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Parts of Turtle Creek condo once owned by Margaret Hunt Hill is posted for...

comments ()3525 Turtle Creek (JIM MAHONEY/DMN) UPDATE, 5:13 p.m. It seems that only a portion of the Turtle Creek condo formerly owned by Margaret Hunt Hill is … [visit site to read more]

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be in Dallas Wednesday for a...

comments ()Tony Blair speaks last month at a World Leaders Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla. (RICHARD GRAULICH/The Palm Beach Post/AP) visit site to read more]

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On Twitter, @CarrollShelby says goodbye to Carroll Shelby

comments ()By now, if you’ve seen our home page, or read Terry Box’s latest entry on our Biz Beat blog (or if you follow any of a few dozen other news sources), you probably know that Carroll Shelby,...

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6 things happening today that you might care about

comments ()C.O. Brewer, the first Dallas police officer killed in the line of duty. (Dallas Police Department) The visit site to read more]

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‘Officer Down’ website chronicles sacrifices of those in law enforcement

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Video: Dallas police remember fallen comrades

comments ()Here’s a video by Staff Photographer Ron Baselice from today’s Dallas police memorial ceremony, which paid tribute to the 80 Dallas officers who have died in the line of duty. And here’s...

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comments ()Mike Miles (BRAD LOPER/DMN) Mike Miles, the new Dallas schools superintendent, will conduct his first news conference at 10:30 a.m. According to … [visit site to read more]

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A Forney company builds a worldwide reputation for building underground shelters

comments ()A "CAT-15" shelter being installed. This model, which houses up to 15 people, comes with a diesel-powered generator and two 150-gallon diesel tanks to provide electricity for a year. It...

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Remembering the day set aside to remember fallen officers

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Today from Google: A remarkably creative way today to annoy your co-workers

comments ()   Today’s Google Doodle commemorates what would have been the 78th birthday of Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. The image above is just a screenshot; it doesn’t do … [visit...

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5 things happening today that you might care about

comments ()Geena Davis (with revolver) and Susan Sarandon (background) in Thelma & Louise. (MGM)   It’s primary election day in Texas. visit site to read more]

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Maybe they should have gone with ‘Dr. J’ instead

comments ()When I saw this headline on our home page KSKY 660 AM to be renamed ‘The Answer’ with the addition of Mark Davis   I immediately thought of this:   Allen “The Answer” Iverson, talking about...

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Waleed Rashed, architect of youth movement that helped topple Egypt’s...

comments ()Waleed Rashed updates his Twitter account during a visit to Dallas last October, when he spoke to students at Jesuit College Preparatory School. (CHRISTINA ROSALES/DMN)visit site to read more]

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If this makes you feel old, it’s probably because you’re old

comments ()  Marilyn Monroe would have been 86 today.   Marilyn Monroe, Los Angeles, 1946. She was 19. This photo, by the late Richard C. Miller, was offered through Heritage Auctions of Dallas last...

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Here’s a surprise — The New York Times Magazine doesn’t like TNT’s Dallas

comments ()Southfork Ranch, where, like most of their neighbors in Dallas, the Ewings kept cattle in the front yard. (DAVID WOO/DMN)   visit site to read more]

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Fort Worth welcomes its Vaquero

comments ()Vaquero de Fort Worth (JAMES RAGLAND/DMN) James Ragland was in Fort Worth this morning for the installation of the Vaquero de Fort Worth, a … [visit site to read more]

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Google Doodle pays homage to the drive-in theater

comments ()The first drive-in opened in Camden, N.J., on June 6, 1933. Today’s Google Doodle, in the shape of a movie ticket, commemorates the 79th anniversary of this moment in American cultural...

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A Q&A with Kirk Lippold, commander of the USS Cole

comments ()On Oct. 12, 2000, the commanding officer of the USS Cole, Kirk Lippold, felt the 8,400-ton Navy destroyer shudder beneath him. Al-Qaeda suicide bombers had blown an enormous hole in the side...

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Heritage Auctions of Dallas is selling a very large and famous Old West painting

comments ()Custer's Last Rally by John Mulvany (oil, 1881).(Heritage Auctions of Dallas) As part of its … [visit site to read more]

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Happy Father’s Day from The Scoop, and The Google Doodle

comments ()  Here’s what greets Dads today (along with everyone else) on the Google home page. The story line is pretty straightforward:     And if you’re bored, or a really big fan of Google Doodles,...

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