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Art films can play all the games they want. But if youre going to make a film in a commercial genre, then I think you have to play by the rules of that genre. In the case of a courtroom whodunit, that means you cant produce the guilty man out of left field, with no clues and no preparation. The audience has to have a fair chance to figure things out. "Suspect" is a well-made thriller, but it was spoiled for me by an extraordinary closing scene where Cher, as the defense attorney, solves the cas...

McKinney financial firm more than doubling headquarters with new construction Independent Financial is expanding its 2-year-old campus in Craig Ranch. Independent Financial has started work on a second building on State Highway 121 in McKinney.(Independent Financial ) McKinney-based Independent Financial has broken ground on the second phase of its headquarters campus. The addition to the project at McKinney’s Craig Ranch will more than double the size of the banking firm’s head office oper...

SATURDAY Associated Press Jan. 9 is the ninth day of 2021. There are 356 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 9, 2020, Chines

FROM STAFF REPORTS For the second-straight year, an anonymous donor has fueled the Santa Fund for Schoolkids with a large donation to bring the home-grown charity closer to goal and its mission of helping Central Virginia children all year long. The donor gave the fund $75,000 this year, helping the charity along its way to its $175,000 goal. The donation is the largest ever received by the charity. Last year a $50,000 helped push the fund toward the same goal. “This was a huge...

at city hall i talked to one of the city councilmembers that says that mexicali club is under a 30 day suspension. they say it is a complicated case. homicide investigators are looking at a homicide inside the club and the fourth victims body was discovered outside shot in the back. >> we are trying to notify the next of kin. >> reporter: it is unclear those killed played in the shooting. >> we were trying to decide what their involvement was. >> reporter: a police only will say that t...