Story archive for July 2008

Thursday, July 31

• Dallas firm Cash Klemchuk Powers Taylor launches intellectual property website

• Seattle Mariners 8, Texas Rangers 5

• Tower Club in downtown Dallas completes first phase of super-expensive $3.5 million renovation wow

• A Female Shepherd Mix Found In The Lakewood Area

• DCTA enhances Commuter Express Service with new Park and Ride and Guaranteed Ride Home Program

• Three Dallas-based McKool Smith attorneys honored in Super Lawyers list

• Gensler Dallas adds David Lubin as project director

• Plano-based EDS board approves sale to HP

• Dallas Mayor’s Back-to-School Fair taking place August 7

• Emmylou Harris / Buddy Miller concert canceled

• Carrollton-based GVI Security Solutions wins order from major Mexican furniture chain

• So You Think You Can Dance draws “right” DFW viewers

• Irving-based Exxon Mobil reports best quarterly profit in history of capitalism

• Fort Worth woman arrested for beating estranged husband with meat tenderizer

• Dallas County constables allegedly overstated workload to get more staffers

• Tickets to Jason Mraz, Three Dog Night, John Hiatt & more on sale soon

• Top Chef veteran Casey Thompson leaves Dallas’ Shinsei restaurant

• Dallas Morning News triples distribution of Spanish-language publication Al Dia

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Answering the Readers Male Bag

• Baskin-Robbins hopes to open 50+ new stores in Fort Worth area

• Fort Worth Mayor Moncrief can still mend gas drilling fences

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 31 - Aug. 6

• Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 3

• SMU’s new program places emphasis on human rights

• Second suspect arrested in Uptown Dallas burglaries

• United Title of Texas shuts down

• The Magnolia Gallery presents: Kent Barker

• Train in The Distance to be performed at Plano’s Art Centre Theatre

• Pegasus News Week in View: The Hits Keep Coming

Wednesday, July 30

• Two Black and White Dogs Found Near White Rock Lake

• CBS, NBC, and ABC swap leads in DFW ratings

• Dallas-based Munck Carter adds attorneys Dyan M. House, N. Elizabeth Pham and David Roe

• Dallas-based DeepNines wins $18 million patent lawsuit against McAfee

• ExxonMobil announces new $1.3 billion natural gas project in Nigeria

• Orientation sessions have been scheduled for Dallas’ Grady Spruce high school students

• Richard Kind replaces Lou Diamond Phillips in Casa Mañana’s Damn Yankees

• Spire Realty Group joined Captain Hope’s Kids in annual Sidewalk Chalk event benefiting homeless children

• Ennis Public Theatre announces 2008-2009 season

• South Dallas has 2008’s third mosquito carrying the West Nile virus

• Theater Review: Biography

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far - July 30

• Four men rob North Richland Hills Metro PCS store (w/photos)

• Dallas Triplets en route to the Ivies

• Dallas’ Old Red Museum voted Best Venue of the Year by ISES

• Two gutsy broads from Richardson exhibit photographs from their world travels in Farmers Branch

• Dallas’ NBC 5/KXAS names new president and general manager

• UPDATED: McKinney man indicted for attempted arson

• Former Arlington ISD superintendent being investigated by El Paso district

• Lancaster ISD board to investigate superintendent

• UPDATED: Dallas Housing Authority paid dead people’s rents; president resigns

• Jenny the elephant’s move to Mexico still a go — for now

• Rep. Pete Sessions’ burlesque club party comes under fire

• Dallas soon to be home to all-electric car dealership

• Swift Tracks: Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang and the Blackbird Harmony

• Theater Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Dallas’ Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre (July 29)

• New principal named for H. Grady Spruce High School in Dallas

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Black Velvet apricots

• Back-to-school means back to the doctor, too, says Children’s Medical Center Dallas

Tuesday, July 29

• Texas Rangers 11, Seattle Mariners 10

• Ann Lott resigns as CEO of Dallas Housing Authority

• Olivella’s in Dallas’ Snider Plaza temporarily closed until August 7

• Sushi on McKinney in Dallas’ Knox-Henderson district will close August 15

• Milwaukee Joe’s at Inwood Village in Dallas closed on Saturday July 26

• Cremona Bistro to re-open on Worthington Street in Dallas in August

• FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper will stay in Dallas, for now

• Local bands compete for stage time at Austin City Limits Festival

• Dallas’ Behringer Harvard launches joint venture targeting central European investments

• Dallas County’s $34 million budget shortfall forces jail staff cuts

• Wade Bowen previewing new material in advance of CD release

• DFW reality locals help NBC to strong Monday night

• Two Carrollton residents dead, one injured, in Panhandle traffic accident

• 10 bands vie for Ozzfest opening slot in “Garage to Ozz” Battle of the Bands, August 7

• Dallas ISD parents have option to prevent release of student information

• Junior Players opens free production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream tonight

• Thompson & Knight relocates Dallas office to One Arts Plaza

• Theater Review: The Will Rogers Follies

• Oncor encourages consumers to use compact fluorescent light bulbs

• Dallas-based ACS wins $17 million contract renewal with New York City’s Human Resources Administration

• UPDATEDX2: Plano-based Bennigan’s chain shuts down

• Denton Municipal Electric and Interfaith Ministries of Denton, Inc partner to supply fans for customers in need

• Former Denton residents were victims in Tennessee church shooting

• DART employee died Monday night in Dallas while installing sign

• McKinney thieves smash but can’t grab ATM

• Theater Review: Oklahoma!

• Grimaldi’s Pizzeria opens in Allen at Watters Creek center

• Photos: Around DFW, Danity Kane and Afternoon at Maker Faire

• Children’s Medical Center Dallas doctor pooh poohs parents who attempt potty training in just one day

• Renovated Omni Theater in Fort Worth reopens in August

Monday, July 28

• Seattle Mariners 7, Texas Rangers 5

• Terry Fator brings comedy and puppetry to Bass Hall on Nov. 25

• FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper chosen MLS Player of the Week

• FC Dallas trades Arturo Alvarez to San Jose for 2009 Superdraft first round pick

• Addison-based Mattress Giant launches new product line

• Fort Worth City Council to authorize multiple mineral rights leases and pipelines at Tuesday’s council meeting

• UPDATED: Lakewood restaurant Kitchen 1924 closed

• Tim McClements named SMU men’s soccer head coach

• Arlington town hall meeting will update residents on Tarrant County regional rail

