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The virtual Girl on Top takes a virtual gander at the virtual UTD art show inside SecondLife. That’s virtually awesome. I’m either really, really on top of things, or really, really behind. I never can tell. I’m just a reporter, though. It’s not like concerning myself with such things is…

I think we handled this item with the right amount of class. On her official American Idol Web page, Season Two semi-finalist and Royce City native Olivia Mojica lists as some of her past accomplishments that she performed at “2000 Presidential Inauguration Gala, Myerson Symphony Hall, National Anthem for Dallas…

The original of this morbid photo can be yours for the right price, beginning Monday. Speaking of legendary photos, beginning on Monday, Mary Ann Moorman’s original Polaroid of President John Kennedy that was taken the very instant he was assassinated in Dealey Plaza will be offered on eBay. It, like…

We always thought this was Jen Nikoloff. Apparently, when she’s naked, her name is Taylor Reid. Memo to Girl on Top: Like, Andrea, how did you miss this? I see on The Dallas Morning News’ Web site that on Tuesday, an SMU student featured in the latest issue of Playboy…

This morning down in Austin, the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services is set to hear public testimony on Senate Bill 308 — which, for those not keeping score at home, is the legislation proposed by Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) that would legalize needle-exchange programs in Texas. (Deuell, himself…

Mike Dupree, the Dallas County constable already accused of sexually harassing Hispanic men and deporting his Honduran lover in a jealous pique, is now the subject of a sworn statement that says he conspired to frame his political rivals on false drug charges. Last week, Leslie Glenn Willie, a deputy…

Wheels turning: Buzz has never really grasped the story of Job, the pious man ineffably effed by God on a dare from Satan. Job suffers everything but a Novocain-less root canal but still praises God. What a sucker. So, obviously, we’ve never understood why men like James Curtis Giles, the…

Cheaper Cuts Meatpacking racket: Legal resident workers who are displaced by illegal alien workers (“Ground Meat,” by Megan Feldman, April 5) can bring charges against their employer through the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) for conspiring to lower wages. Meatpacking used to be a very good-paying job with…

In days of yore, P.E. class meant pegging the stinky, skinny kid during dodge ball and gagging if you had to stand next to him at the free-throw line for basketball practice. Today, P.E. class at Wilshire Elementary in Euless means taking the arm of the stinky, skinny kid and…

If you think we’re beating a dead horse over the Trinity toll road, well, you can always move to Lancaster. I see Steve Blow takes some little shots at Angela Hunt over at the Bold Types blog today, making fun of her for being the lone city council person seeking…

N’Dambi and Keite Young imagine meeting on a Los Angeles bus and gettin’ it on. Totally stole our idea. Fort Worth soul singer Keite Young hasn’t gotten much pub in the local press (yet — we hear there’s a Q&A in tomorrow’s Quick), which probably doesn’t bug him much; the…

As other states are becoming more aggressive in promoting stem cell research, Texas is falling behind, and if something isn’t done to change that, the state will lose both scientists and the support services they generate. So says a new report, which will be released tomorrow. The economic impact study,…

As President Bush plugged his new immigration reform plan in Yuma, Arizona this week, the opposing camps in the country’s immigration wars had already dug in their heels to oppose it. A year after his first attempt failed, Bush presented a more punitive proposal. It would allow immigrant workers to…