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April 5, 2012
Today is Alcohol Screening Day. Really.
Today is National Alcohol Screening Day, a day on which almost 1,000 community-based organizations, colleges and military installations will offer free, anonymous screenings to help people determine whether or not they have a drinking problem. The website HowDoYouScore.org is sponsored by another s ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Think Last Night's Burger Made You Feel Sick Today? Think Again.
When I interviewed James Childers and asked him how many people got sick eating at restaurants in Dallas, his answer begged the question. He said his department received 117 complaints, in the last year but noted they were only complaints, not confirmed food-borne illness outbreaks. So I asked him ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Postcard from Texas Meth Country
In one East Texas town, a new brand of meth lab has business -- and the occasional house -- booming.
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October 7, 2011
At the Last Minute, Texas Spikes Federal Sex Education Funding ... Again
Condoms, birth control -- who needs 'em? Just don't have sex, Texas says to its horny teens. Just hobble that unbridled desire coupled with a limited understanding of consequences and say 'No, I'm saving myself for marriage.' That's pretty much the message, maybe paired with an infographic demonstr ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Doc's Whistleblowing Results in Parkland, UT Southwestern Paying $1.4 Million to Feds
Gentilello in a 2005 UT Southwestern photoAmidst all the other things going on with Parkland at the moment, there remains one other Very Big Thing you've probably forgotten all about: Dr. Larry Gentilello's allegations that trauma residents at the county hospital were treating patients and perfo ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Super Bowl prostitution: 100,000 hookers didn't show, but America's latest political scam did.
Gentilello in a 2005 UT Southwestern photoAmidst all the other things going on with Parkland at the moment, there remains one other Very Big Thing you've probably forgotten all about: Dr. Larry Gentilello's allegations that trauma residents at the county hospital were treating patients and perfo ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Golden Acres Heads to Federal Court to Take on Kathleen Sebelius and Medicare's "Hospice Cap"
Kathleen SebeliusThe National Alliance for Hospice Access lays out very clearly what the so-called "hospice cap" is, but long story short: In 1982, Congress enacted a law that allowed Medicare beneficiaries to choose hospice care over hospital care. There was one caveat: Congress put in place a c ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Why Do Some Mexican-Americans Join the Minutemen?
Kathleen SebeliusThe National Alliance for Hospice Access lays out very clearly what the so-called "hospice cap" is, but long story short: In 1982, Congress enacted a law that allowed Medicare beneficiaries to choose hospice care over hospital care. There was one caveat: Congress put in place a c ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
Former Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ron Springs' Tale of Triumph Takes a Sad Detour Through Stagnation and Litigation
Kathleen SebeliusThe National Alliance for Hospice Access lays out very clearly what the so-called "hospice cap" is, but long story short: In 1982, Congress enacted a law that allowed Medicare beneficiaries to choose hospice care over hospital care. There was one caveat: Congress put in place a c ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Governor Rick Perry 's Lame Statement About Child Support Tells Us All We Need To Know About Republican Ally Greg Abbott
Danny FulgencioIn the current paper version of Unfair Park, we detail the lengthy battle between Robert O'Donnell and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who extinguished O'Donnell's child support collection business after several courtroom victories. Despite the efforts of Abbott and his off ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
In the War of Attrition Waged by the Texas Attorney General Against Robert O'Donnell, There Were Unintended Consequences
Danny FulgencioIn the current paper version of Unfair Park, we detail the lengthy battle between Robert O'Donnell and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who extinguished O'Donnell's child support collection business after several courtroom victories. Despite the efforts of Abbott and his off ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Turns Out, All It Takes to Kill Dallas's Convention Business Is a Little Swine Flu Scare
Something called the Food Marketing Institute was scheduled to hold two events in Dallas beginning May 4: a "Future Connect leadership development conference" on May 4-6, followed by a "MARKETECHNICS® technology event" May 5-8. According to Tradeshow Week, the events were to take place at the Hyatt ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
HIV Numbers Cloud Condom Sense
Something called the Food Marketing Institute was scheduled to hold two events in Dallas beginning May 4: a "Future Connect leadership development conference" on May 4-6, followed by a "MARKETECHNICS® technology event" May 5-8. According to Tradeshow Week, the events were to take place at the Hyatt ... More >>
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November 26, 2008
Just Because, Texas Watchdog Sifts Though AG's Open Records Opinions
Just to see what's open and what ain't these days, Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles sifted through a stack of November 12 rulings handed down by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office concerning open records requests. Today, she posts the results.About half of the opinions concern requests gen ... More >>
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October 17, 2008
Seriously, Never Give an Employee the Company Credit Card. Like, Ever.
Just to see what's open and what ain't these days, Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles sifted through a stack of November 12 rulings handed down by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office concerning open records requests. Today, she posts the results.About half of the opinions concern requests gen ... More >>
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August 30, 2008
Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas
Just to see what's open and what ain't these days, Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles sifted through a stack of November 12 rulings handed down by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office concerning open records requests. Today, she posts the results.About half of the opinions concern requests gen ... More >>
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February 27, 2008
DISD Now $316,000 Lighter
Just to see what's open and what ain't these days, Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles sifted through a stack of November 12 rulings handed down by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office concerning open records requests. Today, she posts the results.About half of the opinions concern requests gen ... More >>
News
December 6, 2007
American Toxic
The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim
Blogs
July 3, 2007
ACS to Fork Over $2.6 Mil to Feds
The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim
News
September 14, 2006
Follywood
A B-actress, computer mayhem and families feudin'! Making a movie with your rich friends is just courting disaster.
Music
June 29, 2006
Six Organs of Admittance
The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
News
September 29, 2005
Thanks, But No Thanks
Plus: The Dallas Crown Affair
News
May 29, 2003
Just Get Married!
Bells will be ringing as a new pro-marriage, anti-poverty plan takes root in Texas
News
March 22, 2001
Joint Effort
"Aging hippies" team with the desperately ill and one lawmaker to fight for medical marijuana in Texas. Is that just a smoke screen?
News
August 12, 1999
Rotting away in jail
Kevin Young earned his trip to the Dallas County jail, but no one deserves what happened to him there
News
June 3, 1999
Unacceptable Risk
Texas health officials say that mandatory childhood vaccinations against hepatitis B will prevent the spread of life-threatening illness. But which is riskier--the disease or the vaccine?
News
April 1, 1999
Letters
Texas health officials say that mandatory childhood vaccinations against hepatitis B will prevent the spread of life-threatening illness. But which is riskier--the disease or the vaccine?
News
December 3, 1998
The garden of life
In East Dallas' Little Asia, a community blooms in fields of litter
News
May 28, 1998
Nice try
A troubled Dallas anti-poverty agency's end-run around state regulators goes nowhere
News
March 5, 1998
The war over Gulf War Syndrome
Dallas doctors believe they've solved the mystery of sick veterans, but find themselves in "a bloody scientific war" where they are branded charlatans
News
April 17, 1997
Letters
Dallas doctors believe they've solved the mystery of sick veterans, but find themselves in "a bloody scientific war" where they are branded charlatans
News
June 20, 1996
Hoping for the worst
Defense lawyers itch for a health-care fraud bonanza
News
September 21, 1995
Lost Tribe
Grand Prairie's Henry Clayton has proclaimed himself chief of the new 'nato Nation. Is he the head of Texas' largest Indian tribe-or an indian impostor?

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