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1. Feature

   Cuban Detour to Texas

   Cubans reroute to Mexico before heading north to the U.S.

   By Russell Cobb and Paul Knight

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Enveloped by darkness, a tractor rumbles down the hills that surround Cuba's western coast. The tractor pulls a cart loaded with a makeshift boat constructed from aluminum...

2. News

   Tex-Mex Horse Meat

   Horse slaughtering has stopped in Texas, but the horses are still dying—now in Mexico

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Because a year ago the courts shut down the last two slaughterhouses in Texas that turned horses into meat for human diners, most people think American equines are no longer...

3. You Said It

   The Flood Next Time|Andrea Does Austin|Goodbye, Sleaze

   Published: January 10, 2008

   The Flood Next Time Living on high ground in Oak Lawn, far above the Trinity Valley and many blocks above the low ground that houses the highbrows of Turtle Creek/Uptown/Park...

4. Buzz

   In Da House

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: January 10, 2008

   In da house: Excuse Buzz while we kick off the year with a little in-house news, because we know Dallasites are endlessly fascinated with every little thing media folk...

5. Schutze

   Skirting The Zoning Laws

   At City Hall, common sense goes down for a dirt nap

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Dirt skirts. Understand dirt skirts, and you understand the Earth. Some weeks ago I received e-mails from an esteemed neighbor warning me of an important City Hall issue...

6. Sports

   Cotton Bowl: Goodbye, Dallas. Hello, Palace.

   Like it or not, relocation is the right Cotton-pickin' decision.

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: January 10, 2008

   And now, we wait a year for the divorce to be final. Endure patiently, football fans; even fake it if you have to. It's just one last half-assed embrace. Just one more...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Ask a Mexican

   Welcome to the United States, Mexicans. Now, how'd you like some new underwear?

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Dear Mexican: I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In our Book of...

8. Music

   ASCAP Can Cripple Small Venues

   Denton's Rubber Gloves was told to pay up more than $8,000 to the industry giant

   By Noah W. Bailey

   Published: January 10, 2008

   I don't know about you, but when I pay cover at Rubber Gloves, the Double Wide or the Granada, I would rather not see any of the money going to the Black-Eyed Peas. In a...

9. Music

   How Major Labels Vie for a Comeback

   It's finally dawned on record companies that they're screwed. But is it too late?

   By Chris Parker

   Published: January 10, 2008

   It's always darkest before the dawn. Or so the music industry has been reassuring itself lately. You really can't blame record companies for that whiff of optimism: Over the...

10. Critics' Picks

    1100 Springs, Two Tons of Steel, Tejas Brothers

    Friday, January 11, at The Granada

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: January 10, 2008

    It would be hard to fathom a better collection of roots performers than this trio of acts from across the state. Fort Worth's Tejas Brothers have been around a year or so, but...

11. playlist

    Nicky Click

    I'm on My Cell Phone (Crunks Not Dead Records)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: January 10, 2008

    A producer, beat maker, video artist, songwriter and performance artist from Olympia, Washington, Nicky Click is also a petulant bitch. But that's probably exactly how she...

12. Bsides

    Dewey Cox is Not There

    Walk Hard soundtrack takes on Robert Zimmerman

    By FRANK HOUSTON

    Published: January 10, 2008

    A pair of aged hippies sit on a couch. One says, "If you could be any Bob Dylan you wanted to, which Bob Dylan would you be?" Our answer: Dewey Cox. The New Yorker cartoon was...

13. Dish

    Review: BLT Steak

    Steak without all the steakhouse B.S.

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: January 10, 2008

    There's something to be said for loose paper menus. Unlike the leather-bound ones, they're easy to manipulate. You can fold them and slip them into your coat or purse without...

14. Hash Over

    Southern Discomfort for Screen Door

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Chef Joel Harloff is gone from Screen Door. That's put an opening drag on Scott Jones' (founder of Café Italia with a new location in Oak Cliff's Bishop Arts) new...

15. Cheap Bastard

    Mama's Daughters' Diner

    Food just like Mother used to make, only better

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: January 10, 2008

    "Darlin'" count: 1,298 Homemade pies on the counter count: 5 Holy shit," I mumbled, a mouthful of spicy fried chicken sandwich in my mouth, "this is fuckin' stupendous." No,...

16. Film

    Avoiding Grief in Grace Is Gone

    A Marine mom dies in Iraq, but don't let Grace Is Gone get to you

    By SCOTT FOUNDAS

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Eleven months after winning the screenplay and audience awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival, writer-director James C. Strouse's Grace Is Gone has received a musical...

17. Night & Day

    ValleyGirls

    See the Divas of Uptown

    By Jennifer Elaine Davis

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The word diva evokes a number of celebrity prima donnas: Jennifer Lopez, Diana Ross, Barbara Streisand, Clay Aiken. It’s not supposed to be an endearing term—it's a...

18. Night & Day

    Ladies of Color

    By S. Anne Durham

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Who says that lawyers lack color? It's certainly not so at Kilgore & Kilgore, which houses an extensive collection of colorful, modern MADI art. Its newest exhibit features...

19. Night & Day

    House of Wrasslin'

    Victory Park gets slammed

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Gone are the days of the Von Erichs, Chris Adams, Kamala and other local wrestling legends, but the sport itself is coming back to Dallas. It's definitely not the Sportatorium,...

20. Night & Day

    The Greatest Outdoors

    Go fishing and hunting in Arlington

    By Andrea Grimes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The Texas Fishing, Hunting and Outdoors Show claims to be "THE GREATEST OUTDOORS SHOW IN TEXAS," which is suspicious because I'm pretty sure "THE GREATEST OUTDOORS SHOW IN...