days Gone Bite: Fruitcake
Andra DuRee Martin/Manitou Springs COCA fruitcake tossing competition.Everyone's heard the doorstop joke, as well as the one about a single fruitcake being regifted over the centuries. Yes, and if you blast through the outer layer, you find strata that would fascinate geologists.And they are anci ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Dental Drama
Andra DuRee Martin/Manitou Springs COCA fruitcake tossing competition.Everyone's heard the doorstop joke, as well as the one about a single fruitcake being regifted over the centuries. Yes, and if you blast through the outer layer, you find strata that would fascinate geologists.And they are anci ... More >>
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July 9, 2009
Baby Cardinals
Andra DuRee Martin/Manitou Springs COCA fruitcake tossing competition.Everyone's heard the doorstop joke, as well as the one about a single fruitcake being regifted over the centuries. Yes, and if you blast through the outer layer, you find strata that would fascinate geologists.And they are anci ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
The Trinity River Audubon Center "Beats the Hell Out of a Landfill or Dump." Sure Does.
Jeremy Woodhouse/AudubonOver on the Reuters environment blog, Ed Stoddard sings the praises of the Trinity River Audubon Center, to which he paid "an eye-opening visit." Writes Stoddard:This is a "good news" green story that shines a spotlight on many different issues: the environmental costs of pov ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
So, Turns Out, the City Knew About that Sand Beneath the Calatrava Bridge All Along
Uh-oh. I'm back in the sand. Just can't keep away from that stuff. I should see a doctor about my sand obsession. I will. Later.Right now I am staring at a table of Trinity River soil boring results I just received from the City of Dallas, and I am just aquiver with fascination. I see the smoke. I ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Blast Off
Uh-oh. I'm back in the sand. Just can't keep away from that stuff. I should see a doctor about my sand obsession. I will. Later.Right now I am staring at a table of Trinity River soil boring results I just received from the City of Dallas, and I am just aquiver with fascination. I see the smoke. I ... More >>
Dining
February 12, 2009
Oyster Lovers Unite
Now may be your best chance for a little raw love
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May 28, 2008
Shareholders' Proposals Run Out of Gas at Exxon Shindig at Meyerson
Now may be your best chance for a little raw love
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March 18, 2008
Items of Interest, Far As You Know
Now may be your best chance for a little raw love
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February 14, 2008
Hot Stuff, Baby
Now may be your best chance for a little raw love
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February 10, 2008
Dallas County Trio Goes Obama
Now may be your best chance for a little raw love
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October 4, 2007
Simple Science
Play with household chemicals at the library
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March 22, 2007
North and South
Guatemala visits Frisco
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March 1, 2007
Hail to the King
Guatemala visits Frisco
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February 26, 2007
Buy. Out. Buyout. (That's an Electric Company Reference.)
Guatemala visits Frisco
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January 26, 2007
Laura Miller v. TXU: The Price of Emission
Guatemala visits Frisco
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November 13, 2006
Laurie David Has No Enthusiasm for TXU
Guatemala visits Frisco
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November 7, 2006
More Inconvenient Truths
Guatemala visits Frisco
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October 2, 2006
Coal Fired Up!
Guatemala visits Frisco
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June 1, 2006
Talk About Truth
Guatemala visits Frisco
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April 20, 2006
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Guatemala visits Frisco
Music
January 26, 2006
On Leaping From Texas
The quest for being not-so-secret machines started for Oceanographer in New York City
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July 21, 2005
Richard Buckner, Anders Parker
Friday, July 22, at Rubber Gloves
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April 7, 2005
Stars
Set Yourself on Fire (Aquarius)
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September 20, 2001
Best Sunday-night Crowd
The Cavern (upstairs lounge)
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February 25, 1999
Hash Over
The Cavern (upstairs lounge)
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October 5, 1995
A whiter shade of black
The Cavern (upstairs lounge)
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July 27, 1995
Good day for a robbery
Garvin McCain claims he can tell you when it's safe to go outside
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