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  • Getting Off
    Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
    Thursday, November 05
    Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday night. It T-boned a police cruiser, sending Tukanov... More >>
  • No Justice
    We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
    Thursday, October 29
    When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his Web-savvy campaign team created keatingeconomics.com.... More >>
  • Houston's Choice for Mayor
    Black Guy, Rich White Guy, Lesbian or Hispanic Republican
    Thursday, October 22
    It's late October in Houston. That means, of course, the weather's nicer, the Texans are sucking, the Rockets haven't flamed out yet. Typical... More >>
  • Dive Bars
    A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.
    Thursday, October 15
    Somewhere in a godforsaken stretch of near northwest Houston, a very drunk man wearing a Texas Longhorns cap is smoking outside the front door of... More >>
  • Ghost Riders
    In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.
    Thursday, October 08
    Cisco Rios lived to ride his bike. The 25-year-old waiter longed to ditch his job and make that passion his livelihood. His buddy Matt Wurth,... More >>

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News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com

I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>

Dallas

Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.

An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the... More >>

Denver

The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caught

Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver... More >>

Kansas City

After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry

Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters... More >>

Miami

Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy

Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of... More >>

Minneapolis

Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the Planet

Heavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS Saturday
SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out... More >>

Phoenix

Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program

Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing... More >>

San Francisco

Under Fire

Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>

Blog

Hair Balls

Loni Love And The Chelsea Lately Comics Hit Houston

Fri Nov 6, 5:34 PM

?Plus-size comic Loni Love is coming to Houston this weekend as part of the Comedians of Chelsea Lately tour.Even though Love has had a successful stand-up career for more than six years now, her ... More >>

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    In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.
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The Life of Brian
Thursday, July 16
Response to Judge Guerrero's letter: Will this nightmare ever end? This innocent young man was finally acquitted after more than two years of... More >>

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