• FC Dallas acquires former SMU midfielder Bruno Guarda

• Plano-based Dr Pepper will feature various doctor figures in new ad campaign

• Children’s Medical Center offers parents tips for healthy school lunches

• McKinney gas explosion victim dies

• DFW sports anchors jump on Cowboys camp bandwagon

• Benbrook Police Dept. offering “ID Theft Class” August 5

• People you s“hood” know: North Dallas’ Patricia Porter

• Texas still claims, since 1999, to be top state for business

• Sushi Samba at Dallas Galleria closed Sunday night

• Dallas police watching Shiloh Village gang members — live and on YouTube

• Grand Prairie birthday ends in murder

• FC Dallas 4, L.A. Galaxy 0

• Dallas Democratic Party launches new web site

• Theater Review: Jersey Boys

• UT Arlington’s collection of old ass maps featured at Amon Carter Museum

• Soldiers from Wylie’s National Guard Armory left for Iraq Monday

• Plano City Council to spend tons of money, fix parking

• UPDATED: More layoffs at Dallas Morning News; freebie Quick to become weekly

• Dallas South’s thoughts on the passing of Rev. C.A.W. Clark

• Fatal shooting in Fort Worth launches investigation

• Fort Worth’s original Kincaid’s gets last minute reprieve

• Reverend C.A.W. Clark of Dallas’ Good Street Baptist Church passed away

• Fort Worth-based Radio Shack going for the iCopy

• Attendance at Rangers games down 20 percent

• Dallas contestant Lisa Garza does not win The Next Food Network Star

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - July 27, week 66

Sunday, July 27

• Denton County 14-month-old boy left in hot car; dies

• Oakland A’s 6, Texas Rangers 5

• Gas drillers gambling that Barnett Shale will yield fruit in Dallas County

• Morton’s in downtown Dallas donating profits of Sunday burger consumption to charity

• Dallas Housing Authority will stop accepting housing applications & start offering rental vouchers

• McKinney man attempts arson; foiled by police

• Family promises to appeal Colleyville exorcism decision

• Dallas ISD board wants new Arts Magnet to keep its old name

• Frisco murder case raises questions of attorney-client privilege

• Two principals from Grand Prairie among 100 Texas educators chosen for summer leadership program at Harvard

Saturday, July 26

• Texas Rangers 9, Oakland A’s 4

• Collin Gouldin of Plano breaks the world record of most strawberries dipped in chocolate in one minute

• Fujitsu adding 67 new jobs at their Richardson headquarters

• ExxonMobil announces $1.1 billion Turrum Field development

• Concert Review: Rockstar Mayhem Festival (July 25)

• Lewisville Wave Swim Team qualified 87 members for state meet

• Body count rising as bars close on Lower Greenville

• Carrollton receives storm ready city designation

• Home Bank on Buckner Boulevard robbed Thursday

• Bingo Land holding informational meeting on Tuesday regarding Special Use Permit

• Fort Worth man scams free gas out of good Samaritans

• Concerned Citizens for Jenny stage rally July 27 at Dallas Zoo to fight to save elephant

• 2nd Sunnyvale ISD official assigned to investigate assault charges has resigned

• Arlington brother and sister consider breaking and entering family fun time

• Photo Gallery: Rockstar Mayhem Festival at Superpages.com Center (July 25)

• $1.25 million grant enables North Texas Easter Seals to expand autism services

• Photo Gallery: Second Pegasus News Local Music Showcase

• Arlington ISD investigating former superintendent and HOPE Foundation

• Irving City Manager Tommy Gonzalez says city offers many opportunities

• Greater Dallas Restaurant Association appoints new 2008-2009 board

• New Market Street opening in Frisco on August 27 to hire 300 people

• Texas Rangers 14, Oakland A’s 6

• Highland Park High School appoints new choir director

• HCG Gallery presents: Karen Garrett

• Texas Metal Alliance’s Bruce Corbitt interviewed by Metal Hell Online

Friday, July 25

• Arlington reports first 2008 case of rabies-infected bat

• Gutterth’s Compilation One is free and features local bands

• Donna Mea keeps with Christian theme and resurrects the band

• Dallas County institutes emergency burn ban in unincorporated areas

• Single game tickets to Dallas Cowboys 2008 season on sale Tuesday, July 29

• Dallas librarian educating masses about Tejano music

• UTD releases Fall Arts Season schedule of events

• A brown Chihuahua is lost in Fort Worth

• Impact Film Fest targets Democratic and Republican convention attendees

• Tickets to Alanis Morisette, Ben Kweller, Pepe Aguilar & more on sale soon

• 11 theater productions including Shakespeare Festival closing this weekend (July 25-27)

• Teatro delle Muse artistic director goes to Broadway

• Opening weekend for these 7 musicals and children’s shows (July 25-27)

• Dallas’ Friendship-West looking for volunteers to hammer out racism in Arlington

• Theater review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

• Dallas County Judge Jim Foster running for re-election

• Dallas’ Crews Inn drag queen ban may be scrapped

• 2008 TCU football schedule review

• Movie review: Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)

• Collin County grand jury charges McKinney man with murder of unborn child

• Interview: Dallas Cowboys radio announcer Brad Sham

• Kid from University Park finds 2.75-carat diamond

• Watauga teen who gave pot to toddlers sentenced to 8 years

• Coppell Oaktober Fest event prompts call for food vendors

• Food Network website accidentally reveals outcome of Next Food Network Star

• Movie review: Step Brothers

• Movie review and lead actor interview: Brideshead Revisited

• Slim of Grammy-nominated R&B group 112 debuts a new song

• Movie review: The X-Files: I Want to Believe

• Movie review: Encounters at the End of the World

Thursday, July 24

• The Column Awards to take place at Irving Arts Center this year

• Sprouts opens store in Richardson, another coming to Murphy in fall 2008

• Duncanville doesn’t want Swingtown image

• TXA21 draws viewers by turning off signal

• Thursday’s minimum wage increase directly affects more than 860,000 Texans

• Second Thought Theatre announces 2008-2009 season

• Local guitar legend John Nitzinger celebrates 60th birthday at McDavid Studio on August 29

• Advocate installs webcam to track construction of new Whole Foods Market in Dallas’ Lakewood district

• FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty called up to U.S. Olympic soccer squad

