Five stories that have North Texas talking: NorthPark turns 50; American will fly to Cuba later this year; one of the country鈥檚 best new restaurants is in Texas; and more.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, running for president, told Fox News on Tuesday that illegal immigration is 鈥渓ike a disease.鈥� 鈥淲e鈥檝e got to secure the border,鈥� 鈥淭he American people want to see the border secure. It鈥檚 like a disease. If you鈥檝e got a disease, you get to the absolute core of what it is. You stop the illegal immigration that鈥檚 coming into America and a lot of these other issues go away.鈥� Perry has said U.S.-Mexico border security is a priority and that he has the most experience of all Republican presidential candidates in tackling the matter. Perry, who has had to stop paying staff and has been struggling to raise money, says he鈥檚 in the campaign for the long haul. 鈥淢ost of us have had challenges with finances from time to time,鈥� Perry told Fox News. 鈥淚鈥檓 like a small business or a guy who has his own personal challenges with our campaign. We cut our spending. We cut back. I know how to have a small footprint.鈥� The Dallas Morning News has more . Meanwhile, t Watch the Fox News interview:
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- American Airlines plans to begin charter service from Los Angeles to Havana later this year. Fort Worth-based American says such charters will be the first nonstop flights from the West Coast to Cuba since travel restrictions to the island nation were eased. American said Tuesday that flights from Los Angeles International Airport will run on Saturdays, starting Dec. 12. They will be sold by Cuba Travel Services. Americans still must meet certain requirements for travel to Cuba, such as visiting family. Trips that are strictly for tourism are not yet legal. American has operated charters to Cuba since 1991 and now flies there about 20 times a week from Miami and Tampa, Florida. The U.S. Embassy in Havana reopened last week amid improving relations between the United States and Cuba. [Associated Press]
- NorthPark Center, one of the top-performing malls in the country, turns 50 this week. 四虎影院鈥檚 Courtney Collins reports on how the . And Art&Seek鈥檚 Jerome Weeks explores and . And check out stories from and .
- One of the country鈥檚 top new restaurants is in Austin. Bon App茅tit has released its annual Hot 10 list, a look at the country鈥檚 top places to eat, and Dai Due is on the . 鈥�,鈥� the . 鈥淐hef Jesse Griffiths is also a butcher but unlike most of his pork-obsessed brethren, his favorite meat to work with is also America's favorite to eat: chicken.鈥� The top three restaurants are in California: Petit Trois in Los Angeles was No. 3; Gjusta in L.A. was No. 2; and AL鈥檚 Place in San Francisco is No. 1.
- A major art work has been dismantled in the Dallas Arts District. 鈥淭he towering red sculpture [was] at Woodall Rodgers and Pearl. The piece by Mark di Suvero is called Proverb, and it鈥檚 been on the lawn next to the Meyerson Symphony Center since 2002. It was supposed to be a three-year loan, part of a partnership between the Nasher family and The Dallas Symphony Foundation. It鈥檚 being removed now because the Symphony sold the land earlier this year to the developer Lincoln Property, which plans an office tower on the site. Di Suvero was on site, advising the work crews. The piece will be returned to him.鈥�
