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Standoff with suicidal man blocks off Ross Avenue at Central northbound frontage road
Ross Avenue has reopened after being shut down this morning at Central Expressway while Dallas police deal with a suicidal man holed up in a home. The standoff began around 1:30 a.m. when someone called 911 to report that a friend was threatening to hurt himself in the 3000 block of Ross. Officers arrived and contacted the man, but he refused to come out of the home. It’s unclear whether ...
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Dish warns of national security issues if SoftBank buys Sprint
Dish Network has brought up national security as an issue should SoftBank acquire Sprint Nextel. Dish Network Corp.'s courting of Sprint Nextel Corp. took on a tone of international intrigue as the Colorado-based satellite entertainment company played up rival SoftBank's Corp.'s ties to China. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that an anti-SoftBank website funded by Dish ...
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Samsung spends $48M for 10 percent stake in Pantech
Samsung has bought a 10 percent stake in Pantech. In a move that surprised some analysts, Samsung Electronics has bought a 10 percent stake in rival Korean handset maker Pantech Co. The Wall Street Journal said Samsung's stake cost $48 million and is a sign that Samsung intends to follow a new strategy of investing in rivals and making acquisitions with some of the massive amount of cash the ...
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Wolf set for first big league start vs. Parker As
Ross Wolf will not have an easy task in his first Major League start. The 30-year-old, who has 25 big league appearances but none in a starting role, will face the Athletics, who have won five straight games and are going for a series sweep of the Rangers on Wednesday afternoon. Wolf will be starting in place of Nick Tepesch, who was scratched from the start with a blister on his right middle ...
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High winds visit Dallas area but heavy rain mostly dodges the Metroplex
The Dallas area was blasted by strong winds as a squall line moved through on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 21. Rainfall was rather skimpy west of I-35, but brought street-flooding downpours to McKinney and ...
55.6°F Mostly Cloudy
Winds: From the SSE at 4.3 MPH Gusting to 4.3 MPH
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"Center Stage" is a fairly low-key melodrama set against the high stakes world of professional ballet in the heart of New York. And, as it is fairly low-key and almost unoriginal, it would be completely forgettable if it didn't have a strangely retro feel to it. As if the obvious narrative and thematic comparisons to early '80s films like "Fame" (1980) and "Staying Alive" (1983) weren't enough, " ... ...
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Pedestrian hit by car in Arlington taken to hospital by helicopter
A woman was hit by a car Tuesday night at the corner of Park Row Drive and South Collins Street in Arlington, authorities said. The woman has been taken by helicopter to Medical Center of Arlington. Her condition is unknown. Arlington authorities said the car’s driver stuck around after the crash, which occurred around 9:45 p.m. ...
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Rangers unable to back Darvish blanked by As
OAK@TEX: Andrus dives and tosses Young out at first ARLINGTON -- Yu Darvish didn't get his usual run support in a pitching duel against Dan Straily, and the Rangers lost to the Athletics, 1-0, on an unusually cool Tuesday night at the Ballpark in Arlington. Darvish allowed just a third-inning home run to Yoenis Cespedes, but ended up with his second loss of the season. The Rangers have ...
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Dallas Stars to unveil new uniform logo in rebranding effort
The Dallas Stars plan to unveil a new uniform, as well as a new logo, next month. The Dallas Stars plan to update the team's look with a new uniform design, as well as a new logo in a rebranding effort aimed at bringing renewed attention to the National Hockey League club. Ever since Stars Owner Tom Gaglardi purchased the team a year-and-a-half ago, the club has been working on a rebranding ...
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Stan Van Gundy doesnt plan to coach in 2013 MAY 21
Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy has pulled himself out of consideration. Van Gundy, in an interview with 1080 The Team in Orlando, plainly stated that he would not be an NBA coach in 2013-2014. This announcement came on the heels of a report by Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojanarowski that placed Van Gundy as "unlikely" to coach next season, but on the heels of interviews with ...
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Coming off 130-pitch outing Yu Darvish faces As Follow Texas vs. Oakland live
4 2B: Oak 1, J. Jaso (5). HR: Oak 1, Y. Cespedes (9). HR Detail: Oak, Y. Cespedes (Inning: 3 , 2 Out, 0 on) off Y. Darvish. Scoring Position: Oak - 0 for 2.Tex - 0 for ...
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