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  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Genetically Modified Salmon Coming to a Store Near You (Although You May Never Know It)

    Short of earning a Ph.D in bio-tech science, making sense of genetically modified (GM) or engineered (GE) ingredients in America's food chain is almost impossible. Primarily because by law GM foods aren't required to be labeled as such. So you literally need that degree along with a boatload of data ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso on Guy Fieri, Naples and Making Peace with Yelp

    In one quick year, Il Cane Rosso has become the most esteemed pizza joint in Dallas. Owner Jay Jerrier discovered this style of Neapolitan pizza while on a trip in Naples with his wife in 1995 and has worked diligently to bring the same pizza experience to Dallas. Recently Guy Fieri and the Diners, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Harold Simmons Waits As TCEQ Moves Quickly, Quietly on Radioactive Waste Dumping

    Harold Simmons and the missus​Back in February 2009, then-Observer-er Alexa Schirtzinger wrote about how General Electric was burying millions of cubic yards of Hudson River carcinogens out at the West Texas dumping ground owned by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, the wizard behind Waste Control ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Says GE's Electric Car Look-See, Dallas Is Tops to Plug In Before Pulling Out (Of the Driveway)

    ​Few weeks back we noted: TXU's setting up electric-car charging stations in Dallas and Fort Worth, and Half-Price Books' Northwest Highway mothership already has one plugged in. That, right there, is thinking ahead. Because, per General Electric and Deloitte, Dallas is Numero Uno on the list of B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Railroad Museum in Fair Park Gets a Prized Piece, And It's Headed Straight to Frisco

    ​Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Top Five Things We're Expecting to Happen on Top Chef Tonight

    ​OK, so we're all really stoked about the start of Top Chef, D.C. tonight. Even Bravo producer and Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen is venturing into fanboy-level excitement, as proven by his repeated tweets on the subject today. (So cute. Love that guy.)Glad to have some Dallas representat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2009

    PCB or TYA: Those Hudson River Carcinogens Are Finally Rolling Into Texas

    Back in February, Alexa wrote about the pending transport of Hudson River sludge to West Texas, where Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons's Waste Control Specialists will turn one state's trash into one man's treasure. That trash in question are millions of cubic yards of PCBs -- or polychlorinated bi ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    The T. Boone Pickens Alternative Energy Show Rolls Across America

    Back in February, Alexa wrote about the pending transport of Hudson River sludge to West Texas, where Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons's Waste Control Specialists will turn one state's trash into one man's treasure. That trash in question are millions of cubic yards of PCBs -- or polychlorinated bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Out in West Texas, Harold Simmons Is Burying Hudson River Carcinogens

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2008

    Mark Cuban, Jason Kidd and the Olympics' Gold Double-Standard

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Getting on Target

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2007

    TXU, The Buyout and the Power of "Greenmail"

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2007

    Blockbuster Almost Done Making "Triple Play." Didn't That Star Billy Baldwin?

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2007

    In Dallas, There is a Business World "Man of Mystery"

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2007

    Cough, Cough

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Coal Fired Up!

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    Clean Your PIPEs

    Ever wondered what's at the bottom of New York's Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Enough to Make You Sick

    In the struggle for a shrinking pot of money from asbestos litigation, the sickest victims are getting nickels and dimes while lawyers get their millions

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Letters

    Our Stars, Frankenfoods, Mr. Know-It-All

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Hide and seek

    Deep Ellum developer Lou Reese bilked a savings and loan, bled his creditors, and walked away from federal prision a rich man. Bragging about it was is one big mistake.

  • Culture

    November 18, 1999

    For the benefit of Mr. Max

    The creator of iconographic '60s art is now an icon himself

  • Dining

    September 2, 1999

    Texas shtick

    Love & War in Texas sounds more like a movie than a restaurant. Either way, it's an epic of indulgence.

  • Dining

    August 6, 1998

    Protein's protege

    Unlike the calmness of Al Biernat the man, Biernat's the restaurant is a bit schizophrenic

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    See your world on a small screen at the 11th Annual Dallas Video Festival

    Unlike the calmness of Al Biernat the man, Biernat's the restaurant is a bit schizophrenic

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Prophets Without Honor

    The self-proclaimed ministers of capitalism have gotten a cool reception to their gospel in Dallas. But Chevis King Jr. and Joe Howard won't give up till they've found a better way to spend black people's money.

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    True crime story

    Forget the usual tales of rape and pillage--consider the sins of corporate America

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    Nasty and negative

    Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    Media merger madness

    Cap Cities/ABC decision to fire radio host Hightower was a big mistake

  • Film

    August 10, 1995

    Rushes

    Cap Cities/ABC decision to fire radio host Hightower was a big mistake

  • News

    January 12, 1995

    Cruelest cut

    Deadbeat-dad Newt Gingrich wants to slash program for disabled children

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    The Muckraker of Coppell

    How a bankrupt former musical-instrument salesman became an award-winning journalist

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