Story archive for November 2007

Friday, Nov. 30

• Movie review: Awake

• Icelandic company FL Group dumps American Airlines stock

• Mansion on Turtle Creek hires new GM, pastry chef, and sommelier

• Jingle Bells on Bishop celebrated on December 7 & 8

• DCTA will offer free service during the month of December

• Make Space for Art jury announced

• Clear Channel to axe 97.1 La Preciosa at midnight tonight

• Cowboys-Packers garners best ratings of the year

• DART holding public hearing on proposal to relocate Lake Highlands Station on blue line

• Dallas-based company aims to bury radioactive material in West Texas

• Fort Worth-based Tandy Leather Factory to close factory in Wisconsin

• Dallas-based Alliance Data signs multi-year agreement with 7-Eleven

• Damien Hirst exhibit at Goss-Michael Foundation “too cool to pass up”

• Overnight ordeal ends with missing DeSoto man safe

• Cedar Springs group determined to save “gayborhood”

• Classic Big Bend photos to go on display at Belmont Hotel

• Dallas restaurant Vern’s Place to celebrate new Deep Ellum location on Monday December 3

• Does Dallas Morning News unfairly represent black people?

• Robber assaults woman, swipes her $350,000 wedding ring

• Lakewood Pet Watch keeping eye out for lost cats and dogs

• Grand Prairie toll road in peril … again

• SMU women’s swimming and diving in competition at USA Nationals

• SMU men’s swimming qualifies several for NCAA consideration

• TCU men’s swimming and diving has record-setting day

• Cedar Hill agrees to steps to improve sewers

• Texas Woman’s basketball drops close one to Southeastern Oklahoma State

• Watauga man busted for 7 pounds of pot

• UTA women’s basketball falls to Texas

• UTA men’s basketball survives scare against Texas Wesleyan

• Bra thief swipes a bunch of bras from Hurst mall

• UPDATED: Missing child alert: Austin Griffith last seen in Lake Dallas

• Last weekend to catch these 12 plays and musicals

• Weekend Concert Roundup: Nov. 30 - Dec. 2

• Check out the holiday-oriented theater productions opening this weekend

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - November 30, week 34

• UPDATED: Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth November 30

Thursday, Nov. 29

• Dallas Cowboys 37, Green Bay Packers 27

• Movie review: Blade Runner (The Final Cut)

• Art openings and receptions happening this weekend

• Addison-based Behringer Harvard purchases property in the United Kingdom

• Southlake-based Major Gaming Championships to launch Hispanic Gaming Tournament in 2008

• Dallas-based Shea Development Corp. to acquire WOW Global Corporation

• Dallas-based Flowserve starts construction on Quick Response Center in Dubai

• Carrollton Police seek burglary suspect of Krystal’s Restaurant

• Tickets to Van Halen, Ministry (w/presale code), Rick Springfield & more on sale soon

• Hispanic Hotel Owners Association encouraging Latino hotel ownership

• Fort Worth-based Van Cliburn Foundation names new COO

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 13

• University of Dallas women’s basketball slips by Texas Lutheran

• University of Dallas men’s basketball dominates Principia

• SMU women’s swimming and diving signs three for 2008 freshman class

• SMU men’s swimming and diving signs four for 2008 freshman class

• SMU men’s soccer knocked out of NCAA tournament

• SMU women’s basketball wins fifth straight game

• TCU women’s basketball ends two-game losing streak

• UTA Transportation group to conduct four-year project for DART

• New Interview: Chad Gray of HellYeah, Mudvayne (podcast)

• The Amon Carter Museum presents: “Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s”

• Technology-based entrepreneurship seminar to be held at UTD

• Addison restaurant Sweet Tomatoes to participate in annual healthy contest

• UNT softball signs seven for 2008 freshman class

• American Airlines to spin off American Eagle

• Carrie Garner’s Galleria d’Arte is closing its doors

• SMU’s Meadows Theatre stages Balm in Gilead

• Dallas Mayor Leppert to help introduce “state bulb”

• Texas Education Agency statistics susceptible to “spin”

• TCU’s new University Union building receives its crown

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Rules of the Road Trip

• Dallas Business Journal appoints new publisher

• Thieves make off with $100,000 worth of beer

• Dallas Mayor Leppert donating most of salary for scholarships

• Mansfield police chief dies after surgery

• Fort Worth police searching for suspects who beat, robbed employees

• Midnight accident recreation causes Dallas North Tollway detour

• I-30 to close at Big Town Boulevard in Mesquite for bridge demolition this weekend

• Arturo Alvarez and Dax McCarty called for U-23 U.S. Men’s National Team camp

Wednesday, Nov. 28

• New Jersey Devils 4, Dallas Stars 2

• Cedars noise crusader is poop scooping scofflaw

• Dallas Mavericks 109, Minnesota Timberwolves 103

• ExxonMobil claims to have new hybrid battery technology

• UPDATED: Infant Plano child falls inside home from second to first level; mother charged

• UPDATED: Rachael Ray to appear at Williams-Sonoma in Southlake on Saturday Dec. 8

• Dallas Indie Experience caters to the “shop local” movement

• FC Dallas travels to Trinidad and Tobago for Shaka Hislop Tribute Cup

• Toadies reuniting (again) for December tour

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far

• Dallas ArtCast’s November edition

• UTA’s Bangladesh Student Organization begins cyclone relief fund

• Dallas-based Education is Freedom names new president and CEO

• Dancing with the Stars helps Belo8 dominate Tuesday ratings

• Eight UNT students to spend Christmas in Nepal

• New product in Dallas stores: Hershey’s Hot Cocoa Creme Kiss

• 15th annual Winter SolstiCelebration at Cathedral of Hope

• Fort Worth City Council task force will study gas issues

• Theater productions open at all 4 Tarrant County College campuses this week

• UPDATED: Event alert: UNT faculty jazz recital

• University of Dallas names Dr. J. William Berry as new provost

• Collin College rolls out text messaging alert system

• Tickets for Dame Edna – Live And Intimate go on sale November 30

• Dallas women warned against purse snatcher

• Dallas police chief deserves raise

• Fort Worth responds to Trinity Trees lawsuit

• UNT swimming and diving signs four for 2008 freshman class

• Richardson’s FunAsiA screens films with South Asian flair

• UNT women’s basketball blown out by Oklahoma

• Texas Woman’s soccer signs four for 2008 freshman class

• Assistant principal in Dallas accused of false identification

• Texas Woman’s gymnastics signs two for 2008 freshman class

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball falls again to Arkansas Tech

• Dallas branch of Saltwater Willy’s closes

• Suspect in hit and run death of construction worker arrested by Cedar Hill PD

• UT Arlington women’s basketball signs Mansfield standout

• Arlington’s new dog park opens Saturday

• Men steal assault-type rifles from a Fort Worth pawn shop

• UT Dallas has 30 athletes named to all-academic teams

• Dallas sushi restaurant Little Katana offers new unique menu for lunch

• Dallas County getting tough on tax-owing vendors, oh yeah look out

• UPDATED: Cycler attacked on Katy Trail in Uptown Dallas

• TCU men’s swimming and diving signs Thivierge to class of 2008

• National Influenza Vaccination Week reminds it’s not too late to get a flu shot (w/immunization locations)

Tuesday, Nov. 27

• Segment of North Dallas Tollway to be closed temporarily overnight on Wednesday

• Grand Hyatt DFW appoints Ian Beach as chef de cuisine for Grand Met restaurant

• Dallas Peace Center’s 2007 Peacemaker of the Year Award goes to Farmers Branch immigration activist Elizabeth Villafranca

• UPDATED AGAIN: Redacted will not open in Dallas, says distributor rep

• Dallas Democratic Forum hosts former Nixon counsel, author John Dean on Dec. 11

• Dallas Stars say forward Jere Lehtinen will have surgery, out 8-10 weeks

• New song from Kenny and the Kasuals, “Can’t Blame Jesus”

• Exhibit Review: Robyn O’Neil, “This is our ending, this is our past”

