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3:00 pm
May. 25, 2012
Galveston Pleasure Pier Opens Just in Time for Memorial Day
By Brittanie Shey
Be sure to check out our pictures of the Pleasure Pier and our Summer Guide story on its construction and history. You can barely tell that the Flagship was ever there. The past-its-prime hotel,... More >>

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2:00 pm
May. 25, 2012
Amelia Perez, 46, Bayou Body Count No. 69
By Richard Connelly
A 46-year-old woman died when the driver of the SUV she was in got into a wild accident, Houston police say. Amelia Perez was a passenger in a Chevrolet Suburban driven by Casimiro Campos, 64, ... More >>

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12:30 pm
May. 25, 2012
Kevin Bernard Hunter, 51, Learns Box Cutter No Match for Two HPD Guns, Bayou Body Count No. 68
By Richard Connelly
A man armed with a box cutter attacked two undercover police officers in a car and was shot to death by them, HPD says. Kevin Bernard Hunter, 51, was killed about 9:15 last night in the 2000 bloc... More >>

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11:30 am
May. 25, 2012
Hammered Miami Heat Fan Strips to Bra & Panties to Celebrate a Win (VIDEO Analysis)
By Sean Pendergast
I realize that, unless you're a member of LeBron James's or Dwyane Wade's immediate family, it's awfully tough to find a reason to root for the Miami Heat. While they're not the lightning rod f... More >>

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11:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Week in Photos: Solar Eclipse
By Brittanie Shey
Each week, we take a dip into the Houston Press Flickr pool and see what our talented photographers have been up to. We're looking for pictures that represent the best of Houston, from food to art... More >>

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10:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Rest in Peace, Astrodome, You Deserved So Much Better
By John Royal
From April 1988 through January 2000, I spent a lot of time at the Astrodome. About 100-150 nights a year, each year, more or less. My first job was operating the out-of-town games scoreboard for... More >>

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8:58 am
May. 25, 2012
Know Your Local Media: Adam Clanton, the Jim Rome-Impersonating Sports Guy from Channel 2
By Jeff Balke
Each week, we will profile an esteemed member of the local media and ask them five questions, for better or worse. Name: Adam Clanton Employer: KPRC-TV Channel 2 Title: Weekend Sports Anchor/Re... More >>

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8:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Early NFL Season Win Total Lines Have Brought Out a New Trash-Talky Side of Bob McNair
By Sean Pendergast
"I think we are a contender, so that's no surprise to me. I guess they got tired of losing money out there, putting our over-and-under too low, so they're getting more realistic." -- Houston Texa... More >>

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7:00 am
May. 25, 2012
So You Want to Buy a Former Meth Lab!: Meth-Testing Houses the New Big Thing
By Craig Malisow
There are lots of important things to consider when choosing an apartment, house or trailer: commute time, distance to retail centers, public schools -- but perhaps the most important thing of a... More >>

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6:00 am
May. 25, 2012
For Memorial Day: 10 Great Surprise Soldier Reunions (VIDEO)
By Richard Connelly
Memorial Day is, of course, the day we honor those soldiers, sailors, airmen (of both sexes) and Marines who have given that last full measure of devotion. Luckily, most who serve do not have to... More >>

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4:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
Nicholas Scott Grammer: Almost Dies on a Stolen Motorcycle, Swipes Another Weeks Later, Police Say
By John Nova Lomax
From looking at his court records and two Facebook pages, it's clear that Nicholas Scott Grammer loves motorcycles. Unfortunately for the 22-year-old Deer Park native and everyone else in the Ga... More >>

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3:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
This Means War: $1K Reward Offered for Info on the Heathens Who Vandalized Pearland's Football Field
By Richard Connelly
Messing with The Rig? Have people no sense of decency these days? The Rig, which is what they call Pearland High School's football stadium, has been attacked by persons who somehow do not hold... More >>

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1:30 pm
May. 24, 2012
Troy Allen Randle, 45, Biker Killed by Allegedly Drunk Driver. Bayou Body Count No. 67
By Richard Connelly
A drunk driver slammed into a motorcyclist who was in the midst of a traffic stop and killed him, Houston police say. Monson Durham, 43, faces charges of intoxication manslaughter. Troy Allen R... More >>

