Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 14, 2010

  "The Littlest People"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published January 21, 2010

  "Net Gains and Losses"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 3, 2009

  "Credit Repair"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "Language Barrier"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published September 21, 2006

  "Penal Violations"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published February 2, 2006

  "Wize Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Feel My Pain"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 21, 2005

  "Dr. Nice"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

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2011 Stories by Craig Malisow

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  FEATURED STORY

  Last-Minute Valentine's Gifts (From Convenience Stores) She's Sure to Love

  published Feb 10, 2012

  Let's face it, almost every dude has been there: It's February 13, and you're just coming out of a K2-induced fugue state. Rubbing your bloodshot eyes and picking yourself off the floor of the abandon More >>

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  Some Judges Want Paintings of "Shirtless Black Men Hauling...Bales of Cotton" Removed from Courthouse

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Six historical paintings at Houston's federal courthouse have raised some hackles with two federal judges, who believe the paintings dredge up offensive imagery of slavery. The paintings, depi More >>

• Michael and Rachel Brown Divorce Court: Brown's CFO Takes the Fifth Over Questions About Alleged Embezzlement

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​The chief financial officer for Dr. Michael Brown's various corporations invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during divorce proceedings Tuesday and Wednesday in response to a barrage of question More >>

• Attorney to Judge: Please Make Michael Brown Stop Spending Money on Strippers!

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​The divorce lawyer for cocaine-ologist and former hand surgeon Michael Brown's estranged wife have filed a Family Court motion accusing him of violating agreed orders by spending nearly half a More >>

• Dumb-Ass Arizona Law Keeps University of Houston-Published Books Out of Schools

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​Like the dreaded butterfly effect (the phenomenon, not the Ashton Kutcher movie, although that was pretty bad, too), a bizarre decision by an Arizona school official to shutter a Mexican-Americ More >>

• The Choking Game: Texas Survey Says Lots of Kids Still Playing

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​Sixteen percent of Sam Houston State University students responding to a survey about "The Choking Game" reported to having played the dumb-ass, potentially fatal game. The Crime Victims' Inst More >>

• Occupy Houston: "Who Killed Democracyr"

  published Jan 21, 2012

  ​Before marching to Discovery Green Saturday, the Occupy Houston folks occupying a sliver of Tranquility Park performed a brief play about how corporate greed blows, but it's all good 'cause cap More >>

• Some Freeport Folks Don't Want to Live by Proposed LNG Plant

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Residents of a quiet community near the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge are worried that their hood won't be peaceful if a new neighbor moves in -- a liquefied natural gas plant, complete wit More >>

• State Settles With Johnson & Johnson Over Risperdal: $158 Million

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​A drug company accused of fraudulently promoting the antipsychotic Risperdal for use in Texas's Medicaid system has settled a state Attorney General's lawsuit for $158 million. The AG's office More >>

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  Gelareh Bagherzadeh: $5,000 Reward for Information About Her Murder

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​The younger brother of a Texas Medical Center student who was slain outside her parents' Galleria-area townhome Monday issued a tearful plea for anyone with information about the incident to co More >>

• Lawsuit: Dr. Michael Brown Gave Me Herpes

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ​A woman has sued former hand doc Michael Brown for allegedly knowingly giving her anal and vaginal herpes. Filed in a New York County court under the pseudonym "Chris Stevens," the lawsuit cla More >>

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  Stacy Shey: Dr. Brown's Alleged Stripper Ex Says He Spent $60K/Month on Gal Pals

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​Attention hot twenty-year-old strippers: Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to date a famous Houston doctorr Namely, one who pledges to treat you "like family"r Well, according to one gal More >>

• Famous People's New Year's Resolutions (We Think)

  published Dec 30, 2011

  ​Every year around this time, we go into New Year's Resolutions Mode, where we vow to lose that beer-belly, read more books and hook up with at least one Kardashian. But Hair Balls is just regul More >>

• Barrio Dogs: Helping Rescue Dogs Through Outreach and Education

  published Dec 28, 2011

  ​The holidays are a time of parties and joy, and also of dubious charities beating down your door to get to your pocketbook. So Hair Balls wants to cut through the chaos and recommend you check More >>

• Raynor Barrett, Ashley Authorlee: Pair Allegedly Hijacked a Christmas Toy Drive

  published Dec 22, 2011

  ​ If you've ever wondered what sort of bottom-feeding Grinches would create a bogus "charity" and mislead donors in order to collect cash and toys, you might want to meet Raynor Barrett and Ashl More >>

• Secret Santas Covering BARC Adoption Fees for Long-Termers

  published Dec 22, 2011

  ​Some anonymous Good Samaritans and a local business have stepped up to cover adoption fees for some long-term cats and dogs at Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care. In a remarkable d More >>

• Meet Texas's Only "Rules-Certified" Dating Coach

  published Dec 20, 2011

  ​ With so many online dating and former Soviet mail-order bride choices out there, it's sometimes hard to tell where to get the most bang (heh) for your buck. So when a flack for CupidRadar told More >>

• Qian Feng: Dog-Poisoner No Show in Court for Sentencing

  published Dec 16, 2011

  ​A man who pled guilty to poisoning his neighbor's dogs failed to show up for sentencing today in Harris County District Clerk, his defense attorney confirmed. A bond forfeiture warrant has been More >>

• Declassified KBR Contract Shows How It Gets a Free Pass for Willful Misconduct

  published Dec 16, 2011

  ​A KBR government contract protected the company from liability for injuries or deaths caused by willful misconduct, according to recently declassified Army documents. Although the existence o More >>

• Cover Story: Foster Kids on Antipsychotics

  published Dec 14, 2011

  ​Here's a riddle: If the Texas Attorney General sues a drug manufacturer for allegedly lying about the safety and efficacy of one of its antipsychotics, why would the state agency that oversees More >>

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  Ray Hill's Arrest Video Tells Different Story Than What Cops Say

  published Dec 13, 2011

  ​ Security camera footage taken during a raid at the Treasures strip club shows a Houston Police Department officer shoving gay activist Ray Hill in the chest before other officers surround the More >>

• Hero Metro Cops Awarded for Helping Save Chris Gray

  published Nov 30, 2011

  ​Our favorite Metro cops -- the officers whose quick actions helped save Houston Press Music Editor Chris Gray after he suffered a heart attack last month -- were presented with awards this morn More >>

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  Burzynski Fanatic Threatens Bloggers 'Round the World

  published Nov 29, 2011

  ​Here's a warning for anyone out there considering blogging or tweeting anything questioning the greatness of cancer-curing Houston doc Stanislaw Burzynski: You will probably be threatened by th More >>

• Charles Fischer: Child Psychiatrist at State Home Accused of Molesting Boys Over Last 20 Years

  published Nov 22, 2011

  ​The Texas Medical Board has suspended the license of the chief child psychiatrist of a state-run treatment center for the mentally ill after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Servic More >>

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  Joe Pressil: Dude, Where's My Semenr

  published Nov 22, 2011

  ​Hair Balls is familiar with people stealing cars, money and jewelry, but a civil suit filed Monday alleges the theft of perhaps an even more precious commodity: semen. Joe Pressil is accusing More >>