• U.S. Conference of Mayors reports that Dallas stands to lose $4 billion to foreclosures in 2008

• TCU football’s Ortiz to play in East-West Shrine Game

• SMU rowing signs Tremaine to national letter of intent

• Mesquite Symphony Orchestra presents Music of the Season featuring the soprano soloist Deanna Sarkar

• SMU’s Dodds named women’s basktball player of the week

• SMU punter Morstead named to All-Conference USA first team

• “Housing First” solution for Dallas homeless can work

• Undermain Theatre previews and opens The Snow Queen this week

• Hawthorne Heights concert at House of Blues canceled due to guitarist’s sudden death

• TCU gas drilling site receives permits

• Dallas-based Tenet enters into new national agreement with UnitedHealthcare

• Dog lost in Knox/Henderson area of Dallas

• Dallas-based Pioneer closes $540 million sale of its Canadian operations

• Southwest Airlines engine failure more than just “vibrations”

• Dallas-based Toreador temporarily shuts down Turkish gas plant

• Dallas ISD principals receive performance pay

• The Dallas Architecture Forum continues with award-winning architect Wendell Burnette

• Fort Worth resident’s lawsuit against city’s gas drilling plans labeled insupportable

• The Living Opera announces Executive Director

• Prison Break filming hits the streets of Arlington

• UPDATED: Belo8 attack on South Oak Cliff coach should not be tolerated

• El Centro College student vying for Best Mariachi Singer title

• Oak Cliff assailant apprehended by neighbors, arrested by police

• City of Dallas to outline plan for Great Trinity Forest

• Balch Springs beer thieves thwarted by gunfire

• Richardson City Council rejects proposed development

• Dallas’ homelessness tackled by Pizza Hut ex-pres

• Nursing faculty shortage in North Texas may lead to shortage of nurses

Monday, Nov. 26

• Oscar Pareja leaves FC Dallas to coach U.S. National U-17 team

• Dallas Stars 3, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

• Washington Wizards 110, Dallas Mavericks 98

• Richardson Mayor Steve Mitchell wants to make a difference

• Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson fined $25,000

• Accident pins driver under his own car

• TXU Energy relocating its headquarters to Irving

• Small authentic Italian called Nonna finally opens in Dallas

• A busy Thanksgiving for the Frisco Police Department

• Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno Discusses Mind Wars at UT Dallas Dec. 11

• Ounce Prime Steakhouse opens in Addison

• November DFW news sweeps race comes down to the wire

• Grand Prairie holiday ornament commemorates city’s historic Uptown Theater, benefits charity, too

• University of Dallas men’s basketball goes 1-1 at Black Tie Club Classic

• Burleson joins in Sept. 11 Tribute Exhibition in Fort Worth

• “Holiday Sing” thing slated for UTD performance

• SMU men’s soccer wins first round game over Gonzaga

• SMU women’s basketball wins Hoops for the Cure Tournament

• SMU men’s basketball blown out by Dayton

• UTD economist appointed to chair NCAA research committee

• Theater Review: Theatre Three’s Season’s Greetings

• Dallas County Judge Jim Foster gets new assistant

• Frisco to host open annual Christmas Nativity Exhibit on November 29th

• TCU football’s Turner and Phillips named players of the week

• Contemporary Theatre of Dallas welcomes René Moreno and Regan Adair as Artistic Associates

• Bus headed to Dallas crashes in Arkansas, kills 3

• Dallas Opera chorus singer makes move to featured perfomer

• UNT theater undergrads to stage The Pitchfork Disney

• Log Cabin, North Dallas Republicans get acquainted

• Dallas pilot helping Flying Doctors of Mercy

• UNT football’s Chapman named Defensive Player of the Week

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball loses to Oklahoma City

• UT Arlington women’s basketball’s game cancelled due to Malibu fires

• Texas A&M professor says data makes Star of Bethlehem a reality

• UTD men’s basketball wins two by identical scores of 74-63

• UT Dallas women’s basketball wins two to improve to 4-1

• Man’s body found near Mountain Creek Lake Park

• Plano man saves dog from burning home

• Dallas police searching for shooting suspects

• Collision on 1-20 claims two lives

• Movie review: I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

• Van Halen date announced for Dallas

• St. Paul DART Rail station in downtown Dallas getting remodel

Sunday, Nov. 25

• Brookhaven College partners with Carrollton-Farmers Branch and Dallas students to provide college credits

• Dallas Stars 3, New York Rangers 2

• Movie review: August Rush

• Two teen boys die in car wreck in The Colony on Friday night

• Rain causing accidents all over Dallas-Fort Worth area

• Arlington couple shamed into cleaning up their front yard

• Fort Worth hosts annual Parade of Lights hoo-ha on Friday

• Investors file lawsuit against Dallas-based Energytec

• Business park going up near Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

• Townhouse development planned for southeast Fort Worth

• Bombay’s Fort Worth headquarters sold in bankruptcy court

• Hotel Association of Greater Dallas holds inaugural Award Gala

• Dallas Stars recall forwards Joel Lundqvist, Brad Winchester

• Milwaukee Bucks 97, Dallas Mavericks 95

• TCU 45, San Diego State 33

• Dallas restaurants Nove and N9NE offering meal deals before and after American Airlines Center events

• Rowlett to hold annual tree lighting ceremony downtown on Monday November 26

Saturday, Nov. 24

• Richardson City Manager Bill Keffler well versed in the ABCs of city government

• Rainy Sunday movie guide

• University of North Texas (UNT) 27, Western Kentucky 26

• Memphis 55, Southern Methodist University (SMU) 52 (3OT)

• J.J. Abrams Cloverfield update and related monster movie notes

• UPDATED: Doorman at private party in downtown Dallas shot and killed Friday night

• Dallas teen is shot and killed in road rage incident

• Dallas-bred photographer contributes Dallas images to Time photo essay

• Two armed men rob downtown Dallas church on Thanksgiving

• Small plane crashes near Mesquite airport, killing one onboard

• Dallas Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

• Indiana Pacers 111, Dallas Mavericks 107

Friday, Nov. 23

• UPDATED: Carrollton continues to push for “Green” city

• McKinney to hold annual quaint holiday deal with snowflakes this weekend

• Two shot, four stabbed in brawl at Fort Worth home

• Rowlett hosts first Regional Transportation Summit

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - November 21, week 33

• Horse trailer flips over on I-30 Wednesday

• Dallas man arrested at Canadian border with cache of weapons

• ‘Silver alert’ issued for elderly man from DeSoto

• Nutbag shoppers in Dallas area happily wait in cold to buy marked-down electronic devices

• Arlington makes list of cities with the worst speed traps

• Last chance to catch Pygmalion

• Thanksgiving weekend brings 9 new theater productions to the metroplex

• Weekend Concert Roundup: November 23-25

• Police seek help identifying Arlington Thanksgiving thief

• Margaux’s presents: Art From the Heart, a four person show to benefit the Schottish Rite Children’s Hospital

Thursday, Nov. 22

• Dallas Stars’ Todd Fedoruk claimed off waivers by Minnesota Wild

• When Black Friday comes…

• Dallas area had snow on Thanksgiving

• Dallas designer’s time on Project Runway cut short

• 37,000 trudge through downtown Dallas in 2007 YMCA Turkey Trot

• Dallas Cowboys 34, New York Jets 3

• Former FC Dallas defender Clarence Goodsen chosen by San Jose in MLS expansion draft

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 12

• Family-run pawn shop in southeast Dallas robbed by at least six armed men

• Drowning Pool’s gear stolen from Universal Rehearsal in North Dallas

• UPDATED: FDA to investigate Chantix anti-smoking drug that Dallas musician Carter Albrecht took

