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  • Softbank plans record $3.9B bond sale in pursuit of Sprint bid

    SoftBank plans a $3.9 billion bond issuance while pursuing its bid for Sprint Nextel. SoftBank Corp. said it intends to issue bonds in June to raise $3.9 billion as the Japanese company remains under pressure from Sprint Nextel Corp. shareholders to raise its bid for the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported that Softbank Corp.'s move comes as Sprint ...

  • Profar collects two RBIs in Rangers loss

    Profar grounds to second, scoring Soto ARLINGTON -- The Rangers didn't get a quality start from pitcher Josh Lindblom in his first career Major League start and they fell, 9-2, to the A's on Monday night at the Ballpark in Arlington. Lindblom allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. The reliever-turned-starter struck out four batters and tossed 88 pitches. ...

  • Humble Darvish tries to slow As roll

    At first glance, tabbing Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish as the club's ace seems like an easy connection to make. Coming off a historic rookie campaign, Darvish (7-1) boasts a 2.97 ERA and has struck out a Major League-leading 86 batters in just 60 2/3 innings. But if you ask the 26-year-old, he'll shy away from the label, insisting he hasn't reached that level yet. "I only ...

  • 2013 Dallas Comic-Con a blast even with a few cancellations and growing pains

    Dallas Comic-Con is no longer just a local Texas event. Just by reading the convention's Facebook page, you could see people sharing their stories of how far they had traveled to meet their favorite celebrities. Many were from out of state or distant corners of the Lone Star ...

  • Live Jurickson Profar in the lineup as Rangers face Athletics

    6 2B: Oak 4, Y. Cespedes (3), C. Crisp (11), J. Lowrie (15), B. Moss (4). Tex 2, L. Martin (2), M. Moreland (12). HR: Oak 1, S. Smith (4). HR Detail: Oak, S. Smith (Inning: 2 , 0 Out, 0 on) off J. Lindblom. Scoring Position: Oak - 5 for 16.Tex - 0 for 4. SF: Oak 0, Tex 1, J. Profar ...


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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [DVD]

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [DVD]

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, an utterly absorbing documentary about the torturous three-year production of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), begins the only place it could: at Coppola's press conference following the u ... ...

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  • 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. Dallas-based Tailwater Capital announced a $425 million private equity acquisition of three energy companies on Monday. The firm officially launched Monday after spinning off from Dallas-based HM Capital. Tailwater now owns a share of BlackBrush Oil & Gas, ...

  • House adopts resign to run amendment for Railroad Commission

    Texas Railroad Commissioners will have to resign if they run for another public office, according to an amendment passed by the Texas House of Representatives. Texas Railroad Commissioners will have to resign if they run for another public office, according to an amendment that passed the Texas House of Representatives Monday. Texas Energy Report announced that the amendment to the Ethics ...

  • Soto Chirinos fill void competently behind the plate

    Email ARLINGTON -- The Rangers went into Monday's game with the Athletics having won nine of their last 13 games. That's significant because those 13 games took place while catcher A.J. Pierzynski was on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle in his right rib cage. The Rangers were able to survive and thrive because of the work of Geovany Soto and Robinson Chirinos. Soto was ...

  • Prisoner charged in cold case 2011 Grand Prairie murder

    Kenneth Dewayne Vance A 28-year-old man has been charged with a 2011 Grand Prairie murder. Kenneth DeWayne Vance, 28, was formally charged in Tarrant County last week for the murder of Maurice Edwards, police announced Monday. Police found Edwards, who was 27, fatally wounded on Feb. 25, 2011. His car was stolen and later found in Waxahachie. Vance is currently in prison for possession of ...

  • Dallas City Council vote should end legal saga of a man who spent 10 months behind bars after police hid evidence

    (G.J. McCarthy'/Staff photographer) A scheduled vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday should once and for all end a six-year-long saga that involved Dallas police officers putting a man behind bars for 10 months for a crime he did not commit. The council will vote to ...

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