• Dallas-area Project Transformation providing free summer day camps

• Grand Prairie traffic update: construction finished on Carrier Parkway

• Gay List Daily’s “diverse” events: July 24-27

• UPDATED: Scandal-ridden Press Club of Dallas forging on with 2008 Katie Awards

• Baylor University in Waco fires President John Lilley

• Former Dallas City Councilman James Fantroy released from jail after 30 days

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - The KHL Will Break You

• Teach for America seeks to close the educational achievement gap

• Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert pays a visit to The Bridge

• Dallas chiropractor hired by Colombia to accompany athletes to Beijing Olympics

• Crazy, screaming guy arrested by Dallas police died at hospital

• SceneShop gets serious with In the Dark…, 12th Summer Edition

• New approach enhances Sundance Square’s eco-friendly appeal

• Updated: Investigation finds cryptosporidium in water sample from Fort Worth’s Burger’s Lake

• Pegasus News Week in View: Hello Dolly edition

Wednesday, July 23

• SMU master’s student receives Fulbright scholarship

• All-America Rose Selection winning roses for 2009 now blooming in Farmers Branch

• Carrollton-based GVI Security Solutions to provide 4000 surveillance cameras to largest public bank in Latin America

• Coppell-based Minyard’s to sell Carnival brand, 37 stores

• Chicago White Sox 10, Texas Rangers 8

• Farmers Branch moves National Night Out forward to cooler Oct. 7 instead of Aug. 5

• Baron and Blue Foundation awards $330,000 to 19 Dallas-area nonprofit organizations

• Fort Worth-based XTO Energy acquires more Barnett Shale properties for $800 million

• Chesapeake coloring book stresses patriotism and affordability to DFW’s youngest energy consumers

• America’s Got Talent, Wipeout still tops in DFW ratings

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far - July 23

• A Brown Labrador Retriever is Lost in Azle

• Renovations underway on the Pyramid Restaurant & Bar at Fairmont Dallas

• Standard & Poor’s upgrades Flower Mound’s bond rating

• Cavalli Pizza in Irving succumbs to obvious and opens on Saturdays after all

• Theater Review: So There & Orange Oranges

• Irving-based Anviron Holding Company awarded $1.3 million euro laboratory contract

• Irving-based Fluor opens new office in Singapore

• Dallas-based Belo invests in ResponseLogix

• Rowlett had a brush fire on Tuesday afternoon

• UPDATED: Dallas-based Brinker gets favorable ruling from court on trial regarding meal breaks

• Frisco Mayor Maher Maso’s goals for city are quality of life oriented

• Wolfgang Puck Catering hires new sales director for Union Station and Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas

• Dallas public defender caseloads deemed too high by state indigent defense task force

• Charlie Palmer in Dallas offering cheap lunches

• Dallas County inmates to be denied ketchup and mayonnaise

• North Texas to get all the heat, none of the fun from Hurricane Dolly

• Hurst man arrested in Uptown Dallas burglaries

• McKinney’s Imagine International Academy moves closer to existence

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Sheer Bliss ice cream

• Swift Tracks: Orange Peel Sunshine and The Fellow Americans

Tuesday, July 22

• Chicago White Sox 10, Texas Rangers 2

• UPDATE: Argyle High School football player charged with no-billed on sexual assault charge

• Dallas legislator contributed language to FAA inspection bill that passed in U.S. House Tuesday

• Shannon Streater named CEO of Dallas-based DG Publishing, Inc.

• Dallas-based Munck Carter adds James B. Hamilton and Laura A. Russell

• Arlington shuts down public swimming pools for hyper-chlorination treatments

• Highland Village launches new city logo

• Nashville Star trounces High School Musical in DFW

• City of Dallas to spray mosquito-killing insecticide on Thursday and Friday nights

• Roger Ebert officially steps down from At the Movies

• Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson holds Youth Crime Prevention Summit

• $1.2 million loan funds available for Dallas housing repair

• 2008 TCU football preview: Defense

• City of Rockwall to set up downtown farmers market

• UPDATED: Duncanville’s Cherry Pit swingers’ club raided — again

• UPDATED: Radio talent experiences a shift at Live 105.3 and The Bone

• NRH Library presentation features 30-year career of local quilter

• TCU orientation session takes incoming freshmen to London

• Frisco chapter of Women of Visionary Influence seeks nominations for Mentor of the Year

• Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas to open new nonprofit gallery space in downtown Dallas

• Plano ministry to host 2008 Prayer Shut-In Crusade

• Superindendent of Arlington ISD resigns amid multiple malfeasance allegations

• Fort Worth committee debates standards for gas compressor rigs

• Bedford City Council to holding hearings on creeks and new BoomerJack’s grill

• Dallas carjackers shoot victim in leg, steal his auto

• Dallas architecture firm THA acquired Wells Janousek Architects

• Riverwood Road in Dallas focus of two recent brutal assaults

• Why it’s hot (and dry) right now in and around North Texas

• Dallas may get new Parkland Hospital

• Kennedale Economic Development Corporation will review budget for 2008-2009 at meeting on July 22

• Photos: North American Solar Challenge, mystery wires and shots from around the metroplex

• Theater Review Part Deux: Footloose

Monday, July 21

• Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 1

• Dali Wine Bar in Dallas’ new Arts Plaza building recycles wine corks

• Dallas Stars acquire right wing Lauri Tukonen from the Los Angeles Kings

• Teen act Jonas Brothers moving to Westlake in Tarrant County

• Hurst sees wave of air conditioning thefts just in time for summer

• Youth Crime Prevention Summit held in Dallas on Monday, July 21

• Tomatoes off the hook, putting the heat on jalapenos

• CVS Caremark Trust awards Easter Seals North Texas $30,000 grant to support local autism services

• Attention college seniors: you may not need to find a job after graduation…

• Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Center among the first free-standing clinics in U.S. to boast new cancer-fighting technology

• Fort Worth’s Hispanic Wellness Fair offers free medical services for all

• DFW viewers refuse to Get in the Picture

• Theater Review: Mary’s Wedding

• Parker City Council to explore bond sale, road annexation issues at their regular meeting

• 2008 TCU football preview: Offense

• Coppell City Council to discuss North Texas rail, auto-citation devices

• 11 DFW-area students given Overcash scholarships

• 1976 swimming Olympic gold medalist resides, coaches in Dallas

• Project Fruit Bowl supports coming out campaign

• Camp Bowie businesses come together for crime prevention

• The Vincent Tucker Radio Show presents “The Best of, Part II”

• Theater Review: Footloose

• Murphy City Council to consider cell phone ban, road rerouting

• UT Arlington professors ponder why kids hate school

• UT Dallas Police Explorers to compete at National Law Enforcement Conference

• Man driving in Dallas shot in ear on I-35

• Bedford thief leaves homeowner peachless

• Dallas letter carriers rank 3rd in the nation in most frequent dog bites

• Dallas to host Human Rights Campaign’s Camp Equality training

• Dallas artist Tomas Bustos to be honored by fellow artists

• Dallas’ Lisa Garza makes it to finale of Next Food Network Star, surprise surprise

• Vigil for Burma to be held in downtown Dallas

• Dallas ad agency Moroch & Assoc. sponsors premiere screening of Pineapple Express

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - July 20, week 65

Sunday, July 20

• Texas Rangers 1, Minnesota Twins 0

• Movie review part deux: The Dark Knight

• Collin County elects its first black official

• DJ Russ Martin arrested, released in Southlake

• Irving based WIC office honored by ECI with mural unveiling

• North Texas towns are among the best in the U.S.

