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Voices
With Tokyo on Horizon, UP Columnist Recalls 1996 Games
Pressley Peters, who worked as a media relations staffer during the 1996 Olympic Games, says this year's Olympic athletes deserve a roaring crowd of spectators.
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Dallas Startup Week Returns In Person and Virtually
The DEC Network, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs start, build, and grow their businesses, will host the seventh-annual Dallas Startup Week in August.
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Coronavirus
Study: CRISPR Stops Coronavirus Replication in Human Cells
Scientists used CRISPR gene-editing technology to stop the replication of coronavirus in human cells.
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Memory Lane: Grandmother’s Lemon Meringue Pie
The first dessert I ever baked, at the ripe old age of 12, was a lemon meringue pie, my grandfather Sebastian’s favorite.
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Jenna Turner Alexander Keynote Speaker For Virtual Emergent Leader Fundraiser
Jenna Turner Alexander, the owner of JennaLynn Rose Design and Décor, is the keynote speaker for the 2021 Emergent Leader Fundraiser hosted by the American Business Women’s Association.
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Out and About
Hot Days, Cool Food
Sure, you can always order a salad or a sandwich, but there’s no reason to eat boring when you can enjoy flavor-packed, elegant cold meals.
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County Health Officials Report First Case of Monkeypox
After a nearly two-year education on the novel coronavirus, Dallas County officials announced Friday that a case of Monkeypox has been diagnosed in a resident.
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Society
Dallas Mavericks Mascots To Visit Parade of Playhouses
The Dallas Mavericks mascots will be visiting Dallas CASA’s 26th annual Parade of Playhouses event at NorthPark Center.
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Events
Celebrate Interabang Book’s Fourth Birthday July 17
Once upon a time, there were bookstores in every shopping center where people could go to be transported to a different time and place through the magic of literature. Then, an enormous creature from the amazon came and ate up almost every bookstore until very few were left.
Retired! Donna Pierce Stars in Her Final Planetarium Show
Astronomy teacher Donna C. Pierce, wearing a periwinkle spacesuit and signature red lipstick, greeted every attendee personally before her final starry sky show in her namesake planetarium.
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Faith
Faith Friday: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Hosts VBS
Our Reedemeer Lutheran Church hosted The Holy Ten Commandments 2021 Vacation Bible School the week of June 7-12.