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15 million yards from home: The Aussie punter taking over the hilltop

Driver charged in crash that killed SMU student had BAC nearly 4 times legal limit: expert

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First Tate Lecture of the year with Fareed Zakaria, Anne Applebaum and George Will

The Daily Campus News 10/9 5:39A Linus Watt, Contributor

The first lecture of the year kicked the Tate series off with a conversation between Political columnist and Pulitzer-winning author Anne Applebaum and Pulitzer-winning...

15 million yards from home: The Aussie punter taking over the hilltop

The Daily Campus News 10/7 1:46A Tyler Welch, Sports Editor

Although he’s entering a third season on the Hilltop, Wade McSparron still feels like a fish out of water. At 28, McSparron is the oldest member of SMU’s football team. McSparron was born and raised...

Driver charged in crash that killed SMU student had BAC nearly 4 times legal limit: expert

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 10/2 4:46A Jane Harper, Staff Writer | The

A Dallas woman charged with killing a Southern Methodist University student in a crash on a Central Expressway feeder road had nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood after the...

Neiman Marcus releases renderings of NorthPark store upgrades

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 10/2 1:17A Laura Harris

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship store on Wednesday , September 30, which had stood there for more than 110 years. Leaders said the closure brings new...

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Chef Aubrey Murphy’s Brute Is Coming to Lower Greenville in November

Crave DFW 10/13 6:57A Steven Doyle

Lower Greenville is getting another restaurant, and this one has been a long time coming. Chef Aubrey Murphy , who ran the kitchen at SĒR Steak + Spirits atop the Hilton Anatole, is opening his first...

Texas’ Most Famous Gas Station Chicken Fried Steak

Crave DFW 10/13 6:20A Steven Doyle

Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day is Monday, October 26, and if you want to celebrate it properly, consider a road trip to a convenience store in Belton. The woman behind one of the most talked-about...