• Economic incentives to build RadioShack HQ in Fort Worth will be lost in sale to Tarrant County College

• Tarrant County College cuts bait on Trinity-spanning campus mid-stream

• Mesquite neurologist faces criminal charges for inappropriate touching

• Various lanes of Dalrock and Hickox in Rowlett closed for repairs through July

• Minnesota Twins 14, Texas Rangers 2

• Tarrant County College offers installment plan option to pay tuition

• Photographs Do Not Bend presents: Contemporary Czech Photography

Saturday, July 19

• FC Dallas 2, Colorado Rapids 2

• Lewisville Western Day festival features Eli Young Band and fourth annual World Tamale Eating Championship

• Irving fuel truck driver accused of stealing gas and storing it at his house to resell

• SPCA offers $5,000 reward in cat tortures and killings in northeast Dallas

• Big auction of 100 foreclosed homes in Dallas on July 26

• Developer building loft apartments near University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

• UPDATED: Former 2 Live Crew member married woman in Dallas on Saturday

• Plano police arrest robbery suspect at Subway restaurant

• Riccardi’s Italian restaurant in Quadrangle in Dallas closes

• Deadline for Rowlett photography contest is September 6

Friday, July 18

• Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 0

• SMU breaks ground on new SMU-in Taos student residence

• Frisco City Manager George Purefoy’s goal is finding right mix of government for city as it grows

• Fort Worth officials visit Dallas for rail inspiration

• Theater review: House and Garden

• Dallas-based Tenet snags multi-year agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

• Dallas gay bar to ban drag queens on “Trashy Tuesday”

• Keller-based GoVision debuts world’s largest mobile LED screen

• Texas attorney general orders Dallas to release discrimination complaints

• Dallas homeless shelter The Bridge still facing challenges

• Theater Review: Persistence in Memory

• Last chance to see these 6 plays and musicals (July 18-20)

• Opening weekend for world premieres, a festival, and classic shows (July 18-20)

• Fort Worth’s “Gas Drilling Task Force” recommends new noise provisions in gas drilling ordinance

• United Methodist South Central Jurisdiction backs Bush Library

• Dallas Metroplex citizens come together to save Jenny the African elephant

• American Airlines to cut 1,500 J.O.B.s

• SMU physicists create particle detector to be used on CERN supercollider

• State Fair’s Big Tex getting naked today

• Richardson city officials biting off more projects than they can chew

• Indicted Dallas Police officer fired for bribery

• Despite whopping fuel costs, DART plans to keep fares fair (for now)

• Movie review: Mamma Mia

• Galleria Dallas offers in-house credit card and celebrates new store openings

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth July 18

Thursday, July 17

• Starbucks releases full list of 600 store closures, including 29 in Dallas-Fort Worth area

• A white cat is missing near Eagle Mountain Lake in Fort Worth

• Pharmacy robber hits another pharmacy in Flower Mound on Thursday

• Mexican first division powerhouses Pachuca and Santos battle in Frisco for a ticket to the SuperLiga Semifinals

• Tickets to Eagles, Alejandro Fernández, Spin Doctors, Ghostland Observatory & more on sale soon

• Fort Worth City Council tours TRE and DART rail systems for ideas and inspiration on their own mass transit system

• FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja named to MLS All-Star team

• Movie review: The Dark Knight

• DART ridership throughout Dallas sets record for second straight month

• Plano police investigate motorcycle fatality crash

• New UTD Dean takes expertise in robotics to Russia

• CBS crime repeats still a draw in DFW

• Denton’s Fry Street Village plans on hold

• AFI Dallas Film Fest 2009 puts out call for entries

• Angelika Film Centers partnering with Fandango advance-ticketing service

• 2008 SMU football preview: Defense

• Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson injured after falling through ceiling

• August home foreclosure postings yield a 24% increase in DFW

• The Colony Parks and Recreation Department hosts second annual Back to School Bash

• Sachse Public Library hosting teen overnight “lock-in” Saturday, July 19

• Stanford Tennis Championships to be held at SMU

• Three victims escape Rowlett house fire with minor injuries

• Preview: Jubilee Theatre’s Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show

• $4.93 billion approval brings the power of wind to North Texas

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 17-21

• Lessons in Dallas’ loss of MillerCoors headquarters

• Movie review: The Wackness

• Showcase Teaser: Lifters’ “This Is”

• UPDATED: Burger’s Lake in Fort Worth may contain disease-causing microscopic parasites

• Driver smashes into Dubliner Pub on Greenville Avenue in Dallas (w/ photos)

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - The Dallas Stars are Finn-ished

• A female Maltipoo is lost in Plano

• UPDATE: Arlington Martin alum looking for Olympic gold takes bronze in freestyle wrestling

• After tagging cars, gang members kill Fort Worth man

• Rhett Miller to appear on NPR’s Fresh Air on Thursday (ie: today)

• Dallas homeless shelter, The Bridge, forced to start getting act together

• Swift Tracks: Strange Fruit Project and The Clever Monkeys

• Restaurant Review: Creperie du Chateau

• Pegasus News Week in View: Next Generation Edition

Wednesday, July 16

• Rick Noriega and Gen. Wesley Clark speak to Dallas Dems on Wednesday (w/audio)

• Rick Stein’s Steakhouse on Tollway in Dallas closed on Tuesday July 15

• Lost male Shih Tzu near Love Field

• Irving-based Healthvision acquires Medisolution’s Healthcare Products and Services Division

• Carrollton-based GVI Security Solutions wins Ecuador bank video surveillance contract

