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Now That the Omni's Officially a Success, the City Hopes to Build Shops and Restaurants
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
Downtown's city-owned Omni Hotel has been a roaring success since it opened a year-and-a-half ago, routinely filling up and helping score such convention-business coups as the annual gathering of the...
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Collin County Judge Invokes "Morality Clause" to Split Up Lesbian Couple
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
Judge John Roach Jr.A while back, before his father retired as district attorney against a backdrop of small-town political intrigue, Collin County District Judge John Roach Jr. described his philosophy...
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Watch Ian Kinsler's Magnificently Terrible Slide into Third Base
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
Eric Nadel's vocal talents aside, there are some things you miss listening to Rangers on the radio, as I do when the kids aren't yelling too loud. One of those...
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Rolex is Not Amused by Dallas Pop-Punk Singer's Counterfeit Watch Business
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
FacebookJonathan Cook, second from left, is accused of selling counterfeit Rolex watches.Their bio on Jam Base chalks it up to a "magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity," but, whatever...
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Dallas Is Building a Naval Museum on the Trinity River
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
WikipediaThe USS Dallas, somewhere that's not the Trinity.Tom Clancy buffs are already well-acquainted with the USS Dallas. The 5,700-ton nuclear submarine, a hair longer than your standard football field, was...
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Mavs Fans Really Outdid Themselves with Their Uniform Designs
We Apologize in Advance for This Particular Item
May 17, 2013 in Unfair Park
In the 72 hours since he announced that he was crowd-sourcing designs for the Mavericks' new uniforms, Mark Cuban has been swamped with quality submissions. See also Mark Cuban Wants You to...
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West, Texas Blast Was Caused By an Arsonist, Electrical Short or Golf Cart, Officials Say
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
NBC 5State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy at this afternoon's press conference.The Morning News broke the news this morning that officials had narrowed the cause of last month's deadly West, Texas...
Here's How Not to Rob a Doughnut Shop
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
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Globe-Trotting Banana Car Survived Yesterday's Deadly Storms Under a Tarp in Dallas
We Apologize in Advance for This Particular Item
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
FacebookFirst, a bit of background. There's a giant banana-shaped car making its way across the country right now. It's official name is the Big Banana Car, and it's the brainchild...
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A Federal Prisoner is Suing Taco Bell for Stealing His Idea for the Doritos Locos Taco
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
BroBibleYou've no doubt spent the 14 months since Doritos Locos Tacos were introduced wondering how Taco Bell came up with the brilliant idea of turning the popular chips into popular...
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City Manager Mary Suhm is Stepping Down
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
Say farewell to Mary Suhm. The Morning News' Rudy Bush broke the news this morning that, come September, she's stepping down as city manager. She said so to the City...
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Ex-Dallas Fire Chief Steve Abraira Faces Revolt in Boston over Marathon Bombing Response
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
cityofboston.govSteve AbrairaBy most accounts, Steve Abraira did a decent job as Dallas' fire chief. He served for five years, was well-respected by the rank-and-file, and ran a department with no...
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Nearly a Dozen Tornadoes Swept Through North Texas Last Night
May 16, 2013 in Unfair Park
@GrantJNBC5Outside Weatherford.As day breaks in North Texas, residents are surveying the devastation wreaked by last night's storms. Dallas escaped the worst of it. The tornado sirens by our place just...
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Irving Police Arrested Four Men for Carrying 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana in Their U-Haul
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
On Monday, Irving police investigators were tipped off that a U-Haul truck containing a sizable batch of drugs was parked somewhere inside the city. They found the truck in front...
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A UT Dallas Grad is on a Mission to Save Pets from Ridiculous Cone-Shaped Veterinary Collars
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
Via.That can't be comfortable.As inventive as human beings can be, we've never come up with a solid way to keep dogs from mournfully licking their unhealed junk after being neutered....
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The Legislative Push to Make Texas More Marijuana-Friendly is Officially Dead
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
Marijuana advocates were abuzz last month -- and by "abuzz" we mean excited, of course -- when a bill to reduce penalties for marijuana possession was passed out the Texas...
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Josh Hamilton, the Biggest Dodged Bullet in Dallas Sports History, Says He's "Off Upstairs"
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
By the time Josh Hamilton packed his bags and set off for the West Coast and a $125 million paycheck, no one was particularly sad to see him go. His...
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Dallas' New Trinity Forest Golf Course Has Officially Stolen the Byron Nelson from Irving
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
As we write this, the world's top golfers not named Tiger are descending on Irving for the Byron Nelson Championship. It's a big deal, one of the region's biggest sporting...
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Watch a Dallas County Jailer Slam a DUI Suspect's Face into a Tile Floor
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
For the record, the jailer in the above photo no longer works for Dallas County. Rachel Leigh Graham lost her job and pleaded guilty to official oppression for slamming her...
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Police: Travis Lekas, Irving High Schooler, Drugged Classmate, Forced Her Into Prostitution
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
Police don't make a habit of blasting out the names and faces of 17-year-old crime suspects, but the Irving Police Department made an exception for Travis Lekas. The Nimitz High...
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Dallas PD Honors Its Fallen on Facebook with Reminders of the City's Dangerous Past
May 15, 2013 in Unfair Park
JD TippitYesterday, the Dallas Police Department has blanketed its Facebook page with a portrait and brief biography of every officer killed in the line of duty over the past 121...
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Optimus Prime is at Main Street Garden Right Now
May 14, 2013 in Unfair Park
@DowntownDallasIncWe could report this one out and inform you that Optimus Prime's cameo at Main Street Garden this afternoon was part of a promotion for Transformers Thirtysomething, but we'd rather...
Dallas City Hall is Pledging to Preserve the Southern Dallas Spring that Once Quenched Sam Houston, John Neely Bryan
May 14, 2013 in Unfair Park
The IRS Targeted at Least Two Local Tea Party Groups by Sending Them a Really Long Questionnaire
May 14, 2013 in Unfair Park
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Is Anonymous Hacktivist Barrett Brown a Journalist? His Supporters Say So.
May 14, 2013 in Unfair Park
The media has had a hard time labeling Barrett Brown. "Anonymous spokesman" doesn't fit because Anonymous is too anarchic and loosely organized to have a spokesman. For the same reason,...
