Story archive for December 2007

Monday, Dec. 31

• Dallas South Blog’s Top 7 of ‘07

• Pegasus News solves one of Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert’s five ethics proposals

• Whatever happened to Fox 4’s Rebecca Aguilar?

• Mark-Brian Sonna’s “Gassy Awards” for DFW performing arts in 2007

• Supermarket chain Aldi headed to Oak Cliff?

• Found Pug on McCommas

• Plano-based snack company to give halftime tribute to college football team during Fiesta Bowl

• Frisco-based Comstock Resources acquires $170.0 million in oil & gas properties

• North Central Texas Council of Governments conducting online survey on transportation issues

• Garland man held in truck driver stabbing incident

• Western wear bandits strike Fort Worth retail store

• Arlington Martin High School cheerleaders win competition

• Hurst resident’s book fosters vocabulary growth

• Texas Aviation Services names founder ‘Woody’ Woodard Chairman Emeritus

• Watch out for North Texas wildfires, advises National Weather Service

• Driver charged with manslaughter in alcohol-connected North Dallas accident

• Ticketing for marijuana possession not acceptable for Dallas

• Man severely burned in Dallas house fire

• Local mini-chain Greenz introduces new soups for winter

• Man robbed, shot in Oak Cliff

Sunday, Dec. 30

• Promising film fare of 2008

• Washington Redskins 27, Dallas Cowboys 6

• Dallas chef Tre Wilcox launches Web site

• Fire in the sky: Barnett Shale flaring has begun

• Power Properties gets OK from city of Dallas for $1.2 million development project in Lakewood

• Tecole Taco House in Uptown Dallas closes abruptly

• Fort Worth musician Pat Green has emergency appendectomy day after Christmas

• Two suspected of robbing three homeowners in Plano lead police on chase into Dallas

• Best of 2007: Local school stories

• Awesome developer building new affordable townhome complex in north Oak Cliff

• Chicago Tribune does inane story on Dallas stereotypes

• Dallas gifted student attends ideas forum in Aspen, Colorado

• Dallas man arrested for kidnapping his girlfriend

• Dallas Stars 5, St. Louis Blues 4 (SO)

Saturday, Dec. 29

• UNT Mayborn Scholar named finalist in horror story writing contest

• UPDATED: $2,000 reward for lost Shih Tzu/Lhasa Apso mix in Princeton

• Denton Parks & Recreation Director Emerson Vorel responds to citizens’ requests

• Dallas Mavericks 97, Atlanta Hawks 84

• Dallas Observer hires new editor

• McKinney hires new city manager

• DPD posts on Youtube to try to catch robber

• Allen boy lets Wii controller fly, breaking TV

• SMU: 50+ days and counting in their head coaching search

• Texas Lawyer names Dallas County DA Craig Watkins “Impact Player of the Year”

• Fort Worth no longer a softy on red light runners

• Garland girl writes winning Hannah Montana essay with false information

Friday, Dec. 28

• Holly Johnson presents: Gael Stack: Gaps, Sinkholes, and other Chasms

• Movie review: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 17

• Dallas-based Match.com unveils new advertising campaign, called “It Starts With a Look”

• Cold weather inspires Tollway Authority to issue press release about nifty sensors embedded in Dallas-area roads

• DART will run late service from Victory Station for New Year’s Eve event at Dallas’ American Airlines Center

• Smoking verboten in McKinney as of January 1

• TxDOT to conduct emergency bridge repair on US 80 at SH 352 in Dallas County on Friday night

• Fever In The Funkhouse reunite for New Year’s Eve show at Club Dada and release commemorative CD

• Dallas’ CAICE Foundation announces U.S. debut of “Farewell My Concubine”

• Dallas Cowboys sign wide receiver Patrick Crayton to four-year deal

• CompUSA lays off 600 employees in Dallas, Grapevine, and Grand Prairie

• Microsoft’s Ensemble Studios to move to Shops at Legacy in Plano

• Bengal tiger found shot to death near Dallas apartment complex

• Macy’s in Valley View to close

• Texans warned not to buy potentially tainted roadside meat

• Santa Claus with local roots lives on

• Dallas Stars extend head coach Dave Tippett’s contract into 2008-09

• Tarrant County New Year’s boozebags free to blow hands off with fireworks

• AT&T and the USO launch new text message donation program supporting military families on New Year’s Day

• Celebrities tout Adopt-A-Senior Program at Dallas library

• New “gay guard” paving way for Dallas arts scene

• Dallas-based Tornado Bus Company shut down after fatal crash

• Top Dallas Voice stories of 2007

• UPDATED: Country musician Steve Holy alleges Dallas police officers assaulted/held him at gunpoint

• Callers’ attempts to oppose beer sales at Six Flags prove futile

• Future of Oak Lawn’s Crossroads Market uncertain

• TCU men’s basketball fights off Jackson State

• TCU men’s basketball’s Langford named player of the week

• Garland SWAT team to meet fans and eat meat

• Last weekend to catch these holiday-oriented shows (Dec. 28-31)

• 2007 Remembrances

• Dining out in Dallas: Best restaurant reviews of 2007

• Missed film opportunities of 2007

• Opening weekend for 3 new theater productions (Dec. 28-31)

• Todd’s Top Ten Films of 2007

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - December 27, week 38

Thursday, Dec. 27

• Alexandra Bonifield’s Best of DFW theatre in 2007

• Cleveland Cavaliers 88, Dallas Mavericks 81

• Dallas Morning News issues list of top-10 restaurants of 2007

• Man in Hurst commits “sexual act” in Northeast Mall cosmetics store

• Dallas takes only one spot on the FBI’s list of top weekly stories of 2007

• Dallas DA has license suspended for non-payment

• Denton County resident John McClelland running for State Representative

• Mark-Brian Sonna’s Best of DFW performing arts in 2007

• Fort-Worth-based Gladney Adoption Center celebrates Russian reaccreditation

• Boy shot outside Dallas apartment complex

• U.S. energy policy dysfunctional, former top official tells UT Dallas’s Issues

• Two Bear Stearns executives in Dallas plead guilty to corruption charges

• Arlington police seeking info on Dec. 23 bank robbery

• Why New York must be destroyed (in the movies)

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Spetsnaz in the Southleast Division

• Plano police spend four hours looking at empty box

• Four Lewisville teenagers charged with armed robbery

• UPDATED: Possible burglar shot and killed in east Dallas

• LaME.’s “There Is No Way” video now online

• Texas strip club owners want to support the children

• UPDATED: Frisco shooting leaves husband dead, wife injured

• Texas leads nation in police officer deaths

• Dallas Stars 8, Minnesota Wild 3

• Restaurant Review: Chapps Cafe

• Top Five Business Stories of 2007

• Lisa Loeb to release The Purple Tape 2-disc set January 22

• Preston Grey signs with FTG Records

• Top Four First-Round Playoff Exits of 2007

• Movie Review: Blonde Ambition

Wednesday, Dec. 26

• Utah Jazz 99, Dallas Mavericks 90

• Photo gallery: Bayles students meet astronauts, former Dallas Mayor Miller

• Dallas ArtCast’s December edition

• Catfish Whiskey will release Blood and Bones in January 2008

• Ferguson Road Initiative gets new Crime Prevention Specialist

• Dallas Observer print edition time warps to last weekend’s concert listings

• Arlington Neighborhood Academy offers six-week course

• December a monster month for Miser

• T.J. Broscoff previews new music online

• Collin College plans cabaret scholarship fundraiser

• UPDATED: New Year’s Eve: Party like it’s 2008

• Movie review: Charlie Wilson’s War

• Dallas-based Pioneer closes three acquisitions totaling $445 million

• Coming soon to a TCU near you (if you live near TCU)

• Pegasus Theatre set to present world premiere of new “Living Black & White” show

• Video: Azure condos previewed at opening party

• Denton Sandwich delivery guy robbed of cash, but retains car stereo

• How to recycle your Christmas tree in Dallas

• Dallas man spends first Christmas at home in 17 years

• Mesquite police nab fleeing Christmas robber

• Alcohol a factor in Richardson teen’s fatal fall, say police

• Texas can do better on societal issues

• After-holiday shoppers expected to mob local malls

• DPD’s self-regulatory abilities questioned by results of ticket-writing probe

• Fort Worth home of Pete Geren hit by car of suicide victim

• UNT women’s soccer’s Woods named to all-freshman team

• The 2007 Dallas-Fort Worth arts in review

• New product in Dallas stores: Chocolate Drenched Milano, limited edition

• Marty Walker Gallery presents: Jay Shinn With the Grain / Maquettes by Tom Orr

• New on DVD: Rush Hour 3, Eastern Promises and The Heartbreak Kid

Tuesday, Dec. 25

• Man’s body discovered by son on Christmas Eve

• Christmas Eve murder-suicide leaves Dallas infant without parents

• Players Court Apartment fire in North Dallas displaces several families

• Historic Southlake flea market closes

• Hwy 78 closed at Hwy 380 from Dec. 26-28

• Arlington school children raise $21,000 for Goodfellow Fund

• Standoff between Mesquite robber and Dallas police

• University Park proposes requirement for sprinkler systems in new homes

• Movie review: The Great Debaters

• Toll violations begin on January 3

• Restaurant Review: Mooyah Burgers & Fries

• Rockin’ out in 2007: A look back

• Memorable music interviews: 2007

Monday, Dec. 24

• Movie review: Starting Out in the Evening

• UT Arlington men’s basketball comes up short against Oklahoma State

• Dallas.org digs deep into the DISD cell phone scandal

• Dallas Library to host birthday celebration honoring Dean of Texasartists; historian will discuss Frank Reaugh’s impact on the Texas art scene

• Cedar Hill parents awakened on student drug use

• Christmas tree disposal in Fort Worth is a snap

• A literal look at “10 drops in the bucket” in Southern Dallas

• Fort Worth’s The Bombay Company, Inc. sells intellectual property to Hilco Consumer Capital & Gordon Brothers Group

• Chase Bank robber captured in hotel

• Grapevine man accused of indecent exposure

• Renee Hartley running for vice president of Dallas County Young Democrats

• Duncanville Fire Chief says ‘goodbye’ after 34 years fire service

• SMU women’s basketball takes down Hofstra

• TCU women’s soccer’s Torda named to all-freshman team

• TCU women’s basketball falls short at Houston

• Four TCU men’s tennis players listed in Fila/ITA rankings

• TCU men’s swimming and diving sweeps Mountain West weekly awards

• TCU men’s basketball takes down Prairie View A&M

• UNT women’s basketball stops losing streak with win at Denver

• UNT men’s basketball falls short against Denver

• Four UT Arlington volleyball players named to all-academic teams

• UT Arlington women’s basketball comes back to win over UNC-Charlotte

• Dallas Stars 4, Montreal Canadiens 1

Sunday, Dec. 23

• Best Crimes of Dallas-Fort Worth in 2007

• Lost orange and white cat on Hawthorne

• Racial slurs painted on home in Arlington

• Power outage in Allen and McKinney on Saturday

• Highland Park police putting kibosh on holiday carriage rides down Beverly Drive

• Near-desolate city gymnasium in Plano seeing less patrons over holiday weekend

• American Airlines Federal Credit Union announces record $10 million dividend to its member-owners

• Dallas Cowboys 20, Carolina Panthers 13

• Restaurant Review: Yao Fuzi

• DART will offer bus service to the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1

Saturday, Dec. 22

• Internet at UT Dallas to be intermittent on December 28

• Dallas band Fair to Midland closes out 2007 with show at House of Blues on Wednesday

• Overturned fuel tanker making southbound I-35 in Dallas a traffic nightmare on Saturday

• Ten cars burglarized in Frisco Thursday night

• Dallas gets $12.8 million in federal funds for homeless services

• Movie Review: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

• Office leasing in Dallas down in 2007

• Holidays creating airport traffic at DFW and Dallas Love Field

• Dallas looking at cracking down on garage sales

• Lewisville Volkswagen dealer Bobby Beck receives award in Wolfsburg, Germany

• Dallas Stars 3, Calgary Flames 2 (OT)

• Texas Rangers trade pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera to the Cincinnati Reds

Friday, Dec. 21

• Dallas Mavericks 102, LA Clippers 89

• Conduit Gallery presents: Billy Hassel / Reinhard Ziegler / Queen’s Nails Annex

• Arlington announces three finalists in convention center expansion plans

• Fort Worth libraries to use outside muscle to collect fines

• ABC’s Duel dropping DFW viewers rapidly

• Arlington launches “Cease the Grease” initiative

• Former Metro Housing Partnership director pleads guilty to embezzlement

• Dallas Voice‘s top local theater of 2007

• Dallas-based HM Capital Partners acquires Advanced H20

• Dallas-based Tyler Technologies wins contract from Mesa County, Colorado

• Irving-based FelCor acquires two Renaissance resort hotels

• Holiday Helpers hit DFW Airport terminals to bring cheer to the seasonally disgruntled travelers

• Arlington closings for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays

• RuinRomo.com uses interesting, somewhat creepy tactic to bring down the Cowboys

• Dallas gay artist Dan Paul on display at Meridian Room

• Ex “ex-gay” apologizes for participating in 700 Club show

• New Cowboys stadium gets gussied up with glass curtains

• Dallas-Fort Worth Black Tie Dinner gives $1.27 million to charity

• University of Dallas men’s basketball upends Austin College

• University of Dallas women’s basketball takes down Austin College

• SMU men’s basketball uses free throws to beat Prairie View A&M

• Food burglars strike Fort Worth home

• UNT men’s basketball blows out Centenary

• Are the new Central Expressway HOV entrance signs badly placed?

