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  • Dallas Starts Mosquito Spraying

    The city of Dallas has scheduled spraying for mosquitoes, while mosquito samples collected in Flower Mound have tested positive for West Nile ...

  • Private developers officially take over Dallas Farmers Market

    Patrons sample the pralines at the Louisiana Praline stand at the City of Dallas Farmers Market on North Pearl Street in Dallas on April 6, 2013. (File photo: Sonya Hebert-Schwartz/The Dallas Morning News) The Dallas Farmers Market is now in private hands and redevelopment could start as soon as this winter, the market’s new owners announced Monday. DF Market Holdings, LLC — ...

  • SWAT team captures Mesquite man suspected of shooting another man in the leg

    One man was hospitalized and another man was taken into custody by a SWAT team after a shooting Monday afternoon in Mesquite. Mesquite police responded to a shooting call at 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of Hickory Tree Road. Two men, whose identities haven’t been released, had apparently been in an argument over an alleged theft, and one was shot in the leg. The victim was taken to a ...

  • Legislative response to West blast begins with plans for registry of businesses with dangerous chemicals

    Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso AUSTIN - The state plans to compile a registry of businesses with dangerous chemicals so citizens can learn about hazards like the fertilizer plant in West, where a fire triggered a massive blast of ammonium nitrate. The online database is among a handful of proposals, aired at a hearingMonday, that legislators said would not involve new laws or regulations, or ...

  • Profar becomes youngest Rangers DH

    Email ARLINGTON -- Manager Ron Washington's efforts to get Jurickson Profar into the lineup led to a bit of trivia being created on Monday night. Profar, who is 20 years and 117 days old, was batting leadoff as the Rangers' designated hitter. Profar is the youngest player to ever be used as the designated hitter in the leadoff spot since the position was created by the American League ...


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Jude

If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy, That thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!" ...

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  • Rangers rest Berkman for second straight game

    Email ARLINGTON -- Designated hitter Lance Berkman was out of the lineup for the second straight game on Monday as the Rangers try to get him back as physically strong as possible. Berkman had two operations on his right knee last season and four total in his career, and there is a concern that has taken away some of his power at the plate. Berkman, a switch-hitter, said he is still not able to ...

  • Shoulder discomfort still limiting Ogando

    Email ARLINGTON -- Alexi Ogando remains limited to throwing on flat ground while waiting for the discomfort in his right shoulder to subside. Ogando last pitched on June 5 in Boston and is eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday. But the Rangers aren't going to let him throw off a mound until the discomfort completely goes away. Ogando was on the disabled list from May 16 to June ...

  • Soria nearing rehab assignment

    ARLINGTON -- Joakim Soria, who has not pitched in the Major Leagues since 2011, is getting ready to go on a rehab assignment. Soria threw approximately 30 pitches of live batting practice on Monday without any issues, and the next step could be pitching for Double-A Frisco as early as Thursday. "I feel good, my arm is ready to go," Soria said. "I feel consistently good. … ...

  • Police ask for help finding Buckner Terrace Family Dollar burglar

    Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying and finding a person who broke into a Buckner Terrace dollar store and made off with two prepaid cell phones and food. Police released a video Monday of the May 31 burglary of the Family Dollar in the 3900 block of S. Buckner Boulevard. The video shows the burglar using a bike pedal to break a hole in a front glass door. He then ...

  • Netflix locks in original TV deal with DreamWorks

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run ...

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