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U.S. Secret Service

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Ted Nugent For Vice President? We Made Him Some Promotional Materials...

    Seeing how Waco's resident quote generator/firearms enthusiast Ted Nugent made some rather controversial statements about President Obama this week, which he's already "smoothed" over with Secret Service, and how current Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney is looking for a VP candidate, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Competence on Trial: The Strange Odyssey of Serial Dallas Lawsuit Filer Lester Ruston

    Every decent-sized courthouse in the country has its own serial pain in the ass, the guy who thinks nothing of suing the kids who threw a ball over his fence or the cat who pooped in his yard. But there's a special subset of filing addicts: the inmates who while away their time in the pokey filing k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Sorry America, But We Ain't Safe: A Review from the NBA Finals Road

    ​Please don't take this as a complaint. More of an -- as I do from time to time, and always -- observation. I love my job(s). Getting paid to attend sporting events is all I ever wanted to do since the day I realized I'd grow up to be too short and too unathletic to play for a living. An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    If Security at Super Bowl's Anything Like the Clampdown at the Downtown Sheraton ...

    Photos by Patrick MichelsJanet Napolitano brought her Secret Service "safe zone" to Super Bowl XLV's press row in the Sheraton.All day Monday, Super Bowl XLV Press Row at the Sheraton downtown was filling up, as the best and the brightest out-of-town media checked in, grabbed their credentials and s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    As Feds Reveal Results From Operation Broken Trust, a Look at the Local Greatest Hits

    ​This morning in D.C., Attorney General Eric Holder met with the media to discuss Operation Broken Trust, a wide-ranging crime-bustin' effort conducted by an alphabet soup's worth of agencies intended to "protect American investors, to ensure the strength of our markets, and to prevent financial f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Decisions, Decisions: Shoveling Dirt on the New George W. Bush Presidential Center with a Handful of Old Friends

    Photos by Stephen Masker​Of course you've heard that George W. Bush has a new book out in stores, and this morning, you couldn't help but hear he was getting started building his new library, too. Onstage under a big tent on the Southern Methodist University campus, Bush was shifting excitedly fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Threaten the President's Life on Craigslist, And You're Going to Federal Prison for Two Years

    ​You remember Brian Dean Miller, right? Sure you do. He's the 43-year-old Northeast Dallas man who, back in March, posted to Craigslist's "Rants & Raves" section an item titled "Obama must die." Among its highlights, reminds the U.S. Attorney's Office today, he wrote: "People the time has come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Big Dallas Players, On The Field And Off, Celebrate Super Bowl Community Service

    Photos by Andrea GrimesLaura Bush poses with Girl Scout Troop 92, who painted the library in Bryan's House and organized the books.​Late yesterday afternoon, Laura Bush joined former Dallas Cowboy Daryl Johnston and members of the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee to celebrate a project comple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    DPD Would Like to Correct Channel 11's Story About Homeless Man and George W.'s House

    ​No doubt you've at least heard about KTVT-Channel 11's story that aired last night, in which the CBS owned-and-operated reported that a homeless man from Mexico made it past those security gates and all the way to George W. Bush's front door. Said Channel 11, which has since yanked the piece from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Burger Battle Round Two: Farnatchi vs. Square Burger

    Square Burger​Earlier this year Toque brought you the throw-down between up-and-coming chain Five Guys Burger and the Oak Cliff standard, Wingfield's Breakfast and Burger. It was a messy proposition that actually took us to many burger fronts all in one day. We visited Smashburger and Mooyah, as t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Alan Todd May, Who Feds Say Ran Ponzi Scheme From Downtown, Caught in S.F.

    Some of the very generic imagery featured on Alan Todd May's company's Web site​Alan Todd May spent the better part of 1983 to 2002 in and out of prison, having been arrested for such things as credit card abuse, check fraud, theft ... well, you name the hustle, he hustled it. There were 14 convic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Six Months After La Familia Bust, Dallas Boss Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking

    Kimberly ThorpeSome of the drugs and money seized by law-enforcement officials in the fall of 2009​We were there in October of last year, when the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the I.R.S., the U.S. Secret Service and Texas Air National Guard -- and every other law-enforcing acronym -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    The Soufflé Scramble

    ​Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Airing New Research and Dusting Off Old Yarns, 46 Years After the Kennedy Assassination

