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March 11, 1999
Fed-up Feds
Will the "temp" United States Attorney exile dissidents to the border?
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June 1, 2009
June 1: And So It Begins......
NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!! (MUST CREDIT HAIR BALLS!!!!!) Today is the beginning of the hurricane season.While the rest of the so-called mainstream media will ignore this important milestone simply because writing or airing stuff about hurricanes in Houston results in cheap increases in ratings and clic ... More >>
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January 6, 1994
The Poison Connection
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston
Dining
January 1, 1998
Dish
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston
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September 17, 1998
News of the Weird
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston
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March 6, 2003
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston
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September 15, 2005
Take Our Katrina Kwiz!
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston
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April 10, 2008
Chess Masters at UT-Brownsville
An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.
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January 10, 2008
Immigration: Cubans Enter U.S. at Texas-Mexico Border
An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.
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July 27, 2006
Stranger than Fiction
An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.
Dining
February 15, 2007
Who Is Sylvia?
A chef who loves Karl's on the Riverbend and Freddie Fender
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July 18, 2002
Hot Tunes, Summer in the City
Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002
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July 5, 2001
Letters
Off the "X", Beaching Out, The Low Down
News
June 21, 2001
The Bored Patrol
Border Patrol agents in South Texas contend they are getting paid to stay put as illegal immigrants go around them. Is this how the much-hyped crackdown along the Rio Grande is supposed to work?
Blogs
April 29, 2009
Swine Flu Death In Mystery Hospital
Photo by The Pug FatherThe first case of a death from swine flu has been reported -- and it's here in Houston.Of course, it's not exactly a Houstonian who, say, was attending an elementary school in HISD. It was an infant, born in Mexico, who got sick in Brownsville and was transported to Houston an ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Not So Clear Cut
What are you really eating when you order fajitas in a Tex-Mex restaurant?
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December 18, 2009
Mexican Marmalade
My friend Ed Cooper is a financial consultant. I was hoping for a hot stock tip for Christmas, but instead he gave me Mexican fruits. Ed grew up in Brownsville eating these Conserva Valdez conserves. They are fairly unusual-looking, but quite good. The orange conserves contain big pieces of o ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
"Paper Or Plastic": You Won't Be Hearing That In Brownsville Anymore
Brownsville is never going to be confused with Portland, San Franciscio or some other bucolic tree-hugging liberal city, but it's home to just as many crunchy ecological activists as any yurt-living commune, apparently.Yesterday its version of the city council voted to ban merchants from usin ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
Exotic Texas Gulf Coast Crime Round-Up: Zip-Tied Kids, Flipping Out In Victoria, And Santa Punishes A Pedophile
Photo courtesy of Cameron County Sheriff's Office Juan Luis SanchezA few awful items and weird crime tidbits from the Texas Gulf Coast... A Brownsville jury convicted 27-year-old Juan Luis Sanchez on ten counts of possession of child pornography. Sanchez's predilection was discovered not ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
"Weird" and Proud, Preemo Understands the Meaning of "Hustle Town"
We think "Weird Al" Yankovic screwed it up for everybody. There aren't lots of times you can use the word "weird" in a good way. That's one of those words we need to take back, on the real, because when you put "weird" into the right context it can be a positive thing - a differentiator from th ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
PETA Be Buggin' About Blinged-Out Border Beetle
Photo courtesy CBPContraband along the Texas-Mexico border flows both ways. Drugs tend to come north. Desperados on the lam tend to flow south. But every now and then there's a novelty like this woman and her strange pet. The Brownsville Herald picks up the tale: It wasn't marijuana, co ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Beef Vs. Chicken Battle Turns Violent In Valley Cafe
When he sat down at his table at downtown Brownsville's El Rancho Alegre Café last Saturday night, all Esequiel Silva wanted was a plate of chicken milanesa enchiladas. Little did he know how just how much the Happy Ranch Cafe would fail to live up to its name.After taking a couple of bites, he ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
June Trial Set For Brownsville Murder of Barry Horn, '70s Houston's Answer To Truman Capote
Photo courtesy Nueces County SOErnesto MartinezA June trial date has been set for the suspect in the Brownsville murder of Barry Horn, a former Channel 13 TV news personality who was at the time of his death the executive director of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.The 59-year-old Horn, once ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Jose Sanchez, 20, Porfirio Sanchez, 45, Bayou Body Count Nos. 72 & 73
Two are dead in what some might call a step-filicide and suicide, which is just a fancy way to say that a man killed his step-son and then himself.Harris County Sheriff's investigators say that 20-year-old Jose Sanchez and his step-dad, Porfiiro Sanchez, got into it on March 20 at their home on ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Y'all ~~Musta Forgot~~ Are Gonna Forget: Preemo's Concrete Dreams
Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or un, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Preemo is an enigmatic, velvet-voiced MC from Brownsville that now lives in Houston. He is both con ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Mario Alberto Gasca: Brownsville Teen Confesses To Horrific Puppy Slaughter
One sick puppyMario Alberto Gasca didn't like it when a group of people in his Brownsville neighborhood accused him of burglarizing a nearby house.In fact, the very idea he could be accused of something like that made him furious. How could he best show how much he was misunderstood? How could th ... More >>
Music
June 17, 2010
Concrete Dreams
Preemo paints his masterpiece, but who will wake up to listen?
