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"Up, up, up," yells Jean Edmond LaFont, a man dressed in khaki pants and a short-sleeve blue shirt that reads La Boule Texane. Sarah raises her arm more, swings it back then forward and releases the ball, which is the size of an orange and weighs about a pound and a half. It falls to the ground and rolls past other steel balls. It's close but not close enough to its target.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Momentum Dance Company presents The Nutcracker at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $13 to $21. The Ballet Ensemble of Texas presents its Nutcracker at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Irving Arts Center. Tickets are $21 to $25. One more Nutcracker will be performed by the Colleyville Ballet at 7 p.m. Dec....
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Under the new system, fingerprints are run simultaneously through a national database to check criminal history and through a Homeland Security database to check the person's immigration status. All those arrested in jurisdictions using Secure Communities will have fingerprints checked in both databases, Homeland Security officials said.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
This list of selected home sales in area cities is compiled by MasterFiles Inc. from county deed records. The amount listed is the mortgage price, not the sales price.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
, the Texas health department on Monday released a list of every medical provider in the state that requested the H1N1 flu vaccine and a list of all shipments ordered as of Thursday.State officials had refused to release the information to the public, and the list was still not available on the state's swine flu Web site late Monday. Many received only a small fraction of their orders because of the...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Responding to an open records request by The Dallas Morning News, the Texas health department on Monday released a list of every medical provider in the state that requested the H1N1 flu vaccine and a list of all shipments ordered as of Thursday. Also Online State officials had refused to release the information to the public, and the list was still not available on the state's swine flu Web site late...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Agricultural science education is thriving in unexpected places: the state's urban and suburban school districts. OSCAR DURAND/DMNJackie Romano (left) of R.L. Turner High School helps Vicki Merkler with an animal crate at Walnut Plaza Veterinary Hospital in Carrollton. Romano is working as an intern at the hospital as part of her agricultural science class. "Our program is probably going stronger...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Community Calendar - west, south12:00 AM CST on Sunday, November 8, 2009The Farmers Branch-based Civic League will hold its 2009 Holiday Home Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The event includes a sealed bid auction, a specialty dessert bake sale, a drawing and holiday-theme homes on display. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Call Karen Allen at 214-995-2549 or e-mail her...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
North Texans showed their support this morning for those wounded at Fort Hood by lining up to give blood in Farmers Branch. Also OnlineTwitter updates: | | An hour after opening, the Red Cross Blood Donor Center had taken several donations and had 20 people on its waiting list at 9 a.m. A receptionist said the wait could be as long as two hours. “I’m glad to see so many people lined up,”...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Dallas County district attorney's office has for the second time dismissed a murder charge against a doctor accused of killing his wife. Prosecutors determined that evidence in the case could provide three explanations of how Sara Werner might have been fatally shot, one of the prosecutors said Thursday. Also Online The first explanation, the one Farmers Branch police believed when they arrested...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
FARMERS BRANCH – The City Council in a 3-2 vote decided to allow limited sales of alcoholic beverages during events at city parks.The measure to permit alcohol sales in a city known for its tight controls inspired contentious debate among residents and even a City Council that frequently votes as a bloc.The new ordinance allows for the sale of alcohol at events in city parks by vendors or contractors...
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