They share recollections and first-hand stories of the events that shaped their lives and changed the world.

RISD starts the 2010-11 school year Aug. 23. The Thanksgiving holiday is set for Nov. 25-26, and winter break is Dec. 20-31.

Mattito’s Tex Mex Cocina restaurant owner, Dallas native Jeff Frankel, recently made a big announcement in a video on his company’s website.

If you live in the White Rock Lake area, there is no need to subscribe to National Geographic or travel the world to witness breathtaking wildlife.

We used to delegate mission work to career missionaries. While they still go for us, we also go now. Sometimes we go to help missionaries. Sometimes we go because fewer missionaries go fulltime now. But we are going more now than ever. Instead of sending only our money and prayers, we are sending each other and going ourselves.

It’s hot out there this month, but it might be worth a trip to the Dallas Arboretum, where tickets are only a buck instead of the usual $10.

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Earl Lacy left six of his fine pipes in his car June 13, the same night a thief broke into several cars in his neighborhood.

The shack offers 30 flavors for countless combinations, but its signature is the Knock Out — shaved ice between two scoops of homemade piña colada ice cream.