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America Thinks Dallas is Just OK, But We're a Big Hit with Republicans

Public Policy Polling is a new but fairly well-respected outfit that churns out an impressive quantity of high-quality snapshots of public opinion on political races and the important issues of our time. But PPP doesn't let that stop them from putting out equally authoritative figures on the percen ... More >>

A Woman Who Was Nearly Murdered by Her Online Date is Suing Dallas-based Match.com

When Mary Kay Beckman was ambushed in the garage of her Las Vegas home in January 2011, it made national headlines. That was partly because of the brutality of the attack. The attacker "knocked her to the ground, and began stabbing her repeatedly until he recognized that the knife broke," according ... More >>

Wal-Mart Wins Texas Lawsuit Over Gender Discrimination

Nearly a year and a half since the U.S. Supreme Court tossed a class action lawsuit filed by some 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees who say they hit a corporate glass ceiling, the plaintiffs hit a brick wall in Texas. Because the court ruled the women of Wal-Mart could not sue as a class, a num ... More >>

Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

America's for-profit colleges offer education only a con man (or a congressman) could love.

For-Profit Colleges Only a Con Man Could Love

Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

The Best of Dallas' Asian Film Fest

As distributors flee the Far East, Dallas' Asian Film Fest keeps fighting.

More Grocery Store News: Sprouts Begins Takeover of Sunflower Farmers Market

Back in March, Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Markets announced the purchase of Sunflower Farmers Markets. They officially closed on the deal about a month ago and now Sprouts-labeled products are beginning to trickle onto the shelves of the Sunflower at 1800 N. Henderson Ave. Eventually all the Su ... More >>

Laughing With Joe Arpaio: What's Wrong With People?

Whenever the immigration issue comes up, as it has now with the ongoing Supreme Court review of Arizona's anti-immigrant law, so does Joe Arpaio. The famous Phoenix sheriff is in the national news again this week over a recording surfaced by The Associated Press in which Arpaio can be heard doing a ... More >>

Stripping's Suze Orman

Naomi VaughanRebecca Avalon's No. 1 Rule: Stay off the pole, ladies.​Rebecca Avalon likes to say she did things backwards: went to college, got a master's degree in science education, became an elementary school teacher, then started stripping. She's quit dancing full time twice but keeps goin ... More >>

Why is Drought-Hit Dallas Selling Water?

Um ... because someone at City Hall is smart. Dang.

Joe Arpaio Is Distancing Himself from Rick Perry? Shouldn't It Be the Other Way Around?

In Perry's defense, she does sort of look like a coyote.​This morning's News carries a paywall-less story about yesterday's meeting of the minds between Rick Perry and Phoenix-area sheriff Joe Arpaio. (No wall on an immigration story? Liberal media!) It was the move of a desperate candidate, a ... More >>

Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's: "I Never Thought ['Hey There Delilah'] Would Be a Hit."

Plain White T's​Although originally conceived as a pop-punk outfit, Chicago's Plain White T's have evolved into a more mainstream, alternative rock band. Having a number one hit will do that to you. 2007's "Hey There Delilah" was the single that exposed the band to the world. Light, sentimental a ... More >>

Suck on That, Orlando: Dallas Ranks 32 of 35 in Travel Leisure's Foodie-Destination Rankings

Flickr​Travel Leisure readers recently voted on their favorite foodie cities in America. Dallas clocked in at number 32, ahead of only Orlando, Vegas and Anchorage and behind San Antonio (10), Austin (15) and Houston (24), and more or less every other city of note. According to Travel Lei ... More >>

Rick Perry's Blossoming Bromance With Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Walking Civil Rights Violation

"When life's got you by the balls, beat life in the face with your baton."​A week or so back, Politico reported that Rick Perry had reached out to Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one of America's fiercest illegal-immigration foes and a constant innovator in the competitive field of Being a To ... More >>

Good Friday: Lil Wayne at Gexa Energy Pavilion, and The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Lil Wayne​It seems that The Young Money Millionaire is making up for time lost while locked up last year. Lil Wayne is returning to Dallas on Saturday at the Gexa Energy Pavilion after performing at the American Airlines Center only five months ago. And the opening acts are reason enough to check ... More >>