• Farmers Branch lifeguards take first place at North Texas competition

• Fort Worth-based XTO Energy completes Bakken Shale acquisition for $1.8 billion; agrees to acquire 100,000 more acres

• TWU receives $200,000 from the Greater Texas Foundation

• Dallas-based ACS unveils updated court case management software

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Stephanie Riggs

• Grapevine-based GreenHunter Energy acquires Wyoming Wind Energy Development Project

• Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

• Dallas-based EXCO Resources, Inc. acquires several natural gas properties in East Texas

• Dallas-based GW Equity sells off Carpathia Hosting to Spire Capital Partners

• Dallas-based Tyler Technologies signs contracts with Birmingham, AL and St. Louis County, MO

• Multimedia art installation to open for a one-night-only performance at Hal Samples’ Space

• Dallas Cowboys sign safety Ken Hamlin to 6 year, $39 million contract

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far - July 16

• DFW viewers stay up late to watch baseball

• Artisan Center Theater in Hurst opens Don’t Drink the Water this weekend

• Are proposed Fort Worth pipelines the new Trinity Trees?

• Oscar Pareja named director of FC Dallas youth player development, head coach of FCD Juniors

• Tickets on sale Friday for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

• Actress Alyson Stoner to visit Blockbuster at Preston Royal in Dallas

• North Texas Tollway Authority to discuss Dallas North Tollway extension

• Dallas 911 operator won’t help murder suspect surrender

• Tacky thieves take plastic flamingos in Bedford

• Fort Worth-based American Airlines reports second-quarter 2008 loss

• Keller sick of being separated by zip codes

• Two Denton Ryan High teachers selected to participate in advanced placement scoring

• Arlington ISD superintendent may be put on paid leave

• Denton High Math Teacher Bill Finch accepts “Green Apple Award”

• Rangers’ Michael Young wins All-Star Game with sacrifice fly

• Possible pot farm found at Dallas’ Wilmer-Hutchins High School

• Showcase Teaser: Telegraph Canyon’s “El Capitan” & “Nobody”

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Blue Bell summer flavors ice cream

Tuesday, July 15

• Denton ISD Director of Communications and Community Relations Sharon Cox elected president of Texas Association of Partners in Education

• Denton ISD increases meal prices for 2008-09 school year

• R&B Crooner Jon B. premieres two new tunes on The Vincent Tucker Show

• Branch of faux low-fat chain coming to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

• Emily Elbert returns to Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse on August 1

• Irving Community Theater announces 2 new productions for Theatre on Edge

• Truck wreck in Corinth leads to I-35 traffic delays

• Flower Mound launching water conservation

• Tahoe Seating of Carrollton announces the introduction of the Pneumatic Stretching Machine

• Fashion at the Park coming to Dallas’ NorthPark Center October 10-16

• Judge OKs trial charging Dallas-based Brinker with skimming tips from Chili’s servers

• Plano police find two stabbed victims; one victim dies; suspect charged with murder

• Josh Hamilton’s Bunyan-esque feat draws lots of DFW viewers

• Richardson’s Heights Park playground flies into history

• Showcase Teaser: A.M. Ramblers’ “Leaving the Valley”

• Sachse holding ribbon-cutting on Thursday July 17 for new shelter at Joe and Patricia Stone Park

• Dallas ISD hiring sparks cries of nepotism

• Arlington man wins spot at World Series of Poker’s final table

• Registration for The Mayborn’s 2008 literary nonfiction writers’ conference closes Wednesday

• Denton County Transportation Authority sees 53 percent increase in Commuter Express ridership

• Dallas lawyer foils prisoner’s courthouse escape attempt

• Mansfield City Council approves exploratory gas drilling

• Arlington Wal-Mart kidnap suspects arrested, jailed

• 2008 SMU football preview: Offense

• North Texas officially attains drought status

• Dispute between brothers leads to fatal shooting in Fort Worth

• Denton Pizza Patron robbed by relatives of restaurant employee

• Dallas Stars officially sign head coach Dave Tippett to a contract extension

• Photos: George Michael, the iPhone 3G and Doug

Monday, July 14

• Insurance and risk management firm MHBT moves offices to Walnut Glen Tower building in Dallas

• City of Parker hawks raffle tickets to support volunteer fire department

• The Horseman Club moseys on into out of the grave

• Coppell City Council will meet in executive session to discuss land purchase

• Dallas chef Tom Fleming becomes corporate executive chef for Dallas consulting firm Preferred Restaurant Services

• Heath City Council will meet to discuss annual budget, gas pipelines

• City of Garland to allow DART to grab some land, the easy way or the hard way

• Rangers beat White Sox and dominate ratings Sunday

• Asian Film Festival of Dallas announces details of their 7th annual festival event

• Delbert McClinton returns to Bass Hall August 30

• Wilmer election objections heard by Dallas County Commissioners

• Balls Hamburgers in University Park to be replaced by Dunkin Donuts

• Memorial for deceased Dallas photographer Tom Jenkins Monday July 14 at MAC

• Newly-minted Shale shill Tracy Rowlett now broadcasting for Radio Free Chesapeake

• UT Arlington one of only 25 campuses to host ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp

• ESPN sports journalist Kevin Blackistone to discuss memoir writing

• New smoothie drinks coming to Dallas-area Starbucks on Tuesday July 15

• Teams participating in solar-powered car contest left Plano on Sunday headed for Canada

• KRLD announces list for Dallas’ annual Restaurant Week August 11-17

• Showcase Teaser: Kristina Morland’s “Taboo”

• Resource Center of Dallas’ “Gaybingo” marks seventh birthday

• UNT football preview: Schedule breakdown

• Denton Community Theatre announces 2008-2009 season

• Police arrest robbery suspect after hotel standoff in Dallas

• “Jaws” to headline McKinney sci fi-comic-gaming convention

• Volunteers unearth 40-foot fossil in Garland residence

• McKinney police officer shoots, kills domestic disturbance suspect

• Teen being questioned by police over fires set by elementary schools in Lake Highlands

• Longhorn Stadium field in Cedar Hill getting ready for repairs. Again.