• I-35 closed in Austin

• Donations to food banks in Dallas not meeting demand

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Stuff to be Thankful For

• Foreclosures of commercial buildings jumps in Dallas-Fort Worth

• Construction underway on new Dallas County Institute for Forensic Science

• Dallas-based Baron & Budd wins $8.2 million asbestos verdict

• Dallas Stars 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

• UT Dallas’ Arts Festival to feature work of hundreds of students

• Local Artist Spotlight: Beau Comeaux

Wednesday, Nov. 21

• Dallas Mavericks 100, Houston Rockets 94

• Last-minute Thanksgiving eats in Dallas

• Dallas ISD and the City of Dallas take city planning to schools

• DISD to hold information fair for prospective magnet students

• Thieves in Hurst commit the crime of all crimes

• Bill Meadows elected vice chairman of NTTA Board of Directors

• Polyphonic Spree hosts 7th Annual Holiday Extravaganza

• Richardson kid named semi-finalist in BubbleWrap® Young Inventors contest

• Single tickets for Casa Mañana’s Children’s Playhouse spring shows go on sale November 23

• French restaurant to open on Lovers Lane in Dallas in December

• UPDATED: UTD flag flies in space; returns to earth; becomes part of university history

• Obligatory story on holiday travel but with Dallas data

• TWU drama department does Edward Albee (times two)

• Crowley police looking for Chicken Express robbers

• Houston company buys Chase Tower in Dallas

• KERA’s THINK interviews photographer Jim Keen

• Richardson-based InnerWireless named as finalist for ”Red Herring 100 Global” Awards 2007

• KERA’s THINK interviews Dallas organ donation specialists Dr. G ran Klintmalm and Pam Silvestri

• Stage West premieres new theater space with Season’s Greetings this week

• Fugitive Xavier Farrar arrested in Fort Worth

• The Guildhall at SMU not banned in Boston

• Embankment rehabilitation to take place along I-45 in Navarro County southeast of Dallas

• Grapevine-based GameStop anticipating profits

• Argyle, Texas ‘freaked out’ by freak dancing

• UNT’s One O’Clock Lab Band releases commemorative CD/DVD

• Man killed in hit and run while changing tire

• Southern Dallas neighborhoods lack access to healthy foods

• Two men crash into an apartment during high speed chase in Fort Worth

• UT Dallas women’s basketball defeats Austin College

• UT Dallas men’s basketball takes down Austin College

• Dallas Baptist basketball blown out by East Central

• Dallas Baptist soccer finishes seventh at NCCAA Tournament

• Fort Worth has temporarily stopped adding fluoride to drinking water

• Texas Woman’s basketball defeats Southern Arkansas

• UNT volleyball signs three for 2008 freshman class

• The Texas Rustler’s Guinea Pig Rescue does not make it onto the approved Denton County jury pay donation list

• UNT men’s basketball’s White named Player of the Week

• TCU swimming and diving signs four in early signing period

• SMU women’s basketball takes down TCU

• Southlake runner poised to take on national talent

• University of Dallas women’s basketball loses first game of season

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

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram defends coverage of Barnett Shale

• Fort Worth to activate red light cameras

• New Product: Starbucks Espresso Regalo coffee beans

• Movie review: Enchanted

• Barry Whistler Gallery presents: Michael Miller: Ranch Style / Lawrence Lee: Write Your Music Here

Tuesday, Nov. 20

• Dallas Mavericks 105, Toronto Raptors 99

• George Bush Turnpike in Plano to whore itself out to Maxwell House Wednesday

• Spilled nails all over US-75 north of Dallas

• Movie review: The Mist

• Mavericks willing to sell you Devin Harris for $300,000

• Dallas Cowboy Patrick Crayton could miss Thanksgiving game with sprained ankle

• Fuel tanker overturned in Bedford at 121 and Airport Freeway

• Development in Southern Dallas depends on more than campaign promises

• WFAA winning local newscast race

• Bruce Springsteen announces Dallas date for spring 2008 tour

• Dallas “DNA Blues Ball” to raise money to exonerate innocent prisoners

• Downtown Dallas will have New Year’s parade on December 31

• SMU volleyball signs three for 2008 freshman class

• Movie review: I’m Not There

• UPDATED: Grand Prairie to consider purchases fire foam, cop cars, etc. at Tuesday meeting

• Dallas-based ACS wins $18.5 million contract with Idaho Medicaid

• ExxonMobil signs Libyan exploration agreement for offshore Sirte Basin

• Dallas-based Mary Kay Ash Foundation awards $3 million in grants to domestic violence shelters nationwide

• Dallas-based Alliance Data signs multi-year agreement with Charter Communications

• State environmental commission investigating methane-leaking landfills in Dallas

• Plano homeowners upset over planned tower construction

• SMU men’s soccer’s Shuleva named Academic All-American

• Dallas police taking strict stance on loud noise violations

• UT Arlington graduate business school named best value in North Texas

• Dallas Theater Center previews A Christmas Carol this week

• SMU cross country’s Fjortoft finishes 49th at NCAA Championships

• Oak Cliff intruder shot by homeowner

• UTA Student Art Association hosts art sale

• SMU men’s basketball signs four for 2008 freshman class

• Road Agent presents: Elliott Johnson: Words Fall Me

• TCU cross country’s Kigen finishes 157th at NCAA Championships

• Staph infection strikes Hurst elementary school teacher

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball’s Turner named Player of the Week

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball falls to Oklahoma Wesleyan

• UT Arlington softball unveils 2008 schedule

• UPDATED: Periodic Table of Dallas to be unveiled

• Ex-con acquitted in Fort Worth slayings

• Fort Worth woman shot during home invasion

• Farmers Branch police seek help identifying remains of man found in vacant lot

• Oswald’s Ghost appears at Oak Cliff’s Texas Theatre

• D/FW regional flight delays more widespread than originally thought

Monday, Nov. 19

• Dallas Stars 3, Los Angeles Kings 0

• Dallas jail’s good time policy unfairly criticized by media

• White Rock Hills Neighborhood Association 1177 taking off

• Road repairs will shut down I-35 Tuesday night in Denton County

• Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas performing in Dallas

• Fort Worth-based RadioShack to pay $8.8 million to settle overtime lawsuit

• Dallas-based ACS awarded $35 million contract extension with City of Houston

• UPDATED: Missing child alert: Jered Persefield last seen in Haltom City

• Coppell to host annual Christmas parade through town

• Colleyville Heritage center fielder signs with Aggies

• Local Spanish instructor honored for work with Texas law enforcement

• Euless’ Trinity High School principal retires

• Kennedale point guard chooses LSU

• Grand Prairie’s Crime Control and Prevention board to elect new members

• Thief ‘single-handedly’ steals diamond ring from Mesquite store

• JFK assassination to be reenacted online

• Grand Prairie traffic alert: delays at NW 19th Street and Carrier Parkway

• Movie review and John Turturro guest appearance: Romance and Cigarettes

• SMU women’s swimming and diving earns three NCAA bids

• SMU men’s swimming and diving wins Art Adamson Invitational

• SMU cross country’s Fjortoft named Regional Athlete of the Year

• TCU rifle team finishes fall season with win over Kentucky

• TCU women’s basketball routs Delaware to finish WNIT

• TCU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams lose to UNLV

• TCU football’s Ortiz named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week

• TCU men’s basketball goes to 3-0 with win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff

• UNT women’s basketball signs four to 2008 freshman class

• UNT women’s basketball routs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

• UNT men’s basketball goes to 3-0 with win over Indiana State

• Theater Review: The Boxer

• Texas Wesleyan volleyball wins two, but loses regional final

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball sweep games at Warrior Classic

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball takes two at holiday tournament

• Texas Woman’s basketball drops two games to open season

• Concert Review: Smashing Pumpkins at Nokia Theater

• Dallas Cowboys intend to bid for NCAA men’s basketball Final Four at new stadium

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball drops close game to Arkansas Tech

• UT Arlington Professor of management receives NAACP award

• UT Arlington volleyball signs five players for freshman class of 2008

• UT Arlington volleyball loses in opening round of conference tournament

• Arlington City Council will vote to lease mineral drilling rights

• UT Arlington women’s basketball dominates Montana State

• UT Arlington men’s basketball defeats Arkansas-Little Rock

• UT Dallas women’s basketball splits two games at Trinity Tournament

• UT Dallas men’s basketball goes 1-1 at season-opening tournament

• Rockwall traffic alert: Heath Street closed until 3:30

• Dallas Cedars neighborhood residents try to shut down homeless event

• Police bust three for Denton County La Azteca Market break-ins

• Condition worsens for Rockwall student involved in fatal crash

• Dallas chef Stephan Pyles’ Thanksgiving recipes one of five featured by epicurious.com

