Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 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

  Shanoop and Sandra Kothari: Alcohol Swabs with Bacteria Killed Our Child, Lawsuit Says

  published Feb 14, 2011

  The parents of a two-year-old Houston boy who died after coming into contact with contaminated antiseptic swabs are suing the manufacturer of the swabs, which have been subject to a recall. In a feder... More >>

• Juan & Bruno Gonzales: It's Not Cockfighting, It's "Sparring"

  published Feb 10, 2011

  Note to D-bags who get caught cockfighting: telling the judge your blood-covered chickens were just "sparring" is not a slam-dunk defense. That's what Angelina County father and son Juan and Bruno Go... More >>

• Harry Potter Fans Take on Bullying

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Say what you will about fervent Harry Potter fans who are above legal drinking age, but many of them want to use the characters and plotlines in JK Rowling's series to make the world a better place. ... More >>

• How Much Are the Obese Costing Texasr Almost $10 Billion, Study Says

  published Feb 08, 2011

  Hey, Fatty McFatfat -- put down that honey-glazed ham and step away from the buffet table, because you and your kind are costing Texas nearly $10 billion a year.Gravy-stained canklesaurus rexes n... More >>

• 30-Hour Famine Time Is Back: Who Will Surviver

  published Feb 08, 2011

  Every year, flacks for an organization called World Vision send us information about their "30 Hour Famine" fundraiser for hungry brown children in faraway lands, and every year we try our best to mak... More >>

• Shawn Roberts: Lawyer Threatens Us, Then Tries to Bum a Ride

  published Feb 02, 2011

  When we first reached out to interview Shawn Roberts, the subject of this week's cover story, it was through the lawyer who represented him in a felony drug case related to the 2007 death of his girlf... More >>

• Dead Center

  published February 3, 2011

  Shortly after Tara Sganga met and fell in love with Shawn Roberts, she became aware of the helicopters. She had never seen them before.... More >>

• Harris County Prosecutor Goes on Today Show to Talk Sex Trafficking

  published Feb 01, 2011

  Human trafficking is a major problem in Texas, which is why Linda Geffin, chief of the Harris County Attorney's Special Prosecution Unit, will be giving people the 411 on The Today Show Thursday. "Hou... More >>

• Michael Brown, TV-Ad Doctor, Indicted for Felony Assault

  published Jan 28, 2011

  Our favorite dildo-lovin', coke-sniffin', license-losin', creepy-home-video-makin' ex-doctor, Michael Brown, has been indicted for felony assault by a Harris County grand jury.The January 25 ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Timothy Rosales Jr.: Yet Another Escapee from a Houston Halfway House

  published Jan 25, 2011

  Timothy Rosales Jr. is the first rapist of 2011 to escape from the privately run Ben Reid halfway house, and the second to escape in a little over a month. The 39-year-old sex offender fled from the ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Texas Lousy at Reporting Food Poisoning, Study Says

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Between tainted peanuts and fatal spinach, we feel like there have been a lot of Texas food scares lately. But it's the stuff we don't hear about that gave Texas a failing grade in a new study of how ... More >>

• Texas Lousy at Reporting Food Poisoning, Study Says

  published Jan 21, 2011

  If you live in Texas and eat food, you will probably die, or at least become violently ill. That's what we're taking away from a study that gives the Lone Star state an "F" in reporting outbreaks... More >>

• Gary Ross: River Oaks' Teflon Man Reappears, in Chron's Society Pages

  published Jan 19, 2011

  We laughed our asses off this morning when we saw a pic of Gary Ross, a.k.a. Teflon Man, on the arm of Carolyn Farb in the Houston Chronicle's society pages A colorful character who winnowed his way... More >>

• Julia Ward: Alleged Pill-Mill Doctor Says She's Legit

  published Jan 18, 2011

  The Texas Medical Board has temporarily suspended the license of a Houston doctor who Board investigators allege is running a pill mill out of a pain clinic on West Little York.According to the suspen... More >>

• Martin Luther King or Glenn Beck: Whose Speech Was Betterr

  published Jan 17, 2011

  For years now, one dude has hogged Martin Luther King Jr. Day. And that dude is Martin Luther King Jr. His "I Have a Dream" speech will probably be broadcast five thousand times on five thousand chann... More >>

• Houston Rabbi's STD iPhone App Sure to Liven Up Seders

  published Jan 12, 2011

  A bunch of Jewish chicks from Houston don't want you to get an STD.Houston rabbi Amy Weiss, along with her Initiative for Jewish Women, has created the LoveSmarts iPhone app, which might be the only a... More >>

• Houston's Black Tea Party: The Tidal Wave Begins

  published Jan 11, 2011

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• Dijwun Morgan, The Greensheet Bandit: Not Difficult To Find

  published Jan 05, 2011

  The Greensheet is a good way to buy or sell a TV, a hopefully not-too-mysteriously stained mattress, or your antique china. But Dijwun Morgan found another use for it, according to Baytown police: He ... More >>

• Millet Harrison Jr.: Dude Who Removed His Mom's Brain Says He's Better Now

  published Jan 04, 2011

  It's January, which means it's time once again for Millet Harrison Jr. to ask a Jefferson County court if he can leave the mental hospital he's been locked up in since he cut out his mother's bra... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Jesus & Wells Fargo: Thou Shalt Not Close My Checking Account

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Our favorite self-proclaimed Second Coming of Jesus is vowing "retribution" against Wells Fargo for closing his checking account.Houston's Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda, who claims hundreds of thousands ... More >>