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  • Crash Reports
    Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.
    Thursday, February 04
    Steve Morrison probably never knew what hit him that April afternoon in 2008. After the 52-year-old swimming-pool company owner eased off the... More >>
  • Inside the MasterMinds
    The Houston Press honors three local arts groups on the city's cutting edge.
    Thursday, January 28
    Last year, we decided to spread a little good karma (and a little cash), and recognize some locals on the cutting edge Houston's arts scene. It's... More >>
  • Net Gains and Losses
    Is the Omega Protein company overfishing the most important fish in the sea?
    Thursday, January 21
    In 2003, Danny the polar bear, a resident of the Cincinnati Zoo, was having severe skin problems. The 800-lb. Arctic native's hide was itchy and... More >>
  • Net Gains and Losses: Red Herring
    Author has his own special take on the fishing industry.
    Thursday, January 21
    H. Bruce Franklin's 2007 book The Most Important Fish in the Sea helped bring the menhaden debate to a wider audience. Franklin, an English... More >>
  • True Confessions?
    Seventeen years ago, Charles Raby said he killed an old lady. Now he's not so sure.
    Thursday, January 14
    "I sit alone in my four-cornered room starin' at candles..." — Scarface of the Geto Boys in "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," one of the most... More >>

National

News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

As Haitians Rebuild, a Photographer Captures the Catastrophe

Michael McElroy is a South Florida-based freelance photographer who spent seven days in... More >>

Dallas

In the War of Attrition Waged by the Texas Attorney General Against Robert O'Donnell, There Were Unintended Consequences

Robert O'Donnell stands rigidly in the courthouse hallway, his arms folded across his chest,... More >>

Denver

Can a veterans court help former GIs find justice here at home?

What are you going to do, shoot me?" It was around ten o'clock at night when Edward Lynch... More >>

Kansas City

The Sex Edition: the Disavowed

Marcella was dancing with three other guys, playing the field at America's Pub in Westport,... More >>

Miami

Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida

Welcome to the land of excess and instant gratification. You sensed it when you got off the... More >>

Minneapolis

Dan Buettner's Blue Zones teach nine secrets of a longer life

Oprah author shares his longevity plan
The red-walled foyer of Dan Buettner's Lake of the Isles home is packed with party guests.... More >>

Phoenix

Going Rogue: An Obsessive Phoenix Patrol Cop Tried to Nail the Wrong Guy in the Baseline Killer Case

The lead story on KPHO-TV's evening news last April 1 had bombshell potential. With a mug... More >>

San Francisco

The ABCs of Ditching School

Schools are trying to contain their truancy epidemic. How're they doing? Just ask the students smoking pot less than a block from campus.
In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of... More >>

Blog

Hair Balls

Pandora, Beaumont: What's The Difference? Sam Worthington Will Find Out

Tue Feb 9, 5:06 PM

?Sam Worthington thought he went to strange places, with odd natives, when he went to Pandorain Avatar. Just wait until he meets Southeast Texas.The Bayou blog informs us that details have been fi... More >>

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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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