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Vonciel Hill: City Council Member, Prophet, Theologian and Sell-Out This is a little embarrassing. Nobody wants to say it. It's sort of rude I guess. Uh-oh. Sounds like my job. OK. Here goes. Dallas City Council member Vonciel Hill is a mean-spirited, spiteful suck-up to the rich who is... More >>

Police Say A Dallas Man Was Crushed to Death by a Falling Tree Larry Johnson Recreation Center, where Vashana Eugene Mims was last seen alive.Vashana Eugene Mims was last heard from at about 9 p.m. on February 5, when he called a family member to check on his kids and announce that he... More >>

Texas Republicans: "Sequester Shmequester!" Senator John Cornyn, one of many Texas Republicans dismissing looming sequester cuts.The $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts set to go into effect on Friday -- assuming Congress doesn't reach an alternative deficit reduction deal -- was designed to be... More >>

An Arlington Lawmaker Wants to Give Democrats a Slice of Texas' Electoral Votes In the wake of Barack Obama's reelection victory last Novembers, Republican lawmakers in several swing states -- Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconson -- introduced bills that would change the way the state's electoral votes are awarded, from a winner-take-all... More >>

Lakeith Fowler Sold 12,000 Pairs of Fake Nikes from His Dallas Shop. Now, He's Going to Jail. Via.A Chinese customs official inspects a seized shipment of counterfeit Nikes.For about four months in 2007, Lakeith Fowler had a good con going. That May, the 32-year-old had hooked up with a supplier who began shipping case after case of... More >>

The 10 Weirdest Members of Congress By just about any measure, Congress is at its lowest point in history. Only 9 percent of the country has a favorable view of the 535 men and women... More >>

Mike Miles vs. Patronage: DISD's Impending Principal Purge Several minor political brush fires sent up smoke at the Dallas public school system after a tough new reform-minded superintendent took over the... More >>

Why Don't Legal Immigrants Gripe More about the Undocumented? Dear Mexican: You mentioned in the past that your dad is against illegal immigration, but that's a voice you never hear. Why aren't the legal... More >>

Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Pastor and Paragon of Manliness, Called Tim Tebow a Wimp Just when you thought Robert Jeffress was going to let his jilting at the hands of Tim Tebow slip away, forgotten, after just one news cycle, the First Baptist mega-pastor took to the pulpit on Sunday and questioned the quarterback's... More >>