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1. Feature

   Dallas Has a Real-Life Dr. Gregory House in Dr. Richard Buch

   Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.

   By Glenna Whitley

   Published: April 10, 2008

   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...

2. News

   Haggling Over Who Collects Late Child Support Payments Could Leave Some Kids Without

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: April 10, 2008

   A mounting struggle over the collection of child support recently came to a head between Dallas County family court judges and the Texas Attorney General's Office. In...

3. You Said It

   Hard-Hearted AG|Sober Judgment

   Published: April 10, 2008

   "Family Court Judge Sheds Light on Unfair Child Support Practices in Texas" by Megan Feldman, April 3 Hard-Hearted AG This story boils my blood. My wife was a child support...

4. Buzz

   Never Have Kids

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Never have kids: It should probably be a warning for anyone wanting to enter the field of family and divorce law that the story told to prove King Solomon's wisdom involved a...

5. Schutze

   Down-and-Dirty Developers Want Into the Inner City

   As the city council looks at rezoning, we're wary of the quick-money guys

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Somebody always says, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Sure. But I have a motto too. Make sure you can tell a gift horse from a damn wolf. I'm talking about the way the...

6. Sports

   Dave Campo Is Back Where His Pro Career Started

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Chances are your lingering memory of Dave Campo is: A) Inexplicably going for one point, instead of two, on Thanksgiving Day 2001. B) Karaoke singing "I've got sunshine...on...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Ask A Mexican

   Identity theft is bad. Dealing with the IRS is even worse.

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Dear Mexican: Sitting on my desk is a levy from the Internal Revenue Service for more than $12,000 in unpaid taxes. Turns out some dude used my Social Security number for two...

8. Music

   Denton Music Deserves Our Attention

   We're ready to prove our appreciation of Denton.

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: April 10, 2008

   About a month and a half ago, I took my first-ever trip to Denton. Mainly, I just wanted to see what all the big fuss was about. There was a lot I didn't understand. I mean,...

9. Music

   North Texas Indie Rock Musicians Influenced by Springsteen

   Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska left its mark on several local musicians

   By Jesse Hughey

   Published: April 10, 2008

   Bruce Springsteen shouldn't need an introduction. He's won 18 Grammy Awards and an Oscar, sold more than 65 million albums and, well, his name is practically synonymous with...

10. Critics' Picks

    Birds of Avalon

    Saturday, April 12, at Club Dada

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: April 10, 2008

    North Carolina's Birds of Avalon is on a roll. Bazaar Bazaar, the band's 2007 full-length debut, has garnered critical kudos while helping the band pick up fans across the...

11. playlist

    Gnarls Barkley

    The Odd Couple (Atlantic)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: April 10, 2008

    We expect a lot from our indie-ethos, crossover pop stars nowadays, even from a duo as inspired as Gnarls Barkley, aka DJ Danger Mouse and rapper Cee-Lo. We expect...

12. Bsides

    Ra Ra Riot Steps Ahead of the Suddenly String-Heavy Indie Rock Pack

    By Pete Freedman

    Published: April 10, 2008

    With two permanent string members—a violinist and a cellist—firmly entrenched in its six-piece line-up, the members of Ra Ra Riot were bound to find themselves...

13. North of the Dial

    Denton's Last Men Impress with Fugazi-Influenced Hardcore

    Also: Eric Pulido and Robert Gomez start new label

    By Dave Sims

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Don't let the recent national attention paid to melodic, songwriting-focused acts such as Doug Burr and Midlake fool you: Denton bands can be aggressive and dark. Really. Doubt...

14. Dish

    Review: Nonna

    Clean, minimalist, delicious and sort of Italian

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: April 10, 2008

    In music you run headlong into cruelty when composing with an economy of notes, positioning single tones or sparse phrases in stark nakedness, sometimes bracketing them in...

15. Hash Over

    Former Screen Door Chef Takes Reins at Dali Wine Bar & Cellar

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: April 10, 2008

    After exiting Scott Jones' (Café Italia) Screen Door, chef Joel Harloff (Melrose Hotel, Mi Piaci, Bistro 1401/Joshele) has re-entered the One Arts Plaza dining fray at...

16. Cheap Bastard

    Review: Dallas' Steel Restaurant & Lounge

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Minutes I waited for my food in Steel count: 45 Things I ordered that required cooking count: 0 I drove with purpose. I saw the red "S" on the black awning, double...

17. Film

    Intelligence Goes Soft in the Obvious Smart People

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Smart People got no reason to live—and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro's directorial bow—one of...

18. Stage

    Review: Kitchen Dog Theater Puts on a Lean, Mean Richard III

    Also: With Snake Eyes, Second Thought rattles the emotions.

    By Elaine Liner

    Published: April 10, 2008

    By comparison, King Richard III makes Macbeth look like a pussycat. As Shakespeare's worst/best sociopath, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, romps merrily through one of the Bard's...

19. Game On

    Just Shy of Seaworthy

    Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more.

    By GARY HODGES

    Published: April 10, 2008

    It's nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the screenshots, writing it off as yet another one of those...

20. Critics' Picks

    British Sea Power, Film School

    Friday, April 11, at The Loft

    By Chris Henderson

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Do You Like Rock Music? charts the latest step in the evolution that took British Sea Power from its post-punk-flavored debut, The Decline of British Sea Power, to its slicker...