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It's no wonder to most folks why Artur Pira, owner of Aboca's Italian Grill restaurant in Richardson is one of my favorite people in the world. He's well known and loved among our city for his giving heart. My fondness for this hero began because of this scene that I witnessed just happening at his restaurant more than five years ago. ...I came across the website for Aboca’s during a Google search. It had favorable reviews. We had never been there before so it fit the bill. After sitting, I notice a woman sitting by us who the waiter called,...

DEATH TAX REFORM DIES Our friend Daniel Clifton at Americans for Tax Reform sends us this angry note about the defeat of death tax reform in the Senate today: The vote to proceed to Estate Tax Repeal failed 57-41 falling short of the 60 votes required to even CONSIDER the legislation. Many members of the Senate have talked about how they are for reform but not repeal but today’s vote showed this was just a red herring. You can not reform the estate tax if you vote against considering the legislation which is the vehicle to implement that reform. As...

Whatever Happened to Carnivore?Mon Apr 1, 2:45 PM ETJay Lyman, www.NewsFactor.com Its name may have changed from Carnivore to DCS-1000, but the controversial cybersnooping software used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still on the hunt for information, and likely is scouring vast amounts of Internet communication. • Terrorists Take To the Web To Regroup • Government Internet Snooping: Out of Control? • Is Your Internet Service Provider Spying on You? In fact, Carnivore probably is chomping on more data than ever as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. Following those events, it...