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Dallas, Texas is located in Dallas County. Zip codes in Dallas, TX include 75229, 75382, and 75360. The median home price in Dallas is $249,900 which is roughly $69/per square foot. More Dallas information.

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13 min ago | Dallas Observer

At an SMU Student's Rape Trial, Glimpses of the School's Secretive Justice System

Last fall, 20-year-old SMU junior Donald Cuba was indicted on charges of raping a fellow student in a dorm room .

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1 hr ago | Dallas Observer

Dallas Sommeliers on How to Pick a $20 Bottle of Wine for a Dinner Party

We've all been there, hopefully: that moment in the adult world when we're invited to dinner by another grown-up. Specifically a grown-up we're not close enough with to have the understanding that grabbing a case of Shiner and showing up "whenever" is appropriate.

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3 hrs ago | Dallas Observer

Man Found Scrapping for Copper at Love Field Now Faces Federal Charges

When Dallas police found Robert Schneider on the wrong side of a six-foot barbed-wire fence at Love Field in March, the 55-year-old at least had the wherewithal not to yell "jihad," or "Jesus" for that matter.

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5 hrs ago | Patch.com

White Chocolate Sculpture by 'Burgh Artist, Sarris Candies, Makes Gallery Debut

When it comes to sculptures, who needs marble when you have white chocolate? Not Heather Joy Puskarich.

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9 hrs ago | JAM! Showbiz

Jesse James chops off finger

Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James has chopped off the tip of his little finger after an accident in his car workshop.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Business Journal

New Dallas firm buys up 3 energy companies with $425M investment

A new Dallas-based private equity firm launched today with the purchase of three San Antonio-based drilling companies for $425 million.

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Dallas Observer

In Dallas ISD, a Fight Over Principals, Race and a Slice of the Pie

T his is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I don't seem to be able to get through the front door.

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Dallas Observer

East Dallas' Promise of Peace Garden is Moving, and its New Neighbors Aren't Happy

The Promise of Peace Community Garden is in an awful location, shoehorned into a formerly vacant lot in a row of apartments and liquor stores just south of White Rock Lake, reachable only by a narrow sidewalk running along busy Grand Avenue.

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Examiner.com

Enhanced threat of torndaoes, hail and flooding in Dallas area today

The Storm Prediction Center has placed the Dallas area within an enhanced tornado risk zone today .

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D Magazine

Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: May 21

If you are feeling sad about this , or this , as I am, I don't think you can go wrong with a little extra dose of the arts.

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Dallas Observer

We From Dallas Hip-Hop Documentary Trailer: Watch

Some of the founding members of longtime local rap stalwart Poor Vida Productions, have teamed up with Media 13 for a major project: This Summer, they'll screen the feature length documentary, We From Dallas .

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NBC Dallas

Men Flee After Police Chase Stolen Truck

The Texas Department of Public Safety has expanded its efforts to solve cold case slayings by offering an online update on a dozen investigations.

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D Magazine

Join Us: 100 Best Restaurants in Dallas Party at 3015 at Trinity Groves

At 6PM on Wednesday, May 22, the pre-release date editions of the June issue of D Magazine will be delivered to Sharon Van Meter's 3015 at Trinity Groves .

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D Magazine

Military Veterans Cooked Up Tasty Dishes for Support Our Troops and Patriot PAWS

Summer was in full swing Friday at the 2nd Annual Grand Hall Grill Out benefit for Support Our Troops and Patriot PAWS .

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Mon May 20, 2013

D Magazine

May 20 Food Truck News and Schedule for Dallas and Ft. Worth

We've lost a couple of food trucks in Dallas. As Nancy wrote , Chef Adam west is parking his Unforsacon Bacon food truck to become Executive Chef at The Porch.

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The Mac Observer

Dallas Apple Store Loses iPhones in Theft

Apple's Knox Street store in Dallas, Texas, was targeted by a thief over the weekend that made off with about US$2,000 in iPhones.

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Dallas Observer

Crazy Ants, Discovered in Houston a Decade Ago, Are Swarming Toward Dallas

First, the good news: Crazy ants don't sting. They do sometimes bite, but the pain is mild, and it fades quickly.

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Dallas Observer

The Feds' Latest Meth Bust Started with a Heavy Package and Ended at a Dallas Apartment

Sometimes a chair is just a chair. Sometimes, when it comes in a suspiciously heavy package from Mexico, it's not.

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Dallas Observer

'Mezcal Finds You': A Dallas Bartender's Long, Strange Search...

You've probably heard Micheal Martensen's name around town, most likely preceded by the word "mixologist." As a bartender at The Cedars Social , he's been credited with helping establish Dallas' old school cocktail movement.

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Dallas Observer

The Number of Poor People in Dallas Suburbs Keeps Going Up

The suburbs stir up a lot of associations in the popular imagination. It covers territory as diverse as Leave It to Beaver and Blue Velvet .

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