Dallas Morning News

Housing Starts Are Up, Builders Stocks Are Rebounding: Is it Time To Crack One Open And Celebrate?

By Joanna England / December 19, 2012 /

I bet big builders like Lennar Corp., Fort Worth-based D.R. Horton, and Pulte Homes are breathing a collective sigh of relief. According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing starts are up — way up, as a matter of fact — from November 2011. According…

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After a Lengthy Battle, Site of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Former Apartment is Being Razed

By Joanna England / November 27, 2012 /

Update 3:09 p.m: I added this great photo of the complex going bye bye– this is history, folks.

The owner of the apartment building where alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald once lived fought tooth and nail against City Hall to keep the dilapidated building from meeting the wrecking ball.

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Museum Tower: Takes an Ad in the DMN, is Experimenting with Different Glass?

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2012 /

I was downtown with my mother-in-law this week, and I said to her, look at Museum Tower: it looks to me like they are experimenting with different panes of glass, perhaps to solve the re-flectivity issue. No confirmation, but it sure looked that way to this evil eye. Then today, a very smart move by…

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Sad: Rhonda Aikman Arrested for Public Intoxication in Collin County

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2012 /

Maybe she was looking at homes up north of LBJ, but the Dallas Morning News says she was arrested in Murphy and booked into the Collin County jail, hence this oh-so-attractive photo with the towel draped around her neck, a Collin County hallmark. Update 4:45pm: Rhonda is such a beautiful woman, I could not stand…

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Are These Dead Fish in Highland Park Collateral Damage from the West Nile Virus Spraying?

By Candy Evans / August 21, 2012 /

Hundreds of dead fish in Highland Park have washed up near Turtle Creek and some folks are connecting the dead fish to Dallas County’s spraying efforts last week to fight West Nile Virus.

But Sheri Brown at the Highland Park Town Hall says it has nada to do with the spraying, but was caused by the fierce storm we had on Saturday evening, which resulted in electrical outages, flash-flooding, and now, apparently, dead fish.

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