The Rapture, Bush & Chevelle, Phantogram and The Rest of This Week's Show Announcements

The Rapture​It's been a while since we've heard from New York dance band The Rapture; their last release Pieces of the People We Love came out five years ago. But now they're back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, which will earn its release on September 6.In tandem with the releas ... More >>

Ten Local Music Entities Ready for Reality TV

​Dallas has always been a wellspring of source material for reality show producers looking to put some squick-worthy drama on television. Along with the new Most Eligible: Dallas and Big Rich Texas shows that make up the crust on the bottom of the basic cable reality barrel, we've seen some me ... More >>

Neither A Phoenix Project Nor Nu-Metal Band, Maleveller Ventures Into The Metal Unknown

Dylan HollingsworthMaleveller​ Heavy metal is a genre that is famously and often unintentionally self-parodying. Bands that are in on the joke, but that take their craft seriously, are rare. Local metal masters Maleveller seek to fill that void. Since their first show in 2009, they have careful ... More >>

Dallas PD Goes to Great Lengths to Defend Selling Its Biggest Helicopter For $1.4 Mil

​Back in mid-June we attempted to make an offer on a Bell 407 helicopter, which was being auctioned off by the city. But the bids piled up, and after 60 the $985,000 starting price climbed to $1,467,500, which was $1,467,500 out of our price range. And, besides, the Dallas Police Department, which ... More >>

Triumph Over Tragedy: Rangers Roll Into All-Star Break

​Thursday: The lowest point in the history of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Sunday: The high point of Texas' baseball season. Was sitting at a blackjack table in Las Vegas when I looked up and saw Nolan Ryan in front of a microphone on TV. As the closed caption scrolled "Josh is very di ... More >>

Authority Zero's Jason DeVore: "It's About Staying Alive and Just Surviving."

Authority Zero​Arizona's Authority Zero has been making music for going on 20 years -- but not without some roadblocks. Various battles with record companies and management types have resulted in lineup changes that would have permanently crippled most bands. Somehow, though, singer Jason DeVore h ... More >>

In Which We Ask The New KXT Program Director About #KXTFail, Among Other Things.

We may or may not have found Mark Abuzzahab's Driver's License photo.​No, Mark Abuzzahab, the new program director at KXT-91.7 FM (and their very first, by the way), isn't here yet. Won't be for a few more weeks. He's still down in Austin, finishing up his stint as the music director at KGSR-93.3 ... More >>

Good Friday: The Nighty Nite's Dallas Debut, and The Rest of This Weekend's Best Shows

Part of The Nighty Nite​This weekend's concert portfolio is strong to quite strong. Interestingly enough, though, the biggest local show will be happening at one of the area's smallest venues, as John Congleton's new band The Nighty Nite make their Dallas debut at Double Wide on Saturday. They'll ... More >>

Picture Show: Burgers Across Texas

JC Reid / Houston PressEating Our Words says Houston's Hubcap's bacon burger is one of the best. ​Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered mons ... More >>

Even for Ex-Cowboys who barely played a down on Super Bowl Sundays, the memories don't fade

Local Music 'Mericans: Katie Karch Is More Than A Roadie -- She's In Charge Of How A Bunch of Local Bands Sound Onstage.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Katie Karch​Last week, with 25-year-old Michelle Pelissero, we found ourselves celebrating the "accomplishment of youth" factor in Local Music 'Me ... More >>

The City Still Wants to Widen Old Central Downtown. But Unhappy Property Owners Say the Price is Very, Very Wrong.

The city's plans to expand César Chávez Boulevard still call for the demoltion of 2226 Elm, which is one of the oldest buildings in downtown.​No doubt you've forgotten all about plans to widen and two-way The Expressway Formerly Known As Central downtown -- a plan that's been around since '05 b ... More >>

"Against the Grain": Jim Moroney on the Decision to Erect a Paywall at The Dallas News

​Shortly before The Dallas Morning News announced the erection of its paywall, which goes into place February 15, publisher and CEO Jim Moroney sent to the staff a memo in which he wrote: Brace yourself. Said Moroney in a phone conversation with Unfair Park at 6:30 this morning, as he was driving ... More >>

