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21. Night & Day

    Restraining Order

    Freeman stalks with the pen

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Thriller movies are scary. But thriller books are scarier. At thriller movies, you can close your eyes when you get freaked out at the scary parts. Close your eyes while you...

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    Botox Bullets

    L.A. Guns still fire blanks

    By Katey Margolis

    Published: February 21, 2008

    In this era overwhelmed by objectionable band reunions everywhere you turn, L.A. Guns is easily the most pathetic of all. They are so pathetic, in fact, that they never even...

23. Night & Day

    Little Gold Men

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: February 21, 2008

    I must say, this year's Oscar nominees are somewhat of a snore. Despite the greatness of some nominated flicks, such as No Country for Old Men, the tone overall is just short...

24. Night & Day

    I've Got Ace Frehley

    The Space Ace awaits at the HOB

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: February 21, 2008

    When KISS went back to both their makeup and their original lineup in the mid-'90s, it was one of the most contrived marketing moves ever. But a packed Reunion Arena show back...

25. Night & Day

    Furry Aspirations

    Elmo dreams big at Nokia

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Muppet kids apparently have career goals similar to those of human children. In Sesame Street Live's When Elmo Grows Up, Elmo and friends perform a musical show-and-tell about...

26. Night & Day

    Serpents For The Takin'

    By Patrick Williams

    Published: February 21, 2008

    I was set to rip on people who might want to attend this weekend's North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show at the Arlington Convention Center. Seriously, who...

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    Denim Challenge

    DIFFA reworks denim for charity

    By Jennifer Elaine Davis

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Let's just say that you're the President of the United States. It's a stressful job and your limited experience as a project manager for a software company has ill prepared you...

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    Funky Choo-Choo

    Climb aboard at Billy Bob's

    By John Freeman

    Published: February 21, 2008

    In the early 1970s, there was no bigger U.S. rock group than Grand Funk Railroad. Their combination of sly publicity, smokin' hot licks and a dreamy, shirtless,...

29. Night & Day

    Me and Miss Jones

    Casa Mañana has a good thing goin’ on

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Experts urge parents to read to their offspring, touting it as a bonding activity and a way to strengthen kids' reading skills. What they don't tell you is how boring it is to...

30. Night & Day

    Legendary Lena

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Most people know Lena Horne for her memorable voice, her classy demeanor and her stunning looks. The actress/singer has been a musical inspiration onscreen and onstage through...

31. Night & Day

    Takes a Lickin'

    See a train tale at Kitchen Dog

    By Michelle Mathews

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The idea behind a deer lick is to lure in the suckers with the promise of tasty, fruit-flavored salt and minerals, let them grow big and strong and then BLAM-O! Venison! We...

32. Night & Day

    But Seriously, People

    By Noah W. Bailey

    Published: February 21, 2008

    I'm not really sure why, but back when I was about 10 years old, I always tuned in to Anything but Love, the ABC sitcom starring Richard Lewis and Jamie Lee Curtis. Looking...

33. Night & Day

    I'm Going to Foodieland!

    Eat like a champion at the Meyerson

    By Danna Berger

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Super Bowl XLII, Glendale. Tickets—$700 and up. Munchies and souvenirs—$200 minimum. Watching the underdogs make NFL ass-kicking...

34. Night & Day

    Bob The Builder

    By S. Anne Durham

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Ever wonder who brought North Texans the huge dancing frogs atop Carl's Corner, the eye-catching truck stop on Interstate 35? Thank Bob Wade, a serious artist with serious...

35. Night & Day

    Stogie Supper

    Get smoked at Chamberlain's

    By JENNIFER MEDINA

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Fine dining is what you make of it, and Chamberlain's Steak and Chop House is making it an event at the Winter 2008 Cigar Dinner. The feast, featuring such treats as pecan...

36. Night & Day

    (Un)Dead Heads

    Horror fans flock to Grapevine

    By Patrick Williams

    Published: February 21, 2008

    There are worse things than being trapped in a house surrounded by hungry zombies. For instance, you could be a black man in that situation, which almost guarantees your spot...

37. Night & Day

    Chariots of Heston

    See Ben-Hur in Plano

    By KAITLIN INGRAM

    Published: February 21, 2008

    We've all heard the rumor: While filming the famous chariot race scene in Ben-Hur (1959), Stephen Boyd's stunt double died when he was run over by a chariot, and they kept the...

38. Night & Day

    Rape! Murder!

    It's just a shout away at the Inwood

    By Andrea Grimes

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Gimme Shelter started out ostensibly as a rock and roll concert film but ultimately became a grotesque, intellectual exploration of one of pop music's great tragedies: the 1969...

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    Explosive Exhibition

    Wilhite drops The Bomb on us

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: February 21, 2008

    With all that we know from history books, photojournalistic images and survivor accounts, is it possible to consider a bomb as a thing of beauty? Is it likely that one could...

40. Stage

    Cold Hands, Warm Hearts in Almost, Maine

    Also: Young lovers bore in Kitchen Dog's Trestle

    By Elaine Liner

    Published: February 21, 2008

    How sweet the sound of the other shoe dropping. All through Almost, Maine, the captivating comedy at WaterTower's Studio Theatre in Addison, playwright John Cariani keeps...