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Banned Books at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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Former Death-Row Inmate Sent Back to Prison
Martin Draughon returns to the clink after becoming a test case for alleged flaws in GPS monitoring devices
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So Much for No Child Left Behind
School test scores rise as more low-scoring students drop out.
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Doña Rosita’s Jalapeno Kitchen and “Perspectivas: A Window into Their World”
A one-woman show and an art exhibit share the spotlight as part of the 2008 Texas Sor Juana Festival
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Do You Have Multiple Personality Disorder?
Years after Sybil, the debate continues
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Sitting Down with La Porte's Buxton (12)
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Barack Obama and Me (265)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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Banned Books at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (7)
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (15)
All This Useless Beauty
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Who's On Deck for the Houston Astros in 2008? (6)
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Snoop Dogg Goes Country, Y’all
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The Pitch
Time Bomb in a Bottle
"The idea that you're using sex hormones to make plastic is just totally insane."
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
On Your Honor
A judge's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raise eyebrows.
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Village Voice
A Soldier's Story
Remembering the day a black mob lynched a white man.
By Tony Ortega
Best New Restaurant
Published: September 23, 2004
T'afia T'afia, the starkly minimalist Midtown restaurant run by star chef Monica Pope, is named after a Mediterranean beverage that's made by marinating fruit in a mixture of wine and spirits. The bar offers several varieties of these innovative cocktails, and they're incredibly refreshing. So are Pope's high ideals. Her allegiance to local organic farmers is legendary, and now she's working to improve the Houston food scene in other ways. Her "local market tasting menu" features five courses of Texas artisanal food products. You might get local duck prosciutto with Texas oranges, or Pure Luck Farm goat cheese with toasted pecans. T'afia also hosts a weekend farmers' market in the parking lot where Houstonians can buy some of the same high-quality ingredients that are served at the restaurant. Not only is Pope turning out some of the most innovative, cutting-edge cuisine in Houston, she's also single-handedly creating a market for Texas-produced specialty foods.