• Richardson considers requiring special permits for payday lenders

• Governor Perry obtains $3 million for border security cameras

• Several flights out of DFW Airport delayed for communication tower failure

• Former Lake Highlands student selected as Rhodes Scholar

• Dallas placing new focus on bicycles as commuting alternative

• Three Dallas ISD high schools cited as model schools in math and science

• Movie Review: Beowulf

Sunday, Nov. 18

• Dallas Cowboys 28, Washington Redskins 23

• Concert Review: The Starting Line at The Palladium Ballroom

• Opera Review: Macbeth

• Theater Review: Our Lady of 121st Street

• Closure of I-30 in Arlington caused big traffic jam on Saturday

• North Texas filmmaker Fredrick Wolcott swings DVD distribution deal for Beings

• Investor buys two historic buildings in downtown Fort Worth

• Plano-based JCPenney unveils Christmas marketing campaign

• UPDATED: Dallas firefighter killed in car crash

• Police seeking hitchhiker in connection with stabbing and shooting at Dallas motel

Saturday, Nov. 17

• TCU 31, UNLV 10

• Dallas Mavericks 108, Memphis Grizzlies 105

• University of Central Florida 49, Southern Methodist University (SMU) 20

• State approves funding for Collin County Regional Airport

• Dallas restaurant Tradicion shuts down

• John Kerry calls B.S. on Dallas millionaire T. Boone Pickens

• Babe’s Chicken Dinner House to open in Cedar Hill City Hall building in early 2009

• Dallas office of Agency.com shutting down by end of November

• Inmate gets 20 years for sending threatening letters to judge and editor of Dallas Morning News

• Conservative church in Mesquite buys limousine to transport older members

• Two Dallas police officers face disciplinary action for over-the-top ticketing behavior

• Dallas-based North Texas Food Bank launches new public awareness and fundraising campaign

• Corgan Associates named “firm of the year” by Dallas chapter of American Institute of Architects

• State approves funding for Addison Airport

• Dallas Stars 6, Colorado Avalanche 1

Friday, Nov. 16

• Movie review: Finishing the Game

• TCU volleyball stuns #17 Colorado State

• UNT volleyball falls to Denver in Sun Belt Tournament

• UNT swimming and diving ranked #12 in national mid-major poll

• UNT women’s basketball defeats Sam Houston State

• Dallas Baptist athletics takes part in Operation Christmas Child

• UT Arlington head baseball coach Curtis resigns

• Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Nov. 15)

• UT Arlington volleyball place three on all-conference teams

• Eastfield College to host lecture on JFK assassination

• Lancaster ISD superintendent speaks at educators’ conference

• UTD announces Fall Arts Festival schedule

• Strong Families Dallas to hold Hispanic Town Hall Meeting

• Is Fort Worth becoming a gay mecca?

• Dallas human rights fundraiser could be showdown on transgender issues

• Dallas AIDS Interfaith Network offices, vans damaged in shooting

• Casa Mañana presents Lomascola’s Million Dollar Piano Show for one night only

• Duncanville authorities to enforce new sex club ordinance

• Duncanville city council ordinance shuts down local ‘sex club’

• Historic Oak Lawn bookstore to close

• Right-wing Dallas think tank claims high gas prices the result of environmentalist reforms

• Dallas pastor recruits 100+ black men for mentoring program

• Twelve UNT Health physicians are ‘Texas Super Docs’

• Oak Cliff residents staying involved in community

• Grand Prairie police offering $15,000 reward for info on store clerk’s murder

• Grand Prairie accepting nominations for citywide residential X-mas light contest

• DeSoto voters split two spirits decisions

• UPDATED: Fort Worth’s Broadway Baptist Church to consider excluding gay couples from member booklet

• Mansion scent dinner on Wednesday Nov. 14 was feast for senses

• Last weekend to catch these 12 theater productions

• New wave of plays and musicals for DFW this weekend

• Weekend Concert Roundup: November 16-18

• This weekend’s art openings and receptions

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - November 15, week 32

Thursday, Nov. 15

• Arkansas State 31, University of North Texas (UNT) 27

• Dallas Mavericks 105, San Antonio Spurs 92

• Addison Fire Chief Noel Padden stresses safety as top priority for firefighters and citizens

• Movie review and premiere event coverage: Flying for Freedom

• St. Paul’s Church slated for $3 million restoration

• FC Dallas post-season surgical / injury update

• Lyn Berman of Attitudes & Attire named one of the Dallas 25

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 11

• Tanker truck crashes, burns near Lake Dallas; I-35 closed in both directions

• Carrollton-based FASTSIGNS donating money and clothing to homeless

• UPDATED: New Black Panther Party conducts DART protest

• Tickets to Foo Fighters (w/presale code), Keller Williams, Avril Lavigne, Duran Duran & more on sale soon

• Addison Mayor Joe Chow wants to give back to the community

• Belo8 close to sweeping newscast ratings

• The Dallas Museum of Art presents: Leonora Carrington “What She Might Be”

• Dallas Observer fires music editor

• Circle Theatre holding book drive with Barnes & Noble

• UT Arlington men’s golfer Reeves named Golfer of the Month

• Texas Woman’s basketball signs local player to letter of intent

• Texas Wesleyan baseball ranked 18th in NAIA national poll

• UNT men’s golf signs standout to letter of intent

• UNT men’s basketball takes down Oklahoma State

• TCU volleyball signs four for freshman class of 2008

• TCU diver Hesselberg named Mountain West Diver of the Week

• TCU men’s golf signs Max Bichsel to letter of intent

• TCU men’s basketball signs three for freshman class of 2008

• Rhett Miller & Murry Hammond concert to benefit cystic fibrosis

• SMU volleyball places two on all-conference teams

• Kitchen Dog and SMU set to open Our Lady of 121st Street this week

• SMU men’s soccer stunned by Florida International

• Collin College math professor named U.S. Professor of the Year

• UT Dallas students serve as subjects of award-winning character trait study

• FBI seeking information on Nov. 13 bank robbery at City Bank on South Buckner Road in Dallas

• Writers strike fallout at Pegasus News

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Rating Doug Armstrong

• Cloud chamber to be dedicated, demonstrated at UT Arlington

• Dallas pharmacy raided by DEA agents

• Two designers with local ties make Project Runway debuts

• Collins Street bridge in Arlington to be demolished

• UPDATED with video: Fort Worth apartment fire forces 30 people from their homes

• Fort Worth man killed in home invasion

• UPDATED with video: Fort Worth man accused of killing mother

• Three shot, one killed at Dallas apartment complex

• Dallas day care center robbed twice in one week

• 12-year-old Dallas ISD boy accused of sexually assaulting girl

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Anne Healy

Wednesday, Nov. 14

• San Jose Sharks 4, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

• Lost Dog: Black Labrador Retriever mix missing in Azle

• Dallas Foundations donate $3 million to Dallas ISD

• Massive $1.5 billion ‘green’ project slated for Arlington

• Rockwall’s Townsend Boulevard closed due to railroad reconstruction

• “Cliburn at the Kimbell” presents Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, Dec. 6

• Carrolton’s Perry Middle school transforms into Spanish mission

• Dallas Peruvian consulate opening coincides with Peruvian music showcase

• Ozone Magazine‘s November Rapquest for Dallas/Ft. Worth

• Plano-based CareView Communications, Inc. acquired by Ecogate

• Owner of Grand Tastings wine bar in Uptown Dallas in hospital after heart attack

• Interim Keller city manager resigns

• Dallas-based Heelys wins patent infringement case

• Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Nov. 13)

