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2012/2/4 - Filing Period Opens for Lewisville City Council; Incumbents Runnin...
2012/2/3 - Video: Lewisville City Council Retreat - 2/2/2012 - Thursday Sessions
2012/2/2 - The Susan G. Komen Foundation Undercuts Its Mission
2012/2/2 - Links on Thursday Morning
2012/2/1 - Fluffy Skates Roller Derby (catch-up edition)
2012/1/30 - Links on Monday Night
2012/1/30 - Haute on Design Does Dallas: Trends in Decorating and Design in 2012
2012/1/30 - Get Your Cat Neutered for Just a Nickel!
2012/1/29 - Getting From Here to There, Part 2
2012/1/29 - Video: Women's Flat Track Roller Derby: Muertas Locas vs. Ma...
2012/1/28 - Crownover Tells a Whopper on Texas School Funding: Claims Increase
2012/1/27 - Links on Friday Night
2012/1/26 - Top of the Strings - January 27th
2012/1/25 - What's the Appeal of Ron Paul?
2012/1/25 - Links on Wednesday Night
2012/1/24 - Denton GOP Hires Former Clinton Advisor to Headline Major Fundraiser
2012/1/24 - State of the Union Address - Enhanced Video
2012/1/24 - 2012 Annual Lewisville Council Retreat Workshop Overview
2012/1/23 - Children Treated and Released After Bus Accident in Lewisville
2012/1/23 - Links and Thoughts on Monday Night
2012/1/23 - Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary
2012/1/23 - Letters: Gingrich Out of Line Making Food Stamps a Black Thing
2012/1/22 - Rotary Names Rachel Herd Student of the Month - January 2012
2012/1/22 - Getting From Here to There, Part 1
2012/1/22 - Links
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Russia, China veto U.N. draft backing Arab plan for Syria Reuters Top News
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported killed in the city of Homs.
Romney takes big early lead in Nevada voting Reuters Top News
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appeared headed to an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party's see-sawing presidential nominating race.
Text Message Brands Quebec Man a Terror Suspect Slashdot
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Gordy Grundy: The Last Portrait of Artist Mike Kelley Huffington Post
The recent passing of the artist, musician and LA art hero has given a simple photo shoot a grave and life-changing significance.
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Woman found stabbed to death in Arlington FW. Star Telegram
Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder on Saturday.
Michael Giffin, Bucktown Rape Suspect, Free On Bond Huffington Post

A man charged in the brutal rape and strangling of a woman in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhoodwalked out of Cook County Jail Wednesday after his required $75,000 bond was posted, theChicago Sun-Timesreports.

Michael Giffin, 25, allegedly raped the 26-year-old woman last Saturday after meeting her in a bar, Fox Chicago reports. Giffin allegedly went to the woman's apartment for a drink, and when she attempted to get him to leave, the attack occurred.

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NV Caucus Results Driven By Conservatives Huffington Post

WASHINGTON— Conservatives accounted for around 4 in 5 voters Saturday as Nevada Republicans chose their presidential candidates, a poll of people entering the caucuses showed, tying Iowa as the most conservative group of GOP voters so far this year.

Around 3 in 4 Nevada voters said they were tea party supporters, according to preliminary results of the survey. That was the highest proportion of the five states that have now held their GOP presidential contests.


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Cam Newton Wins 2012 Offensive Rookie Of Year Huffington Post

INDIANAPOLIS— Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

Newton is the second straight No. 1 overall draft pick to take the honor in voting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. Rams QB Sam Bradford won it last year.


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Yessian Music, Metro Detroit Company, Creates Music For Five Sup... Huffington Post

The advertising agencies who create the commercials that air during the Super Bowl get plenty of publicity, and in the weeks leading up to Sunday's game, companiesreleased several advance adsto a flurry of attention. But what about the people who make the music used in the ads?

Yessian Musicwas founded in 1970 in a converted bait shop in Farmington, Mich., a Detroit suburb. The company, which now has offices in L.A., New York and Germany and has upwards of 25 full-time employees, is run by original founder Dan Yessian and his two sons, Michael and Brian Yessian. This year, they've put their tunes to five Super Bowl commercials.

Yessian is responsible for the soundtrack to national ads promoting Budweiser, a Hyundai TV/web project, NBC's "The Voice" and RAM. An ad for Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, which will air in the Midwest market, also uses Yessian's musical offerings.


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Euro zone loses patience with Greece Reuters Top News
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF.
Man kills himself during chase on Ark. highway FW. Star Telegram
Russians stage rival protests over Putin Reuters Top News
Stock Show grand champ draws record $230,000 FW. Star Telegram
Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote Reuters Top News
Apple Overturns Motorola's German iPad and iPhone Sales Bans Slashdot
Eurogroup's Juncker warns of possible Greece default Reuters Top News
Opposition angered as Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup Reuters Top News
U.S. Army in Europe eyes greater partner training Reuters Top News
LibreOffice Developer Community Increasingly Robust Slashdot
Canada's Massive Public Traffic Surveillance System Slashdot
German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser Slashdot
Police begin clearing Occupy DC protest site Reuters Top News
Milky Way Magnetic Fields Charted Slashdot
Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control Reuters Top News
New Book Helps You Start Contributing To Open Source Slashdot
One dead, one injured in Fort Worth wreck FW. Star Telegram
$100,000 Prize: Prove Quantum Computers Impossible Slashdot
President By Day, High-Tech Headhunter By Night Slashdot
DFW Airport expects American Airlines to renew lease, pay $11.7 ... FW. Star Telegram
You Will Never Kill Piracy Slashdot
Fort Worth robbery suspect may be charged in companion's death FW. Star Telegram
IRS fighting identity theft, and you can too FW. Star Telegram
As Weatherford's traffic worsens, bureaucracy holds up highway p... FW. Star Telegram
TED: Mike deGruy: Hooked by an octopus - Mike deGruy (2010) TED Talks
Whatever happened to winter this year? FW. Star Telegram
Attorneys pulled over by Hurst police allege intimidation FW. Star Telegram
DCTA puts brakes on deal Denton Record Chronicle
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Blotter: Thieves target copper at well sites Denton Record Chronicle
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