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July 4th BBQ (C.C. Chapman's Reality Bitchslap)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:45:57 GMT

... I get to go over board today. On the menu we’ve got Louisiana hot shrimp, boneless jerk pork ribs, mesquite lime steak tips and rosemary garlic chicken thighs. People usually bring a lot of salads and other things to go with it and I made my potato salad this morning so I can’t wait to have that. I stocked up on Long Trail Ale, Stella and Sam Adams Light for the day. Good solid summer beers...

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Sacramento charcoal product takes on grilling-giant Kingsford (Sacramento Bee)

jdowning@sacbee.com (Jim Downing) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

This grilling season, Sacramento designer James Dudley is waiting to see whether his latest invention will catch fire. James Dudley lights a Baja BBQ, which he and partners designed. The $3.99 mesquite charcoal competes with a $3.88 bag from Kingsford. James Dudley first thought of his briquette product when he and friends built a makeshift barbecue chimney out of cardboard.

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Garland man held in random roadway shootings (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The bullet lodged among the bones of his right hand sends pain up his arm, and doctors fear removing it now would do more damage.Amit Adhikari can only wonder why a man he never met put it there. Police say he was the first victim in a three-day rampage this week by a gunman who seemed to be targeting motorists at random in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson and Plano. Late Tuesday, Garland police...

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Western Goldfields Second Quarter Production on Target (PR News Wire )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:52:00 GMT

- Gold production for second quarter at the high end of the forecasted range - Mine became cash flow positive in June 2008 TORONTO, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Western Goldfields Inc. (TSX:WGI, AMEX:WGW) is pleased to provide an unaudited second quarter production update for its Mesquite Mine in California. Second Quarter and Year-to-Date Highlights ------------------------------------------ ...

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Suspect Held In Texas Shootings (The Post Chronicle)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:14:46 GMT

... restaurant shooter. Three people have been injured in the shootings that took place in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson and Plano.

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Eight More Years of Rush Limbaugh (Comedy Central Insider)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:28 GMT

... Fireworks This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse: Stephen Baldwin John McCain Trails in Crucial Smoky Mesquite Poll

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North Texas Authorities Capture Suspected Random Shooter (Austinist)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:30:53 GMT

rick/Flickr This week the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs were hit by a series of random shootings . A man shot at multiple vehicles at traffic lights in the towns of Garland, Mesquite, Plano and Richardson earlier this week, and on Tuesday night he walked up to a Garland restaurant and started shooting at customers inside. Luckily the shooter's aim is lacking; no one was hurt in any of the shootings....

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Brownsville Drivers Rank Safest in Texas (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:24:09 GMT

... 15.8% more likely8.6 136. Waco 15.9% more likely8.6 142. Grand Prairie18.5% more likely8.4 151. Mesquite 23.0% more likely8.1 153. Houston 23.5% more likely8.1 157. Carrolton25.3% more likely8.0 160. Plano25.6% more likely8.0 161. San Antonio 25.7% more likely8.0 163. Arlington26.0% more likely7.9 167. Dallas 27.6% more likely7.8 168. Garland 27.9% more likely7.8 173. Irving 29.9% more likely7.7 179....

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Brownsville Drivers Rank Safest in Texas (PR News Wire )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:00 GMT

... more likely 8.6 136. Waco 15.9% more likely 8.6 142. Grand Prairie 18.5% more likely 8.4 151. Mesquite 23.0% more likely 8.1 153. Houston 23.5% more likely 8.1 157. Carrolton 25.3% more likely 8.0 160. Plano 25.6% more likely 8.0 161. San Antonio 25.7% more likely 8.0 163. Arlington 26.0% more likely 7.9 167. Dallas 27.6% more likely 7.8 168. Garland 27.9% more likely 7.8 173....

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Motorists shot at in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

A driver who was shot at while he waited at a Richardson stoplight may be the latest victim of a gunman who is randomly targeting motorists, police say. The Monday afternoon shooting followed three others in Garland and Mesquite on Sunday evening. Shooting locations in Garland, Mesquite and Richardson “We feel relatively confident that they’re linked,” said Richardson police Sgt. Kevin...

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Shooter targeting motorists in Garland, Mesquite 6:43 AM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:43:00 GMT

About four hours later, a 37-year-old man was shot in the abdomen while waiting at a traffic light on Plano Road. The man's 9-year-old son in the pickup was not injured. Doctors at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas said the man's injuries were not life threatening.

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Garland police say separate roadway shootings may be work of one gunman (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

... injuries were not life-threatening.His 9-year-old son was not injured.Then, just after 10 p.m., Mesquite police reported a vehicle being shot at as it exited Interstate 635 onto Oates Drive.The victim in that incident was not injured.In all three incidents, witnesses provided the same basic description of the shooter's car: a small dark-colored vehicle. Police believe a pistol was used in...

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Mesquite Schools Declare "No Fry" Zone (CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Sour)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:08:05 GMT

The Mesquite Independent School District is saying goodbye to fried food. Every deep fryer in every Mesquite school cafeteria has been removed and replaced with new high-tech ovens.

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Garland police: One gunman may be behind three shootings 4:37 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:36:00 GMT

About 9:20 p.m., police received another call, on Walnut Street just east of Plano Road. A 37-year-old Dallas man was shot in the abdomen while sitting at a red light with his 9-year-old son. The man’s injuries were not life-threatening. His son was not injured.

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Ask Travelin' Joe: Scotland, Nevada and North Carolina (SI.com)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Wolf Creek ($85-$125 in summer; ) is the showstopper in Mesquite, but it's so relentlessly hard that your pal better play from an appropriate set of tees or he'll need an extra box of balls to finish. You'll both require vertigo pills, because the elevated tees never stop. There's no shortage of downhill plunges either at the Oasis Golf Club's Palmer course ($30-$85 in summer; ), but it's more...

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Town East Blvd., I-30 feeders face closures in Mesquite (Dallas Morning News)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Also, on Monday evening, bridge work will close frontage roads on Interstate 30. The westbound I-30 frontage road will be closed from 10 p.m. through 5 a.m. Tuesday. The eastbound I-30 frontage road will be closed at 10 p.m. Wednesday and reopen at 5 a.m. Thursday.

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Jesus image seen in granite slab in Dallas 1:58 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:47:00 GMT

... a co-owner of Verona Marble Company, which is located in the 4800 block of Olson Drive near Mesquite. No one at the company noticed the image, Mr. Ganster said, until a customer called and asked about buying the “Jesus” stone, a hunk of granite that comes from Brazil. “We said, ‘What are you talking about'’” he said. “We went to see for ourselves.” The stone, which weighs around 1,000 pounds,...

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Mesquite Horn forward headed to Baylor; center commits to Tech (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:20:02 GMT

Quincy Acy (6-8, 220), who recently graduated from Mesquite Horn, confirmed that he will not attend prep school as planned and has orally committed to play basketball for Baylor. He said he will sign in August.

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In a Dallas Suburb Lies a School… (The Phoenix Real Estate Guy)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:55 GMT

In my freshman year at UT, I actually drove through Mesquite, Texas on the way to Tyler to meet some girl (way, WAY pre-Francy days). Back then, it was a sleepy little town on the outskirts of east Dallas. Looks like in the passing years, Dallas has pretty much assimilated it. Apparently there was an elementary school built there [...]

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Trustees back top officials in Mesquite coach case (Dallas Morning News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:34:00 GMT

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