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Legislator Wants to Limit Access to "Morning After" Pills

Dallas Observer | December 13, 2004

Frank Corte Jr., a San Antonio Republican, is the author of a bill in the Texas Legislature that would protect the jobs of pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions -- like the "morning after" pill -- on moral grounds.

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Tags: morning-after pill, Abortion, rape, reproductive rights, women's issues, Charles Hopson, CVS, drugstore, Eckerd pharmacy, Kathryn Allen, Planned Parenthood of North Texas

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Payday Loan Centers Charge Whopping Interest Ratesnew

Payday loan centers have partnerships with out-of-state banks to evade state usury laws, and as a result get away with charging interest rates that can surpass an annual 700 percent.

Dallas Observer | Paul Kix | 09-12-2005 | Economy

Tags: ACE Cash Express Inc. of Irving, and First Cash Financial Services Inc. of Arlington, Cash America International Inc. of Fort Worth, ICS Debit, Preferred Cash, Texas regulators, usury

Bill Parcells' Guysnew

Can has-beens from a coach's glory years change the Dallas Cowboys from mediocrities to monsters?

Dallas Observer | Paul Kix | 08-29-2005 | Sports

Tags: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, defensive end Greg Ellis, Kevin Burnett and defensive end Chris Canty, La'Roi Glover, linebackers DeMarcus Ware, Marcus Spears

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Do Primary Voting Numbers Spell a GOP Trend?new

Say these words: Governor Rick Perry, four more years. Why are we predicting the return of Mr. Hot Hair to office? Well, he's leading the polls in his primary race and, so far, turnout in the GOP primary appears to be running higher than Democratic turnout.

Dallas Observer | Patrick Williams | 03-01-2010 | Commentary

Tags: Governor Rick Perry, voting turnout, Democrats, Republicans, Dallas, primaries

Texas Board of Education's Cultural Warriors in Troublenew

Could it really be that the young Earthers, the intelligent designers and assorted Christian right-wing whackjobs who have made the Texas State Board of Education such a reliable source of amusement could be facing... extinction?

Dallas Observer | Patrick Williams | 02-22-2010 | Education

Tags: Earthers, Texas Board of Education, Texas Freedom Network, religious right

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Dallas Mavericks Win NBA Finalsnew

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks beat LeBron James and the Miami Heat in Game 6 to win the 2011 NBA Championship.

Dallas Observer | Richie Whitt | 06-13-2011 | Sports

Tags: Dwyane Wade, Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Rick Carlisle

Missingnew

Lisa Stone turned to Facebook to reunite with her high school girlfriends; they turned to Facebook to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Dallas Observer | Andrea Grimes | 11-04-2010 | Tech

Tags: Facebook, Lisa Stone

Too Much of a Bad Thing: The Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addictionnew

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, viewed as the bible among shrinks, doesn't recognize pornography addiction as an official disorder, although scientists in recent years have become more vocal about the notion.

Dallas Observer | Paul Knight | 02-22-2010 | Tech

Tags: ADAPT Counseling, pornography addiction, Internet, porn

Roger the Dodger Gets Called Back to Lead One More Super Bowl Drivenew

Super Bowl XLV comes to Arlington, Texas in 415 days (February 6, 2011), and Roger Staubach, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, just happens to be the chairman of the host committee, the familiar, flawless face of our monumental moment.

Dallas Observer | Richie Whitt | 12-21-2009 | Sports

Tags: Roger Staubach, Super Bowl XLV, football, Dallas Cowboys

What Will We Remember as the Biggest Dallas Fort-Worth Music Stories of the Year?new

Chris Flemmons has been running a South by Southwest showcase for Denton artists called North by 35, the college town's best punk bands step out into the limelight, and a fresh-faced rapper named Dorrough all highlight DFW's 2009 Music Scene.

Dallas Observer | Pete Freedman | 12-21-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Chris Flemmons, Dorrough, NX35, hip-hop, punk, best of, 2009

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