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UPDATE: THE TICKETS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AWAY. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.

It’s Back Talk Freebie time again. Today, we’re giving away two Dallas Stars tickets to Saturday’s 1 p.m. game against the Vancouver Canucks. If you want the tickets, be the first to send me an email at rwamre@advocatemag.com, and they’re … more

The due date is in April, and the sex is female — that’s probably all we need to know about councilman Angela Hunt’s and husband Paul Sims’ pregnancy. Angela published the news on her blog Sunday, and you can click here to see a picture of the happy couple. No … more

UPDATE: SORRY, BUT WE’VE GIVEN AWAY ALL OF THESE TICKETS.

It’s Back Talk Freebie time again. Today, we’re giving away two tickets to "Santa’s Holiday for Strings" that is playing at the Dallas Children’s Theater weekends through Dec. 22, and we also have six free passes to "The Best Christmas … more

Want to make sure you’re recycling properly, particularly with the city’s recycling effort expected to expand this year? Councilman Angela Hunt’s website has a comprehensive list of "do’s" and "don’t" for Dallas recycling, including — for example — which Styrofoam materials can be recycled (rinsed food containers, yes; packing peanuts … more

We’ve talked before at Back Talk about the wisdom of privatizing city services in an effort to either improve operational efficiency or save operating money — or sometimes both. Privatizing the Dallas Zoo is just one such instance, and we’ll see whether turning the zoo over to a private owner … more

Back Talk has two free tickets to see actress Hilary Swank tonight at the Winspear Opera House at 8 p.m. We’ll even throw in a parking pass to the event, which is part of the Brinker International Forum. The first person to email us will win the seats, which are … more

Our ‘Otello’ ticket winner from this week’s Back Talk contest was kind enough to send along a photo from last week’s performance. Angie Parra was the winner, and pictured with her is Nicolas Camacho. You can read her review of the performance by clicking here and scrolling down to the … more

Back Talk reader Angie Parra and a friend will be checking out the new Winspear Opera House Thursday night for a performance of "Otello", courtesy of our Back Talk blog. Parra was the winner of our ticket giveaway that ended at noon today; thanks to all of you who entered. … more

It’s another big ticket giveaway here on Back Talk — this time, we’re giving away two (2) orchestra-level, pretty-darn-close-to-the-stage seats to Thursday’s Otello opera Downtown at the new Winspear Opera House. The contest is open through noon Wednesday, Nov. 4, and there are three ways to enter…

1) Sign up … more

If you’d like to see highlights of Friday night’s Greenville at Pearce football game on Fox 4 News, here’s the solution: Click here to vote for Pearce. Fox 4 is accepting votes through Thursday at 9 p.m.; the contest that receives the most votes appears on the Friday night sports … more

Who knew that the Burger House guys pulled in $4.2 million a year in sales revenue last fiscal year, along with $2 million in franchise fee revenue during the same period? That’s a lot of burgers, fries and shakes at the store’s iconic Hillcrest and Mockingbird locations, along with the … more

Deciding how to tighten City Hall’s ethics rules for councilmen is a tough call, as we’re finding out this month. Councilmembers all seem to agree that reforms are needed, but that’s about as far as the agreement goes.

And curiously, for once Mayor Tom Leppert is having trouble holding together … more