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Dallas, Texas

DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 13: Vince Carter #25 of the Dallas Mavericks gets the slam dunk against DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Los Angeles Clippers at American Airlines Center on February 13, 2012 in Dallas, Texas.

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  • Case Keenum leads Houston past Penn State

    DALLAS -- Penn State's tumultuous year ended with a 30-14 loss to Houston in the TicketCity Bowl on Monday, a dispiriting finish to a season in which coach Joe Paterno was fired as part of a child sex-abuse scandal that shook college sports.The 24th-rank   Read more »

  • Giants' defense solid in first half

    In the ultimate statement game, Tom Coughlin may have been looking to make a statement Sunday night even before the opening kickoff.With a playoff berth on the line, the Giants' coach elected to give Dallas the ball even though the Giants won the opening   Read more »

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About Dallas, Texas

Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl.ʊs]) is the third-largest city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The city covers 385 square miles (997 km²) and is the county seat of Dallas County. As of 2005, U.S. Census estimates put Dallas at a population of 1.2 million. The city is the main cultural and economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area—at over 5.8 million people, it is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Dallas is one of 11 U.S. world-class cities, as ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.

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