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Hair Balls
1:00 pm
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Kaufman County Copycat Killings? Most people reading about the killings of Kaufman County officials earlier this year - Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney was shot on the courthouse steps in January, then District Attorn... More >>
Hair Balls
12:00 pm
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Dynamo Learn, 'You Can't Win Them All' Have you ever been traveling, and you just have this sneaky suspension that you left something in the hotel room? The lads in Orange over at BBVA Compass Stadium might be having that same feeling... More >>
Hair Balls
11:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Tale of the Tape, "Butchered National Anthem" Category: Alexis Normand vs Frank Drebin Music is a tough business. Thousands of artists are writing and performing tens of thousands of songs every day for little to no wage, trying to strike it big and gain some degree of relevance. H... More >>
Hair Balls
10:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Most Texas A&M Fees Missing Documentation, University Insists No Money Misspent Any high school student in Houston will, or should, automatically know one of the biggest colleges to get into is Texas A&M. That is, if you have the money or the scholarships to afford the tuiti... More >>
Hair Balls
9:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Reid Ryan Wants A More Fan Friendly Astros, So Here Are Our Suggestions In his introductory press conference on Friday, new Astros team president Reid Ryan made it clear that things are going to change. He wants the team to be more fan friendly, and he said he's goin... More >>
Hair Balls
8:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
NASA Budget Cuts Could Hit Johnson Space Center (First No Shuttle, Now This?) In recent years, NASA has been hit pretty hard, and another hit may be coming. We're a long ways off from the days when JFK told the nation that the United States would put a man on the moon, and... More >>
Hair Balls
7:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
Mario Williams Can Now Actually Arrest His Haters The relationship between former Texan Mario Williams and the city of Houston has always been somewhat dicey. It goes all the way back to the day he was drafted in 2006, when most of Houston wa... More >>
Hair Balls
6:00 am
May. 20, 2013
Houston News
George Bush Intercontinental Is One of the Top Hookup Spots; Who Knew? You thought the only action you were going to see at George Bush Intercontinental Airport was from that one airport security guard who always gets a little handsy in the pat-downs, but you've got... More >>
Hair Balls
1:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
Johnny Manziel Officially Concocts the Most Creative First Pitch Ever at Padres Game Cabo spring breaks, courtside NBA seats, luxury boxes at concerts, appearances on Letterman, rounds of golf at Pebble Beach, batting practice in Major League Baseball stadiums... I'm pretty sure ... More >>
Hair Balls
12:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
New Azerbaijan Cultural Center Shows Why Baku Was the Houston of the Soviet Union Irada Akhoundova remembers when the Soviet military rumbled outside her house. It was late 1991, post-perestroika, pre-independence, and Akhoundova, a principal of one of the schools of the Azerb... More >>
Hair Balls
11:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
Three Men Accused of Beating Pregnant Woman; Newborn in Critical Condition Harris County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday they had arrested two men and one juvenile accused of beating a pregnant woman after breaking into her home in northwest Harris County. The wo... More >>
Hair Balls
10:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
The Final Countdown: Galveston County Puts Up Massive Countdown Clocks/Billboards for Hurricane Season 3...2...1...HUNKER! Along the Gulf Coast, most of us are keenly aware of the approach of hurricane season each year. Even if we don't know the exact date it starts (June 1), we know that the adv... More >>
Hair Balls
9:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
Antiabortion group accuses Dr. Douglas Karpen of late-term abortions, authorities investigating It seems that Philadelphia might not be the only city in the United States with its very own late-term abortion doctor. That's right folks, Houston may have its very own version of Dr. Kermit Gos... More >>
Hair Balls
8:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
UPDATED Crush Video Case: Feds Drop Remaining Charges Federal prosecutors have dropped the two remaining obscenity charges against alleged animal crush video producers Ashley Richards and Brent Justice and filed a notice of appeal on five counts pre... More >>
Hair Balls
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
Bo Don't Know Shifts: Astros Manager's Defensive Shifts Rankle Pitcher There's been a lot of nonsense coming out of the Houston Astros this week. Primarily the nonsense around the Houston Area Women's Center and a canceled gala that instead of being handled quietly ... More >>
Hair Balls
6:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Houston News
Johnny Manziel Hits Batting Practice Home Run at Petco Park (w/ VIDEO) In the game of "Bucket List," Johnny Manziel is officially running up the score on all of us. Over the weekend, the Texas A&M Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback capped off a round at Pebble Beach... More >>
Hair Balls
2:00 pm
May. 16, 2013
Houston News
Weather Sucks: Thank God We Only Have Hurricanes to Deal with in Houston "It's already here!" -- Twister Overnight in north Texas, a rash of tornadoes killed at least six people and injured many more. There could be another outbreak of twisters tonight as dry, cool a... More >>
Hair Balls
12:00 pm
May. 16, 2013
Houston News
The Ryan Express: Astros to Name Nolan Ryan's Son, Reid, as Team President The Astros desperately want Nolan Ryan as part of their organization. Today it appears as if they might get as close as they have been in a while. Multiple sources are reporting the team will anno... More >>
Hair Balls
11:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Houston News
Oklahoma City Twitter Thugs Go in on Patrick Beverley After Thunder Season Ends (LOTS of NSFW) It must hurt to go into a season with the highest of hopes, dreams of a championship, go through the grind of an 82-game regular season to secure a one seed, and then have it all go up in smoke in... More >>
Hair Balls
10:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Houston News
Travelin' Man: Web Site Helps Dudes Find Vacation Hookups Based on the Books She Is Reading I'm a travelin' man I've made a lot of stops all over the world And in every part I own the heart Of at least one lovely girl When Ricky Nelson sang those words, he was a rock star traveling t... More >>

From the Print Edition

Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech? Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech?

Update: Federal prosecutors have dropped the remaining two obscenity charges and have filed a notice to appeal the five counts under the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act Meanwhile, state prosecutors… More >>

New Bike Law Quiz!

Highlights from Hair Balls Spaced City In a long-overdue move, the city of Houston has passed an ordinance intended to make the roads safer for bicyclists and other non-car users of the… More >>

Sterling High School: Keeping It All Together Sterling High School: Keeping It All Together

A call comes in over the walkie-talkies "There are students who can't get into the school. The gates are locked." School receptionist Cherlyn Pinkney immediately goes into action, calling out… More >>

Pot Not

Highlights from Hair Balls Crime College footballer with weed — you're thinking Mack Brown's Longhorns, right? Forget it — we're talking Aggies. Former Aggies. Former Aggies like quarterback Reggie McNeal, currently a Canadian… More >>

Rick Perry: Mum's The Word Rick Perry: Mum's The Word

The excitement was palpable as Governor Rick Perry strode into the House chamber just over two years ago to make his State of the State speech. Months before the four-term Republican… More >>

WorldFest Profiling

FILM Our sister blog Art Attack had a story too good not to use. So we're using it. Last month marked the end of the 46th annual WorldFest. The film festival, third-oldest… More >>

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