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March 1, 2012
The Feds Attack Online Poker
On Black Friday, The Justice Department killed a $2.5 billion industry.
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Serendipity 3's French Toast Log: Tastes Better Than Any Other Log
I recently took a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called The City of Shit I Lost All My Money Again Ooh Look There's An ATM. What you might not know about Las Vegas is that it is also home to Serendipity 3, a restaurant that specializes in hangover-cure food that's as big ... More >>
News
November 24, 2011
Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?
And do teachers discriminate against students with Hispanic first names?
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Verbal Sparring Between Romney and Perry Highlight GOP Debate, But Three Bachmann Quotes Prove She Needs to Go Home
If you missed last night's CNN Western Republican debate in Nevada, the clip above is the best example of why the GOP is seriously screwed no matter who they choose. The two supposed front-runners -- Mitt Romney and Rick Perry -- acted like a couple of high schoolers, barking and interrupting each ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2011
In Dallas Federal Court, Three Strip-Club Dancers Demand Minimum Wage, Overtime
Next time you roll into a gentleman's establishment, ask yourself one question: Is this place in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938? That's the law that established a national minimum wage and overtime pay. But the women who dance in topless and nudie joints don't make minimum wage ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Or Maybe the Dallas Independent School District's Trustees Should Just Visit Mesquite
Earlier today we revisited the Dallas Regional Chamber's plan, blessed by Mayor Mike and Lew Blackburn, to save the Dallas Independent School District. And while Commit! is still in its vague, unformed infancy, clearly this is Very Important to a few very important people. Which is why Blackburn ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
A Second Death Related to the 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival in Dallas?
More news this afternoon about the 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival that took place this past weekend at Fair Park in Dallas: The Dallas Morning News and sister paper LA Weekly report that a 22-year-old named Kyle Raymond Haigis died late on Sunday morning after being struck by a tractor-trailer. Hai ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
What's the Deal With 500 S. Ervay? Well, Funny You Should Ask. There's a Hearing Next Week.
Photo at left courtesy the Dallas Public Library Texas/Dallas History Division500 South Ervay as it looked in 1955, and a more recent photo on the DCAD websiteSpeaking of vacant downtown landmarks ...Two weeks ago, a City Hall employee asked if we knew what was up with 500 South Ervay, which sits ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
Mexican Macro-economics
Photo at left courtesy the Dallas Public Library Texas/Dallas History Division500 South Ervay as it looked in 1955, and a more recent photo on the DCAD websiteSpeaking of vacant downtown landmarks ...Two weeks ago, a City Hall employee asked if we knew what was up with 500 South Ervay, which sits ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
Whitt's End: 11.26.10
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If you're a TCU fan, it goes down like this: Alabama beats Auburn today at 1:30 on CBS. Arizona beats Oregon tonight at 6 on ESPN. And Nevada beats Boise State tonight at 9:15 on ESPN. Oh yeah, an ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Tequila Familia Camarena Will Have You Doing the Macarena, Even Without its Taco Truck
Tequila is more than the Mexican Jägermeister, and Monday night's media tasting event of Tequila Familia Camarena proved that. Six writers and/or bloggers from various local media outlets were invited to partake of the mixing and tasting of four tequila-based cocktails at Hotel ZaZa. The ebullie ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Hey, In-N-Out, Maybe You Should Change
Your Name to Godot Burgers
In-N-Outs journey to DFW: Slow as the second coming and just about as overhyped. Now you know why.Is this really what you call fast food? The MGHerring Group yesterday announced In-N-Out Burger will open a location at The Village at Allen in mid-2011, bringing the count of confirmed future o ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Hinojosa "Humbled and Honored" to Be Finalist for Clark County Superintendent's Gig
Patrick MichelsPatrick took this photo this morning at the Jubilee Park event. I knew it would come in handy.A few minutes ago, the Clark County School District announced: Sure enough, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's a finalist for the superintendent's job the ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
DISD Superintendent Hinojosa Comments -- Kinda -- on Reports That He's Moving to Vegas
I was on the phone with a Dallas Independent School Board trustee just seconds ago -- a trustee, mind you, who had not heard there were reports and a yeah-sure-maybe? that DISD Superintendent Michael Hinjosa's outta here, possibly as early as tomorrow, to take the Las Vegas gig -- when the follow ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Goya Foods Recalls Frozen Mamey Packages Linked to Salmonella Typhi
Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
On the Road Again
Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
Mmm, Dallas
Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
An Innovative Court Offers New Tricks to Turn Ex-Prostitutes into Real Working Girls
Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Dallas County Commissioners to Discuss Privatizing Security Forces at County Buildings
There's a chance Dallas County could privatize security at buildings like the George Allen Courthouse downtown.Flipping through the agenda for today's meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court, I came across an interesting item on page 193 concerning potential plans to privatize "all secur ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2009
Yes, But What If Texas Were Healthy?
