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Crazy for Loco Cowpoke’s Salsa in McKinney

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Published June 9, 2010 at 12:13 p.m.

In the upcoming July issue of D, we’ll be discussing all things suburbs: best schools, lowest crime, and home values among others. Ambiance factors in as well, and, in my opinion, McKinney’s downtown historic square is about as charming as it gets. Pretty tasty too. Great restaurants (Rick’s Chophouse, Spoons Cafe with its amazing homemade [ ... ] ...

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Collin County Real Estate News: Frisco Goes Frigid Over Section Eight

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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 10:13 a.m.

Frisco residents are up in arms over the possibility that the growing-like-weeds City of Frisco may soon see Section 8 Housing, that is, low-income housing subsidized by the government for low-income wage earners. Often, when homeowners hear the words “Section 8″, they cringe, fearing lead-ballon-like drops in real estate values, increases in drugs, crime and [ ... ] ...

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Crime Alert, Fitzhugh Area

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 4:01 p.m.

I’ve just received word of two Dallas Realtors who thought their lives were going to be snuffed out Sunday night/Monday morning at one a.m., sitting in their car,  when a perpetrator placed an 8 mm gun to one agent’s chest, demanding her purse. Gathering details now — fresh news just for you,  Baseball Mike ...

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Crime blog: More sentencings set in Dallas City Hall public corruption case

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 1:42 p.m.

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Garrett Avenue is Not “Knox-Henderson Area”

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 1:02 p.m.

Here is what happened (and where) as reported by the DMN’s Crime Blog:A 20-year-old woman walking from a party with a group of friends to their car in the 1800 block of North Garrett Avenue early Saturday was grabbed at gunpoint by two men, Dallas police say. The men abducted her into a dark colored [ ... ] ...

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Dallas Crime Alert, Preston Forest

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Published Dec. 2, 2009 at 5:32 p.m.

Well, well:  it looks as if I may have saved my purse (and more) by turning into the Exorcist at Preston Forest :Thanks to Eric Nicholson for the tip ...

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Crime Alert for Uptown and Really, Just About Everywhere

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Published Nov. 25, 2009 at 2:58 p.m.

Tim posted this crime alert from the folks at Uptown Dallas warning us of a rash of robberies (and more) along McKinney Ave recently. Don’t just be extra careful there, be careful everywhere, even in North Dallas/Preston Hollow. I was at Tom Thumb Preston Forest last night, carrying a few groceries to my car and [ ... ] ...

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Mavericks sitting pretty at the half

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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 11:44 p.m.

Mavericks 52, Lakers 45 at the intermission ... And they did it without a monster half from Dirk ... The cynic would say that the Lakers have not played particularly well and that it's a crime that the Mavericks aren't further ahead ... But let's not quibble. They are playing so much better than they did in the opener that if they aren't careful, they might just start to resemble a realistic conternder ... --Eddie Sefko ...

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Dallas City Dispute With Software Company Means No Police Report Info

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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 9:39 a.m.

I don’t know what sites like Everyblock and others who feed me constant streams of stuff they aggregate from police reports are going to do — maybe take a nice, long nap? Dallas residents currently cannot obtain copies of Dallas Police Department police crime reports because of a financial dispute between the city and the [ ... ] ...

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Dodge Ram is the most stolen vehicle in Texas

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Published Aug. 25, 2009 at 12:47 p.m.

Vehicle theft is dropping nationwide, but some cars and trucks remain popular targets for thieves, according to new data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau ...

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