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DISD Now $316,000 Lighter

By Robert Wilonsky
Last week came news that the Dallas Independent School District would be repaying federal grant money is was using rather inappropriately -- like, $316,000 worth of federal grant money. That dough, provided by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant, was supposed to go to HIV prevention education efforts...
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Deal or No Deal?

By Robert Wilonsky
NBA.com Keith Van Horn, now more useful than ever All this dramatic transaction has been missing is Howie Mandel, 25 suitcases and a stage full of models. But now -- maybe, just maybe -- it’s over. With the NBA’s league office pondering the Mavericks’ reconfigured trade for Jason Kidd at...
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Priorities, Priorities

By Patrick Williams
Priorities, priorities: Man, Buzz needs a vacation. Here we are about to tell you that the Collin County District Attorney's Office is preparing to start requiring all persons accepting felony plea bargains to provide DNA samples, and our lefty knee isn't even twitching, let alone jerking. We must be tired...
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Dallas Has a Real-Life Dr. Gregory House in Dr. Richard Buch

By Glenna Whitley
When Linda Bajadali first saw Dr. Richard G. Buch, she thought he was a "rebel." The tall surgeon in scrubs and lab coat wore a red, white and blue bandanna around his head and a self-assured smile. Buch examined Bajadali's shattered knee for a few minutes. "We'll take care of...
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Sweet/Sour Grapes on Trinity Referendum Results

By Jim Schutze
This is one of the worst deadline pickles I think I have ever encountered in my 200 years as a newspaper writer. I am writing this at the end of the week before the Trinity toll road election. The results from the election will come in about an hour after...
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Doo bee doo ba ba da!

By Jennifer Elaine-Davis
To say that digital art is a trend would be an oversimplification. With Kristin Lucas' work on display at the And/Or, and artists such as Miranda July and Sandro Bocola gaining more and more attention for their digital pieces, it's tempting to think that art is going through a phase...
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Wheatfield

By Darryl Smyers
In the '70s, when Austin City Limits was just getting off the ground, Craig Calvert and Connie Mims brought Wheatfield to the Hill Country stage and found immediate success. Wheatfield's slick, acoustic folk was the perfect panacea for those burned-out hippies looking to mellow out along the Colorado River. Eventually,...
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Regular Season Don’t Mean Nothin’. At Least, You Gotta Hope Not.

By Robert Wilonsky
No, I still don’t think the Mavericks should trade for Jason Kidd. But another couple upchuck performances like the last two nights, and even Mark Cuban will get antsy. While you digest these hideous numbers, keep calmly repeating to yourself, It’s only February … It’s only February … It’s only...
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Heist Flick The Bank Job is Too Fun to Fact-Check

By Robert Wilonsky
Based on a true story," brags The Bank Job before diving into the clear blue water of the Caribbean, where, in 1970, a topless woman frolics with two swimming mates—just another day in paradise. The trio retires to a hotel room for a sweaty, breathless afternoon quickie, which is photographed...
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Scenic Overlook

By Jesse Hughey
If you love to travel and you haven't really decided what you want to do when you grow up, here's one suggestion: Learn photography. You don't even have to develop an identifiable style. There will always be a demand for pretty landscapes and endangered animals. Last summer, Dallas photographer Tom...
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The Chemistry.com Set

By Robert Wilonsky
On Christmas Eve, The New York Times noted that Dallas-based Chemistry.com -- a Match.com spinoff aimed at coupling "independent-thinking, confident, diverse singles" -- was out to out eHarmony.com as homophobic. (But only because it is?) Over the course of 2007, Chemistry.com ran several ad campaigns mocking eHarmony's refusal to make...
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Dallas Man Sells Phony Property But Gets Real Prison Time

By Robert Wilonsky
This, of course, is not Charles Cooper Burgess, who clearly came in last using the good leads Today comes word that U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn had some not very nice things to say about 52-year-old Charles Cooper Burgess. Like, oh, he's a “slick talker.” And a “con and...
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Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins

By Jesse Hyde
A few weeks before the March 4 Republican primary, a group of candidates gathered at the Shady Valley Golf Club in Arlington for a meet-and-greet luncheon with voters. For the most part, the candidates were seasoned pros who all seemed to know each other, but one stood out from the...
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Oh, No, Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman

By Robert Wilonsky
On Saturday I was in the AT&T store on Northwest Highway when I got a call on my new cellphone. Couldn't make out a damned thing my friend on the other end was saying. I turned to the AT&T employee who'd just put me on the waiting list. Asked him,...
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In the Haus

By Katey Margolis
The new exhibit Texas Bauhaus illustrates the Bauhaus philosophy, where "less is more" is the key, as seen through the photographs of three Texas women—Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988), who taught photography beginning in 1935 at Texas Woman's University in Denton, along with two of her protégés, Barbara Maples (1912-1999) and Ida...
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Johnette Napolitano

By Niki D'Andrea
After more than 25 years in the music business, Johnette Napolitano has made her masterpiece. From the haunting synth programming on "Amazing" to the poignant ballad "The Scientist" to her deep 'n' doomy cover of Lou Reed's "All Tomorrow's Parties," Scarred is a sonic portrait of an artist who has...
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One Bone Down, Hank Blalock Hopes to Help the Rangers Get Back Up

By Richie Whitt
SURPRISE, Arizona—In the Garden of Eden, so goes biblical legend, Adam involuntarily surrendered a rib so God could fashion a woman. In Arlington, according to medical records, Hank Blalock voluntarily surrendered a rib for the good of the Texas Rangers. For their troubles Adam got Eve and Blalock saved his...
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Walk On, Dallas, Walk On. Forward, Preferably. For a Change?

By Sam Merten
Courtesy Scott Dorn The Signature Pointe complex, which is indeed complicated In last week’s paper version of Unfair Park, Jim Schutze described his day at the annual meeting of DowntownDallas, or, as Jim calls it, an unofficial fief of the Belo Corporation. The story talked about the unveiling of the...