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Questions About TWU Murder Suspect’s Sanity Remain Unanswered

What might have driven 30-year-old murder suspect Charles Bryant to kill 21-year-old Texas Woman’s University student Jacqueline Vandagriff, then partially dismember her body and set it aflame near the shores of Grapevine Lake in early morning hours of Sept. 14? It’s a question The Dallas Morning News reported a Tarrant County...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 18: The Yardbird at Rapscallion

 Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Even if you had to literally trek to Nashville to sink your teeth into Rapscallion's "Long Walk to...
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Master of the Mic Was a Hit, But Did It Unify Dallas Hip-Hop as Planned?

When DDFW Master of the Mic launched in 2015, its aims were ambitious: bring unity, collaboration and healthy competition to North Texas’ hip-hop scene, while finding its next great undiscovered talent. The result was impressive enough, finishing off with a packed house at Trees, celebrity judges and plenty of memorable performances...
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Away Game: Inside the Dallas Mavericks’ Social Media Pivot To China

“Sorry I’m sweaty,” Mark Cuban says, shaking hands with the ESPN China correspondents waiting for him outside the Mavericks locker room at American Airlines Center. He’s wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt, just minutes removed from the stair machine he habitually exercises on while taking pregame questions from basketball beat reporters. The two-person...
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John Carpenter Was a Weird, Wonderful and Creepy Rock Star at Majestic

John Carpenter Majestic Theatre, Dallas Friday, June 24, 2016 John Carpenter's film scores weren't ever intended to be played live, but when the legendary director performed them at Majestic Theater Friday night, the result was better than anyone could have imagined. Carpenter scored most of the horror and science fiction...
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Liberty and Bacon For All: The Best Chain Burgers in DFW

In North Texas, there are burgers for every disposition: Fast-casual, fast-gourmet, fast-organic-cheap-casual, and slow gourmet that imitates fast. With the opening of Shake Shack in Uptown, Dallas has reached Roman bathhouse standards of fast-casual burger debauchery. Call them guilty pleasures, but some of the most reliably delicious burgers in the...
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Dez Bryant Skipped MRI and Team Meetings, Cowboys Say

Now we know why Dez Bryant's knee diagnosis took so long. The Cowboys wide receiver, injured on the second play of the game against the Bears on Sunday night, skipped out and missed a team meeting, an MRI and other medical treatment early this week. Cowboys coach Jason Garrett offered...
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5 Art Events for Your Weekend: October 28-30

Cellular Level6 to 8 p.m. Friday William Campbell Contemporary Art 4925 Byers Ave., Fort Worth Cellular Level, an exhibition of new works by acclaimed Fort Worth artist John Holt Smith, opens Friday at William Campbell Contemporary Art. While any mention of “stem cells” is often surrounded by controversy, Smith’s paintings...
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State of Texas Sues to Stop New Federal Overtime Rules

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the federal government again, this time in hopes of stopping new labor rules that would make 5 million workers eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay in December. The new Department of Labor regulations raise the minimum amount workers can be paid and anyone making...
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The Dallas Observer Q&A with Congressional Candidate Colin Allred

Last year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it's targeting the seat of U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, in Texas Congressional District 32. Sessions has drawn two competitive Democratic challengers, former Hillary Clinton adviser Ed Meier and civil rights attorney and former NFL linebacker Colin Allred. Last week, the Observer...
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Kitchen LTO is Back from Dead — And It’s Bolder Than Ever

Kitchen LTO has come back to life, in triumphant fashion. After its sudden closure at Trinity Groves, when the Shark Tank-style restaurant development declared it unprofitable, Kitchen LTO announced a move to Deep Ellum, financed by a crowdfunding campaign. (Read more about that story in our interview with owner Casie...
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Five Reasons Why It’s Not That Great to Be Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott is the man. The Cowboys rookie quarterback has his team sitting at 11-1, one win over the Giants away from an NFC East title, and no more than three wins away from securing the NFC's top playoff seed. He's affable, talented and photogenic, the perfect fit to be...