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Dublin Dr Pepper Sets Up Legal Defense Fund. It’s in a fight with the big boss, Dr Pepper Snapple Group. At issue: Dublin Dr Pepper is infernally delicious, and probably some other stuff.

FC Dallas Developmental Player Jose Perez Dies in Car Accident. Too much heartbreak surrounding the too-often overlooked team lately, with the sudden death of Bobby Rhine and now this. Perez was just 18.

Toni Pippins-Poole Officially Named Head of County Elections. She was former chief Bruce Sherbet’s first assistant. And not, as I guessed, a British cheerleading coach.

Josh Hamilton Saves Flooring Customers Around $500,000 With a Grand Slam. CC Carpet promised customers a refund if Hamilton hit a grand slam, and last night he did. One other thing of note from last night’s game: watching my son eat a funnel cake was borderline horrifying, and the resulting sugar crash was just poor planning/parenting on my part.

Arlington’s New Texting While Driving Ban May Be Tough to Enforce. %-(  said officer Gary Rosencrantz. He later added, >:-(

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