The Angelika Dallas at Mockingbird Station offers viewers the option to see HEROES on the big screen with other fans! This takes place FREE every Monday night at 8p.

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Calling all politicos! Watch the Presidential debates LIVE at the Angelika FREE!
Bring your friends to watch the debates on the Big Screen. Seating will begin at 7 pm, debate starts at 8 pm. Cash bar available.

First come, first served ~ Please arrive early!

If you need to register to vote or update your information, today is the last day to have your voter registration info postmarked.

You can print out the forms here and drop them off for pick up at your local Post Office — just make sure you get them in before the last pick up today!

Early voting begins October 20 and continues through the end of the month.

You can also choose to vote early by mail, but only if you will be outside your home county on Election Day and during early voting.

There are, however, some exceptions. You also qualify to vote by mail if you are:

• sick or disabled
• 65 years or older
• in jail but eligible to vote

Applications for a mail-in ballot must be received by Oct. 28.

Sunday, 5 October 08, is the 14th Annual Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride & Concert.

The festivities begin at 9:30a at the world’s largest Hooters in the Dallas West End. The ride departs at 11:30a heading to Cowboy’s in Arlington.

The concert lineup includes: Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings, Tallan “T-Man” Latz, Jim Suhler & Monkeybeat, Mike Morgan, Voodoo Blue and many more!

The after party will be held at Sons of Herman Hall in Deep Ellum from 7p - 2a.

Get on your bike and ride as all proceeds benefit the Stevie Ray Vaughan Scholarship Fund.

Las Vegas school officials could be in Dallas recruiting as early as next week.

Between the two cities, the school district issues couldn’t be more different. While DISD has too many teachers, Las Vegas doesn’t have enough. And why does DISD have too many teachers? Because DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has somehow managed to run the district almost $84 MILLION over budget this year….and the school year just began a few weeks ago.

And for those teachers looking into the idea of making the move, the choice has both its positives and negatives.

As DISD officials continued to crunch numbers in Dallas, Trustee Ron Price traveled to Clark County in Nevada to learn about one number in particular, 400. That number is about how many job openings the school district there has for teachers.

Clark County’s school district is twice the size of Dallas, and has more than 300,000 students and 18,000 teachers. Its urban setting and diverse student body could make for a smooth transition.

But, will their paycheck feel the pinch?

The starting salary for a new teacher in DISD is just more than $44,000. But depending on education and experience, one could make up to $81,000 dollars.

Calculating the cost of living, Dallas teachers making $44,000 would have to make more than $52,000 in Vegas to maintain the same lifestyle.

The biggest expense would be housing, which on average is 80 percent higher. And while groceries run about 6 percent more a year, teachers could expect to save a bit on utilities.

But in Clark County, teacher salaries start at $35,000, which is $9,000 less than Dallas and a difference of about $16,000 when the cost of living is considered.

Clark County officials say their putting ads in this Sunday’s newspapers in Dallas to reach out to potential employees.

Information related to job fair is expected to be available after Thursday’s layoff vote.

Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott said the state will consider whether to take action based on the outcome of Thursday’s Dallas Independent School District school board meeting. There is the possibility that the State will step in and take over DISD.

The Dallas Museum of Art kicks off the amazing “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” this Friday.

The Opening Weekend Lecture will be: “The Grand Museum Project of the 21st Century”
Saturday, October 4, 3:00 p.m.
Theater, Center for Creative Connections, Free
Seating is limited. Special exhibitions require an additional ticket.

Ali Radwan, Professor of Egyptology and Member of the Board of Trustees of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, and Mohamed Ghoniem, Executive Director of the Grand Museum, discuss the Grand Museum Project, a new state-of-the-art museum currently under construction in Egypt.

Dallas-area resident, Michael Wilkes was crowned king off the corny dog eaters when he consumed 12 Fletcher’s Corny Dogs in 10 minutes at the State Fair of Texas over the weekend.

In 2007, Wilkes tied with Brent Ricord, of Keller, for the honor.

This year Ricord managed to stuff down 11 corny dogs — but that was only good enough for second place.

Third place was a three-way tie between dog gobblers John Bradford, Carlos Gomez and Jacob Freeby.

During the past two Presidential elections, Dallas-based 7-Eleven has offered it’s coffee drinking customers a way to let their opinions be known. Choose a red cup, and you’re pro-McCain. Blue and you’re pro-Obama.

The promotional campaign kicks off this Wednesday (1 Oct 08) and runs through Election Day.

Is there any validity to this casual poll? Take a look at the results from the past two elections:

2000 election
Presidential candidate // U.S. voters // 7-Election voters
George W. Bush // 47.9% // 51.2%
Al Gore // 48.4% // 48.9%

2004 election
George W. Bush // 50.7% // 51 %
John Kerry // 48.3% // 49%