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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Ten Things You Missed at Sunday's Chefs for Farmers Event. Plus, the Food. Oh, the Food.

    Chefs For Farmers is an event in which 30 area chefs compete for attendees' votes with a singular signature bite. The winning chef gets $2,500 toward his or her charity of choice. The event was created by Iris and Matt McCallister to support local farms, local ingredients and getting really full, d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Alan Todd May -- Once a Fugitive, Always a Con Man -- Gets 20 Years For Ripping Off Investors

    ​For the past three decades -- on and off, but mostly on -- there was no swindle too small-time for Alan Todd May. Credit card abuse, theft, check fraud -- however he could make an easy, sleazy buck, May did what he could wherever he could to whomever he met. One day, perhaps, someone will make a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    On This "Very, Very Sad Day," Nolan Ryan Asks Media For Restraint and Ponders What Now

    Photo by Nick Rallo​Once more Nolan Ryan gathered the media together to discuss "a very, very sad day for the Texas Rangers organization" -- the death last night of 39-year-old Brownwood firefighter Shannon Stone, who fell 20 feet to his death at the Ballpark in Arlington attempting to reach a bal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    A Starr is Born: North Texas' Other Entry in MasterChef is a Globetrotting Pumpkin Fan

    Ben Starr of MasterChef.​With all the publicity swirling around Polyphonic Spree singer Jennie Kelley's participation in the current run of MasterChef on Fox, it's perhaps understandable that the other North Texan, Ben Starr, still in the running for the $250,000 first prize, should have gone ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2010

    Schutze Says We Should All Do a Badu and Get Naked at Dealey Plaza--and That Includes Him

    Ben Starr of MasterChef.​With all the publicity swirling around Polyphonic Spree singer Jennie Kelley's participation in the current run of MasterChef on Fox, it's perhaps understandable that the other North Texan, Ben Starr, still in the running for the $250,000 first prize, should have gone ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Money for Nothing|Attention Must Be Paid|Free at Last|Welcome Home, George

    Ben Starr of MasterChef.​With all the publicity swirling around Polyphonic Spree singer Jennie Kelley's participation in the current run of MasterChef on Fox, it's perhaps understandable that the other North Texan, Ben Starr, still in the running for the $250,000 first prize, should have gone ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    George W. Bush, Texas' Prodigal Son, Returns

    Given any thought to how you're going to react when you encounter George W. on the streets of Dallas?

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Far As DISD Trustee Flores Is Concerned, Hinojosa's the Right Man

    OK, you know the drill by now: Collect 'em all! Today, it's Edwin Flores's turn.First, a disclaimer: I've always liked Flores, who's pictured at right; he's affable and accessible. And you get the sense that he loves being a trustee and is able to shrug off the criticism that comes with the job. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

    OK, you know the drill by now: Collect 'em all! Today, it's Edwin Flores's turn.First, a disclaimer: I've always liked Flores, who's pictured at right; he's affable and accessible. And you get the sense that he loves being a trustee and is able to shrug off the criticism that comes with the job. Th ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Obama and Me

    It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Highway Robbery

    Crime doesn't pay? Tell that to truck cargo thieves.

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    OU Students Fink

    Crime doesn't pay? Tell that to truck cargo thieves.

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Dr. Disaster

    When the world is falling to pieces, emergency doctor Paul Pepe makes order from chaos

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    G.I. Jerk

    Phil Haberman claims he fought with special forces in Iraq, but he's about as real as Rambo

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    BBQ Sauce for the Soul

    When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    The Shootist

    Terry Anderson thought he'd be in Athens right now, chasing his lifelong dream of Olympic gold. Instead, he's in prison, his life plugged full of holes.

  • Film

    April 5, 2001

    Bite It

    Along Came a Spider bugs out

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    Home Again

    Horace Caraker got what he wanted: jail time

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Prison sweet prison

    Horace Caraker doesn't belong in federal prison. But he likes it there, and he'll threaten a president if it means going back.

  • Calendar

    January 7, 1999

    Long dead, The King

    Horace Caraker doesn't belong in federal prison. But he likes it there, and he'll threaten a president if it means going back.

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Officer down

    Thirty-five years ago, Jesse Curry was Dallas' respected, popular police chief. Then Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, and Curry became just one more victim of the Kennedy assassination.

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Toy boy

    Tarrant County Sheriff David Williams lusts for helicopters, Chevy Tahoes, and machine guns, but in the hands of used car parts baron Ed Max, Williams is the ultimate cop toy

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Eye of Newt

    Lessons I learned the hard way: a personal report

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    The man who knew too much

    Meet Arthur Griesacker--the mysterious fellow who allegedly masterminded the Republic of Texas' funny-money schemes but always seems to escape prosecution

  • 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

    November 6, 1997

    Second Coming

    A jet-settin', Scotch-sippin' Robert Tilton washes up in South Florida--and he still wants your money

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Busted

    Julio Mercado is Dallas' brand-new DEA boss, and he's inherited kilos of trouble. His city is about to be declared a drug disaster zone, but all his narcs seem to care about is snitching on each other.

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Devil's work

    New Black Panthers finally find the spotlight

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    Yemengate

    In a tiny Middle Eastern country, government officials have accused Dallas oilman Ray Hunt's company of cheating them out of millions.

  • News

    May 25, 1995

    Crow associate charged

    New York advisor indicted in 'Libyan connection' scheme

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Who ya gonna call?

    City Hall's top brass use taxpayer-provided mobile phones to call sweethearts, power brokers, and Pizza Hut.

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