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Tom Hicks: He Brings People Together -- Like, Oh, Guys Named Rudy and Gary

Hatley One Step -- and Punch -- Closer to Making U.S. Olympic Team After Weekend Win

Buy. Out. Buyout. (That's an Electric Company Reference.)

Lunch With the Trinity Muckety-Mucks

Get Totally Lit This Weekend

Bill Hill Goes Both Ways. Again.

Noriega Takes Fight for U.S. Senate to Steps of Dallas City Hall

SMU Begs Fans to Arrive to Football Games, Like, Before Kick-Off, M'kay?

Vaya Con Dios, Hank Hill

A Crusader for the Mentally Disabled Has Mixed Feelings Over DOJ Report

Mark Graham Haseeb Chishty On Tuesday night, Farhat Chishty got the news: The U.S. Department of Justice, after months of investigating, had completed a scathing report on the Texas State Schools for the disabled and was threatening to sue the state for violating residents' constitutional rights. ... More >>

Buzz

Mark Graham Haseeb Chishty On Tuesday night, Farhat Chishty got the news: The U.S. Department of Justice, after months of investigating, had completed a scathing report on the Texas State Schools for the disabled and was threatening to sue the state for violating residents' constitutional rights. ... More >>

Unlikely hybrid

The cocktail country of the Lucky Pierres proves to be the right mix

Sex "Education" Has Failed Texas Students, Says Texas State University Study

Abstinence-only sex education doesn't work. You know it. Bristol Palin knows it. Shoot, anyone who has ever been or met a teenager knows that telling them to "just say no" is the best and possibly only way to get them to says yes, yes, YES!Still, it's nice that the folks at the Texas Freedom Network ... More >>

Chicken-Fried Infamy

It's a batter battle as Texas faces Oklahoma

Following Suit

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

Buzz: Sex Ed in Texas Gets an "F"

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

Some Holiday Fare Is Fairer Than Others—and Funnier

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

The Caretaker

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

ˇAsk a Mexican!

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

Hallguest

Fort Worth welcomes Sinbad

Nature Calls

Fort Worth welcomes Sinbad

Still Learning

One year down and hundreds more angry letters to go

Quick Race

Who needs SXSW? Austin's Lemurs already have crazed fans in Dallas

Odds & Ends

Festivals abound this spring; enter our caption contest and win...something

Rock On, Denton

A report from the first-ever WakeUp '04 festival

WakeUp Call

Denton springs back with a new all-day local music fest

Texas Decks

D:Fuse helps put Austin's dance scene on the map

If Nothing Else, Every Day I Drive By the Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist's Work

Say what you will about Eliseo Garcia's sculpture in front of the Walnut Hill Lane firehouse, but he's the official state "three-dimensional artist" for 2009, so there.Last December, we directed your attention to the publicly funded sculptures dropped in front of Fire Station No. 35 near the Marsh-W ... More >>

2 To 3 Miles Of Adventure

Say what you will about Eliseo Garcia's sculpture in front of the Walnut Hill Lane firehouse, but he's the official state "three-dimensional artist" for 2009, so there.Last December, we directed your attention to the publicly funded sculptures dropped in front of Fire Station No. 35 near the Marsh-W ... More >>

Because Nothing Screams, "Happy July 4th!" Like Michelle Malkin at Southfork Ranch

Just stumbled upon quite the shindig planned for July 4 out at Southfork Ranch -- something called America's Tea Party, which is being put on by the Dallas Tea Party folks (nawww) but features a cross-country list of speakers tentatively scheduled to rally the troops. Here's the roll call thus far:F ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: The Flaming Lips. Wow.

Danny FulgencioThe crowds showed up at the fairgounds in full for the Flaming Lips.​Wow. The Flaming Lips put on quite the performance. There's no way to even start recapping day three of the North by 35 Mucis Conferette without mentioning the biggest rock spectacular Denton's ever hosted. To call ... More >>

Mmm, Fried Soy Products; Who Needs Funnel Cake?

Chicken-fried bacon or fried imitation cheese...hmm, which to choose, which to choose?​Figuring omnivores shouldn't have all the greasy fun, DallasVegan.com is hosting its own fried food contest at The Phoenix Project, 406 S. Haskell Ave. "I would expect some of the same, off-the-wall type of ... More >>

Taste of Downtown Plano: Too Hot for Chili? Not in the 'Burbs.