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12:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
El Salvador vs. New Zealand: BBVA's First International Match Ends in a 2-2 draw
By Danny Lopez
So what do you get when you cross FIFA's 49th-ranked team against its 130th? You get BBVA Compass Stadium's first international soccer match featuring El Salvador and New Zealand. And it didn'... More >>

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11:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Barry Walter Bujol Jr. Gets 20 Years for Trying to Help Al Qaeda
By Richard Connelly
A Hempstead man got 20 years in prison today for trying to smuggle GPS devices and prepaid phone cards to Al Qaeda. Former Prairie View A&M student Barry Walter Bujol Jr., 30, had been convicte... More >>

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10:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Our Mashed-Up Historic Houston Photos, As Seen On TV
By Richard Connelly
Our series of mashed-up past and present Houston photos got some TV love yesterday. Abrahán Garza, who painstakingly puts together the photos -- it's not as easy as it looks -- was on Great Day H... More >>

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8:58 am
May. 24, 2012
Video: The 10 Best Hits from Houston Roller Derby's Latest Win
By Richard Connelly
The Psych Ward Sirens, defending Houston champs, took on the Suicide Shifters from the Dallas Derby Devil at the Bayou Music Center recently, and it wasn't close. The Sirens won 262-82, but that... More >>

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8:00 am
May. 24, 2012
John Harris: Plays Music in His Front Lawn, Gets a Double Dose of Taser
By Steve Jansen
The Bad Drugs, fresh off a rollicking performance at Big Star Bar, were too pumped to let the night end on Saturday, May 5. After leaving the Heights-area drinkery, the band headed to the drumm... More >>

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7:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Trinity Mugshot Round-Up Part Two: More of the Best in Texas
By John Nova Lomax
The shutterbug jailhouse artistes up in the Lake Livingston-area town of Trinity have just unveiled their spring collection, and it's a feast for the eyes. As we've pointed out before, no jurisdi... More >>

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6:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Tracy McGrady's Chinese Beer Commercial, Dissected (w/ VIDEO)
By Sean Pendergast
Maybe it's because he was given official "ambassador" status a couple years ago, perhaps it's because China is one of the few locales left where he hasn't lost a playoff series, but most likely be... More >>

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Pradaxa Patients Can't Stop the Bleeding Pradaxa Patients Can't Stop the Bleeding
By Craig Malisow

Less than 24 hours after Loraine Franklin fell on the kitchen floor of her Georgetown home, she was dead. It was December 29, 2011, and Franklin's daughters say today that, had… More >>

2012 Summer Guide 2012 Summer Guide
By Brittanie Shey, Katharine Shilcutt, Sean Pendergast and Abby Downing-Beaver

Also check out our Summer Guide event listings, concert listings and movie previews. Beyond the Bridges Adventurers are rediscovering the wilderness of Buffalo Bayou right in the middle of the city. By Brittanie… More >>

Brown Case Gets Uglier

COURTS Brown Case Gets Uglier Yes, it's possible By Craig Malisow In the roughly 87 years we've been covering allegations of cocaine-absorbing, pregnant-wife-pummeling, creepy-sex-advice-spouting, alleged-stripper-banging, medical-license-losing doctor Michael Glyn Brown, we've yet to see… More >>

Houston's Babies Play Vintage Baseball Houston's Babies Play Vintage Baseball
By John Nova Lomax

It's a sweltering Cinco de Mayo in Katy's City Park, and on a dusty baseball diamond, Larry Joe "Long Ball" Miggins steps up to the plate with two men on… More >>

Vintage Baseball: The Wanderers Vintage Baseball: The Wanderers
By John Nova Lomax

The most colorful and certainly most obscure of Houston's baseball eras would come to an end in 1905, when competition would move to West End Park, which stood on the… More >>

Vintage Baseball: Covering All the Bases Vintage Baseball: Covering All the Bases
By John Nova Lomax

You never know what might happen when you go to cover a vintage base ball game. Early in the second game of the Babies' two-game slate, one of the "cranks"… More >>

"Duck Taco" Lawsuit

COURTS "Duck Taco" Lawsuit Deputy endured forced motorboating, suit says By Richard Connelly A former deputy to Galveston County Constable Pam Matranga has sued her, claiming she sexually harassed him by, among other things,… More >>

Friends Like These Friends Like These

CRIME Friends Like These Woman sexes hospitalized pal's teen By Richard Connelly When her good friend was hospitalized, Karen Lee Carstens volunteered to help watch her 13-year-old son. For two years, cops say, she and… More >>

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