• McKinney middle school students receive honors at regional band competition

• Fort Worth gas drilling sites may be too close for comfort

• McKinney cookie business selected as Martha Stewart Dreamers to Doers Finalist

• Dead Sea Souls break up

• Irving High School’s Daniel Oh chosen for All-State orchestra

• Reunion Tower closing for renovations

• UPDATED: The Ticket’s Greg “The Hammer” Williams’ absence drug-related

• Bootstraps Comedy Theater revives The Boxer this week

• Dallas Stars fire President Jim Lites

• Remembering Fort Worth singer Hank Thompson

• TCU baseball signs nine for 2008 freshman class

• Mother of Dallas special-ed student sues DISD

• Irving ISD to begin TeleParent system; students guaranteed to hate it

• Dallas English Bulldog lost or stolen

• SMU men’s soccer dominates all-conference teams

• SMU women’s basketball wins tough road game over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

• Bill O’Reilly lashes out at Mark Cuban over Redacted

• Fort Worth taqueria robbed at gunpoint

• TCU women’s basketball to host Delaware in WNIT

• TCU cross country’s Kigen named to all-region team

• UTA professor honored for service to Southwest Theatre and Film Association

• TCU men’s basketball blows out Rice

• Erykah Badu, where are you? A Dallas fan’s personal Top 5

• Carrollton Teacher Lori Dumerer wins trip to Philadelphia workshop

• Dallas man shoots intruder in the face

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

• Dallas Baptist volleyball places two on all-conference teams

• Woman accuses roomate of poisoning peach cobbler with acetone

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball falls to Texas State

• Updated: Grand Prairie store robbed, owner fatally shot

• American Red Cross helps 10 Hurst families displaced by fire

• Army vehicles get booted over unpaid parking tickets

• Chuck Norris to visit Lancaster ISD KICKSTART students

• Restaurant review: Cafe San Miguel

• The Dallas Contemporary opens its doors to the Open Doors Collective

Tuesday, Nov. 13

• Dallas Mavericks 99, Philadelphia 76ers 84

• FBI seeking information on November 7 bank robbery in Grand Prairie

• Dallas Stars hire Brett Hull, Les Jackson as interim co-General Managers

• Tickets to MBS Productions’ world premiere of Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker now on sale

• The varied styles of Pikahsso (new video)

• Evolution advocate to speak at SMU

• TCU transfers gas lease option to Chesapeake Exploration

• EDS agrees to purchase Saber Corporation for $420 million

• Allied Pilots Association urges President Bush to preserve age 60 retirement for airline pilots

• Dallas Stars fire GM Doug Armstrong

• CWC Entertainment’s Vincent Tucker joins 360 D Radio

• 2007 Leon Rabin Award winners announced

• Call for environmental action: Fort Worth’s Rock Creek faces sewage influx

• Arlington reinstates police officer who used steroids

• Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton hosting birthday party concert

• UT Arlington secures $264,879 grant for personnel locator research

• Adopt a Dallas Pet: Weimaraner needs a home

• Police chase ends in truck crashing into house at Ripplewood and Bretshire

• Mansfield residents call for mayor’s resignation

• Arlington police searching for shooting suspect

• Grand Prairie store clerk shot and killed during convenience store holdup

• Give Many program gives low-income children access to computers

• Missing Lake Highlands teacher turns up severely beaten at Parkland Hospital

• UT Arlington women’s basketball defeats Pittsburg State

• UT Arlington men’s basketball wins season opener

• Dallas Baptist soccer advances to national tournament

• Texas Woman’s volleyball’s Schroeder named to all-tournament team

• Car DVD player shows porn; Irving driver cited for “obscene display”

• DART to hold hearing on proposed changes to bus routes

• Highland Park enacts cell phone use ban during school hours

• Web cam offers birds-eye view of construction activity at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

• Bullets fly at Dallas AIDS center

• Dallas-based Greyhound spends $60 million to improve fleet, terminals, customer service

• Chef Matt Dunn no longer at Dallas restaurant Hibiscus

• Dallas-based National Energy Group announces decision to liquidate and dissolve the company

Monday, Nov. 12

• Concert Review: Nightwish at The Palladium Ballroom

• Three Texas teams selected to compete in NCAA women’s soccer playoffs

• Webcast interview: Stephen King and Frank Darabont

• SMU volleyball splits matches to end regular season

• Fort Worth-based Bombay preparing to dump leases, merchandise

• SMU women’s swimming and diving sweeps UNT and Wyoming

• SMU men’s swimming and diving dominates Wyoming

• Carrollton-based Varel International acquired by Arcapita for $369 million

• SMU runner Fjortoft wins NCAA regionals

• TCU volleyball splits weekend road matches

• Benbrook City Council to discuss purchasing new police vehicle at upcoming meeting

• Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., Nov. 9-11)

• SMU beats TCU in Battle of the Equestrian Iron Skillet

• Fort Worth nightclub bouncer shot in foot

• TCU women’s basketball goes 1-1 over weekend in WNIT

• Plano named “least murderous city in America” by Forbes

• TCU cross country’s Kigen qualifies for NCAA Championships

• TCU tennis’ Simon falls in quarterfinals of USA F28 Futures

• TCU swimming and diving swept by Wyoming

• TCU men’s basketball wins season opener over Angelo State

• Warmer than normal week ahead could result in record high Tuesday

• Mesquite Community Theatre announces 2008 season

• City of Dallas helping the environment…for a day

• Smattering of Dallas-area restaurants testing new-fangled handheld ordering devices

• UNT volleyball falls to Denver in regular season finale

• Dallas City Council approves $25,000 raise for City Manager Mary Suhm

• UNT student government sponsors “Rock the Vote” event

• UNT swimming and diving drops two dual meets to SMU and Wyoming

• McGowen Elementary students travel to Austin with Education in Action’s “Proud to be Texan” program

• UNT soccer falls in conference championship game to Denver

• UNT football’s Vizza earns Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week award

• DART Rail service will be down in parts of downtown Dallas during Thanksgiving week

• UNT cross country led by Strong at regionals

• UNT women’s basketball loses two of three at Winthrop Classic

• Friends of the UNT Libraries presents 15th Matineé Musicale

• UNT men’s basketball blows out Cameron in season opener

• Texas Wesleyan volleyball loses conference championship to UT-Brownsville

• McKinney High School places at National Scholastic Press Association Competition

• UPDATED: Man killed, body dumped in Oak Cliff Church’s Chicken parking lot

• Texas Woman’s basketball drops exhibition game to Oklahoma Flyers

• Man stabbed several times outside Fort Worth nightclub

• WWII book author to speak at UNT

• Dallas Baptist cross country posts strong finishes at national championships

• Collin County jail escapee found by Sherman police

• UTA volleyball ends regular season with win

• Kennedale and sexually oriented business propose settlement

• Dallas stabbing victim’s body identified

• UTA women’s basketball loses opener to Northern Arizona

• UTA cross country takes 11th at NCAA Regionals

• Plano woman finds live grenades in front yard

• Echo Theatre presents free reading of Why We Have a Body on November 13

• Dallas-based Southwest Airlines adding 30 daily flights in spring 2008

• Theater Review: R.U.R.(Rossum’s Universal Robots)

Sunday, Nov. 11

• SMU senior wins international percussion scholarship competition

• Dallas Cowboys 31, NY Giants 20

• Barnett Shale developers form group to disseminate info about drilling

• Dallas-area Baskin Robbins serving new slate of holiday items

• Four stabbed early Sunday at nightclub on Commerce Street in Dallas

• Documentary film review: The Wonder of It All

• UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas keeps list of VIPs who get special treatment

• Dallas police seeking man after shooting in liquor store parking lot Friday night

• Bush appoints good buddy and former neighbor to run his Dallas-based presidential library

• Dallas County gave twice as many murderers probation as death penalty

• Veteran’s Day Parade marched through downtown Dallas Saturday

• North Texas Food Bank CEO wins nonprofit leadership award

• Dallas restaurant Amuse updates menu

• LA Kings 6, Dallas Stars 5 (OT)

• Forbes issues major smack-down to Tom Hicks for mismanaging the Dallas Stars

• Dallas Star Mike Modano gets congratulated by President Bush for breaking all-time American scoring streak