• Dallas Police shut down violent gang

• Two Dallas-area food operations, Market Street and Dessert Dreams of Irving, win national award

• Dallas to magically transform stinky landfill into energy source

• Texas Rangers 12, Chicago White Sox 11

• Bush Library coming to Dallas besmirched by sleazy international donation tactics

• WaterTower Theatre opens A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum this week

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - July 13, week 64

Sunday, July 13

• Lone Star Film Society moves its Fort Worth headquarters

• Plano’s Downtown @ Sundown events canceled

• Dallas police make arrest for attempted run-down of officer

• Texas leads the nation in spending on abstinence-only education

• Richland High School in Birdville ISD wins its first 7-on-7 state football championship

• Denton County police departments seek assistance in catching pharmacy robbery suspect

• Plano businessman’s forgotten briefcase causes bomb scare

• Carrollton 12 year old wins regional South Asian Spelling Bee

• NFL steroid dealer’s murder-suicide was due to his girlfriend’s infidelity

• Residential burglaries are on the rise in Uptown Dallas

• Brookhaven College hosts third Bilingual Job Fair on July 16

• Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 7

• Restaurant Review: Sukhothai II in Denton

Saturday, July 12

• Former DART police officer convicted, sentenced to 30 months in federal prison

• Allied Pilots Association hosts first-ever International Strike Preparedness Summit

• A male Spaniel mix found near Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway

• Movie review: War, Inc.

• Denton citizens help in the capture of aggravated robbery suspects

• Carrollton police investigate fatal motorcycle accident

• Colleyville restaurant 62 Main closing Saturday July 12

• MUFON radar evaluations show UFOs aimed at Bush’s Crawford ranch

• Wesley Ruiz sentenced to death by Dallas jury

• A Short Hair Cat is Missing in Dallas

• Graffiti incident sparks deadly shooting in Fort Worth

• Marijuana mother plant found thriving under Red Oak garage

• Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 2

• The Pin Show brings fashion to Deep Ellum

• The Secret Handshake spills some secrets…

Friday, July 11

• Kimbell Art Museum opening shop in Omni Fort Worth Hotel

• Updated: Conduit Gallery presents: The Program: The video and new media art programming of the 2008 Dallas Video Festival

• Dallas Stars sign Jamie Benn to three-year deal

• Carrollton-based The Trade Group opens office in Pittsburgh

• Dallas-based Access Pharmaceuticals to acquire MacroChem Corp.

• Dallas-based ACS opens new facility in Jamaica

• Dallas-based Alliance Data signs Multi-Year contract with New York & Company

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth July 11

• Dallas-based GW Equity sells Concise Data Management Inc. to FaceTime Strategy

• Last chance to see these 8 plays and musicals (July 11-13)

• Dallas Convention Bureau launches visitblackdallas.com, African-American web portal

• Opening and preview weekend for these 15 theater productions (July 11-13)

• Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson to hold Youth Crime Prevention Summit

• Dallas to create specialized prostitution court

• Movie review: Bloodline

• Lancaster ISD conservator to start unraveling district’s finances

• Toadies title track on No Deliverance hit airwaves this week

• Dallas Voice interview: George Michael

• Gay Dallas rodeo cowboy to appear on Big Brother

• Two former Dallas councilmen may challenge Dallas County Judge Jim Foster

• PegNews content partner FWCanDo featured in Time magazine

• UPDATED: Dallas police catch TV stealing pet haters thanks to YouTube

• UPDATED: Duncanville boxer Luis Yanez trying to appeal Olympic rejection

• Baylor, Parkland and UT Southwestern make list of “America’s Best” hospitals

• Dallas County judge looking to add sexual orientation to county non-discrimination policy

• Is the McKinney Chamber of Commerce PAC a conflict of interest?

• D-FW iPhone freaks fans spend their mornings standing in line

• Bloodline Q&A with the director at Dallas’ Angelika

• TxDOT seeking public input on design of frontage roads on Interstate 20 in Duncanville

• LA Angels 11, Texas Rangers 10 (11 innings)

• Movie review: Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot

• Movie review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

• Attack Dallas by land, air and sea

• Movie review: Journey to the Center of the Earth

• New San Dor, Cantonese restaurant in Plano, closed

• Movie review: Meet Dave

Thursday, July 10

• Fort Worth-based Ben E. Keith now distributing Summit Beers in Texas

• Dallas firm Munck Carter adds Michael A. McCabe to Labor and Employment Section

• Wells Fargo Bank in Frisco defending itself in racial profiling suit

• Micky and the Motorcars release new album, NAIVE, July 29

• FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper voted to MLS All-Star First XI

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Lisa Devine

• TWU School of the Arts to host Latino Dance & Music Festival July 17-19

• Christmas in July charity collecting school supplies and money for local organizations

• Rumored locations of specific Starbucks closing in Dallas area are surfacing

• Dallas County commissioner John Wiley Price’s lack of understanding of space phenomena is now national news

• Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra appoints principal Pops conductor

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 11-14

• Schedule announced for Dallas’ 2008 Festival of Independent Theatres

• The Killdares release fifth full-length album, Secrets of the Day, on July 22

• Group of 10 robbers steals ATM from Dallas convenience store

• Butterfly Spirits, an artsy business in Carrollton, evolved from tragedy

• Heights Park space age playground in Richardson to become a memory soon

• Two toddlers drown in pool of Coppell home

• UNT football preview: Defense

• Chesapeake Energy launches online video channel covering Barnett Shale

• Cedar Hill City Council discusses pit bull problem

• Man shoots suspected copper thief in Garland

• Parking in downtown Dallas is cheaper than other big cities

• Dallas police find stash of cocaine in car they’ve been driving for two months

• Word of Mouth Productions announces company auditions

• Flower Mound to host Second Annual Suicide Awareness Walk on Nov. 1

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - The Annual Spending of the Morons

• Irving ISD looking into increasing pay for substitute teachers

• Child care center to open at Plaza of Americas in downtown Dallas in early 2009

• Texas Rangers 5, LA Angels 4

• Pegasus News Week in View: m.pegnews.com edition

Wednesday, July 9

• Temporary support columns were removed from the Wyly Theater structure Wednesday

• Wipeout could be break-out hit of summer in DFW

• Ron Harris, former Collin County Judge, to possibly run for state senate

• Pegasus News Local Music Showcase returns to Club Dada on July 18

• Fort Worth streetcar saved from wrecking ball

• Can mushrooms enhance spirituality?

