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• Chow Down At Taste Addison Time to sport the stretchy pants.
• Marty Turco Pairing + Poker Party   Former Dallas Stars All Star Goalie Marty Turco is hosting an Inaugural Pairing + Poker Party benefiting Children's Medical Center Dallas.   We want you to be there.  Here what you need to know: Celebrity Poker Tournament + Party...
• Pretty Muddy 5 K   Pretty Muddy is coming to Dallas!   Get ready for an ALL women 5K Mud Run/Walk - open for all fitness levels.  Run, walk, crawl, roll - whatever you need to do to make it a day you won't forget. It all takes place Saturday, June...
• Find Out How You Can Help With Tornado Relief
• Tornado Relief Information Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and families affected by last night's tornadoes. Our sister stations CBS 11 and KRLD have pulled together a list of resources and relief efforts at cbsdfw.com to help those affected. If you are...
• Video: The Throwback Interview Challenge For those of you who don't know we lost internet while out at Jack's Throwback over the weekend, and here in the web department that left us with quite a bit to do. So we decided to throw down a challenge on which one of us could give the...
• The Tormentor 2: The Tormentor Takes Throwback The Tormentor is back and this time it has set it's sites onto throwback. Did you see it out there? Where you attacked by the Tormentor? Watch the video to find out. Or check out the first Tormentor HERE.
• Video: Throwback Lawn Yoga We here in Jack's web department were trying to capture some b-roll footage out at Jack's Throwback, when we noticed something rather odd. A man on the lawn was doing Yoga. What is up with that? Did you spot him out at Throwback? Let us...
• Show Us Your Throwback Pics! You took them, now share them with us. We want to see your 2013 Jack's Throwback pictures.
• 105-Year-Old Texan Thanks Bacon For Longevity Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs, Texas celebrated her one hundred and fifth birthday a few weeks ago. The reason for her longevity? She told local TV Station KRBC it is because everyone's favorite piece of pork. "I love bacon," she told...
• Want To Annoy Mark Cuban? Take His Picture At The Gym. https://twitter.com/divineguy1/status/327585937167118337 Next time you're at the gym and you happen to see Mark Cuban lifting weights, don't take a picture. He doesn't like that. The Dallas Observer reports that the nameless gym rat who...
• Iron Fork 2013   Whole Food Presents the Dallas Observer Iron Fork, a grand tasting event happening May 8th at Dallas Contemporary. Come out to see the center stage feature Chef Challenge - returning champion Scott Romano battles it out with Matt...
• Wildflower Festival In Richardson 2013 Wildflower Festival is almost here! Join Jack Wagons Friday May 17th as we present the MetroPCS Stage with Spin Doctors and Uncle Kracker! Event is May 17th - 19th: Fri - 5/17 - 6p - mid Sat. 5/18 - 11a - mid Sun. 5/19 - 12:30p -...
• Taste Addison May 17th - 19th 2013 Taste Addison is back! Taste Addison takes over Addison Circle Park Friday, May 17th - Sunday, May 19th. Come out to try great food from 70 Addison Restaurants (best way to try a new favorite place)! Plus you can learn cooking secrets...
• George W. Bush Presidential Center Opens To Public May 1st The big dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center today has Dallas buzzing with big names and high-profile figures who are in town to attend the ceremony. Unfortunately for we the general public, today's festivities are invitation...
• Bush Presidential Library Road Closures Five presidents, including President Obama, will be in town this week for the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library tomorrow. With lots of high profile figures, security will be tight around the campus of SMU and in some places...
• JT The Jack-Fm Freeloader: Freeloader Concert Review Your favorite Freeloader ventured once again to Grand Prairie, Texas this past Sunday.  I arrived at Verizon Theater, Freelady in tow, about to rock...and boy was I saluted.  Sunday night's performers included Shinedown, Stone Sour, Papa Roach...
• West, Texas Disaster Relief Efforts In response to the devastation in West, Texas, CBS 11, TXA 21 and our CBS RADIO Dallas-Fort Worth stations are partnering with Albertson’s Market and The Dallas Cowboys to support The Salvation Army’s disaster relief efforts.
• VIDEO: West Explosion Caught On Camera Warning: This video may be disturbing and also contains mild language. The explosion that rocked the small town of West was caught on camera by a resident who had stopped to film the fire at the fertilizer plant. The dramatic footage that was...
• Explosion In West, TX: How To Help & Locate Loved Ones Our Texas hearts are hurting for the town of West. A huge explosion at a fertilizer plant last night rocked the small town of 2,700. Many know the small town just north of Waco on I-35 for the popular Little Czech Stop bakery, but the town has...
• Jack's Web Series: The Station - Formal Fridays In the latest episode of Jack's 'The Station' we see one producer's plan for trying to class up Jack FM. See previous episodes of The Station: Episode 1: The Changing Of The Board HERE Episode 2: Bathroom Breaks HERE Episode 3: Nate's...
• Texas Theatre Keeps History And Film Alive In Oak Cliff History and cinema converge in one theater just south of downtown Dallas. The Texas Theatre may be more well-known for one dark November day 50 years ago, but that doesn't stop this gem in the heart of Oak Cliff from continuing to spread a love...