There are 11 candidates in the crowded Democratic primary for the new congressional district spanning from Oak Cliff to Fort Worth, but the race is quickly sinking into a political pissing match involving just two as the May 29 primary approaches. Marc Veasey, a state representative from Fort Wort ... More >>
​Your Dallas Cowboys will someday get a new quarterback and will sooner rather than later be gifted with a different head coach, but Jerry Jones is and always will be the franchise's general manager. Not surprising at all - he's said it before, repeatedly - but today it just got pun ... More >>
​Didn't wind up with one of those Dallas Fire-Rescue pumper trucks up for auction last month, which is just as well -- wouldn't have had room for one of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses that went up for grabs late yesterday on my favorite everything-must-go Web site. Really, it just makes more ... More >>
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Saturn of North Texas managing partner Jim Smith in one of two G.M. national ad spotsJim Smith's been a hard man to track down this a.m. -- though, seeing as how he divides his time between his three Saturn dealerships (in Irving, Lewisville and Plano), that's completely understandable. (And, as a f ... More >>
Daniel DaughertyHey Chrysler, lookin' good!Just in time for the recession, the Dallas Auto Show revs its engines till Sunday, filling the Dallas Convention Center with a bunch of cars that nobody will ever buy. But that won't stop us from staring, glassy-eyed, like children with the JC Penney Christ ... More >>
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
WikiMapia The bossmen for the Big Three are having one hell of a time getting Congress to bail 'em out, and General Motors' stock is down 5.5 percent today to $2.72 -- or about 80 cents more than A.H. Belo, which has taken an inexplicable nosedive since the opening bell. But some good news, at la ... More >>
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Border Patrolman Jorge Diaz left Mexico at 12. For 20 years, he's trolled the South Texas brush for illegal compatriots.
Wade Phillips ushers in a kindler, gentler, better Cowboys era
We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?
If you like NASCAR... you might be a redneck
The State Fair of Texas is as eccentric as the state's residents
Robert Bechtle finds a universe of order in car doors, roof lines and lawn chairs
A motorcycle accident cost Bill Rucker his leg, but that won't stop him from building-and riding-bikes
Chili cooks score one for multilateralism
Plus: Attack and Counterattack; Who Ya Callin’ Geek?
Tailing downtown Dallas' pack of pampered canines
It's Kingsley vs. Connelly in a heart-wrenching real estate battle
Do the time warp at Ernie's of Dallas
The South's mythical Mafia finds a home in Elmore Leonard's imagination--and new novel
Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music
Where Did Our PLUR Go?; Just Shoot Him; Laughs for White Guys; Gone to Seed; New Ground
San Antonio conservatives and a professional road warrior try to hijack a DART rail election
Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth
Is Maguire's Regional Cuisine plain vanilla or provocative adventure?
Lawry's The Prime Rib: an old wrinkle ahead of its time
With a monumental new boxed set, Hank Williams gets out of this world alive
A computer glitch has some Dallasites predicting an apocalyptic meltdown. They may not be that crazy.
Steve Miller learned everything he knows about music while living in Dallas--but has he forgotten it all?
Michelle Mullins trains winning horses. Oh, yeah--and she's a woman.
Dallas blues history according to two who lived it
You want Brian Loncar on your side, all right. Ask anyone who's made the mistake of crossing him.
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar is a plastic pleasure
Fort Worth's famous undertaker, the Rev. Gregory Spencer, has buried a lot of friends-- and made a lot of enemies. Now he claims someone wants him six feet under
The Nation of Nitwits rolls along with the Republican Revolution
NAFTA road warriors fight it out for federal funding
How a giant lawsuit against General Motors could leave lawyers with millions - and Texas truck owners breathing fumes
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