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  • Se Llama Cristina kicks off Kitchen Dog Theater festival with a bang

    Jeremy Schwartz, Vanessa DeSilvio and Israel Lopez in 'Se Llama Cristina' (Nan Coulter/Special) Here’s a look at my review of Kitchen Dog ...

  • Plano police warn of purses being stolen from cars

    The Plano Police Department has warned residents of an increase in car burglaries in recent days likely stemming from a group that is stealing purses from vehicles at schools, parks and day cares. The department didn’t list any specific incidents, but recent police blotters indicate that at least 21 car thefts or motor vehicle burglaries happened in the city Monday through Thursday. ...

  • Chemical Safety Board not backing away from West investigation plans to survey explosion scene next week

    (File photo) A federal safety agency will access the West Fertilizer Co. plant property next week, as it continues investigating what breakdowns may have contributed to the explosion that killed 15 people and flattened hundreds of structures in the tiny farm town. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s managing director, Daniel Horowitz, said it is pulling away some staff from the blast scene, ...

  • 22-year-old Dallas man hospitalized after home invasion in Buckner Terrace

    A 22-year-old Dallas man remained hospitalized Saturday after he was shot in the back during a home invasion at his Buckner Terrace house late Friday night. A police report indicates that Rodolfo Valles was inside his house on Berridge Lane when a man wearing a black ski mask knocked on the door. The man pulled Valles out of the house and shot him in the back, the police report indicates. As ...

  • Dallas fashion preview Ashlee Brooks Fashion for Compassion and much more

    Dallas will be the host to many fashion shows and events this spring and summer. The season will kick off with a fashion presentation by Ashlee Brooks, a charity fashion event called Fashion for Compassion and a poolside fashion event for Blaine's ...


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Movie Review

Mondo Cane

Any way you look at it, "Mondo Cane" (which is pronounced "car-nay") is a patently silly piece of cinematic junk masquerading as an important anthropological documentary of strange and exotic parts of the world. The dead give-away to its exploitative nature is the condescending, inflated narration that immediately clues the viewer in to the fact that the filmmakers have no respect for the cultures ... ...

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  • Heres a map of the first eight liquor stores planning to operate in Plano

    stores in Plano are showing interest in selling liquor after the May 11 vote to allow package stores in the city. In the first two days that permit applications were available, eight stores turned in paperwork with the city. Others, including Total Wine and Spec’s, have shown interest. Here’s a map of those eight ...

  • Man dies after crashing into an overpass in Arlington

    A man died in Arlington late Friday night after losing control of his car on Interstate 20 and crashing into a concrete pillar on the Park Springs Boulevard overpass. Police said the man was likely driving more than 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash. The road was still wet from the night’s rain and the man drifted off the roadway and into the pillar. Upon crashing, his car ...

  • In far North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner from Florida who escaped from a transport van this morning

    The search for an escaped prisoner out of Florida has spanned an enormous swath of North Texas this morning — from south of Wichita Falls all the way to Terrell, where police were briefly involved in the manhunt. But right now, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonnie Haschel, the search for 33-year-old Michael Rimmer of Bay County, Florida, is concentrated in and ...

  • Mourners gather to say farewell to Dallas firefighter killed in condo blaze

    Dallas firefighter Stanley Wilson , who died Monday while battling a six-alarm fire that ravaged a condo complex, described him as a straightforward man, a loyal peer and a devoted family man. They are joining Wilson's family today at Park Cities Baptist Church to mourn the veteran firefighter during a funeral service that is now underway. Following the ceremony, Wilson will be buried at ...

  • College readiness rates for Dallas ISD high schools

    Amid the contentious debate over removing some principals, we cited college readiness rates for a few high schools. We noted that only 1.6 percent of Madison High School students scored at least a 24 on the ACT, a grade considered ';college ready.'; At Roosevelt, no students hit that mark. Below, I’ve embedded a spreadsheet that Superintendent Mike Miles has shared with trustees ...

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