Five stories that have North Texas talking: Jerry Jones marks a big anniversary; Lake Highlands鈥� St. Vincent gets more love from NPR; the Ted Nugent controversy helps Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott; and more.
Twenty-five years ago this week, Jerry Jones took over as owner of the Dallas Cowboys 鈥� a move that changed the team, changed North Texas and changed Jones, too. Buying the team was emotional, 鈥淭here was a pretty serious reach there, risk wise, and I didn't know how it was going to turn out. I thought I had an idea, so it was a nervous time for me. I remember that. I developed an arrhythmia during that time and I never had an unhealthy day in my life.鈥� Then he fired legendary coach Tom Landry -- the first of many, many moves that have attracted criticism. "If I had a chance to do it over again I would've waited a year and just got my feet on the ground a little bit more,鈥� Jones said. 鈥淎nd probably just gone with the staff that we had and then later made the ultimate change that I made." But Jones says that for the NFL and professional sports, the future 鈥渋s significantly brighter.鈥� explores Jones鈥� history with the team. The Dallas Morning News also
- Yu Darvish will be the opening day starter March 31 for the Texas Rangers. "Yu is the kind of guy that doesn't show a lot of emotion, but he was excited," "He said he would work his tail off to represent us well and do the job." 鈥淒arvish was 13-9 with a 2.83 ERA and a league-leading 277 strikeouts last season. The righty finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting.鈥� The Rangers play the Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day.
- Meet some of 四虎影院鈥檚 newest mascots: foxes. On Tuesday, two foxes 鈥� we'll just call them Fox and Friend 鈥� played outside the 四虎影院 studios near downtown Dallas. 四虎影院鈥檚 Jerome Weeks Some employees say they鈥檝e spotted foxes around the station for nearly 20 years. 鈥淲e believe they survive moving up and down the whole Reverchon Park/Turtle Creek area,鈥� Weeks says.
- The recent Ted Nugent controversy appears to have helped Wendy Davis 鈥� at least financially. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate attacked Republican Greg Abbott for campaigning last week with Nugent, who has made about women and President Obama. for Davis in the latest campaign finance reports from Jan. 24 through Saturday. She raised $684,792 during the last six days of the fundraising period, which included the time when Abbott announced he would appear with Nugent. That鈥檚 more than the $505,016 she raised in the first 24 days of the period. The Tribune reports: 鈥淭he Nugent controversy did not seem to affect Abbott鈥檚 fundraising efforts. He raised $2.45 million in the latest reporting period and has a large cash-on-hand advantage over Davis, $30 million to $11.3 million.鈥�
- Lake Highlands native St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, keeps attracting attention. NPR about her unique music style. ( has been playing some of her songs 鈥� .) 鈥�St. Vincent, a new album [is] replete with dissonances and distortions that make even its prettiest melodies read as disturbing,鈥� NPR says. "I just do that because that feels very natural, and that's what's going on in my brain, so of course that would manifest itself in the music. Some things that people even find ugly or harsh don't register to me as ugly or harsh 鈥� I'm just like, 'Oh, that's beautiful!'鈥� Clark was recently featured in Clark was featured in the December edition of"I wanted to make a party record you could play at a funeral,"
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