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Weather-wise, we're a long way from Christmas if you want a GOOD forecast for Santa , but it's a question asked by many so I thought now would be a good time to start a Christmas forecast thread, for what it's worth.

Developer Harwood International held a chilly ceremony Thursday afternoon to kick off its 22-story Frost Tower on Wolf Street.

Your poor liver. If the slew of holiday parties you've been guilted into attending have you desperately needing a night off, you should avert your eyes, close this window or otherwise prevent yourself from reading one more line in this post.

We've been down this road before. Victoria's Secret sends a model down the runway in a headdress.

Icicles hang from the exterior cage as seen from the GeO-Deck observation level, 470 feet above ground, at Reunion Tower, photographed December 9, 2013.

Jerry Warden and Rick Perry know heavy metal. Warden has been promoting it for more three decades in the area, and Perry has been playing it.

A Mexican property investor that's been making multiple building buys in North Texas has acquired an Uptown office project.

A group led by Dallas investor Tom Hicks has acquired Dallas-based Just Brakes, which provides automotive brake and other services at more than 130 stores in eight states A group led by Dallas investor Tom Hicks has acquired Dallas-based Just Brakes, which provides automotive brake and other services at more than 130 stores in eight states.

Steve Fuentes conducts a presentation during the Dallas Police Department's Citizens Police Academy.

I recently had to have a large dead branch removed from a red oak. The wound is about 12 inches in diameter.

Your yard may look like a disaster zone with its broken limbs and drooping shrubs, but now is not the time to start sawing things off and ripping things out, say North Texas arborists and horticulturists.

DALLAS The Dallas City Council voted 9-6 Wednesday to block gas drilling within 1,500 feet of a home, business or church.

DALLAS The Dallas Police Department is asking the public for help identifying three Hispanic men who were seen fighting with another man who was later found killed.

You remember Anna Merlan, right? The Dallas Observer staff writer who specialized in writing about norm-bucking local subcultures Well, she's doing the same thing in New York and just published a feature on the ladies fighting to defend their legal right to go topless in public .

This was certainly an exciting year for craft beer in North Texas. With a few more brewery openings, new laws and shiny awards, there was a lot to crow about in the local craft beer scene, and it's not all hangover related .

An automatic fire alarm sounded at about 8:15 a.m. at Forest Dale Senior Citizen Apartments in the 11800 block of Highdale Drive near Forest Lane.

Just because our Observer staff's hearts are made of artificial ice doesn't mean we're immune to the hypnotic power of glowing things.

In September, on the heels of the landmark Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor , which entitled legally married gay and lesbian couples to the same federal perks as their heterosexual counterparts, the Obama administration declared that the opinion encompassed military veteran's benefits .

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess , or seasonal music at the Meyerson. It's a very Arts District day.

The Dallas dining scene famously is chaotic and hydra-like. Every week sees news of restaurants failing, but for every one that closes it seems two more spring up to take its place.