Photos by Conner HowellOne of the judges at the Jack Daniels Chili Cook-off helps himself to another taste.​Sometime it seems like the favorite pastime in Texas during summer is to find the nearest open building with AC. But while you were enjoying your daily dose of AC this weekend, you could ... More >>

Garland Road Visions and Better Blocks Built

Click to embiggen for a look-see at what the Garland Road Vision visionaries envision, per today's council briefing​Going on four years now, residents and stakeholders along and near Garland Road -- at least, the stretch of Texas State Highway 78 between Interstate 635 and where it splits into Gas ... More >>

Spent the Rest of the Day Browsing Through the Dallas As Seen Through Marion Butts's Lens

Photos by Marion Butts/Courtesy Texas/Dallas History & Archives DivisionFrom October 22, 1960: "Protesters, including Dallas ministers Rev. E.W. Thomas and Rev. H. Rhett James, in front of H.L. Green's fighting for integrated lunch counters."​If you have a few hours to spare, allow me to direc ... More >>

Carla Ranger: Power to the People, Not the Dallas Independent School District Trustees

DISD trustee Carla Ranger​Last week we noted: Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Dallas Independent School District HQ, the school board's set to hear how the public feels about extending trustees' terms from three to four years. You got something to say on the subject, now's the time to sign up -- deadline ... More >>

Go For Two

DISD trustee Carla Ranger​Last week we noted: Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Dallas Independent School District HQ, the school board's set to hear how the public feels about extending trustees' terms from three to four years. You got something to say on the subject, now's the time to sign up -- deadline ... More >>

Consider 2010 a Gestation Period for Denton Music

DISD trustee Carla Ranger​Last week we noted: Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Dallas Independent School District HQ, the school board's set to hear how the public feels about extending trustees' terms from three to four years. You got something to say on the subject, now's the time to sign up -- deadline ... More >>

State Rep. Giddings Wants School Districts to Stop Treating Students Like Criminals

​A couple of weeks back Texas Appleseed and ACLU of Texas reps were down in Austin asking why oh why do state school districts feel the need to write class C misdemeanor tickets to students, some as young as 6, in the case of the Dallas Independent School District back in '06-'07. John Whitmire's ... More >>

The Many, Ongoing Interests of Ray Wylie Hubbard

​A couple of weeks back Texas Appleseed and ACLU of Texas reps were down in Austin asking why oh why do state school districts feel the need to write class C misdemeanor tickets to students, some as young as 6, in the case of the Dallas Independent School District back in '06-'07. John Whitmire's ... More >>

Noodlin' Around With the State's Law Banning the Practice of Catfishin' With Yer Bare Hands

Brady Knowlton and one of his pals, from his Facebook page​It's a big day for 30-year-old SMU grad Brady Knowlton, who graces the front page of this morning's Wall Street Journal -- and, now, Gawker. All because Knowlton, a Dallas oilman and new dad and world-traveling big-game hunter (per his Fac ... More >>

With USC Out, Oklahoma Should Be 2004 National Champs

Like it never happened?​When Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100-meter gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, it was awarded to second-place finisher Carl Lewis. When Carter High School was ripped of its 1988 Texas State 5A Football Championship, it was given to the team it beat in the titl ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.15.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Derek Holland looked unusually sharp from the first pitch last night. Seattle's woeful offensively. I had a feeling, so I Tweetcalled for a no-hitter in the bottom of the 1st. Holland took ... More >>

Concussing Our Kids, One Hit At a Time

While pro sports finally fess up to the dangers of high-impact athletics, trainers, coaches, parents and lawmakers struggle to curb head injuries that are even more dangerous for kids.

Hairspray: A Spritz of Fun

Wig out on a family friendly adaptation of John Waters' kitschy original.

Vegans Rejoice: Texas State Veggie Fair Fried Food Competition

Sylvia ElzafonFried vegan Bob Armstrong queso won Texas State Veggie Fair's Most Creative title in 2010.​The State Fair of Texas offers a millionty delicious fried food options, but if you're vegan, food-wise you're pretty much limited to sniffing second-hand funnel cake fumes.Well, fuck all that. ... More >>

TEA: More Texas Students Are Taking the SAT. Problem Is, Scores Keep Dropping.

​A little while ago, in this item below, Mike MacNaughton posted a link to this freshly minted release from the Texas Education Agency, which leads with the good news: "Texas has experienced a huge increase in the number of college-bound minority students who take the SAT college admissions test." ... More >>

All The Veg That's Fit to Fry: The Texas State Veggie Fair

​The Texas State Veggie Fair will descend on Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake this Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., providing an alternative to all the fried animal parts you've been subjected to at the State Fair. For the second year, the event will give veg heads a place to congregate, talk t ... More >>

Shepard Moon

​The Texas State Veggie Fair will descend on Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake this Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., providing an alternative to all the fried animal parts you've been subjected to at the State Fair. For the second year, the event will give veg heads a place to congregate, talk t ... More >>

Survey Says Texas Schools Are Now a Little Less Awful at Teaching Students Sex Education

Texas Freedom Network​Just three years ago, 94 percent of the state's school districts told their kiddos: Just say no to sex. And that was that when it came to sex ed -- abstinence only and nothing but, which was working out real well considering that Texas's teen-pregnancy rate was the third-high ... More >>