• UNT football preview: Offense

• Dallas-based Kosmos Energy named 2007 “Operator of the Year” by Petroleum Africa Magazine

• Reunited Dallas band Jackopierce announce new album and tour

• Holliday Fenoglio Fowler completes sale of The Colonnade in Addison

• Local Hooters franchise Texas Wings sells 45 restaurants for $106 million

• Dallas-based Hillwood announces $1.3 billion Barnett Shale transaction

• Pocket Sandwich Theatre opens Atomic Cavegirls of Island Zero this week

• Three arrested in Grand Prairie for carrying meth ingredient

• Fort Worth offering cheap electric mowers — to a few

• Dallas-based 7-Eleven to give away slurpees on 7-11

• Gay List Daily’s list of Dallas’ top BYOB restaurants

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far - July 9

• Dallas police officers sued over fake tickets

• Heath Department of Public Safety “hires” new web-footed employee

• Cedar Valley College awarded $400,000 from U.S. Dept. of Education

• Nodding Dog coffeehouse in Dallas’ Bishop Arts district appears to have shut down

• DART considering rule changes to add more cities

• Broken car windows on the rise in Dallas area

• Hurst, Texas: where security guards intentionally run over cats in parking lots

• UPDATED: Watauga teen gets into more trouble while performing community service hours

• The Black List screens for free at Arlington Studio Movie Grill

• UPDATED: “Human fetus” found in Dallas not a fetus

• Carrollton business Continental Seating demands new manufacturing facility due to consistent growth

• Radisson Hotel Fort Worth South has new owners, new manager

• A Shih Tzu Has Been Found In Plano

• Richardson police chief and other official receive public safety accolades

• Oak Cliff shootings a sign that things need to change

• Texas Rangers 3, LA Angels 2

• Concert review: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in Grand Prairie (July 7)

• Theater review: Avenue Q at Bass Hall isn’t kids’ stuff, but it’s funny with a capital letter F

• Swift Tracks: Inner City Kids and Klickitat

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: A&W Float

Tuesday, July 8

• Shula’s steakhouse chain opens branch in Fort Worth

• Dennis Miller brings political satire to Bass Performance Hall on August 9

• The Bachelorette dominates Monday DFW ratings

• Art house theater coming to Fort Worth

• Highland Park ISD hires consulting firm to replace retiring superintendent Cathy Bryce

• Kitchen Dog Theater reveals 2008-2009 season

• American Airlines to lay off 158 employees at D/FW International Airport

• TWU offers Spanish training for the workplace

• Big adventure to be found in small Texas town of Whitewright

• Metal thieves hit Fort Worth ISD again

• Hurst City Council to consider non-hostile church takeover, etc.

• UPDATED: Fort Worth’s Wendy Davis calls opponent Kim Brimer’s lawsuit baseless; judge agrees

• Dallas author Edwin Zapata Figueroa to host bilingual book signing

• Denton firefighter arrested for harassing female fire deparment volunteer

• Colorado-based Sunflower Farmers Market opening branch on Henderson Avenue in East Dallas

• Arlington ISD chief under scrutiny for lavish event spending

• Fort Worth American Legion post being sued for overserving a party guest

• Denton County DA’s office prosecutes Flower Mound health care center manager

• Burleson cops try to get homeowners to close their garage doors

• Oak Cliff institution still dishing out sno cones

• T. Boone Pickens has a plan to cure us of foreign oil dependency

• Tipster reveals two men in NorthPark parking lot shooting

• Repairs to I-30 bridge deck over Trinity River in Dallas County to grind on until July 31

• Houston-based Dune Energy to sell off Barnett Shale assets in Denton and Wise Counties

• Dallas ad agency Fusion chosen to market snack foods for Ohio-based Rudolph Foods

• Photos: Deep Culture, Warped Tour, the Airhogs and 4th of July

• Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas ruminates on chanterelles

Monday, July 7

• LA Angels 9, Texas Rangers 6

• TCU’s Center for Healthy Aging seeks old farts who want to exercise

• Famed UNT jazz program’s chairman Neil Slater retires

• Plano helps solve money problems by eliminating 50 vacant positions

• Texas Blues Radio to mark KNON’s 25th anniversary with a week of DFW blues

• NRH hosts rescheduled “My Part of Town” movie night

• Music Theatre of Denton announces 2008-2009 season

• Blood on the Highway to play Dallas’ Lakewood Theater on Friday, July 11

• Singer/songwriter Sara Hickman presents “Music for Life: Sharing Conversations on the Death Penalty” at Cathedral of Hope on July 20

• Fort Worth Cats offering free tickets as gas price relief

• Texas Rangers’ manager Washington deserves more respect

• Workers needed for polls on Election Day in November

• Coppell City Council agenda for July 8 includes discussion of alcohol at city-sponsored events

• Tennis draws (some) DFW viewers over Fourth of July weekend

• Theatre Three previews House and Garden this week

• I-20 westbound closed at Green Oaks Boulevard/Little Road in Arlington

• Irving ISD bans phones and terrorism, awards do-gooder recyclers

• The City of Addison discusses heliports and zip codes

• Tulisoma in South Dallas will feature best-selling authors plus celebrity readers and local personalities

• Cowboys cheerleaders join NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in USO tour

• Four Texas Rangers voted into the MLB All-Star game

• Peppers and cilantro now under investigation by the FDA in relation to salmonella outbreak

• UPDATED: Teen shot and killed at a Dallas birthday party

• Restaurant review: Cafe R&D

• Rat factory odor inspires complaints from surrounding businesses and residents in South Fort Worth

• Texas Rangers 11, Baltimore Orioles 10

• Parker City Council to meet twice this week

• Plano City Council to lay off police officers, firefighters

• Seven drownings occurred at Dallas area lakes over the holiday weekend

• Light & Sie Gallery presents: Sehnsucht (Aspiration)

• Restaurant Review: L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

• Olde Towne development in Irving Heritage District could hurt actual old trees and businesses

• People you s“hood” know: Irving Heritage District’s Lorraine Taylor

• Photo: Weekly Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction update - July 6, week 63

Sunday, July 6

• A male Jack Russell mix is lost in Southwest Fort Worth

• Plano and Collin County in midst of series of ugly scandals

• Lake Lewisville claims life of 26-year-old Hispanic male

• Theater Review: The Music Man

• Dallas County considering alternative water sources

• Arlington Police looking for teen-shooting teen

• Odessa Roughnecks 67, Frisco Thunder 33

• Texas Rangers 5, Baltimore Orioles 3

• The Pin Show brings dozens of independent designers to Deep Ellum

• Art Openings and Receptions: July ‘08

Saturday, July 5

• UTD gets big cash grant from Ericsson NA - again

• Interview with Rob Arnold of Chimaira

• Former WFAA news anchor Murphy Martin died Thursday

• Dallas police investigating Friday’s two motorist shootings

• After losing director, Fort Worth homeless center settles on contract replacement

• UPDATED: Frozen “hands” in Fort Worth freezer really testicles

• Baltimore Orioles 10, Texas Rangers 4

• Interview with Brendon Small of Dethklok

• Restaurant review: Woodlands Grill

• More than half of RV enthusiasts are camping during Independence Day weekend despite rising fuel costs

• Upstart Hip Hop recording artist Cordeezy visits The Vincent Tucker Show

Friday, July 4

• A female Retriever mix is missing in the White Rock Lake area

• Movie review: The Animation Show 4

• Theater Review Part Deux: My Boyfriend, The Stripper

• FCD Juniors travel to Colorado for SUM U-17 Cup

• Town of Cockrell Hill on the rise thanks to booze, hooch, etc.