• Texas Woman’s basketball falls at home to East Central University

• UT Arlington women’s basketball wins big over Elon

• Southlake says keep your garage doors shut

• Dallas library receives grant for young adult section

• Northbound passenger killed when southbound truck strikes Tollway median

• Dallas police to citizens: Gravity applies to bullets, too

• Dallas homeless need advocates that actually help homeless

• Vancouver Canucks 3, Dallas Stars 2

• Last weekend to see these 19 plays and musicals (Dec. 21-23)

• Weekend Concert Roundup: Dec. 21 & 22

• Movie review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• Movie review: Youth Without Youth

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth December 21

• Movie review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - December 20, week 37

Thursday, Dec. 20

• Movie review: P.S. I Love You

• State District Judge Robert Dry files in the Republican primary for re-election

• “Leprechaun Bandit” sentenced to 14 years in federal prison

• Fort Worth City Council Selects Dale Fisseler New City Manager

• First Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing stealth fighter unveiled at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth

• Coppell-based Craftmade International will acquire Woodard

• Dallas-based Peerless Mfg. Co. awarded two contracts worth $4 million

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 16

• Dallas Pro Musica to perform Jan. 19 at UT Dallas

• Rockwall City Council to host public hearing on land annexation

• Woman, child killed in Dallas car accident

• Where do you get good cajun food in DFW?

• UPDATED: Dallas-based GodTube launches virtual prayer wall and Bible

• UNT Regents Professor’s commissioned trombone piece to be performed by Houston Symphony Orchestra

• Art events and receptions in Dallas-Fort Worth, Dec. 21-23

• Texas Wesleyan falls at UT-San Antonio

• UNT women’s swimming’s Hale earns player of the week

• Amphibian Productions announces 2008 season

• UNT women’s basketball falls to Oklahoma State

• TCU men’s tennis signs one to national letter of intent

• SMU women’s basketball falls at Manhattan

• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders commemorate 65th USO Tour with historic visit to Korea

• UNT Christian students sue Denton for religious discrimination

• Cleburne woman accused of renting home she doesn’t own

• “Smaller portions” tops T.G.I. Friday’s food resolution survey

• UNT master’s student takes top prize in piano competition

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Twas a Nick Hagman Christmas

• Dallas Museum of Art sees highest visitor attendance in 2007

• Plano girl allegedly groped at movie theater

• The University of Texas at Dallas presents: Pix2

• Say Merry Christmas with “Soy Inocente” ringtone

• Argyle teacher accused of improper student relationship

• “Cheese” arrests falling at Dallas ISD schools

• Fort Worth man arrested on indecent exposure charges

• Dallas apartment complex to residents: Merry Christmas and get out

• A day in the life: U.S. Postal Service carrier

• Tickets to Sia, The Starting Line, Dirtbombs & more on sale soon

• Avalanche of new Dunkin Donuts outlets in Dallas includes former Sheridan’s site

Wednesday, Dec. 19

• Dallas Mavericks 108, Phoenix Suns 105

• DART rail service interrupted between Park and LBJ

• Frisco Police offering $3,000 reward for wanted robber/assaulter/kidnapper

• Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau unveils new website

• Students of Granbury ISD are no longer allowed to shave their eyebrows

• Mesquite traffic alert: US 80 construction over Highway 352/Collins Road

• Dallas Stars recall defenseman Mark Fistric

• National report ranks Texas 42nd in protecting kids from tobacco

• UPDATED: Police arrest Arlington man suspected of animal cruelty

• Tickets to Uptown Players’ 2008 Fundraiser now on sale

• UT Southwestern snags five year, $5 million grant for lupus research

• SMU discusses coaching opening with A&M’s Franchione

• Dallas-based Southridge to construct ethanol facility in El Salvador

• Carrollton-based GVI Security Solutions, Inc. wins major Peruvian security contract

• January schedule announced for Children’s Activity Series at Northpark Center

• NCIS, Biggest Loser, The Unit win Tuesday DFW ratings

• Scenes from the Joel Burns victory party

• SMU men’s basketball falls to … South Carolina-Upstate?

• McKinney’s Eddins Elementary donates 450 toys to less fortunate students

• No Country For Old Men takes Dallas and Toronto critics by (sand)storm

• TCU equestrian team signs three for 2008 freshman class

• TCU women’s basketball takes down Oklahoma State

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball’s Gober named player of the week

• UT Arlington women’s basketball loses to Marshall in triple overtime

• Arlington police searching for robbery suspects

• Body of Fort Worth man recovered on Eagle Mountain Lake

• UT Arlington to host New Year’s Eve music extravaganza

• SUV crashes into Greyhound bus in downtown Dallas

• Dallas would benefit from a Convention Center hotel

• 20 Dallas patients fall ill after exposure to contaminated syringes

• Highland Park ISD to honor former basketball coach

• Copper Canyon sex offender told to move

• Dallasite Bucks Burnett wears custom-made Led Zeppelin-themed suit to band’s reunion gig in London

• Dallas Stars 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (SO)

• Dan Barrett wins Tarrant County state representative seat in special election

• Six Flags in Arlington looking to sell beer within park(s)

Tuesday, Dec. 18

• New product in Dallas stores: Dry Soda

• SMU paleontological team searches for Antarctic fossils

• UPDATED: Plano Police search ends for robber of First National Bank on Preston Road

• Dallas-based Toreador announces plans for two more oil wells in Hungary

• Dallas-based The Regus Group opens new center in Marlborough, Massachusetts

• U.S. Justice Department to monitor elections in Fort Worth

• Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality Trust swaps hotels with Hilton

• Cowboys send a club record-tying 11 players to the Pro Bowl

• Dallas-based SoftLayer launches Seattle datacenter location

• Irving-based ePartners expands with new office in Australia

• Frisco City Council to buy some laptops, set up coffee shop, bust you on a DUI

• Dallas radio station 97.1-FM reverts to “The Eagle” rock format

• Mid-week film notes: striking writers get creative, Sundance welcomes Lake Highlands grad and a Christmas-themed film calendar

• Salad Creations, new salad chain based in Florida, coming to Dallas

• The Afters will release new CD on February 26

• Stage West reveals 2008 season

• Missing child alert: Amity Honeycutt may be traveling through Texas

• Clash and Duel fight to a draw in DFW ratings

• Security ramped up at Dallas’ Big “T” shopping plaza

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball blows out Wesley College

• Dallas mayor to housing authority: fix financial problems or else

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball defeats Hillsdale Free Will Baptist

• White Light Fever back in action after short hiatus

• UNT swimming and diving finishes fourth at UNLV Invitational

• UNT basketball blows out Southern

• “Move to Melissa” campaign countered by resident group’s website

• TCU women’s basketball’s Ross named player of the week

• TCU swimming and diving finishes Las Vegas Invite competition

• TCU men’s basketball takes down UT Arlington in overtime

• Mountain lions in Allen? State wildlife officials think not.

