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1. Feature

   Life After DNA Exoneration

   After 27 years in prison, DNA exoneree Charles Chatman tries to pick up the pieces and catch up with a world that has left him behind

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Before Charles Chatman walked out of prison last month, before he was reunited with his family, before his story graced the pages of The New York Times and he was invited onto...

2. News

   Family Members Blame Dallas' VA Hospital for the Suicides of Two Veterans

   By Jesse Hyde

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Pat Ahrens knew something was wrong. The night before, he had dropped his friend Chris Demopoulos off at a Plano motel, promising to return in the morning, but Ahrens wasn't...

3. You Said It

   Shut Up and Pay Up|In the Blood

   "Harwood stands to make a ton as it is, and gaining these properties just adds to the cash pile."

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Shut Up and Pay Up I am amazed by the statement that all we want is more money ("Squeeze Play," by Sam Merten, January 31). Clueless! It is about doing what is right, about...

4. Buzz

   Evolution Sunday Especially Important in Texas

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Unnatural selection: As a general rule, Buzz tries to stay away from the evolution vs. creationism debate. We also try to avoid getting into heated talks with people on buses...

5. Schutze

   Dwaine Caraway Scared DISD Away From Skyline

   The school district decides not to mess with Skyline's magnet program—or Caraway

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Wow. I always thought Dwaine Caraway was a pretty good-looking guy, but there must be something nasty and scary about him. He sure put the fear of God in the school district...

6. Sports

   Mavericks Don't Need Jason Kidd

   No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: February 7, 2008

   This is how stale our Dallas Mavericks are to the rest of America: During last Sunday's nationally televised showdown against the Detroit Pistons, ABC's halftime...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Love (or at least sex) Mexican-style

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: February 7, 2008

   Dear Mexican: After working with Mexicans for years, I have noticed that Mexican men have a double standard when it comes to homosexuality. Why is it that the "giver" is not...

8. Music

   Guitar Hero Breeds a New Kind of Bar Band

   Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

   By John Nova Lomax

   Published: February 7, 2008

   For 21-year-old Kelly Law-Yone, aka "the Tipper Queen," years of preparation had gone into this show, the biggest night of her life. You could say she had been practicing for...

9. Critics' Picks

   UNT FMLA presents V-Day Benefit Show with The Demigs, The Cut*Off and others

   Thursday, February 7, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

   By Darryl Smyers

   Published: February 7, 2008

   UNT's chapter of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance hosts this benefit show (with proceeds going to V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls)...

10. playlist

    Mahteo

    The NuWave Republic EP (Scotoma)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: February 7, 2008

    Brothers Raul and Rene Espinosa have been involved in the Dallas music scene since the mid-'90s, first as key members of the post-punk band Swivel, then running an indie label...

11. Bsides

    Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: February 7, 2008

    With beats that include everything from beatboxing to banjo, and a story-telling flow that varies from gruff rasping to dramatic singing, rapper Astronautalis has always been...

12. Dish

    Review: The Fish

    The Fish could use a touch of poison to spice up its menu

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: February 7, 2008

    The Fish can be summed up in two words: sex and death. Not dead fish and bootylicious servers, but fish of death and high-backed banquettes done up in bordello-red suede with...

13. Hash Over

    Lotus and Tribeca Duke It Out

    Hey, guys, have a drink and chill already

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: February 7, 2008

    What is it about the Uptown bar business that makes bar people turn into Jell-O shot toughs, the kind who use fax blasts and stink bombs instead of baseball bats and Tommy...

14. Cheap Bastard

    Review: Woodway's Cafe

    This Elm Street eatery has too many lunch specials to mention

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: February 7, 2008

    Lunch specials: too many to mention When you mosey into Woodway's Café, your attention is immediately focused on the 50 million menus up on the wall. There's the giant...

15. Film

    In Bruges Brings More Adventures in Gangsterland

    Martin McDonagh's sightseeing hit-men flick isn't much of a trip

    By ELLA TAYLOR

    Published: February 7, 2008

    No celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell's eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy and gloriously unilateral, they still aren't the prettiest things...

16. Night & Day

    Steppin' Out

    Take your baby to Celtic Woman

    By JARED BINDER

    Published: February 7, 2008

    All right, fellas, we all know Valentine's Day is about making the woman you love happy so you can enjoy some great sex that night. So here's your gameplan: Celtic Woman. Nokia...

17. Night & Day

    Hanging With Dr. Cooper

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: February 7, 2008

    So I'm looking into this Dr. Kenneth Cooper guy, father of aerobics and man behind our own Cooper Aerobics Center, and I'm thinking, "Maybe I shouldn't be drinking this shake....

18. Night & Day

    Gossip Girls

    See Sally Struthers in Steel Magnolias

    By John Freeman

    Published: February 7, 2008

    Everybody's familiar with the weep-fest film Steel Magnolias. However, most folks don't realize that it began its legacy as an off-Broadway play back in 1987. This...

19. Night & Day

    En Mass

    By Laurie Dent

    Published: February 7, 2008

    Some people pretend to read books. I corner these poseurs at parties, asking pointed questions about symbolism and character development, refusing to back down until I've...

20. Night & Day

    Wedding Bells

    Get some ham with Tony 'n' Tina

    By Andrea Grimes

    Published: February 7, 2008

    What is it about churches that make people believe what they're doing inside is worth wearing pants to? Sunday after Sunday, they pack in like sardines (well, try to use your...