• McKinney expands water conservation efforts with rebate program

Saturday, Nov. 10

• Portland Trail Blazers 91, Dallas Mavericks 82

• Navy 74, University of North Texas (UNT) 62

• Rice 43, Southern Methodist University (SMU) 42

• Awesome Dallas couple creates recycling business to pick up recyclables from apartment buildings

• Cowboys’ Terrell Owens fined $10,000 for wielding personalized towel

• Huge mulch fire in east Dallas ramps down to a smolder

• SMU gets $20 million from Dallasites Harold and Annette Simmons

• Troy Aikman Ford of Dallas to close at end of November

• Water supply to residents in southern and eastern Fort Worth to be altered temporarily

Friday, Nov. 9

• Dance Recital Review: Dance Fusion

• Movie review: No Country for Old Men

• CBS11 uses November sweeps stunt to help win Thursday ratings

• Little Elm Public Library hosting a library book sale

• Trinity High school students get another chance to … make it “write”

• TCU tennis’ Simon pulls upset at USA F28 Futures

• TeCo Theatrical Productions now accepting scripts for 2008 New Play Competition

• Standoff in Grand Prairie ends without incident

• TCU men’s basketball’s Langford named to preseason all-conference team

• UNT soccer wins to earn spot in conference championship game

• Tickets for Theatre Coppell’s Charlotte’s Web now on sale

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball blows out Parker College

• Cafe Express bringing back old favorites, opening more outlets in Dallas next year

• Aqua Dots recall hits home in Dallas

• $300 million development to be built at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway

• Lone Star Film Festival to showcase Latino films

• Legal Marketing Association elects two from Dallas to Southeastern Chapter Board

• NTEC begins work on Texas’ largest medical technology park in Frisco

• Prescott Realty Group breaks ground on Lake Highlands Town Center in Northeast Dallas

• Confusion over DeSoto’s beer and wine referendum

• Dallas radio station stunt raises questions about stereotypes

• World AIDS Day event to be biggest in Dallas’ history

• Rev. Michael Piazza celebrates 20 years at Dallas’ Cathedral of Hope

• UTA electrical engineering student wins award at Optics Conference

• Joel Burns in runoff for Fort Worth council seat

• Movie Review: Lake of Fire

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball drops squeaker to Wayland Baptist

• Grant to expand interest in unmanned vehicle development at UTA

• Texas Woman’s volleyball loses in quarterfinals of conference tournament

• Pan American Art Projects presents: Paul Hunter

• Richardson ISD holds Invention Convention

• Citizen Action Center proves to serve Duncanville well

• UPDATED: Meet the UTA mascot

• UTA men’s basketball wins final exhibition game

• Investigation into October 12 standoff in Arlington underway

• Civic involvement in Dallas is a good thing

• Cedar Hill photographer, model manager murdered in home

• The Rape of Europa opens at Dallas’ Angelika Film Center

• Lancaster ISD approves purchase of Lancaster TODAY newspapers

• McKinney to honor Collin County veterans at ceremony on Nov. 11

• Last weekend to check out these 12 theater productions

• Weekend Concert Roundup: November 9-11

• Opening weekend for these 11 plays and musicals

• Dallas Mavericks 120, Golden State Warriors 115

• Phoenix Coyotes 5, Dallas Stars 2

• NNN Apartment REIT acquires Villas of El Dorado in McKinney

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth November 9

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - November 7, week 31

Thursday, Nov. 8

• Dallas-based Behringer Harvard invests in luxury development project in Florida

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 10

• Interview: Jeff Roth, director/writer/producer of The Wonder of It All

• Addison Police Chief Ron Davis says there is a nationwide police shortage

• Gardere Wynne Sewell adds nine new associates

• Shuzsociety to host an Angeleigh Anastasio trunk show benefit

• Kenneth Mills named corporate chef for Little Katana restaurant group

• Dallas-based Shea Development Corp. to acquire CRI Advantage, Inc.

• Coppell ISD students reprising turkey drive

• Farmers Branch holds annual Veterans Day celebration Nov. 9

• Belo8 wins Wednesday ratings thanks to CMA Awards

• UTA volleyball swept by Stephen F. Austin

• UT Arlington men’s golf finishes third at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate

• Dallas Baptist volleyball’s Emmert earns academic honor

• Texas Woman’s volleyball players earn more academic honors

• Texas Woman’s volleyball has four named to all-conference teams

• Quick movie reminder: After Dark Horrorfest version 2007.0

• UNT soccer wins in first round of Sun Belt tournament

• North Texas Tollway Authority approves issuance of financial tools to complete its financing for SH 121

• Teatro Dallas & South Dallas Cultural Center announce 13th International Theater Festival

• Savor Dallas to release cookbook in February

• TCU women’s soccer loses to BYU to end season

• TCU tennis’ Cotet and Simon win again at USA F28 Futures event

• Two more kidnappers sentenced for kidnapping of man in Richardson

• Runway Theatre presents fundraising show Waiting for MacArthur for this weekend only

• TCU men’s swimmer and diver sweep weekly awards

• TCU equestrian’s Huffman wins Bob Lilly Award

• Three SMU football players named to all-academic team

• KittiCo Cat Rescue unveils ambulance with design by students from Art Institute of Dallas

• SMU men’s soccer shuts out Bradley

• Gamers boycotting Dallas gaming competition

• Fashion at the Park exceeds expectations and Spring 2008 dates announced

• Oceanaire Seafood Room at Galleria Dallas runs “top 5” dishes to celebrate five-year anniversary

• UPDATED: Man barricades himself in Fort Worth home

• University Park considering ban on driver’s using cell phones

• Tickets to Bon Jovi, Fair To Midland, How The Edge Stole Christmas feat. Modest Mouse & more on sale soon

• Grill on the Alley at Galleria Dallas launches rare late-night happy hour this fall

• This weekend’s art openings and receptions

• Truck overturns in Dallas, causes delays

• Dallas school officer investigated for calling boys “stupid”

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Modano = Greatest American Ever

• Lancaster hayride stolen by Bear Creek crook

• Carrie Garner’s Galleria d’Arte celebrates its second annual “Los Dias de los Muertos”

• Rio Grande kayak tours to highlight detriments of border wall

• Two killed, three injured in Fort Worth accident

• A final analysis on Dallas elections

• Ribbon-cutting for new Meditation Garden in McKinney on Friday Nov. 9

• Dallas-area HOV lanes to open soon

• Reactions to Fort Worth’s election day

• Greater Dallas Chamber hosting luncheon panel on Dallas region’s workforce Nov. 13

• Dallas Stars 3, San Jose Sharks 1

Wednesday, Nov. 7

• Theater Review: Dracula

• City Planning Commission meeting on Thursday could decide fate of several Deep Ellum music venues

• 103.7 Lite FM changes to all Christmas format… in November

• UNT unveils student designs for Fry Street public art project

• Dallas-based Tyler Technologies wins $6 million contract from the State of New Mexico

• Belo8 making strides in morning newscast

• Be in Pikahsso’s music video

• Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD hosting ‘Gang Awareness’ program

• Dallas-based Flowserve to supply valves for new Brazilian pulp facility

• Plano-based Safety-Kleen expands operations into China

• Voting rights lawsuit challenges single member districts in Irving

• DFW International Airport launches multi-million dollar business push in South America

• Irving-based EFJ, Inc. receives $2.3 million in contracts from U.S. Navy

• SMU women’s soccer places three on all-conference teams

• Mesquite voters approve mixed drinks sales but not alcohol stores

• Watauga passes proposition that states a mayor or council member must remain in office until a replacement is sworn in