• University of Dallas basketball sweeps weekly awards

• Pei Wei co-founder to launch Bengal Coast, new Indian fusion concept, in Centrum Building in Dallas

• Two University of Dallas men’s soccer players named to all-region team

• State District 97 race to be decided in Tuesday runoff

• Fort Worth teenager dies from gunshot wound

• Dallas to launch anti-panhandling campaign

• Fort Worth police chief to retire in February 2008

• Fort Worth I-35W wreck leads to death of 2-year-old child

• Great Wolf Lodge opens today in Grapevine

• Dallas Mavericks 111, Orlando Magic 108

• Dallas sheriff’s catered holiday meal plans derailed - by the caterer come off as planned

• Mi Chula’s Good Mexican debuts in Southlake

Monday, Dec. 17

• Photo Gallery: How the Edge Stole Christmas night two (w/ review)

• Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams suspended for one game

• California-based See’s Candies kiosks back in Dallas-area malls for holidays

• New on DVD: The Simpsons, Blade Runner (The Final Cut) and Balls of Fury

• D magazine breaks up readership of its FrontBurner blog into smaller niche blogs

• Photo Gallery: How the Edge Stole Christmas night one (w/ review)

• Thieves in Hurst steal candy cell phones from babies

• Cowboys/Eagles draws near identical audience to first game

• Missing child alert: Gabriela Bravo last seen in Dallas

• Dallas Morning News trying to bridge Dallas’ North/South gap

• Calling all modern dancers to audition for Muscle Memory Dance Theatre

• SMU swimmer takes gold at European Short Course Championships

• TCU women’s basketball falls at Florida

• TCU swimming and diving team competes at UNLV

• Echo Theatre announces 2008 spring production

• UNT swimmers set school records at UNLV

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball goes 1-1 at Clifford Christmas Classic

• Texas Woman’s basketball falls at Wyoming

• Turtle Creek Chorale to appear in NBC’s new reality show

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball wins first conference game of year

• BlackBerry maker Research In Motion selects Irving as US headquarters

• Rowlett holding special meeting today to discuss this DART funding brouhaha

• Three local schools set to compete in UIL State Football Championships

• UTD players place first in chess tourney

• SMU curator sheds new light on pioneer photographer

• This week will be warmer, beware: next week a smidge cooler

• Police arrest two in Carrollton, Dallas crime spree

• Pedestrian struck, killed on highway in Arlington

• Fort Worth ISD launches new ad-filled student-parent newsletter

• Richardson Chamber of Commerce announces winners of Volunteer Awards

• Fort Worth District 9 runoff is Tuesday

• Bulldog missing in North Richland Hills

• Two major wrecks occur overnight in Tarrant County

• Dallas: The Hidden City

• Grand Prairie Police searching for suspect in a mid-day robbery Dec. 10.

• Grapevine Lake [was] a hotbed for public sex, flashers

• Confusion with Classic - Lion’s Club pleads with school board to cover Sandra Meadows Classic expenses

• Interview: Fort Worth City Council candidate Joel Burns

• Central Dallas Ministries girl sings “Encourage Yourself”

• Interview: Fort Worth City Council candidate Juan Rangel

• Downtown Dallas holiday attractions blissfully free of lines or people

• Frog Fountain, renovated TCU landmark, returns to campus in Fort Worth

Sunday, Dec. 16

• Philadelphia Eagles 10, Dallas Cowboys 6

• Carrollton Police investigate robberies; take one suspect into custody

• When is a closed dog park not really closed?

• Daily Dallas crime reports available by email this week

• The Bath House Cultural Center announces a call for proposals for their 2008-09 Season

• The MAC presents: George Tobolowsky: Poetry in Steel

• Rockwall woman gets her mother to shoot her husband

• Lady at Flower Mound hair salon walks out mid-highlights without paying

• UPDATED: Man shoots himself in parking lot of Albertson’s at Mockingbird and Abrams in Dallas

• Dallas City Council approves installation of lights on Spur 408

• Boutiques in Dallas and McKinney are getting robbed

• DART modifying services for Christmas and New Year’s

Saturday, Dec. 15

• Film notes: Golden Globe nominations and AFI Dallas millionaire benefactress

• UPDATED: Equinox health club coming to Dallas’ Oak Lawn neighborhood

• Dallas Mavericks 96, Houston Rockets 83

• Dallas County Sheriff’s Department cancels holiday bonus program for “most tickets written”

• Dallas Stars 4, San Jose Sharks 2

• DeSoto parents call for resignation of football coach

• DeSoto to get its own West Village type urban development

• Dallas students offer healthy recipes in contest for school menus

• Main Event being built in Frisco

• “We Buy Ugly Houses” names Dallas third-best city

• Giuliani hangs out in Dallas, eschewing more popular campaign states such as Iowa

• Two Dallas police officers found writing blank tickets

• Dallas Symphony Orchestra honcho Fred Bronstein headed for St. Louis

• Dallas Mavericks 89, New Orleans Hornets 80

Friday, Dec. 14

• Stonebriar Mall in Frisco loses power for two hours

• Red light cameras given a green light in Lancaster

• Movie review: I Am Legend

• Sleeping pills, stabbing stun Cedar Hill schools

• Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce inducts 2008 Board of Directors

• Movie Review: Sweeney Todd

• Investigation underway in Garland murder-suicide

• Bowie High in Arlington evacuated after sewage line rupture

• Movie review: The Kite Runner

• UPDATED: Yet another old white guy casually robs a bank in Mesquite

• Watauga looking into police/motorcycle wreck

• Christmas is canceled in Grand Prairie

• Hairspray‘s Nikki Blonsky to sing with Turtle Creek Chorale

• Rowlett welcomes host of new businesses

• Dallas gay man adversely affected by Christian “purity siege”

• Little Elm hit and run yields just one clue: a broken mirror

• Response of Dallas police to Oak Lawn requests criticized

• Flag design for Cedar Springs strip undecided

• Benbrook police arrest worthless scumbags who stole from the grieving during funerals

• University of Dallas women’s basketball defeats Hendrix in overtime

• University of Dallas men’s basketball falls to Hendrix College

• Witness to Fort Worth murder almost becomes victim, fights back

• Three SMU women’s swimmers in competition in Europe

• SMU men’s soccer places two on all-region team

• UNT tennis duo ranked #9 in region

• Navidad Latinoamericana to highlight multicultural Christmas music

• Last chance to see these 17 plays and musicals (Dec. 14-16)

