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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 >>

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American Airlines Flight Sent Back to Gate After Flight Attendant Rants Over PA About Crashing

Update, 12:30 p.m.: The flight's on the ground, but it will need to restock its alcohol supply. Details after the original. Update, 11:23 a.m.: American has confirmed the incident, and says two flight attendants were injured. The airline's statement is after the original item. Original item: An Am ... More >>

Classixx Provides the Rhythm of the Night at Rio Room

Classixx​Uncle, I'll toss a few things in the "pro" column of the 12:30 A.M. Dallas club arrival time. I knew you weren't going to be out 'til late, so I opted to get a few chores done instead of getting irritated. I got a manicure, I went to the gym, I cooked (COOKED!) dinner, I tidied my abo ... More >>

Former Head of City's Urban Forest Advisory Committee Begs CPC Not to Approve Walmart

The proposed site of a new Walmart off Ledbetter​Longtime Friends of Unfair Park will recognize the name Steve Houser: He's the former chair of the Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee honored by George W. Bush in '08 for his volunteer work saving the city's trees. Reason I mention him today: Th ... More >>

Landmark Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Lawuit, Version "2.0," Comes to Dallas Federal Court

Via.​It's been more than a decade since the federal suit first surfaced: Betty Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the sexual discrimination lawsuit that would eventually lead to a class-action suit and the book Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-Mart, whose author ofte ... More >>

Lewisville Basketball Coach Calls Cops to His Apartment, Winds Up Accused of Trafficking

A Fighting Farmers basketball coach is accused to farming for talent in Mexico, and then fighting the talent.​Today's lesson, boys and girls, courtesy of WFAA's Craig Civale and the Lewisville police: When you appear to be running a racket that involves importing a high school basketball playe ... More >>

If Only We Could Have Fried Cake Balls at Sam's Club

​ This week in food news, diners and their dogs flocked to patios to enjoy the cooler weather, we got the results of this year's Big Tex Choice awards and actually found a guy who has a problem with cake balls. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz came across new friends and a new beer this week ... More >>

Baby Buggy Buggers: And You Thought Hummers Were Obnoxious

​Went to NorthPark Center in fancy North Dallas a few afternoons ago. Don't go often. Already have all the monogrammed Kleenex I need. But let me ask you something. What is it with the triple baby carts? You know I'm not making this up. You've seen it. There are people out there who are pushi ... More >>

Walmart Puts Sam's Club Spot Up for Sale As It Preps Two Bachman Lake Locations

The original Northwest Highway Sam's Club​Last month, you no doubt recall, Walmart announced its $200-million expansion said to involve "more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas," though only a handful were announced at the time. Since then I've learned of at least one more on the to-d ... More >>

They're Tearing Down European Crossroads ... and Putting In a Grocery Store

The demolition crew wrote "There goes the neighborhood" on one of the buildings, shortly before the razing commenced.​As I was heading in to the office Tuesday morning, demolition man Scott Dorn shot me a note: JR's Demolition was revving up the 'dozers and about to tear down European Crossroads. ... More >>

From the Southern Sector to the Northwest, Walmart Plans $200-Million Dallas Takeover

​There is no shortage of Walmarts in and around Dallas. But City Hall sends word this afternoon: More are a-coming -- "more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas," per the release that follows, including three in the southern sector and one across the street from Bachman Lake, as I promi ... More >>

Begging and Choosing: Which Market's
Free Samples Give You the Best Meal?

Brooke NottinghamWe managed to snap a couple of pictures of freebies before the Central Market Stasi busted us.​During a dinner shift a few weeks ago, I returned with a guest's drink and asked if he'd like to start with a cup of soup or an appetizer. He stared at me. Then he said, "Do those c ... More >>

Bloggers to Your Computers: Let the Festivities Begin

The future of Ketchup is upon us.​Now that we're through with Thanksgiving, Dallas food blogs and food writers are warmed up and ready to get going with some serious holiday eating. The party started this week with Chanukah, and we expect it to keep gaining momentum right through New Years. P ... More >>

Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.

Rusty Taco: Get Your Mex Fix With a Side of Posers

At Webb Chapel Road and Northwest Highway, a Proposal to Build a Giant "Warehouse Club"

​Till not so long ago, on Webb Chapel Road just north of Northwest Highway -- and directly across the street from Bachman Lake -- there sat a decaying apartment complex that looked as though a small gust of wind would reduce it to splinters. Eventually, it was surrounded by chain-link fence, which ... More >>

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Hash Over: One Arts Plaza Block Party, Wining & Dining with the Dallas Observer, Rusty Taco Finally Opens, and More

www.oneartsplaza.com​Is it just us or does a lot seem to be going on this week in the world of Dallas dining? It seems like some type of foodie event is happening everyday. Good thing we're here to tell you about, right?One Arts Plaza will be throwing its first annual block party this Sunday, Apri ... More >>

At the Dallas Market Center This Week, Walmart, Sam's Club and Others Are Shopping for Christmas 2010

Patrick MichelsThis week's Fall Toy Preview is a private show up on the Dallas Market Center's 12th floor, but there are signs all around the building.​For a few days in mid-October last year, the 12th floor of the Dallas Market Center buzzed with anticipation over the big new offering from the to ... More >>

Dallas Investment Firm Claims Tom Petters's $3-Billion Ponzi Scheme Cost It $24 Million

Tom PettersFirst there was Bernie Madoff; then, Alan Stanford. Then came Minnesota's Tom Petters, who, as The Wall Street Journal documented in April, was popped by federal authorities who claimed he operated a $3-billion Ponzi scheme built upon his taking investors' hard-earned scratch to buy flat- ... More >>

There is No Joystick in Mudville

The headline in this morning's New York Times reads like something out of The Onion: "Virtual Leagues Fold, Forcing Gamers to Find Actual Jobs." Alas, 'tis true -- and the man at the center of the story is Dallas's own Emmanuel Rodriguez, a 23-year-old professional video-game player and world champ ... More >>

Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

One man’s attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex

Crapping Out

What happens when a music journalist listens to Bryan Adams' newest release, 11, on loop for 11 straight plays?

Nathan Does Nathan's: Some Big Bites From a "Nasty" Wiener Win in Plano

You're a Wiener, Day One! Today, Meat the Nathan's Hot Dog Rookie.

Holy Land Family Fights Terrorist Label

Despite a hung jury, the trials are far from over

Tour de Frisco

Pedal hard for MS

Nicked Name

Hall of Fame is Hall of Same Ol' Mediocre Barbecue

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Just because you're paranoid

Taking it in the behind for Uncle Sam

Some Good

AllGood Cafe lives up to its name only sometimes

Trash Talk

Ruby Ann Boxcar leaves the trailer for the bookstore

Nature Calls

Why are patios so popular?

Porn Pawns

The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale

Flunking Out

Charter school scandals are teaching Texas a tough lesson -- one the state should have known four years and $77 million ago.

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World-class embezzler Gary Lewellyn rebounds with a fast-selling treatment for A.D.D.