• Lancaster approves $37.5M in municipal bonds

• TCU women’s soccer places two on all-conference team

• TCU women’s golf’s Derrey named golfer of the month

• Southlake votes to amend several home rule charters, most pass, some don’t

• Collin College to host financial aid seminars in both English and Spanish

• TCU tennis duo of Cotet and Simon pull upset at USA F28 Futures

• TCU men’s basketball dominates exhibition against LCC Time Team

• UNT soccer’s Woods named Freshman of the Year

• Pianist Ana Cervantes to play at UTD

• Lake Worth votes to continue using sales tax for road maintenance

• Texas Wesleyan men’s basketball loses opener to Oklahoma Christian

• Keller approves $4 million bond to expand public library

• Keller will continue using sales tax revenue to maintain streets

• Texas Woman’s volleyball place three on all-academic team

• Fort Worth firefighters won collective bargaining rights

• Texas Woman’s soccer’s Luna earns all-region honor

• Coppell approves new taxes

• UT Dallas’ annual Holocaust Lecture Series talks to feature noted holocaust scholar

• Cockrell Hill approves sale of alcohol

• Dallas Baptist cross country’s Morrison sets school record

• Dallas Baptist basketball shocks Houston Baptist

• Balch Springs will sell Lew Park

• New single/video from The Big Red Rooster

• Dallas-area sites taking donations to help victims of Mexican disasters

• Addison Parks & Rec Director Slade Strickland says tree shaded/pedestrian friendly sidewalks are in the future

• UT Arlington men’s golf in third at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate

• UT Dallas soccer’s White named player of the year

• Arlington votes no to raising sales tax

• $593 million bond for schools passes in Fort Worth

• Trinity Trust and Dallas Institute host “Designing the Trinity” conference Nov. 16

• UPDATED: All three Richardson propositions pass amid low turnout

• Arlington names new superintendent

• TACA names Elaine Agather and Brad Todd 2008 Silver Cup Award recipients

• McKinney’s ‘Kid Council’ program continues with visit from Valley Creek Elementary

• Statement by Chairman Paul N. Wageman on the Trinity Parkway Referendum

• UPDATED: Dallas police ask public to help find missing woman

Tuesday, Nov. 6

• Actor interview: Khalid Abdalla, star of The Kite Runner

• Texas constitutional amendment election results

• UPDATED: Dallas County election results

• UPDATED: Tarrant County election results

• Collin County election results

• Denton County election results

• Four Dallas Stars named to NHL All-Star Ballot

• Exhibit Review: Marci Crawford-Harnden / Norman Kary / Steven Seinberg

• Dr. Jocelyn Elders to speak at World AIDS Day Friday Nov. 30 at Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas

• Preservation Dallas names new Executive Director

• Dallas-based Tenet reaches labor agreement with SEIU

• Dallas-based Silverleaf Resorts announces plans for Colorado expansion

• North Texas businessman to serve as moderator at the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce Conference

• UTD Theatre opens R.U.R.(Rossum’s Universal Robots) this week

• NBC5 news ratings still faltering

• UT Dallas volleyball places five on all-conference teams

• Theater Review: Two Rooms

• UT Arlington men’s golf in third at Turtle Bay Intercollegiate

• Texas Woman’s soccer’s Cribbes named to all-tournament team

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball defeats John Brown

• UNT women’s golf finishes sixth at the Challenge at Wolfdancer

• TCU falls to Denver at Hooters Collegiate Match Play

• SMU rowing novice four takes silver at Head of the Hooch

• University of Dallas men’s soccer’s Stamper earns player of the week

• University of Dallas men’s soccer wins regional crown

• UPDATED: Duncanville home-based sex club may lead to new city ordinance

• UTA tech fair panel to discuss music and movie downloads

• Marty Walker Gallery chosen to display at Aqua Art Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach

• Newly re-named and renovated Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek re-opens Tuesday Nov. 6

• Man fatally stabbed near Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas

• Dallas neighborhood on alert for freeway attackers

• Thoughts on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Two die in Dallas car crash

• North Texas firefighters “concerned” about dry, windy weather

• Dallas Firefighters pour manpower, water into vacant apartment fire

• Semi-cool front blasts across Dallas-Fort Worth bringing winds, sub-average temperatures

• Dallas interior designer gets prestigious nod from Metropolitan Home

• Bank of America to lay off 172 mortgage employees in Dallas

• Flower Mound-based Heritage Health Solutions wins contract with U.S. Marshals

• Dallas-based Central Welding Supply acquired by Airgas

• Kimberly-Clark Foundation contributes nearly $1 million to UNICEF Child Survival programs in Brazil

• Dallas-based Charles Alan launches healthcare-focused furniture lines

• EDS selected to manage Daimler’s IT environment

• Plano-based Rug Doctor, the world leader in carpet cleaning rental machines, is sold

• Dallas area family wins nationwide ‘Got Milk?’ contest

• Dallas Mavericks 107, Houston Rockets 98

• Dallas Stars 5, Anaheim Ducks 0

• Tuesday, November 6 is election day in Texas

• Grill on the Alley at Galleria Dallas offering limited-edition dishes named after local bigwigs

Monday, Nov. 5

• Dallas Cowboys activate Tank Johnson

• World record toy drive for Toys for Tots to kick off at Mockingbird Station on November 6

• Election flier distributed in predominantly Hispanic Fort Worth neighborhoods lists incorrect election date

• Pilot emergency lands plane off Loop 820 in Fort Worth, survives

• Duncanville school district responds to child’s sexual harassment incident

• Hurst Animal Services to offer pet microchip clinic

• SMU volleyball drops two to end regular season home schedule

• Cedar Hill’s Uptown Village: four months and counting

• SMU men’s swimming and diving dominates Air Force

• Concert Review: The Edge Hullabaloo

• SMU women’s soccer defeats UNT in regular season finale

• Help needed to preserve Latin American genealogy records

• Shenanigans in Fort Worth’s District 9 election

• SMU women’s basketball wins final exhibition game

• TCU volleyball wins final home match over Utah

• TCU women’s tennis’ Babanova claims title in San Diego

• TCU women’s soccer loses regular season finale to San Diego State

• White Settlement residents vote on new school board trustee

• TCU women’s golf falls to #1 Duke at Hooters Intercollegiate Match Play

• TCU swimming and diving sweeps Air Force

• TCU football’s Hodge named defensive player of the week

• UNT volleyball goes 2-1 in final home matches

• Coppell’s “Make a Child Smile” program now underway

• UNT women’s tennis finishes fall season with dominant performance

• UNT women’s soccer drops final two games of regular season

• Tickets now on sale for Kitchen Dog Theater and SMU’s joint venture of Our Lady of 121st Street

• Texas Wesleyan volleyball sweeps matches to end regular season

• Texas Wesleyan men’s soccer ends season in first round of NAIA championships

• Texas Wesleyan women’s basketball wins season opener

• Texas Woman’s volleyball loses regular season finale

• DFW will be warm, then colder than usual, then warm again this week

• Texas Woman’s soccer’s Vincent named to academic all-district team

• Texas Woman’s soccer places five on all-conference teams

• UT Arlington volleyball sweeps matches in Louisiana

• McKinney High School choirs to host annual Feast of Carols Madrigal Dinner

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher retiring

• UT Southwestern doc lauded by American Heart Association

• UT Arlington men’s tennis wraps up fall schedule

• UT Arlington baseball releases 2008 schedule

• McKinney ISD journalism students capture awards at TAJE convention

• TCU-sponsored Texas Maps exhibit comes to Dallas’ Old Red Courthouse Museum

• City of Dallas to hire new auditor

• The MAC presents: The 11th Annual Blue Yule Artist’s Party and Ornament Sale

• UT Arlington women’s basketball wins final exhibition game

• UTA College of Education has received $1 million from Steffen and Betsy Palko

• Poet Andrew Feld to read, sign books and answer questions at UNT

• Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee stops at 2 DFW churches

• Dallas pastor Rickie Rush taking back streets of Oak Cliff

• Roanoke police still looking for AWOL repairman

• Lewisville resident one of five finalists on Rachael Ray cooking competition

• UPDATED: Dallas’ Help the Homeless Week is in full swing

• Mansfield ISD dedicates new building to deceased bus driver

• Arlington Police initiate warrant round-up for next four weeks

• Doug & Bruski’s in Plano changes name and identity to Jerseyville Classic

• Car catches fire after freeway accident, kills driver

• UT Dallas women’s soccer edged in conference semifinals

• UT Dallas volleyball falls in conference semifinals

• Vacant Gaston Avenue apartment consumed by 4-alarm fire

• UT Dallas men’s soccer wins American Southwest Conference title

• Haltom City’s Deluxe Inn catches fire overnight

• Arlington police searching for aggravated robbery suspect

• Trinity River pro and con camps hit Dallas churches on Sunday to plead their case