• Terry Hauck proclaimed “2007 Volunteer of the Year” by city of Rowlett

• FBI seeking information on robbery at Chase Bank on South Carrier Parkway in Grand Prairie Dec. 10

• UPDATED: Special appearance: Denzel Washington and cast from The Great Debaters

• Dallas Stars 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

• Movie review: Juno

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth December 14

• Opening weekend for these 6 plays and musicals (Dec. 14-16)

• Weekend Concert Roundup: Dec. 14 & 15

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - December 13, week 36

Thursday, Dec. 13

• Cara Mia Theatre Company postpones Petra’s Pecado

• Denton Mayor Perry McNeill welcomes growth, but strives to maintain city’s ambience

• Texas Rangers decline offer on reliever Akinori Otsuka

• Texas Rangers acquire first baseman Ben Broussard from Mariners

• UPDATED: 16 former Texas Rangers linked to steroids, HGH

• Grapevine-based Discovery Geo Corporation gets permit for oil exploration in Australia

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 15

• Dallas-based Texas de Brazil to open Miami Beach location

• Art exhibits around Dallas present Christmas themed shows

• Texas Wesleyan men’s golf receives grant, rises in poll

• Three UNT football players earn All-American honors

• UT Dallas to wrestle with knot theory at conference

• Three SMU men’s soccer players invited to MLS combine

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Judy Kaye

• Judge dismisses Farmers Branch apartment lawsuit

• Tickets to Van Halen, Jill Scott, Dropkick Murphys, Wyclef Jean & more on sale soon

• DCCCD colleges recipients of several grants

• Theatre Three extends Season’s Greetings for another weekend

• People in Hurst will assault you if you wave at them

• Hurst Dillard’s to disabled vet and service dog: Get out

• I-30 HOV lane from Dallas to Mesquite to open Dec. 17

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Captain Yes Positive rates NHL Officiating

• McKinney ISD band students selected to All-Region bands

• Carrollton Police Officer involved in crash

• Alleged kidnapper turns himself in to Dallas police

• Mansfield teenager dies in car accident

• Hoodies banned at Dallas high school

• City of Duncanville sued by swingers club

• Dallas City Council shuts down two Deep Ellum bars

• Deep Ellum group is a source of pride

• Georg Riedel gives demo on champagne glassware at Noka Chocolate in Dallas on Wednesday

Wednesday, Dec. 12

• Plano Ben & Jerry’s celebrates Simpsons DVD release

• Toronto Raptors 92, Dallas Mavericks 76

• Dallas-based drug manufacturer Apothecure sued by Texas Attorney General

• Dallas-based 7-Eleven takes top spot in annual ‘Franchise 500’ rankings

• Irving’s MacArthur High begins Athletes for Literacy Program with kids at Hanes Elementary

• Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Barbie put on show for the kiddies

• Congressman Pete Sessions visits Nimitz High School

• Dallas-based Kosmos Energy named ”Explorer of the Year”

• Team Lost-Cauze and Dallas NAACP announce “Tech Camp - Choice Awareness Campaign”

• Dallas-based I Pay Childcare launches first childcare financing initiative for families

• Fort Worth Opera Studio Program to present Amahl and the Night Visitors for this weekend only

• Coppell-based Blue Sky Logistics recognized by Food Logistics Magazine

• Missing child alert: Dennis Sosa last seen in Haltom City

• DFW viewers stage a Cane mutiny

• Frank Campagna unveils first set of paintings for House of Blues Dallas

• Arlington police searching for convenience store robbers

• Two UNT profs nominated for Grammy Awards

• Three McKinney High School students chosen for national production of Hairspray

• Guadalupano Festival celebrated at Dallas’ Latino Cultural Center

• Keller rezoning attempt should be stopped

• Dallas-based Earth Biofuels has bankruptcy dismissed

• ExxonMobil announces BlueOcean Energy, a project to bring natural gas to New Jersey and New York

• Theatre Three set to preview and open The Goodbye Girl

• Dallas businessman Al Hill Jr. alleges client abuse by his own attorneys, Bickel & Brewer Law Firm

• Hard Rock Cafe building for lease

• UT Arlington Mavericks prepare for Tarrant County rivals

• Dallas-based Entrust to provide secure E-mail to Saudi Arabian government

• Rockwall traffic alert: Boydstun Street near SH 205 closed

• Dallas Baptist University offers Christmas campus tours

• Readers of the Dallas Morning News declare favorite tamales

• UT Dallas-sponsored high school students rake in $40,000 Siemens scholarship

• TCU football places 13 on Phil Steele all-Mountain West team

• Fort Worth urging residents to report light outages

• Former employee of Bishop Lynch indicted for stealing from the athletic booster club

• Man beaten and shot outside of Fort Worth convenience store

• UTD institutes online tuition payment option

• HOV lanes on US-75 will supposedly open December 21

• Intruder steals electronics and Christmas presents from Dallas family

• UNT men’s basketball’s White earns second player of the week award

• Woman kidnapped at gunpoint in NE Dallas

• Texas Wesleyan’s Eshon earns men’s basketball player of the week

• Texas Wesleyan’s Champion earns women’s basketball weekly award

• Texas Wesleyan women’s soccer’s O’Brien earns all-region honors

• Mansfield residents formally launch petition to recall mayor

• Fort Worth teen fatally shot while answering door

• Dallas police sergeant under investigation for urging officers to make up occupations on citations

Tuesday, Dec. 11

• Itinerant chef resurfaces at Bene Bene, Italian restaurant in North Dallas

• Carrollton Police add extra officers during holidays to curb DWI

• City of McKinney encourages residents to recycle Christmas trees and lights

• Plano Compass Bank, 800 block West Spring Creek Parkway, robbed

• FBI seeking assistance on Dec. 6 robbery at Resource One on Ferguson Road in Dallas

• Harris Methodist pays $1.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated False Claims Act

• Exhibit Review: Damien Hirst

• This could be a challenging wildfire season, warns Burleson Fire Department

• CBS 11 10 p.m. newscast not hanging on to lead-in viewers

• Midweek film notes: No Country award train rumbles on; Morgan Spurlock hunts (finds?) Bin Laden

• Hurricane Harbor in Arlington to add new ‘Wild Wedgie’ ride

• Fort Worth parks employee resigns over misuse of funds

• President’s housing plan would hurt low-income families

• UT Dallas athletic trainers named best in conference

• UT Dallas’ Witten named men’s basketball player of the week

• UT Arlington men’s golf signs one for 2008 freshman class

• Theater Review Part Deux: Dog Sees God

• UT Arlington men’s basketball moves up in mid-major poll

• Dallas Baptist’s Adamson named men’s basketball player of the week

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball pays back Oklahoma Wesleyan

