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You Can Learn a Lot from Bears

Moral lessons are more interesting when delivered by bears. Although we're most familiar with Goldilocks' story (lesson: don't nap after breaking, entering and porridge-eating), we can't discount pearls of wisdom from lesser-known bears. The Berenstain Bears, stars of children's books and a few cartoon specials, are a family that has...
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Download: Soviet’s Forever Today EP

Soviet frontman John Spies knows that his band's music might sound a little familiar. But there's reason for that, the 21-year-old explains: The band got its started when he and his drummer, the 20-year-old Andrew Weir, plugged in their equipment and began "copying Japandroids songs and fucking them up."That was...
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Tom Leppert Rediscovers His Virginity

The Gromer Jeffers story in The Dallas Morning News Saturday reporting that Tom Leppert now opposes federal earmark money for the Trinity River project put me in mind of an old newspaper friend. He had struggled mightily with temptation during his younger married years. I should say, he struggled mightily...
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Atmos Complex Just Got More Afforable

I'll leave it to Schutze, who's covered this subject at great length, to explain precisely how Larry and Ted Hamilton wound up including more affordable-housing units in their Atmos Complex project downtown. Perhaps Jim will do so as early as tomorrow morning, when, I see here, the Downtown Connection Tax...
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Chaos Ensues at ZestFest as Judges Sample Heat Capsaicin

A medical emergency this morning at a judging session for the Fiery Food Challenge, the spicy food contest held in conjunction with ZestFest, served as a visceral reminder of how much heat capsaicin extract packs -- and raised questions about whether the chemical should be allowed in competition. The owner...
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Here, Take the Keys

When two planes slammed into the World Trade Center almost 10 years ago, sending the buildings tumbling to the ground, it didn't seem possible that there would ever be anything to replace the New York City landmark. But life goes on, and as the country began to heal artist Manuel...
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Alibris, Meet Half-Price Books

There's a business-section piece today about Half-Price Books' new online marketplace, which coincides with the Dallas-based used-bookseller's own release this morning announcing the virtual shoppe. Says Kathy Doyle Thomas, Half-Price's exec veep, in the official announcement: "Half-Price Books is pleased to offer an online shopping option to our customers, both...
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Tonight, Tonight: The Flaming Lips at The Palladium, Kid Rock at the Verizon Theatre, Seryn at Lochrann’s, Nicholas Altobelli at Dan’s Silverleaf and DISCIPLINE at Rubber Gloves

Well, all right! Tonight's the night: We're finally starting to feel the effects of Super Bowl XLV in tonight's goings-on in the form of two pretty major concerts. But for those local die-hards hoping to avoid the madness, there are still some other fine options. Just be sure to be...
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DPD’s New Year By the Numbers

We close out the holiday with a look at the Dallas Police Department's look at how Dallas spent the New Year's weekend, per a series of stats-filled missives sent out by Senior Corporal Kevin Janse. First, for those wondering whether the threat of a mandatory blood draw works, there were...
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Nothing Rapid About DART in Ice and Snow

Check me on this. Dallas Area Rapid Transit, the outfit that runs the trains, didn't know how to keep their trains running in an ice storm. The same kind of trains operate in winter weather cities all over the world. There's a way to keep them running in an ice...