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A Field Guide to the Activists Protesting This Week's Vote on the Gay Boy Scout Ban

The Boy Scouts of America's National Council meets this week at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, and it's scheduled to decide on Thursday whether to lift its long-standing policy banning gay scouts. (The ban on gay leaders is staying in place for now, but the organization's leadership, as well as a l ... More >>

Heritage Auctions is Being Sued by Mongolia -- Yes, the Country -- Over the Sale of a Dinosaur

My 3-year-old son is crushed. Yesterday, his dad was about $1,052,480 shy of purchasing a 75 percent complete fossil skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus bataar, sold by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. Or at least I would have been had I put in a bid. It's just as well, though, because whoever purchased the ... More >>

Dallas' Five Best Pizzas

Kristy Yang​Two weeks ago we picked up the phone and asked Mayor Mike Rawlings for his five favorite slices in Dallas. He was eager to play along and gave us some decent picks, but now it's time for City of Ate to get in on the fun. Broken down by category, these are City of Ate's five favori ... More >>

Eight Foodie Events for Your July 4th Weekend

Justin Terveen​Fourth of July weekend, a time to grab a lawn chair, stock the cooler and sport American flag swag. We have a list of local spots that will be celebrating the long weekend by offering up fun, holiday-themed events. On Friday, Nana, the upscale restaurant in the Hilton Anatole (220 ... More >>

While Rangers' Bullpen Continues Implosion, Neftali Feliz Says He'll Never Start

​Neftali Feliz will pitch Wednesday night in Frisco. But if it's up to him, he'll never pitch in the Rangers' starting rotation. While Texas continues to blow games -- yesterday it was Darren Oliver allowing Hideki Matsui's 10th-inning homer in a 5-4 loss -- and erase the warm-n-fuzzies from ... More >>

Ron Kirk: Democrats Can Take Texas. One Day?

Photo by Patrick Michels​USA Today's Richard Wolf attended this morning's Third Way breakfast, where former Dallas Mayor-turned-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk insisted the demographic shift in Texas over the last decade -- where 38 percent of the population is now Hispanic, 12 percent African- ... More >>

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AMC Grapevine Converting Theaters for Dine-In Movies

​The nation's second-largest theater chain is opening a dine-in theater at Grapevine Mills tomorrow, suggesting the movie world's major players aren't ready to cede the "watch and eat" model to smaller operators. Grapevine is the sixth entry in AMC's growing Dine-In Theater concept; a seventh ... More >>

Dallas Mavericks Pick a Really Bad Night to Start the 2010-11 Season

​Poor Mark Cuban. With his billions and success, seems weird to type that. But think of his plight: In August he came this close to buying the Texas Rangers. Now not only are those same Rangers on the verge of winning the World Series, they're taking a big steamy, stinky one on his Dallas Ma ... More >>

Waco's Damned If It'll Be "Texas' Largest Bathroom Break" Anymore

​Portland-based urban planner John Fregonese's name should ring a bell -- he's the guy behind the Forward Dallas comprehensive plan, now in effect four years last June. Saw his name again today in the USA Today: Waco's done hired him too to create a plan "that includes mixed retail and residential ... More >>

News & Notes: Hooray for the Ever-Expanding Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Blockbuster Keeps NYSE Listing and American's "YADA" Yada

U.S. Census Bureau​A little light lunchtime reading ...To begin with, the U.S. Census Bureau released its population estimates today, and, as usual, Texas -- and the DFWA (as in, Arlington) -- fared bestest in all the land. "Star of the Sun Belt," says here. And that means you, Frisco and McKinney ... More >>

Calculating Deck Park's Return on Investment (And, Bonus, a Road Trip Through Texas)

Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation​Whenever we bring up the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park, as we did yesterday, it sparks quite the contentious debate amongst those who think it the proverbial game-changer and those who think it nothing short of folly doomed inevitably to failure. Which is where Patrick ... More >>

Deck Park Will Be City's "Oceanfront Property"

​A Friend of Unfair Park whose name might rhyme with "Joanna Singleton" sends word: USA Today, in its round-up of urban parks yesterday, took a long, loving look at the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park. Turns out, ours is among several outta-thin-air parks either in the works or being proposed across the ... More >>

In Case You Wondered What It Was Like Inside Texas Stadium When It Blew ...