• Texas Wesleyan volleyball’s Meng named All-American

• McKinney ISD students selected to all-region bands

• Dallas Summer Musicals opens Cirque Eloize: Rain tonight

• Medicare information tour to visit Dallas library

• The “Uncle Barky Show” premieres in Dallas

• Movie review: Atonement

• Zoning changes filed for Dallas Carnival site

• EDS awarded $715 million contract with Bristol-Myers Squibb

• Irving-based EFJ, Inc. snags $11.7 million contract with anonymous defense contractor

• Richardson-based InnerWireless named a ”Red Herring 100 Global” award winner

• Fort Worth Lockheed Martin workers urging Congress to continue buying their F-22s

• UPDATED: Experimental demolition technique causes concern in Fort Worth

• Demolition damage causes temporary adjustments at Charlton Medical Center

• Burglary suspect in Lancaster injures self in attempt to flee police

• Fort Worth-based Range Resources to acquire $305 million stake in Barnett Shale

• Fort Worth Democrat to run for Tarrant County Party Chair

• UPDATED: Medicare bus tour to visit Highland Hills Branch Library

• Dallas Stars acquire Flyers defenseman Jussi Timonen

• Dallas Stars 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

• Dallas Mavericks 99, New York Knicks 89

Monday, Dec. 10

• Art Institute of Dallas culinary students to sell treats at NorthPark Dec. 15

• Chef Tre Wilcox leaving post at Dallas restaurant Abacus

• Gregory’s, simple French place, opens in old downtown Plano

• Van Halen tour adds second Dallas date on March 3 at American Airlines Center

• Friday Nights at the Gallery Presents a “Perspective Within” at Reflection Fine Art

• UT Southwestern Medical Center finding: patients in ICU aren’t sleeping well

• Cowboys beat Lions and all other programming

• Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre to hold a Holiday Film Festival from December 14-16

• UNT gets $102K from Texas Workforce Commission to expand Robocamp program

• Texas program for cleaner vehicles full of faults

• City of Carrollton to hold job fair Dec. 18

• TeCo Theatrical Productions opens season with Black Nativity this weekend

• Concert Review: Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage at Nokia

• University of Dallas men’s basketball downs Southwestern

• University of Dallas women’s basketball falls to Southwestern

• Mountain lions in Sachse?

• TCU women’s basketball blows out Coppin State

• TCU football freshmen earn All-American honors

• TCU men’s basketball snaps losing streak with win over Texas Southern

• From the Ends of the Earth store specializes in fair-trade crafts

• UNT volleyball’s Engel wins service aces title

• Crowley house fire followed by death of landlord

• Second set of human bones found in Dallas over the weekend

• UNT women’s basketball falls to Valparaiso

• UNT men’s basketball wins high-scoring game over Hartford

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball downs Bacone College

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball defeats Bacone College

• Texas Woman’s basketball falls to Southwestern Oklahoma State

• Mansfield City Council to vote on sex offender regulations

• Dallas Baptist baseball’s Bigley named to “Watch List” for best players

• One dead, one wounded in Fort Worth shooting

• Photo gallery: Art Conspiracy 3

• UT Arlington softball signs seven for 2008 freshman class

• SMU women’s basketball blows out UT Arlington

• UT Arlington men’s basketball nips Wichita State

• Arlington drivers: I-30 delays coming to a (temporary) end

• A response to DMN‘s James Ragland

• The Phantom lives - in Southlake Carroll High School stage production

• North Richland Hills woman shot and killed in her home

• Uninsured motorist detection program to roll out in Austin, expand state-wide

• UNT embarks on first exchange program to India during winter break

Sunday, Dec. 9

• CD review: Gotta Move On, Inner City All-Stars

• Estimated 15,000 run Dallas’ White Rock marathon on Sunday

• Photo Monday: Pics from around Dallas-Fort Worth

• Dallas police seeking information on Corey Hill, on DFW’s Most Wanted list

• Texas Rangers sign volatile outfielder Milton Bradley

• Kansas City group lobbying for daily train service to Dallas

• Dallas Cowboys 28, Detroit Lions 27

• Plano Police respond to a disturbance call; assailant drops dead

• Dallas-Fort Worth has most foreclosures in North Texas

• Black Lab finds skull in a field in southwest Dallas

• Dallas’ celebration of Kwanzaafest at Fair Park on Saturday draws record crowds

• Dallas Mavericks 125, Utah Jazz 117

Saturday, Dec. 8

• Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas offers produce holiday gift ideas

• Theater Review: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

• Grapevine-based Benny Hinn Ministries defies U.S. Senate

• Plano fatality motor vehicle crash, West Spring Creek Parkway and Preston Road

• KLUV DJ Jody Dean’s truck stolen from NorthPark lot in Dallas

• Dallas City Plan Commission votes to make Day Resource Center a temporary overnight homeless shelter

• Kansas art professor speechifies on ceramics at University of Dallas and Collin County Community College

• Dallas businessman buys bankrupt Lajitas resort in West Texas

• UPDATED: Man shot and killed at barbershop on Malcolm X Boulevard in South Dallas

• TM Advertising, formerly Temerlin McClain, moving back to downtown Dallas

• Two men shot and killed at apartment complex on Skillman in Dallas

• Ex-postal worker in Dallas pleads guilty to stealing mail

• Needless Necessities and Paws in the City to host Photos With Santa December 15

• Movie review: The Golden Compass

• Rare horse can be seen at Plaza at Preston Center Santa Days

• Ottawa Senators 4, Dallas Stars 2

Friday, Dec. 7

• Dallas-based Mozzarella Company brings back limited-edition Christmas cheese

• Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Elementary Honor Choir to perform Dec. 14

• Farmers Branch Police Department will add extra officers over holidays to keep speeding and DWI violations in check

• Plano Police search for robbers of a store on East 14th Street

• The Dallas Museum of Art announces its 2008 Arts and Letters Live series

• The Living Opera announces 2008 season

• DFW viewers prefer their doctors McDreamy-style

• Mesquite Crime Alert from Crimeweb.net

• Richland College professor provokes with art project

• Texas court makes ruling on natural gas injection wells

• Ricki Derek’s Scat Lounge opens in Fort Worth

• DCCCD names new president of El Centro College

• Sharon Grigsby of Dallas Morning News vows to make Southern Dallas a priority

• Parkland Hospital wins lawsuit against man injured in police shootout

• Dallas Cowboys collect toys for Boys and Girls Clubs

• Jury awards $5.25 million malpractice verdict against Fort Worth doctor

• Partnership offers free tax help to low and middle income families

• Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Caraway hosting Teen Summit

• Major I-30 closures scheduled for this weekend

• President Bush’s oopsy sends countless phone calls to Ponder Christian school

• UPDATED: Pikahsso a finalist in VH1’s eCritic contest

• Dallas Cowboys spread cheer at area hospitals

• KwanzaaFest 2007 set to take place at Fair Park

• Arlington presents Nighttime Parade of Lights & Tree Lighting Ceremony

• Dallas homeless center owes debt of gratitude to Price

• Looking to catch trout in Hurst?

