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Study says coffee is good for youI always knew something so good had to be good for you.Researchers discover ample cancer-fighting antioxidants in drink
Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday.
While a Texan make look at eating horse meat about like he would eating the family pet, it is highly sought after in Europe and Japan as a delicacy.
Article from The Dallas Morning News
Yet another real estate developer has appeared on the local scene, promoting yet another government-funded project. Texlan Real Estate Investment Advisers is proposing to build a $27 million water amusement park and entertainment complex on 37 acres in Mansfield. In addition to the water amusement park, the project would include an amphitheater, conference facilities and some commercial development. And what would be the cost to the taxpayers of Mansfield for this wonderful development? Why a mere $5,100,000.00. Before deciding to get into the water amusement park business, Mansfield city leaders might want to pay a visit to North Richland Hill's NRH2O, which has been struggling to attract enough visitors to return to profitability.
The Star-Telegram quotes Texlan President Dick Erxleben as saying, "There is a need for recreation in Mansfield, a need for entertainment in Mansfield." I don't where Mr. Erxleben went to college, but its apparent he never took Economics 101. If there truly is a need for this type of recreation in Mansfield, private enterprise can sucessfully meet that demand without government welfare. Ever hear of the law of supply and demand? But then, why should Texian risk more of its own money if they can convince the suckers, er... city councilmembers of Mansfield to foot part of the bill?
Herrion played football, basketball and track for Poly. Upon graduation he played for Kilgore Junior College. After junior college Herrion played for the University of Utah where he was an all-American. Prior to joining the 49ers, he had been on the practice squad of the Dallas Cowboys and played in NFL Europe.
Temperatures for Saturday night's game at Denver were in the mid-60s with 50 percent humidity. Herrion was 23 years old.
Playgirl asked 2,000 of its readers what they find sexy in a man and the answers were surprising: 42% said they thought love handles were kind of sexy and 47% approved of chest hair...
Rich playboys need not apply - only 4% of women said the size of a man's wallet mattered. Metrosexuals are also out: 73% want a guy who is "rough around the edges."
"This survey shows that the guy who's most attractive to our readers is not your average Hollywood hunk," said Playgirl editrix Jill Sieracki. "It's the average Joe who came up on top. Women are practical about their choices, and they're smart."
New York matchmaker Janis Spindel, a self-described specialist at setting up "highly successful, well-educated, attractive professionals," confirmed the survey's findings. "It's scary, but women don't care [about looks]," she said. "Men are very superficial and very shallow."
But Spindel disputed the claim that women don't care about finding a rich man: "Women want a man who makes more money than they do," she said. "They want to be able to live a comfortable lifestyle."
Man, I'm glad a didn't waste a lot of time in the gym.
GRAND PRAIRIE - Investigators got a lucky break when a Grand Prairie pawnshop clerk robbed at gunpoint recognized one of his three assailants as a former classmate, police said.
A clerk at First Cash Pawn told Grand Prairie officers that he went to Nichols Junior High School in Arlington with one of the men who stole more than $19,000 in cash and property Saturday morning from the Jefferson Street store, said Detective John Brimmer, a police spokesman.
While Grand Prairie officers were searching for the suspects, Dallas police caught the men robbing another pawnshop later that afternoon, Brimmer said...
Crews were working to ensure the supply's safety. Residents, meanwhile, were asked to avoid drinking tap water and watering their lawns...
Officials predicted the water would be OK to drink without further treatment by Tuesday morning.
A Southlake resident drink ordinary, everyday, tap water? Surely you're joking.