Buc-ee’s accuses Dallas gas station of copying beaver in lawsuit ... and more news

The Dallas Morning News

Lots of sunshine on the way today with a high of 59. Clear tonight with a low of 35. The weekend is looking a little wet. Saturday will be warmer with a passing shower in the afternoon. The high will be 65. Sunday will be a little cooler and a little rainier with a high of 47; Buc-ee’s has accused a Dallas-based gas station chain of copying its iconic cartoon beaver logo. In a federal lawsuit this month, the travel center behemoth says Super Fuels' logo of a brown dog sporting a red cape is too close to its logo of a brown beaver in a red hat. Both animals are set in front of circular backgrounds: Super Fuels' dog against a blue circle, and Buc-ee’s beaver against yellow. Buc-ee’s says in the lawsuit the dog “is likely to cause confusion” among customers who mistake the two from the road. In other news, Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert’s base salary makes her the third-highest-paid city manager in Texas behind her old boss in Austin and San Antonio’s top executive; after a month of looking for the girl who went missing on Christmas Eve after her family’s vehicle was swept into a Sherman drainage ditch, Texas EquuSearch has taken over as the lead agency in the search for Clara Robinson. The 8-year-old girl was with her family as they were driving from their Oklahoma home to McKinney on U.S. 75 when their vehicle crashed on the wet road around 9:30 a.m., landing in a drainage ditch overflowing with rainwater; And Grapevine-raised musician Post Malone has partnered with Oreo on a limited edition cookie. The new flavor has swirls of salted caramel and shortbread-flavored creme sandwiched between a golden cookie and the traditional chocolate cookie.

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