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Arlington considering reducing width of Abram Street to create more pedestrian-friendly downtown
Alcohol election: Arlington voters will weigh in this November on whether to allow the sale of wine permanently at the Rangers Ballpark. Because the Texas Rangers obtained ...
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Bill to allow Blue Mound to take control of troubled system moves forward
liz@star-telegram.com A bill that would allow the city of Blue Mound to take over a troubled, privately-owned water system cleared a major hurdle Tuesday during the final days of the legislative ...
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Schools stronger since Jarrell tornado
JARRELL, Texas (KXAN) - The people of Jarrell have some sense of what Moore, Okla., is going through. Next week marks the 16th anniversary of the tornado that stormed through this Williamson County town that left much of it leveled and took the lives of 27 people. Years earlier, the town was also hit by a twister. School was out for the day when the tornado hit on May 27, 1997. But the schools ...
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Third Annual Global Discovery Workshop in Tartu Estonia
The third annual Global Discovery Workshop, organized by UNT, took place in Tartu, Estonia, for the first time this year and focused on energy efficient-buildings and ...
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Solar Impulse airplane set for trip to Dallas if weather allows
Paul Johnson, of Tempe, Ariz., takes a photograph of the Solar Impulse airplane during a May 7 open house at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane is due to set out Wednesday on the record-breaking second leg of its solar-powered trip across America, from Phoenix to Dallas-Fort Worth, as long as the weather is acceptable."Although the flight has been ...
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Texas judge Lesbian couple cant cohabitate
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which began with a storybook wedding, ended Friday in a grim courtroom with a judge approving a divorce settlement after a protracted legal battle between the former ...
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Do Mexicans Love Guns as Much as We Do
Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and guilty of supplying guns that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. I also recently saw a report about the violence in Mexico, and it stated that there is only one place in all of Mexico for a citizen to purchase a firearm. But just across the ...
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Kind of a drag Priscilla Queen of the Desert at DSM
High camp: Mae West in a feather boa in She Done Him Wrong. Low camp: Jamie Farr in a dowdy dress on M*A*S*H. Camp adjacent: Every cock in a frock in the mock campy Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, whose national tour is now at the Dallas Summer Musicals at Fair Park. The 2011 Broadway adaptation of the 1994 movie sure loses a lot of what was special about that fun little film. The ...
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Hangover III Revenge of the Douches
The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy's comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves the "Wolf Pack" without anyone ever making fun of them. In the slobs-versus-snobs comedies of the 1970s and '80s, the snooty rich kids were always the antagonists, bullying the nerds and cheating at cross-camp field days. They were ...
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What Maisie Knew Might Be a Great Film About Childhood
There are times during the affecting tumult of What Maisie Knew when you may think, "At last, a first-rate American movie about what being a kid actually feels like!" And then there are times when, despite the scrupulousness of co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel's adherence to the perspective of this particular child being ground through this particular custody battle, ...
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LARK Brings Lunch to the Park
Downtown Dallas was starved for natural beauty. Not that a five-acre deck park built atop a busy freeway is natural, really, but there are large swaths of grass that are sometimes green alongside the plastic turf dogs seem to love. The grass would be greener if a large part of the city's population didn't come trample it every weekend. Dallas needs three or four more Klyde Warren ...
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In Dallas ISD a Fight Over Principals Race and a Slice of the Pie
This is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I don't seem to be able to get through the front door. I am standing on the parking lot at James Madison High School on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas, trying to get into a community meeting organized by school board member Bernadette Nutall ...
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Home By Hovercraft Takes Dallas Dramatic Pop Tradition Somewhere New
Home By Hovercraft aren't afraid of going for the big finish. Led by husband-and-wife combo Seth (lead vocals, tuba) and Shawn Magill (piano, vocals, xylophone), the band also comprises Abbey Magill (percussion), Max Hartman (drums) and Johnny Sequenzia (mandolin, banjolin, harmonica). They rightfully draw comparisons to The National and even Nick Cave for their impeccable ability to bring ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Astros to help raise funds for tornado victims
A rescuer searches through debris in Moore, Okla. (Alonzo Adams/AP) The Astros Foundation plans to raise funds during the team's current homestand in an effort to aid those affected by Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. The twister left damage in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where the franchise's Triple-A affiliate resides. The team will hold a "Jerseys Off Their ...
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NM sees oil production jump 46 percent
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Oil production in New Mexico has increased by nearly 50 percent over the last three years, making it one of five western states that have helped boost national production over the last three ...
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Texas House passes measure to prevent Medicaid expansion
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House passed a measure on Tuesday that would prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform ...
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Four Corpus Christi firefighters to help responders in Moore Okla. after tornado
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Academy Sports +Outdoors to open store in Portland renovate in Corpus Christi
Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Renovations are being done throughout the existing store, and a new location in Portland is scheduled to open in the spring. Additional store will add more than 100 jobs in the Coastal ...
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Texas windstorm insurance bill dies on Senate floor
Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, is blaming Steve Mostyn, the Houston attorney and Democratic mega-donor who in many ways has become the face of windstorm litigation since Hurricane Ike, as the primary reason Taylor's Senate Bill 1700 is ...
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Walmart pledges $1M for Moore tornado recovery
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Walmart says it is pledging $1 million for the recovery from the tornado that devastated Moore.The Bentonville, Ark.-based company said Tuesday that it will make donations of cash and materials equal to $1 million.Walmart is also sending truckloads of food, water and other basic items to serve as immediate aid.The world's largest retailer says no customers or ...
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Texas Drops “Anti-American” CSCOPE Lessons Battle Continues
A highly controversial school curriculum used in much of Texas known as "CSCOPE," which came under relentless assault from activists and parents ...
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Texas lawmakers Don’t sell sugary drinks in elementary and middle schools
That’s why the Texas Senate gave final approval — with little debate — to a measure that would prevent public elementary and middle schools from selling sugary drinks at school during school ...
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Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case
HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ...
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Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Due to severe weather concerns in the Central Texas region, Tuesday night's Dave Matthews Band performance has been postponed. The concert, which was slated to take place at the Circuit of the Americas amphitheater at 7 p.m., will now take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. All purchased tickets and pre-paid parking passes will be honored for the rescheduled concert. We regret any ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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