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Feature
Pitch Perfect
The Grand Prairie AirHogs are willing to do whatever it takes to make you a fan. And that includes win.
By Sam Merten
Published: August 21, 2008
Derek Nicholson throws on a pair of black gym shorts, tucks in a red T-shirt, grabs his iPod and goes for a walk around the ballpark. It's 103 degrees, and the sun is beating...
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News
Weight of Evidence
Police detective alleges discrimination and cronyism pushed him out of elite unit
By Sam Merten
Published: August 21, 2008
As a crime scene investigator, Dallas police Detective Roosevelt Holiday's job involved sifting through evidence to find clues to solve crimes. Before he was booted out of the...
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You Said It
Not High on Prometa|Blaming the Wrong Screwups
Published: August 21, 2008
"Fighting Fire With Fire," by Megan Feldman, August 14. Not High on Prometa I am a clinical researcher and an addiction psychiatrist practicing in Dallas. I think Ms....
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Buzz
Grapes of Wrath
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 21, 2008
Grapes of Wrath: So now City Plan Commissioner Neil Emmons wants to rename the Dallas North Tollway after César Chávez. Proposals floated this summer to...
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Schutze
Eat My Dirt
A builder's guide to skirting the zoning laws and making the city look goofy
By Jim Schutze
Published: August 21, 2008
I know. We'll just do this as an IQ test. Here's the situation: You're a builder. The law says you can only build a new condo building on Oram Street in East Dallas 36 feet or...
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Sports
What a Drag
Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally
By Richie Whitt
Published: August 21, 2008
At 28, Josh Howard is in the midst of a midlife crisis. No? Fine, then you explain what the hell is happening to him. Because I'm at a loss. Just 18 months ago the Dallas...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
Spanish is malleable, but a love of midgets lasts forever
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: August 21, 2008
Dear Mexican: I am the proud uncle of five Mexican-redneck kids who recently moved to Wausau with their mamá Wisconsiana after living in la Capirucha all their lives....
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Music
Morning Wood
My Morning Jacket is the best live band in the world
By Jeff Weiss
Published: August 21, 2008
I'm not sure of the exact moment when My Morning Jacket became the best live band in the world, but I'll never forget the instant I realized it. It was at 12:10 on a foggy New...
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Music
They Shall Be Comforted
Friends and faith buoy the family of a slain Christian music producer
By Darryl Smyers
Published: August 21, 2008
When I walk into the modest house in North Garland, the children—McKayla and Matthew Butler Jr.—quickly latch onto my legs, 1-year-old daughter on the left,...
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Critics' Picks
The Cool Kids, Flosstradamus, The Party
Thursday, August 21, at Granada Theater
By Pete Freedman
Published: August 21, 2008
As if Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco weren't enough proof on their own, you still need more examples before you'll buy into the fact that Chicago is where it's at right now...
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playlist
Shwayze
Shwayze (Geffen)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: August 21, 2008
Most everything you need to know about horny, go-getting Malibu newcomer Shwayze can be gleaned from this line on "Polaroid," off his self-titled debut: "Woke up with a...
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Bsides
No Inhibitions
The Melvins never change. Almost 25 years after forming, the underappreciated icons are still giving the industry the finger.
By Erin Broadley
Published: August 21, 2008
Despite its slick vinyl interior, the Cha Cha Lounge in Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood is still a gum-under-the-table kind of joint. Dale Crover, drummer of The Melvins,...
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Dish
Still I Rise
A new Highland Park souffle joint is blowin' up
By Jonanna Widner
Published: August 21, 2008
There's a wonderful scene in an episode of Mad Men, AMC's drama about early-1960s New York ad execs, in which a character orders some sort of old-school cocktail that involves...
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Cheap Bastard
Cheap Bastard
Ravenna Pizza and Bar
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: August 21, 2008
Times I got yelled at: 1 Slices I wish I had been able to eat: 40 I used to go to this place on Main Street called Café Ravenna, which served a nice slice and had a...
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Film
Schoolhouse Rock
Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hard-core funny
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf a good 25 years. Which isn't to suggest that it's fetid product in need of...
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Night & Day
Family Feud
Nolan Ryan re-enacts the Civil War in Frisco
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 21, 2008
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Nolan Ryan, besides being eternally awesome, is the president of baseball operations for the Rangers. He...
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Night & Day
Boning Up On Art
The Public Trust hosts an EDT prodigy
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 21, 2008
In a Moleskine safely tucked away in the area of "things to grab if there's an apartment complex fire," I have an original drawing on a napkin by one artist, Tonybones. It was...
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Night & Day
School Of Hard Giggles
By S. Anne Durham
Published: August 21, 2008
Kids say the darnedest things. They're funny without even trying, even if what's funny is also what gets them grounded from time to time. But that combination of funny/naughty...
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Night & Day
Victory Lap
American Idol winners play the AAC
By Brittan Dunham
Published: August 21, 2008
Remember the battle of the Davids? You don't have to admit it to us, but with seven seasons spent dominating the Nielsen ratings and pretty much obliterating any other show...
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Night & Day
Gangsta Lean
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 21, 2008
The creators of the play Heaven for a G are justifiably concerned about youth violence. After all, as they say in their own press release, "violence is quickly becoming the new...
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