Ten Items Worth a Look-See: Mavs, Stars, Cowboys, Rangers and Fox News Pundit Says Michael Vick "Should Have Been Executed"

The fans gave him a break, and even President Obama applauded Vick's return to the NFL. Tucker Carlson of Fox News? Not so much.​10. Mark Teixeira says teammate Andy Pettitte's "probably leaning toward retirement," which is good news for the Texas Rangers and everyone else aiming to win the AL pen ... More >>

Boeing Boeing: Today at City Hall, the Future of the City That Missed Landing The Big One

Peter Harnik​About a month ago we gave you the heads-up that Dallas City Hall would be overrun all day today with planners and politicians looking for a home in the heart of the 21st Century city. Fingers crossed a few of us'll have time enough to slip in and out during the day to report on what J ... More >>

Operation Streamline costs taxpayers millions, tramples on the Constitution, treats immigrants like cattle and doesn't work. So why are the feds so committed to it?

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up

DC9er Mixtape: The Flashback Episode

​Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it'd be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of them have been up to since be ... More >>

Serving a Dish Called Revenge

A chef could always tell a critic to lick his chocolate salty balls.​BRC, the gastropub with the naughty name that's been a sensation in Houston this summer, failed to impress Houston Chronicle critic Alison Cook. In her review this week, Cook declined to give Big Red Cock a single star. But ... More >>

Decades After Local Man Found, Um, "Lost" Elvis Song, The "Tale of Greed and Betrayal"

​On eBay at this very moment, you can buy for anywhere from $3.99 to $85 a single sold in the late 1970s by then-Mockingbird Lane-based International Classic Productions and advertised as Elvis Presley's "first professional recording?!" The single was accompanied by a missive from then-University ... More >>

Patrick "Car-Free" Kennedy Talks to Texas Observer About His Idealized Dallas

Texas FreewayAsk Patrick how he feels about the highways around downtown, like the Mixmaster, seen here under construction in 1963​Texas Observer Forrest Wilder has been doing an occasional chat-with series featuring homegrowns "involved in issues of the environment and energy," and for his latest ... More >>

Could Dallas' Lilith Fair Date Be On The Verge Of Cancellation? Looks Like It. But, Either Way, Norah Jones Is Already Out.

​Those already carrying a ticket for any of this summer's three Texas Lilith Fair stops--including the Dallas show scheduled on Monday, August 16, at the Superpages.com Center--needn't proceed to get terribly attached to the flowers you were planning on adorning your hair with. Seems the Dallas da ... More >>

Lakers Over Celtics: My Top 10 Observations

​10. With a combined 32 championships, isn't this the all-time greatest rivalry in sports? Thought so.  9. Kobe Bryant may be one of the greatest players of all time, but don't be shocked if Boston point guard Rajon Rondo is the best player on the court. 8. The Dallas Mavericks ... More >>

We Highlighted (Almost) Every Mention of Dallas in State of Metropolitan America Report

​While Andrea was having an inexplicably good time at City Hall -- where, apparently, it's open bar during committee meetings now -- I was been reading the Brookings Institution's The State of Metropolitan America report released yesterday. It's been getting lot of attention, for the most part, be ... More >>

GAME 2: Spurs 102, Mavs 88. My Top 10 Observations

​10. Give Spurs coach Gregg Popovich credit. His "dogs" played harder and better than Dallas. In fact, they jumped to a 9-0 lead and basically used the Mavs as a fire hydrant. 9. Watching Erick Dampier and Brendan Haywood, it's Dallas' best center duo since Gana Diop was here with Damp in '06 ... More >>

Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You've Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More

​Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>

The D-Town Boogie Positions Itself For A Big Score This All-Star Weekend

Neon Indian hits the national scene

Tutto Two

Joseph Gutierrez takes over old Watel's space

Pac Rim Rumba

Fusion weds Asian and Tex-Mex and creates a happy marriage

Let It Shine

New eateries coming to the Galleria

See Dean Run

It's been a good year for Preferred's McSherry

Hash Over

Zagat 2000; Mixed Hash

Chinese slick

P.F. Chang's polishes Chinese fare with an American bistro veneer

Pleasure chained

Mediterraneo at the Quadrangle is even better than itself