Sure. You've seen the implosion of Texas Stadium from the parking lot. And in super-slow-mo. But thanks to the heads-up from USA Today, you can now witness it ... from inside Texas Stadium.

Dirk Abides: First He Was Tron, But Now the Dallas Maverick is a Big Lebowski

A while ago we looked at that Dirk-as-Tron video, which was yanked from Vimeo but resurfaced on YouTube just this week. Then, a few days back, came the comic-book origin story -- not bad, not great. Both of those flashbacks are after the jump. Now, via USA Today today, we find this: Nowitzki cut and ... More >>

Before You Grab That To-Go Sandwich at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Read This

​If you're traveling this holiday season, take note: USA Today has reviewed the food-inspection records for 10 airports -- including, of course, Dallas-Fort Worth International -- and dug up some unappetizing demerits. The story in this morning's paper doesn't detail the findings at DFW, but does ... More >>

Wrap It Up: 7-Eleven to Give Its Big, Firm Bananas a Little Extra Protection

Has 7-Eleven not heard of the Banana Bunker?​So, Dallas-based 7-Eleven wants to keep its yellow bananas from going brown, which'll surely mean a little extra green at the cash register. Notes USA Today today, the chain will unroll some plastic wrap at 27 Dallas-area locations by way of a test run; ... More >>

Addison's Blowin' Up

On Monday, Children's to Document Kidney Transplant 140 Characters at a Time

USA Today directs our attention to the following tweet sent this morning from Children's Medical Center Dallas and UT Southwestern: "Who's an early bird? Transplant Twittering starts Mon. at 6 a.m. central!" Yup. On Monday morning, a 3-year-old named John Gilbreath is set to get a kidney from his fa ... More >>

Food For Thought 3.26.09

"The fact that you can eat a full-service meal for under $10 is incredible. You couldn't even eat this cheaply in 1992." (Christopher Muller, a professor of hospitality at the University of Central Florida, on sit-down chains offering discounted entree pricing in the wake of slowing sales. Outback, ... More >>

The 10 Worst Sports Mascots of All-Time

It was the worst of times. It was the best of times. In that order. There is a God. One who, of course, loves sports. And one who, when peering through the hole in the roof, hates what the Dallas Cowboys' ridiculous mascot does to his favorite team. In other words, Rowdy has been banned. ... More >>

USA Today Plays the Texas Blues

Worst. Talented. Team. Ever.

In Living Color

See The Color Purple at Fair Park

That's Rich: Plano Tops Affluent List

Maybe These Two Frisco Women Could Be the Next Food Network Stars

Newspapers, Including Dallas' Only Daily, Hop off the Campaign Trail

You Say Can You C-Section?

Face It, Most Air Travel is Emotionally Distressing

Come Fly With Them

Maybe It's All Those Pop-Up Ads, Y'Think?

The Leaked List from the Mitchell Report -- and Hooray for the Home Team!

Bennigan's Reducing Its Pieces of Flair

At 19 (Almost), Duncanville Fighter Is (Already) USA Boxing's Brightest Young Rising Star

Schutze is Getting Truck-ulent Over Trinity River Toll Road. Heh.

USA Today Proclaims Ross Jr. Downtown Dallas' Savior -- Huzzah!

Counting Money

The Money, Money, Money Men

Two Local Ministries Engage in Streetfight with City Over Where to Serve the Homeless

Tempted?

Temptations Indian Cuisine is less than seductive

Long-time Listener, First-time Caller

Things About Tony Romo You Didn't Know You Needed to Know

Did Hicks in Sticks Dig Chicks?

No, Thanks, I'll Take the Bus

Theater Critics Camp Diary, Days 3 through 9

Hotels Not Taxing Dallas

Best Sports Moment of 2002

Lincoln High basketball team No. 1 in nation

Hayden / Neil Halstead

Skyscraper National Park (Hardwood/Badman) / Sleeping on Roads (4AD)

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