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Score One for Mike Miles

DISD's new super claimed he was targeted by a board witch hunt. He's right.

Before We Get (Another) Plan for Downtown's Parks, the Bridge Club Should Get a Clue

Tale of two cities on today's front pages: Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic at The New York Times, presents a big-canvas panoramic of Rio Park in Madrid, Spain, where they entombed a highway to bring a river back to life. Linking Madrid's vast and wonderful new park to trends in Europe and Am ... More >>

After Club Signs Nathan, Moves Neffy to Rotation, Rangers Offer Wilson Arbitration

​My bad. Been meaning to get back in here and post something, anything, of note, and there's been plenty in recent days. And as Josh's Broken Groin notes, it's been way too long. So then, to today's Breaking, or Broken, Rangers News: The club has offered salary arbitration for next season to C.J. ... More >>

Gavin Mulloy Designed Fliers For Area Bands Before Handling The Granada's Promotions

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Gavin Mulloy​Gavin Mulloy is a young marketing pistol for Granada Theater, and he appears to be pois ... More >>

Key to the NBA Finals: Dallas' Own Chris Boshketball

Chris Bosh: A beloved hero deteriorates into part of a three-headed villain ​Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James are the two best active NBA players without a ring. Jason Terry has a tattoo of the Larry O'Brien trophy on his right arm. Dwyane Wade is trying to depress Dallas. Again. Jason K ... More >>

Is Tea Party Darling and Republican Congressional Candidate Stephen Broden Still Electable After Endorsing Violence As a Means of Changing the Government?

The Nervebreakers Prove Old Punks Never Die

They just re-form their legendary local acts to play around town every 15 years or so

In West Dallas, Finding MMDs

On Wednesday, as you're no doubt aware by now, the Dallas City Council voted to create three municipal management districts, or MMDs. They're the first in Dallas, though Houston is often invoked as proof that MMDs do wonders for development. Which is no surprise, as they're made for development -- o ... More >>

Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

Tony 'n' Tina's Nuptials Take the Cake

Also: not much to celebrate in Risk Theater's Slaughterhouse Five

Little Lost Boys...and Girls

Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?

Boshketball

Dallas hoops legend comes home to spread good in the 'hood

Change Is Gonna Come

With some help from his friends, Don Williams intends to save South Dallas one block at a time

Come Marching In

New Orleans musicians in Texas overcome Katrina the only way they know how

All the Rage

A year after Taylor Hooton�s suicide, Plano West Senior High is still in denial about steroid abuse

Queer Eye for the Country Guys

Have today's country and western stars been consulting with the Fab Five?

Tec Support

The dynamic duo of storytelling

Likely Suspect

Three years after his conviction for rape, local DJ Gary "Babyfase" Faison speaks out to proclaim his innocence. What are the odds he's right? One in 300 million.

Houses Divided

A fight over public housing pits working-class East Dallas homeowners against their poorer neighbors in a battle tainted by claims of racism

Good Cop, Bad Cop

The untold story of Dallas' biggest-ever police corruption scandal

The exterminator

Black politico Dwaine Caraway sounds a lot like a redneck when it comes to slamming his enemies

Joys in the 'hood

Judy Berlin gently underscores the humanity of the Long Island suburbs

Maverick rides again

Democratic media whiz Mark McKinnon left partisan politics behind until George W. Bush swept him off his feet

Look back in confusion

Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

Mayor potty mouth

A telephone blooper catches Ron Kirk as he turns the air blue

Buzz

Buzz

Priced to sell out

City Manager John Ware ramrods a patched-together arena deal

Truckin' man

New traditionalist Dale Watson

How Low Can You Go?

When a Tyler masseuse accused televangelist Garner Ted Armstrong of sexual assault, no one came out smelling like a rose

Politics makes strange enemies

Why Domingo Garcia is running against the father of his godson