• Spiral Diner in Fort Worth awarded “2007 Restaurant of the Year” by VegNews magazine

• Theater Review: NOH Angels, Demons & Dreamers

Sunday, Nov. 4

• Dallas ISD students will take part in Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 10

• Houston 38, Southern Methodist University (SMU)

• Dallas Cowboys 38, Philadelphia Eagles 17

• Movie Review: Angels in the Dust

• KERA’S THINK talks to Phil Collins on eve of Dallas Museum of Art opening

• KERA’s THINK talks to Leppert and Hunt on eve of Trinity Referendum

• Two-Points meeting on Thursday to address gang activity and upcoming budget

• Ferguson Road Initiative seeks nominations for officers and directors

• Turks and Kurds stage protest in downtown Dallas on Saturday

• Plano offering fee-based Internet at four locations in city

• Assistant Dallas police chief to fill in as assistant city manager

• New doll store at Galleria Dallas draws crowd of young girls

• Dallas Cowboys’ chaplain dies of heart attack

• Fair to Midland announce first headlining national tour

• Dallas Mavericks 123, Sacramento Kings 101

• Texas Christian University (TCU) 37, New Mexico 0

Saturday, Nov. 3

• Chef Dunia Borga wins “Amazing Chocolate Tree Competition” at Dallas Arboretum

• Daylight savings Saturday night will likely wreak havoc on clocks and teen drivers

• Movie review: American Gangster

• EDS reports terrific third quarter results

• Concert Review: Los Amigos Invisibles

• UPDATED: Boy, 4, shot in drive-by at residence in Dallas near Mesquite

• Man in Arlington shot answering front door

• Baby born in van en route to hospital in Fort Worth

• Dallas students’ personal info found in recycling bin behind Mesquite church

• South Oak Cliff center chooses LSU

• Man shot and killed by hospital police at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas

• Houston Dynamo eliminate FC Dallas from MLS playoffs

• Darth Vato head back to the studio

• The Rocket Summer to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live November 30

• Phoenix Coyotes 5, Dallas Stars 0

• Atlanta Hawks 101, Dallas Mavericks 94

• Pappadeaux and Pappasito’s approved to open at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Friday, Nov. 2

• USA Film Fest announces John Turturro tribute screening

• UPDATED: 102.1 The Edge fires Josh Venable, while Kiss FM fires Cruz and Gina Lee Fuentes

• National Homelessness Awareness Month prompts action in Dallas

• Pop artist Michael Godard to paint live at the Dallas Margarita Ball Nov. 10

• Asian Film Foundation of Dallas schedules Zebraman screening

• Dallas ArtCast’s October edition

• Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents Home for the Holidays

• UTA Movin’ Mavs player receives proclamation

• Trinity referendum: perspectives from across the board

• Teatro Dallas’ annual fundraiser honoring Frida Kahlo

• Dallas Opera offering free “Death by Diva” season preview on November 3

• Cheney’s visit to Dallas draws protesters

• US 75 southbound to close temporarily on Sunday Nov. 4 at Ross Street exit near downtown Dallas

• UTA Mavericks go green

• Ongoing “Fashion at the Park” at NorthPark helping rich Dallasites figure out what to wear

• Out Takes Dallas film festival welcomes director Del Shores

• Participants in the White Rock Marathon will have to truck it without their tunes

• Alabama Supreme Court overturns state’s largest ever punitive damages award in ExxonMobil lawsuit

• 50 people turn out for protest of anti-gay therapy conference

• Dallas rapper Dooney apologizes for lyrics saying sagging pants are “gay”

• Dallas Stars recall Chris Conner from Iowa, send Joel Lundqvist down

• Dallas GLBT chamber backs Trinity toll road

• Valley House Gallery presents: Barnaby Fitzgerald …complexions of the avatars…

• Voting records Of Texas Republicans show a propensity to screw the middle class

• Mayor Tom Leppert, DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, to speak at Education Symposium Nov. 6

• Dallas Public Library to open branch in NorthPark Center

• Fort Worth looking for second suspect in fast-food drive-thru, drive-by robberies

• TCU women’s basketball opens season with exhibition win

• General Mills recalling millions of Totino’s E. coli-topped pizzas

• UNT women’s basketball wins exhibition against Houston Jaguars

• Texas Woman’s soccer season ends with loss to Texas A&M-Commerce

• Texas Woman’s volleyball falls to Central Oklahoma

• UT Arlington women’s basketball wins exhibition over Texas Woman’s University

• Polish accordion duo to perform at Eisemann Center

• Weekend Concert Roundup: November 2-4

• Last chance to check out these 10 theater productions

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth November 2

• The Dallas Zoo goes green….er, uh, brown

• New plays, musicals and children’s theater opening this weekend

• Movie Review: Control

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - November 1, week 30

Thursday, Nov. 1

• Fear Fest 2 sneak preview and ringmaster interview

• Love Field lawsuits dismissed

• Pat and Pete Schenkel present Methodist Health System with $4 million gift

• Haggard Property Group to build upscale office building in West Plano

• Lost Fox Terrier on Whitener in Euless

• Independent Directors of ACS respond to allegations by Chairman Darwin Deason

• Darwin Deason, Chairman of ACS Board, calls for independent Directors to resign

• UT Dallas Faculty at Five: Celebrating 30 Years of the Best in Chamber Music on Nov. 14

• Dallas radio station to kick-off ‘The Battle for Truth’ on November 1st

• Plano-based NoodleNet launches ‘Read a Story Together’ campaign

• Fort Worth-based Tandy Leather Factory announces plans for international expansion

• Dallas Baptist men’s basketball picked to finish third in conference

• Pegasus’ Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 9

• TCU women’s tennis duo moves into quarterfinals of ITA Indoor Championships

• Mavericks season opener draws good numbers in DFW

• Tickets for Casa Mañana’s A Christmas Carol at Bass Hall go on sale Friday, November 2

• UT Arlington recognized for Hispanic student success

• Smashing Pumpkins concert moved to November 18

• Salzburg Marionette Theatre’s The Sound of Music comes to Dallas Theater Center for this weekend only

• Tickets to Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Pat Green & more on sale soon

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Bruce Coleman

• Latino Cultural Center celebrating Dia de Los Muertos

• Fort Worth boys detained for Halloween mischief turned vandalism

• Fort Worth men wounded in gang-related shooting

• Fort Worth day care facility remains open in spite of closure order

• Mary Gordon comes to Dallas for an evening of reading and conversation

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Manny Doesn’t Give a Flying Puck

• UPDATED: Fuel spill on northbound U.S. 75, and south of E. Park Boulevard, Plano

• SMU women’s golf finishes 15th at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown

• SMU women’s basketball rolls in exhibition game

• SMU men’s basketball team to tour Africa in 2008

• TCU soccer’s Walters earns Soccer Buzz honor

• TCU women’s golf team finishes 10th at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown

• TCU diving’s Hesselberg earns Mountain West diver of the week award

• TCU football’s Wash added to Ray Guy Award watch list

• Woman killed in single-vehicle Dallas accident

• UNT swimming’s Garcia-Metlin named co-swimmer of the week

• Six Texas Woman’s soccer players receive academic honors

• UT Dallas volleyball sweeps weekly awards

• Dallas auto repossession session leads to shooting, SWAT team deployment

• Original Dallas Chili’s bites the big one

• North Dallas car vandals dish out Halloween Eve tricks

• Fort Worth to help public shred documents

• Huck Finn teaching method hurts, isolates Richland High School student

• Fort Worth marijuana bust yields 583 pounds of product, three kids

• Chicago Blackhawks 5, Dallas Stars 4

• Concert Review: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony