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The town of Clark, TX, was wiped off the map earlier this week. Don't worry--the town didn't get washed away in a flood or flattened ...

The town of Clark, TX, was wiped off the map earlier this week. Don't worry--the town didn't get washed away in a flood or flattened by a tornado. Clark just changed its name.

From now on, the town will be known as DISH, as part of a marketing strategy by the DISH satellite television network. The residents--all 125 of them---will get free satellite TV for a decade.

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Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism