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Leading Off (6/19/13)
Man Freed After Victim Admits Lying About Her Age. When Cassandra Morlock was 12, she met Juan Carlos Garcia at a mall and told him she was 17. He was an 18-year-old at Irving High School. The two were caught, and Garcia got 30 years in prison. Morlock has now come forward and said she [...]
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The 10 Best Neighborhoods of Dallas, Based on Where D Magazine Staffers Call Home
Over the weekend, the Morning News reached the ultimate destination of its Best Neighborhoods project by releasing its list of the overall best places to live in the area, with Southlake taking the top spot and most of the rest of the Top 10 in the exurbs. Unfair Park called the places ranked “really rich, really [...]
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Richie Whitt On the End of RAGE
A few years ago, Richie Whitt, then the sports columnist at the Dallas Observer, wrote an interesting story about how former Ticket host Greg “Greggo” Williams lost his dream radio gig. (Deadspin eventually took the story national.) About a year later, Whitt wrote an epic story about how “shock jock” Russ Martin lost his dream [...]
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Why Elvis Andrus Is the Rangers’ Franchise Player
Some mighty fine typing by Ryan Bort at the always great The Classical on the walking happy face playing short for the Rangers. A sample: Elvis Andrus is a productive player, but it would be wrong to measure his value through statistics alone. He is not a .300 hitter, and has no power. He is [...]
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Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: June 18
I’m from Irving, so none of this is actually too, too shocking, but I will admit that shenanigans have reached new heights lately. Or new lows, whatever. I had a really nice chat with a man at Craft and Growler on Sunday. He drives all the way from Mesquite with a ginormous cooler, and hauls [...]
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