• Dallas ISD lawsuit reveals deception at disciplinary hearing

• Dallas ISD Superintendent doubts district will reach 2010 reform goals

• Hustler gets 99 years for killing patron in Mesquite

• Riverside golf course robbers arrested

• Oak Lawn’s boundaries disappearing

• UPDATED: Gay candidate Joel Burns wins Fort Worth city council seat

• Local seniors struck hard by Medicare fraud

• Construction on Oak Lawn housing begins

• SMU women’s basketball nips Coppin State

• DeSoto ISD provides parents information on heroin

• TCU women’s soccer coach Abdalla signed to multi-year extension

• TCU women’s basketball falls on road to Rice

• Texas Woman’s basketball wins on road over Cameron University

• New Tri-City animal shelter could be the cat’s meow

• Mountain lion spotted roaming the streets of an Allen neighborhood

• UT Dallas men’s basketball holds off Austin College

• UT Dallas women’s basketball wins on road over Austin College

• Last weekend to check out these 8 plays and musicals

• Denver Nuggets 122, Dallas Mavericks 109

• Movie review: What Would Jesus Buy?

• Weekend Concert Roundup: Dec. 7-9

• New wave of theater productions coming to DFW this weekend

• Movie review: Margot at the Wedding

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - December 6, week 35

• Dallas man pleads guilty to role in conspiracy to manipulate stock prices

Thursday, Dec. 6

• Law Reviewers present 2007 Golden Gavel Awards

• Blue Shoe Project’s Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen nominated for a Grammy

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Robert Neblett

• Jeff Bridges does Q&A at Dallas’ Angelika

• UPDATED: Dallas-based CompUSA closing in early 2008

• Plano police arrest three in burglary offense, one connected to another robbery

• Creative Arts Theatre & School to raise tuition in 2008

• Texas Attorney General sues two kids’ web sites

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 14

• Chewbacca to attend grand opening of AMC Highland Village 12 on Dec. 14

• Mavericks only a modest viewing hit vs. Spurs

• Brave Combo nominated for Best Polka Grammy

• Mesquite police department still looking for Galloway store robbers

• Funding reinstated for Grand Prairie public transit

• Dallas Baptist women’s tennis signs two for 2008 freshman class

• Texas Woman’s gymnastics to hold free intrasquad meet

• Texas Wesleyan women’s soccer signs one for 2008 freshman class

• UNT men’s basketball can’t catch Texas

• MBS Productions adds performance of The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker

• TCU men’s swimming and diving sweeps weekly awards

• Plano named safest city in North Texas

• Grapevine-based GameStop announces partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation

• Tickets to Polyphonic Spree, Citizen Cope, Chris Brown & more on sale soon

• Dallas-based Flowserve wins major pump orders in Qatar

• Kids eat free at DFW International Airport on December 20th & 21st

• Dallas homeless children to meet Santa and watch movie

• Flower Mound woman up for induction to RE/MAX Hall of Fame

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Why We Rule and Others Drool

• Bipolar Fort Worth woman gets her monkey back

• UTA men’s basketball team off to perfect start

• New certification makes UTA students more marketable

• Three Fort Worth high schools giving students a graffiti outlet

• Farmers Branch installs security cameras, uh, camera

• Concert review: Stevie Wonder

• Frisco jewelry store robbed in broad daylight

• San Jose Sharks 3, Dallas Stars 2

• National Board of Review declares No Country… best film of 2007

Wednesday, Dec. 5

• San Antonio Spurs 97, Dallas Mavericks 95

• Dallas architecture firm Corgan Associates forces employee to dress like bee

• Texas Rangers in trade talks with Twins for Johan Santana

• Underground Hip Hop Academy presents “Break Out 2007”

• DFW television viewers like Rudolph over lingerie

• Dallas-based Trinity Consultants bought by New York firm

• Pete Huff will run for at-large seat on McKinney City Council

• UT Dallas institutes DART-linked shuttle bus service Jan. 3

• Dallas comic Peter Barrera returns to roots at La Calle Doce

• Tony Blair to receive SMU’s Tower Center Medal of Freedom

• DFW International putting out new Guia Para Educacion de Nuestros Hijos

• Shakespeare Dallas announces 2008 season and new programs

• FC Dallas forms alliance with Trinidad and Tobago Pro League

• City of Frisco looking for some pavilion-building help this weekend

• Dallas Stars’ Philippe Boucher to have surgery

• Dallas homeless foes need to move beyond their fear

• Curator at the Dallas Museum of Art announces plans to leave

• Lost Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix near Loop 288 in Denton

• Dallas-based Staubach Co. expanding into Kansas City

• Habitat for Humanity working to house two Grand Prairie families in time for the holidays

• Police say Copper Canyon woman killed by ex-boyfriend

• Contemporary Theatre of Dallas and WaterTower Theatre revive popular Christmas productions this week

• UNT Dallas’ planned DART rail station is subject of public hearing

• Barrilito candy recalled due to lead levels

• SMU’s Blackman wins second consecutive Swimmer of the Week award

• Two Cedar Hill students hospitalized, two others charged with distributing drugs

• Four Irving schools named among Texas Monthly‘s Best Public Schools

• Lancaster police look to garbage men for neighborhood watch program

• SMU football’s Morstead named first-team All-Conference USA

• Drunk driver crashes into Grand Prairie home as resident watches

• SMU cross country’s Fjortoft named Newcomer of the Year

• TCU football places 11 players on all-conference teams

• Three UNT football players named to all-conference teams

• UNT women’s basketball loses to Marshall

• Polyphonic Spree adds second holiday show Sunday December 16

• Fort Worth man aids family in fatal mobile home fire

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball falls to #10 Xavier

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball beats LSU-Shreveport

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball’s Turner earns player of the week award

• Standoff in Denton County ends in surrender

• Texas Woman’s basketball nips Henderson State

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball blows out Dallas Christian

• UT Arlington men’s basketball signs two for 2008 freshman class

• Irving upset over DART’s possible orange line delays

• Small batch of Dallas-grown wine goes on sale

• TxDOT closing lanes on I-35W Wednesday night down by Hillsboro in Hill County

• I-35 lanes shut down at Colorado Blvd. in Dallas due to overnight accident

• DART officials reassure Rowlett that the 2012 rail line will remain on schedule

