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  Irving Mom Finds Help for Her Son's Hospital Bills on a Dating Website

  August 22 at 4 a.m.

  Jessica Sotero, a single mother of two from Irving who works as an administrative assistant in Dallas, signed up for WhatsYourPrice.com and found much more than a future boyfriend or husband.

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  War Breaks Out in Deep Ellum, in a Good Way

  August 20 at 6:54 p.m.

  More than whistles got wet this weekend in Deep Ellum as the neighborhood held its Deep Ellum Water Balloon Wars, a soaking-wet benefit for the Foundation45 and the Deep Ellum Community Association. Water balloons, slides, dunking pools and more were a splash with fans at an event that luckily wasn't rained out by this  weekend's thunderstorms ... because we wouldn't want anyone getting wet and catching cold.

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  Marvel Universe Live! Is Bringing Your Favorite Superheroes to AAC

  August 9 at 2:48 p.m.

  On Sunday night the cast and crew of Marvel Universe Live! left San Antonio after their last performance, immediately driving toward Dallas to rest and recharge for the week ahead. Starting Monday the crew entered American Airlines Center to build their intricate set designed to wow an arena of spectators...

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  Toys 'R' Us Is Gone, But Here Are 8 Other DFW Toy Stores To Visit

  July 11 at 4 a.m.

  Toys ‘R’ Us announced in March that it was closing all of its stores, ending the saga of its massive bankruptcy and struggling sales. On Friday, the company finally closed all of its locations. Toys ‘R’ Us faced competition from online companies such as Amazon. It seemed to be making...

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  Lea Michele Was in Town To Give a High School Commencement Speech and Yes, She Can Read

  May 29 at 12:08 p.m.

  The Uplift Peak Preparatory graduation was almost like any other high school graduation ceremony. Parents flapped programs in their faces back and forth to cool them down from the hot summer air. Infant relatives cried and screamed in the silence that preceded the start of the ceremony. Graduates flooded into...

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  How Dallas Arts Organizations Are Getting Millennials to Their Theaters

  May 24 at 4 a.m.

  “Why is theater so old?” Morgana Wilborn, the 33-year old woman who runs the education department at Dallas Theater Center, says with a laugh. According to numbers provided by DTC, of the 17,801 people who attended a performance at the theater last year, 74 percent were older than 35 and...