• Concert Review and Podcast Interviews: Vans Warped Tour 14 (July 3)

• Theater reviews: My Boyfriend, the Stripper and High School Musical

• EXCO increases headquarters space to 122,172 square feet at Lakeside Square

• Denton’s only gay bar close to reopening

• Turtle Creek Chorale heads to Miami for GALA festival

• Gay bar owners concerned about possible smoking ban

• Bonnell’s restaurant joins Cuisine for Healing

• Three FC Dallas players called up to U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team

• Interview: Brendan Fraser and Eric Brevig for Journey to the Center of the Earth

Thursday, July 3

• Behind the scenes of Fair Park Fourth’s fireworks display

• Casa Mañana holding 50th Birthday Celebration this Saturday

• Two major East Dallas burglars busted

• News trumps “reality” amongst DFW viewers

• UNT psychologist to counsel U.S. Olympic athletes in Beijing

• Senator Kim Brimer sues to keep Wendy Davis off ballot

• Fair trade group prepares for Sweat Free Dallas campaign

• Dallas ISD employees fired by auto-dialer

• Honors Golf Club Dallas offers “unfettered golf” — for a price

• Honors Golf Club Dallas re-branding itself as a golf-first, family-friendly club

• Theater Review: High School Musical

• Dallas’ Granada Theater hosts Brutal Massacre: A Comedy for one night only on the big screen

• Oak Cliff church putting on social film series

• American Student Association of Community Colleges names Brookhaven student president

• Coppell City Council to meet on July 4th in executive session

• American Girl Store hosts Project Playhouse event

• Dallas officials may close four city community swimming pools

• Fort Worth man drowns chasing mattress in Marine Creek Parkway

• Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Sean Avery: Great Signing, or The Greatest Signing?

• A Male Black Labrador has been found in Mesquite

• McKinney to host 13th Annual Killis Melton Ice Cream Crank-off

• Middle-aged woman in straw hat robs Hurst bakery

• Drunk woman drives minivan through Denton’s Oakwood Cemetery

• Gay List Daily’s events for the Fourth (and beyond)

• Dallas Stars sign forward B.J. Crombeen to one-year deal

• Restaurant review: Screen Door in Dallas

• Pegasus News Week in View: Express 3-day weekend quickie

Wednesday, July 2

• New York Yankees 18, Texas Rangers 7

• Dallas-based Viking Hospitality Fund expanding into Rochester, Minnesota

• Dallas-based Alliance Data’s Epsilon signs multi-year contract with National Geographic Society

• Movie review: Hancock

• Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare reaches settlement in litigation with HCP

• Dallas-based Oncor to refund $72 million to residential customers

• Dallas-based Tyler Technologies reaches settlement with Bank of America in stock purchase warrants lawsuit

• Dallas-based Hicks Acquisition Company to combine with Graham Packaging in $3.2 billion transaction

• Dallas-based Tenet sells off two California hospitals for $41 million

• Dallas Stars sign forward Sean Avery to 4 year, $15.5 million contract

• Dallas attorney Jane Taber honored by State Bar of Texas

• Grand Prairie AirHogs putting on Latino Night on July 14

• Theater Spotlight of the Week: Kevyn Robertson and cast members of The Music Man

• Dallas has Talent: NBC show wins Tuesday night

• Famed “tornado poles” to be installed as art at Fort Worth post office

• Activities of Chuck Eisemann bring into question his influence

• Bluegrass news and events, near and far - July 2

• North Richland Hills issues Silver Alert for missing 65-year-old woman

• Mary’s Wedding playwright to attend Rover Dramawerks’ production

• Dallas Public Defender purge raises legal and policy concerns

• Swift Tracks: 1000 Miles From Home and The Wishlist

• Dallas-area garbage rates to go up to fight fuel costs

• UPDATED: Random shooting suspect charged with hate crimes

• FC Dallas Foundation presents “Tickets for Troops” for July 4 game

• Dillard’s next up in Valley View Center exodus

• FC Dallas advances to the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on July 8 at Pizza Hut Park

• Live Review: The Pete Weise Quartet at Pearl (June 27)

• North Texans putting fireworks above other expenses for the 4th

• More DART police on buses, trains may be coming soon

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area liquor stores: patriotic Pommery Pop champagne

• BKM awards new Tarrant County College scholarship

Tuesday, July 1

• Texas Rangers 3, New York Yankees 2

• Richardson native competing at World Junior Track and Field Championships

• Get into the Independence Day 2008 spirit

• Dallas firm Carrington Coleman announces new managing partner

• Dallas attorney Marcos Ronquillo honored as Ernst & Young’s Inclusiveness Champion of the Year

• San Angelo Stampede Express 57, Frisco Thunder 23

• Rockwall Community Playhouse announces 2008-2009 season

• TWU to showcase online degree programs with July 26 information session

• Dallas man wrongly imprisoned 16 years to be released soon

• Belo sweeps online Murrow Awards

• D-FW deputies cracking down on unpaid traffic tickets

• Flower Mound considering legal options for Oil and Gas Board of Appeals State District Court petition

• Dallas ISD board approves budget, changes for Spruce

• DFW now #1 in country for apartment building

• Fort Worth Eighth Avenue drilling hearing delayed

• Greater Dallas Chamber becomes Dallas Regional Chamber

• Fort Worth Ronald McDonald House auctioning Jonas Brothers tickets

• Pro-life ad running in Dallas targets Texas as swing state

• McKinney city manager proposes changes for city

• Gay List Daily’s July theater recommendations

• Dallas Summer Musicals School of Musical Theatre partners with 8 cities for new classes

• Restaurant Review: Simon’s Sushi

• Photos: The Inner City All Stars, stormy weather and WWE

• Ivoryline debuts music video for “Hearts and Minds” on PureVolume