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Anonymous Dallas Businessman Says Bigfoot Threw Enormous Rock At Him

A Dallas businessman, who for some unfathomable reason is choosing to stay anonymous, told an East Texas TV station that he has several photos of "a bigfoot," taken in Shelby County and just outside Dallas. (The video above comes from KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville, Texas | ETX News.) The m ... More >>

Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick: "I'm a 40-Year-Old Man and I'm Chuck E. Cheese"

Over on Unfair Park earlier this week, we told you about Duncan Brannan, the God-fearing voice actor behind the Chuck E. Cheese mascot, who was let go after close to 20 years of service to the Irving-based chain. How did he find out? He heard "Chuck's Hot New Single," which featured the voice of som ... More >>

SMU Advances in the CBI While the Final Four Comes to SMU. Wait, What?

​Last night the SMU Mustangs quietly tip-toed into the semifinals of something called the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) with a seven-point win at Northern Iowa. It's not exactly March Madness - more like March Mediocrity - but considering the Mustangs and head coach Matt ... More >>

Tomorrow, a Rangers Rally. Better Late Than Never? Also: A Look at the Low, Low Ratings.

​On the other side are details for tomorrow's Rangers Rally, scheduled for 6 p.m. outside the Ballpark in Arlington. Long story short: Chuck Greenberg, Nolan Ryan, Jon Daniels, Ron Washington and a few players will get together for an hour to remember the "magical" season that was. Because, see, t ... More >>

Cowboys v. Giants: Win Tonight. Or Else.

​October victories: Texas Rangers 8, Dallas Cowboys 0. This is better be the week the Cowboys stop making mistakes and start salvaging their 2010 season. In going 1-4 they have committed 62 penalties and forced only four takeaways. (Giants' defensive lineman Osi Umenyiora has forced ... More >>

Craft's Jeff Harris: A Chef you Can Bank On

Photos by Robert BostickCraft's Jeff Harris​(This is the first part of a three-part look at Jeff Harris, executive chef at Craft. Tune in tomorrow for a Q&A with Harris and Friday as he demonstrates how to prepare one of the restaurant's dishes.) Jeff Harris was raised in a small town in East ... More >>

East Texas Town Seeks World Record For the Biggest Bowl of Salsa; Chips May Be In Short Supply

Jacksonvilletexas.comYou eat tomato, I ate tomahto​Jacksonsville, the tiny Cherokee County town that 1930s Wall Street traders used to ring up when they needed to know the price of tomatoes, is taking aim at the world record for the biggest bowl of salsa this weekend. "We're going to make 2000 p ... More >>

Days Gone Bite: Howard Johnson's Fried Clams

​In the '60s and '70s it was almost impossible to travel any distance without spotting a bright orange roof and that Simple Simon weathervane. There were close to 1,000 Howard Johnson's restaurants back then, each of them serving 28 flavors of ice cream and platefuls of fried clams.The clams were ... More >>

American Baseball, the European Way

​Even if European soccer owner Tom Hicks convinced Major League Baseball to inject the same screwy tables that govern soccer into America's pasttime your Texas Rangers wouldn't be a playoff team. But, alas, they wouldn't be relegated, either. If baseball were run according to European soccer ... More >>

The Food Shows You Should Be Watching

The Paulas and the Bobbys and the (ugh) Rachaels better watch their beaters. A new crop of food stars are shaking up the old "if you cook it, they will watch" formula with new concepts, insider tips and sheer, unadulterated gluttony. Oh, and one of these up-and-comers is even giving that blond guy ... More >>

How To Succeed As An Indie Rock/Dance Punk Duo, With Matt And Kim

Get lost with Jim Schutze while canoeing the Neches River and find the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply

Black Kids Contradict Themselves

"An Unfilled Hole": CBS Dallas VP Explains Movin' From Dance Music to Spanish Pop

These have been busy days over at CBS Radio Dallas: First, it turned chatty Live 105.3 into the sportsy The Fan. Then, mid-song yesterday, all-day dance party Movin' 107.5 became the puro Español Mega 107.5, described by Kurt Johnson, VP of programming for CBS Radio Dallas, as "Dallas's first and o ... More >>

Bob Hayes’ Family Feud Tarnishes a Long-Awaited Hall of Fame Entry for the Cowboys Great

Lucille Hester: Half the Truth is a Total Lie

As Bob Hayes' entangled family tree goes under the microscope and as the newspaper that for years has thrust Lucille Hester out front finally joins the investigation into the validity of her branch, one thing - and one thing only - has become clear: The world's fastest human is quickl ... More >>

Feds Offer to Help Grow Small Businesses in Dallas's Inner-City

Good news this afternoon for small businesses in the inner-city: The U.S. Small Business Administration has placed Dallas on its burgeoning list of cities tapped to participate in its Emerging 200 initiative, which IDs companies "that show a high potential for growth" and shows 'em how to, ya know, ... More >>

Astronautalis and The Riverboat Gamblers Return to Town

OK, so we have a pretty expansive definition of "local"

Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

Former Richardson Preacher's Privates Get Him Into Trouble Again

The Melvins, Big Business

Thursday, October 18, at the Granada

Bob Hayes is Resting in Peace, If Only You Could Find Him

Ryan Adams

Easy Tiger (Lost Highway/Universal)

"Can You Pray the Gay Away?"

Pity Parcells

Impatience is a Virtue

Duane's Debacle

Cowboys' quarterback quandary is Parcells' latest, greatest blunder

Little Ball of Huh?

Crystal (Foot) Ball

Instant Replay

We Never Say "Told Ya So." Never.

Owens' Sausage

Ready to Blow

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

Ryan Adams

29 (Lost Highway)

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals

Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway)

Astronautalis

Friday, February 4

Dear Santa

A certain state representative needs some coal in his stocking

Red Scare

Dallas County is setting up a surveillance system a Commie would love

Upon Further Review

Our human blooper reel looks back at some questionable calls

Offensive Foul

Bruce Coslet's offense has had two good games out of 11. He's done well, ah?

Dead Wrong

How consummate con artist Henry Lee Lucas resurrected the dead and went looking for a sucker. He almost found one.

Forget Me Not

Harrison Ocie Jones born 1920 – lynched 1951

Roller-coaster Relationships

Teatro Dallas

Innocence lost

Prosecutors lied and cheated to put Kerry Max Cook on death row for 16 years. He's out of prison now, but still not quite free.

No place like home

Thousands of Texans say they can do a better job teaching their children at home. But some local truant officers claim parents are using a massive loophole in Texas law to skip school altogether.

A fan's sour notes

Were yesterday's heroes better than today's?

Letters

Letters

Lex and Terry's wet dream

Can two transplants from the land of Lynyrd Skynyrd and fart smells find the key to radio fame at Dallas' Q102?

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX