Features

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  DISD In the Hole

  Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole

  By Jim Schutze and Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, October 09

  A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop: "Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time." "How are you?" "Just like you—waiting to see if... More >>
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  Soldier Suicides

  Two Texas brothers fall in the war on terror—one in combat, one by his own hand

  By Megan Feldman

  Thursday, October 02

  As mourners trickled out of Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park in the gray chill, Andrew Velez stayed behind. He stood among the gravestones and... More >>
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  Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

  One man’s attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex

  By Jesse Hyde

  Thursday, September 25

  It began with a chicken. Or to be more precise, dreams of a chicken. I wanted a plump red bird with a healthy sheen, a thick neck and green tail... More >>
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  Swingtown

  Local swingers think life is a bowl of cherries, but Duncanville wants to spit out the Pit

  By Mike Fisher

  Thursday, September 18

  Horses roam aimlessly in a meadow just around the block. There's a Boy Scout camp about a half-mile away.The green thicket behind the plain,... More >>
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  Deep Ellum LIVES!

  Scott Beck's about to buy 14 acres in the"heart" of Deep Ellum. What then?

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, September 11

  Sweat beginning to stain his white shirt, Scott Beck stands on the 2600 block of Elm Street, near the Good-Latimer Expressway intersection,... More >>