Yes, indeed -- when it comes to health care, says the Commonwealth Fund, Texas ranks ahead of only Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. The full study's here for those looking for context, but for Texans all the bad news is right here -- five pages full of charts documenting all ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2009
Many Mexicans Coming to Dallas Aren't Coming from Mexico, But the Rest of the U.S.
Patrick MichelsEnrique Hubbard Urrea, consul general for the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, during his visit to Unfair Park HQ in MarchDuring the course of reporting a separate story for the paper version of Unfair Park, I met with Mexican Consul General Enrique Hubbard Urrea in his brand-new digs th ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2009
You Want Dim Sum of This? Plano's About to Get Texas's First 99 Ranch Market.
Far as I can tell, there are no 99 Ranch Market groceries in Texas -- most are way out west, in California, Washington and Nevada (with the stray site in Atlanta). To the relatively short list, add Plano: GlobeSt.com reports this morning that the 25-year-old Asian grocery store chain will take over ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2009
In-N-Out Ain't Coming to Dallas -- Not Yet, Anyway. But the Chain is "Evaluating" Sites.
It happened yet again. Late last week, a Friend of Unfair Park in the retail real-estate business heard that California-based In-N-Out Burger was "finally coming to Dallas." It was 'round this time last year that D's Nancy Nichols heard the same thing via a commenter on SideDish. Wasn't the first ti ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
The Wrath of Kahn: Another Lawsuit Over Dallas Man's Attempt to Buy Chicken Ranch
Back in June 2007, a Dallas man named Bruce Kahn agreed to buy perhaps the most famous brothel in the world -- the Chicken Ranch, 'bout 60 miles outside of Las Vegas -- for a reported $15.2 million. But Nye County, Nevada, officials denied his application -- said he didn't live in Nevada and wasn't ... More >>
Blogs
May 29, 2009
Time's Running Out for State Legislature to Allow "No-Refusal" DWI Blood Drawa
Dallas Police VideoA woman arrested for DWI during a so-called No-Refusal Weekend has her blood drawn inside Lew Sterrett. In her left hand? A search warrant that orders her to give up her blood.The Texas Senate yesterday refused to send to Governor Rick Perry a bill that included an amendment that ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2009
Cocaine Blues: Sorry, Texas, But You Will No Longer Be Able to Buy This Stimulating Drink.
Out of the Dallas County's 44th Judicial District Court comes this swig o' news, courtesy the Texas Attorney General's Office: Never again will you find Cocaine on your local soft-drink shelves. Greg Abbott and his staff, including Dallas-based ADA Joyce Iliya of the Consumer Protection and Public H ... More >>
Calendar
March 19, 2009
Skunk in the Trunk
See some far-out art in Mesquite
Blogs
March 9, 2009
Weekend Roundup: The Derek Trucks Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Cut Copy, Matt and Kim and White Tie Affair
Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin' world of this past weekend's music? Bust out those headphones and let's do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that you can I can e ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
Fair from Over
Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin' world of this past weekend's music? Bust out those headphones and let's do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that you can I can e ... More >>
Music
May 22, 2008
Visual Artist Nevada Hill Creates Badass Album Covers and Posters For Denton Bands
Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin' world of this past weekend's music? Bust out those headphones and let's do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that you can I can e ... More >>
News
July 5, 2007
White Elephants
Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison
Blogs
October 27, 2006
Dazed and Confused
Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison
Calendar
August 24, 2006
Cups and Saucers
Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison
Blogs
April 11, 2006
NASCAR: A Yankee Pastime
Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison
Calendar
December 16, 2004
Oh, Canada
Big props to the big films of IMAX
Calendar
August 5, 2004
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
Big props to the big films of IMAX
News
August 7, 2003
Porn Pawns
The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale
Dining
July 3, 2003
Sad Tail
Bradley's is one turf that doesn't surf
Film
April 24, 2003
Yuck? No, yuk.
Identity looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it
Calendar
November 14, 2002
TV or not DVD
Sports Night was great, so it's just playing on your DVD
Film
October 24, 2002
Damaged Goods
Waking Up in Reno is not that bad, but it's not that good, either
Film
July 18, 2002
Sub: Par
Harrison Ford's latest action vehicle, K-19: The Widowmaker, cruises in a mediocre sea
Dining
January 10, 2002
Zzzzz
Order the coffee black; you'll need it at the dull Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill
News
October 26, 2000
Pumped Out
Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed
Dining
February 17, 2000
TV dinners
Swarna Palace plies good food and great tube
Film
August 12, 1999
Get me outta here
Desert Blue offers up a sweet picture of mordant teens bursting to bust loose
Music
May 6, 1999
Squeeze player
With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy
News
September 24, 1998
Letters
With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy
Calendar
March 12, 1998
Events for the week
With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy
News
December 18, 1997
Letters
With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy
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