    Patrick MichelsErnest Brandt, who says he was an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination, shows 11-year-old Mack Reed the window where Oswald fired from. More photos are up in this slide show.​Out at Dealey Plaza Sunday afternoon, there was something for everyone: fashion, literature, song and, fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    When the DEA Busted Up La Familia, They Hauled In Plenty of Guns, Drugs and Dough

    Photos by Kimberly Thorpe​You're looking at 220 pounds of methamphetamine, 4.5 kilos of cocaine and $660,000 in cash; there was also quite the assortment of machine guns hauled in. The whole stash was seized in North Texas yesterday from more than 80 members of a violent Mexican drug cartel known ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    After a Dynamic Season Opener, Rangers Fans are Seeing Red

    The Rangers' debut was shockingly accessorized by pitching, defense and, don't look now, relevance.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Havin' a Ball: At the Texas Pinball Festival in Grapevine, "This is A Way of Life."

    Daniel DaugheryButch Peel repairs one pinball machine that didn't stand up to the experts' night of nonstop play.More than 100 pinball machines, all set to free play, and not a deaf, dumb, blind kid in sight. It might sound like some crazy pinballer's fantasy, but it came true this weekend at the Te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Today In Music News: Beyonce v. The Secret Service, A J.J. Fad Reunion?

    Your daily dose of music news for Thursday, January 22, 2009... Even the inauguration of Barack Obama on Tuesday couldn't keep Beyonce from goin' all diva on the Secret Service's ass. It seems the building her hubby Jay-Z was rehearsing in for his inauguration concert was part of a five block, no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Bush's "After-Life" in Dallas

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    Laying Down the Unwelcome Mat for Bush

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    Hillary at Herrera's, Kind of Like An SNL Sketch (Also: ABC Anchor Talks Mavs!)

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    No Security, Not Just a Bad Rolling Stones Live Album

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • Film

    February 21, 2008

    We'll Pass on the Multi-Perspective, Mega-Annoying Vantage Point

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    More From the Obama Rally: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

    Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

  • Film

    December 27, 2007

    Film 2007: On Deck

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Two Words You Don't Wanna Hear Together: "Cheney" and "Beretta."

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    A Fate Worse Than Dubya, Live at Wild About Harry's!

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2006

    The Fair Can Be So Unfair

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    "Just Like a Drift of Blossoms..."

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2006

    Top Secret

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood'sChangeling

  • Film

    April 21, 2005

    Lost in Translation

    All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    More Bushwhacking

    Plus: Attack and Counterattack; Who Ya Callin’ Geek?

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    Electric Shtick

    The Electric Six's shenanigans have them laughing all the way to the bank

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Life in the Slow Lane

    This Bush's summer home is a long way from Kennebunkport, but the folks in Crawford think that's fine

  • Film

    July 17, 2003

    Bum Deal

    Mandy Moore's going to be around for a while--but that doesn't mean you should see her movies

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2003

    20 Years Young

    Millennium celebrates "The Mod, the Odd and the Ugly"

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Deadly Skies

    Plus: The Original Crusaders; Out, Damned Potholes; Someone's Lying

  • Film

    August 16, 2001

    Untrue West

    He's cuddly, goofy and often a bore. Meet the new Jesse James.

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    The Color of Money

    Does restaurant service differ because of race? Depends on whom you ask.

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Death in the Desert

    Gary Patterson flew to El Paso for a job interview--and never returned. It took nearly two years for the Texas Rangers and Waco police to unravel the bizarre web of lies and treachery that led to his disappearance.

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Letters

    No, you take him; Scenic Huntsville; Hell's grannies; Not us; Fair market; Blame it on Bossa Nova

  • Film

    March 30, 2000

    Nuke 'em

    Deterrence takes on -- and bungles -- the biggest question of all

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Poop on the scoop

    DMN editors spin the truth until it wobbles rather than come clean on how they blew their big story

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Soul food & crackers

    How two black Dallas men learned to love the lily-white Republic of Texas--especially the part about phony checks and payment-free plastic

  • Film

    July 24, 1997

    Going down

    Air Force One nosedives into an ocean of ennui

  • Film

    April 17, 1997

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  • Film

    February 13, 1997

    Power outage

    After this absolute mess, Eastwood might consider a ride into the sunset

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    Gold diggers

    The telecommunications bill brings out the greed in all of us

  • Film

    November 23, 1995

    Lucky 007

    Pierce Brosnan is golden in the best Bond since Connery

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