• McKinney’s Relay For Life recognized for philanthropic achievements

• Theater Review: The Snow Queen

• Dallas lawyers offer free legal advice

Tuesday, Dec. 4

• Jack in the Box latest to embrace “gingerbread” flavor with new holiday shake

• Farmers Branch to hold groundbreaking and dedication of Texas-sized U.S. Flag for Liberty Plaza Dec. 7

• Plano-based Rent-a-Center to close 280 stores

• Warren Buffett buys $2 billion in TXU junk bonds

• Grapevine-based Greenhunter enters agreement with Chinese wind turbine company

• Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and T. Boone Pickens announce major donation

• According to Newspaper Association, 10% of nation’s brightest young newspaper stars are in Dallas

• Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality sells off Marriott BWI Airport for $61.5 million

• Richardson-based ASSET InterTech acquires Irish technology company

• ExxonMobil contributes $1.4 million to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

• Monday Night Football dominates DFW Nielsen ratings

• American Airlines named Best Airline for Domestic First Class by Global Traveler Magazine

• UTD’s nanotube forests yielding tiny-yet-strong crops

• Opera Review: The Merry Widow

• Rockwall traffic alert: Interurban closed at Alamo

• The Dallas Museum of Art presents: Reflection of a Man: The Photographs of Stanley Marcus

• UT Dallas Chess Team wins transatlantic tournament

• Downtown McKinney shops offer later hours on Thursdays in December

• Dallas-based Southwest Airlines revises growth plans downward

• Texas Wesleyan volleyball’s Mock earns multiple honors

• UNT women’s tennis signs one for 2008 freshman class

• UPDATED: Arlington pizza delivery guy wounded in line of duty

• UT Arlington biologist’s collaborative research explains how plants harness ‘jumping genes’

• Southlake police seek actual crime to go with YouTube evidence

• Sommelier from Little Nell in Aspen to host wine dinner on Thursday at York Street in Dallas

• UTA School of Nursing to graduate first two doctorate candidates

• $1.1 billion pulled from state road projects scheduled for 2008

• Dallas’ whiz-kid musician Emily Elbert up to good things, says mom

• NTTA officials blowing millions of quarters on first-class airplane tickets, fancy dinners

• SMU’s Wills earns women’s basketball player of the week

• Fire in Fort Worth mobile home leaves one dead, two seriously burned

• Dallas resident shot, killed at home

• Missing uranium turns up in North Fort Worth residence

• Lewisville Kangaroo chase exposes dark underbelly of vet’s backyard denizen

• Dallas Stars 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (SO)

• Dallas Mavericks 103, Chicago Bulls 98

Monday, Dec. 3

• Lost cat on Wilshire in Euless

• Maya Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, new upscale authentic Mex, opens in Rowlett

• Upcoming film events: Angelika, Magnolia and Ebay (oh, my!)

• Idiot kids in Hurst will steal your Santa Claus

• Fort Worth City Council adopts short list of candidates for City Manager position

• U.S. Air Force Cyber Commander to speak at SMU

• UPDATED: Woman uses cake to lure son-in-law, shoots him in the head

• Pikahsso posts new video for “Faleyah”

• SUV crashes off I-30 in Grand Prairie, killing two and injuring three

• Tickets to Dallas Summer Musicals’ Sweeney Todd go on sale today

• Dallas-based Tenet completes sale of Shelby Regional Medical Center

• Third annual Fair Park in Lights ceremony drew 20,000 people Sunday night

• FBI seeking information on November 28 bank robbery in Richardson

• Former Texas Assistant Attorney General Pat O’Connell joins Baron & Budd

• Attitudes & Attire hires new Development Director

• UNT student’s case study to appear in retailing textbook

• Inevitable Theatre Company opens DFW premiere of Dog Sees God this week

• University of Dallas women’s basketball loses to Millsaps College

• Benbrook police department gets new cop cars, will take you down

• SMU women’s swimming finishes strong at USA Nationals

• SMU men’s swimming earns three NCAA considerations

• SMU women’s golf signs two to national letters of intent

• SMU men’s golf signs two for freshman class of 2008

• Fort Worth family of five displaced by house fire

• SMU football’s Morstead and Sledge named to all-academic team

• Free movies - all week long - at Arlington’s Movie Tavern

• Dallas police taking the H.E.A.T. to White Rock Hills

• Missing child alert: Jamie Gravely possibly traveling through Texas

• Dallas City Council members elected to National League of Cities boards

• Two-vehicle wreck in Haltom City hospitalizes four

• TCU women’s basketball falls short against Texas A&M

• TCU swimmers set records in Atlanta

• Drunk driver smashes into parked fire truck

• TCU football to play Houston in the Texas Bowl

• SMU women’s basketball takes down UNT

• Neiman Marcus holiday window display features UTA robots

• Residents displaced after St. Charles Place apartment fire in Lewisville

• UNT men’s basketball comes back to defeat New Mexico State

• Gang gunfire kills one, injures one in East Dallas

• UT Arlington stays undefeated with win over Western Illinois

• Two die when SUV drives off I-30 in Grand Prairie

• UPDATE: DART Rail down Monday morning between Mockingbird and Union Stations

Sunday, Dec. 2

• Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas is loaded with goodies

• Lost longhair cat in Fairview

• Lancaster High students learn about Holocaust

• One-time Dallas anchor Ashleigh Banfield profiled by mediabistro.com

• NTTA bequeaths $3 billion for SH 121 at ceremony in Carrollton

• Bridge rehabilitation to take place on I-35E in Dallas December 3-5

• McKinney-based Collin County Regional Airport runway and taxiway resume operations

• Teen shot in front of his Arlington home

• Wild hogs running loose in Denton

• Plano mother who threw daughter over stairwell blames schizophrenia

• Dallas police confirm that new mint product looks just like cocaine

Saturday, Dec. 1

• Dallas Stars 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

• Richardson Hotel bought by Atlanta investment group with plans to turn it into a Hyatt

• Big $25,000 reward offered for information on “Scarecrow Bandits”

• Fort Worth considering limits on cows, horses within city

• UPDATEDx2: Items stolen from Dallas Historical Society collection have been returned

• Dallas Skyline wins, Carter loses on an exceptional day of football

• Lost Gordon Setter in Lower Greenville area

• New Orleans Hornets 112, Dallas Mavericks 108 (OT)

• Florida International 38, University of North Texas (UNT) 19

• Addison City Manager Ron Whitehead comfortable in “people management”

• Theater Review: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker

• Plano woman flees through front door as burglars enter rear door

• Plano ranks safest city in North Texas

• Plano-based EnviroGLAS makes products from recycled broken glass

• Plano teen dies from staph infection

• Dallas Mavericks 91, Portland Trailblazers 80

• Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Dallas Stars 1