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Brownsville Chess Teams Get Some National Pub
HBO provides proof positive chess is a sportIt's been more than two years since the Houston Press wrote about the unlikely success of the collegiate and grade school chess programs in Brownsville, but now the big boys at HBO have caught up and will air a segment Tuesday night about the community' ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Ramiro C. Lozano, World's Dumbest Child Pornographer, Gets 20 Years
Won't be smiling for longMost child pornographers are caught when law enforcement gains access to private, secure web groups.Then there are the child pornographers who get caught when they pass out on the side of the road in a car filled with their sick handiwork.Ramiro C. Lozano, 47, of Brownsvi ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Chef Chat, Part 1: Sylvia Casares of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen
We met with Sylvia Casares, founder of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, to discuss how she gambled her life savings to realize her dream of a mesquite grill. EOW: As I understand it, you used to have a corporate job and then took the leap into becoming a restaurant owner. Tell me how that happene ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Rio Grande Mud: Cops, Mayors and Judges Busted For Corruption, DWI And Whoring All Over Valley
Froget it, Jake. It's just the ValleyOn moving to Miami during that city's Cocaine Cowboy heyday, a friend once described the place thusly: "You are nobody here until you are under indictment."As the frontline for the drug war has shifted from Colombia and South Florida to Mexico and South Texas, ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied
Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories.
Blogs
August 26, 2010
People Think A Plastic-Bag Ban Is Terrible, Plastic-Bag Industry Reports
Brownsville is getting ready to implement a ban on plastic bags in supermarkets, under an ordinance passed earlier this year.You know who doesn't like that? The American Chemistry Council, which we're sure just deals with the wonders of chemistry and how it can improve lives, through the use of, say ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Valley Sheriffs Want To Search Southbound Cars, Too
Be careful headin' southBe careful if you're driving south with your guns and life savings. If some sheriffs have their way, county cops could take it all away.Late last week, sheriffs from Cameron County and El Paso County announced that they would love it if deputies started inspecting every ca ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
UT-Brownsville Using Text Message to Warn Students of Violence
UT-Brownsville: text messaging to fight the drug cartels. UT-Brownsville is using a new tactic to keep its students safe from violence across the border: text messaging. Students, faculty and staff at the school are being asked to enter their cell phone numbers in a university database, so whenev ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Yet Another Study Says Houston Traffic Is Horrible
Cruising down the highway, Houston-styleIf someone were to do a study of commuting traffic in 90 American cities, gauging cost and miles and hours wasted, where do you think Houston would rank? Would it be 90th? Maybe 89th? NO. We are not as bad as horror pits like San Jose (89) or Dallas ( ... More >>
Dining
December 30, 2010
Taco Palenque
Cruising down the highway, Houston-styleIf someone were to do a study of commuting traffic in 90 American cities, gauging cost and miles and hours wasted, where do you think Houston would rank? Would it be 90th? Maybe 89th? NO. We are not as bad as horror pits like San Jose (89) or Dallas ( ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Mexican Pop Singer Fights Rape Allegations, Racism
The latest chapter in Mexican pop singer Kalimba's life saddens us for a number of reasons, but the possibility of never hearing his music again is not one of them. If you haven't heard, while recording his latest album in El Paso, Kalimba was held by the U.S. Border Patrol on suspicion of ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Luis Enrique Ramirez: Border Guard Admits Letting Coke and Aliens In
Right this way, and don't forget to tip your agentA Border Patrol agent has admitted he waved through a car full of cocaine and helped aliens cross into the U.S. which, to be honest, is pretty clearly against the law. Luis Enrique Ramirez, 38, of Brownsville, entered a guilty plea today, say ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Raul Leal: Immigrant Detention Center Officer Kicked Detainee in the Face, Breaking Skull, Feds Say
The Port Isabel Detention Center has long been the subject of complaints.A former officer at the Port Isabel Detention Center kicked a detainee in the face, breaking a bone in his skull, and then lied to investigators, federal prosecutors alleged today. Raul Leal, 31, was arrested without in ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Rene Huerta Jr.: Guesses Border Cops Will Forget the Secret Ammo-Holding Compartment In His Dashboard, Guesses Wrong
Hey, it's worth a shot.It's difficult to say whether Rene Huerta Jr. was ballsy, dumb or maybe forced to do something against his will. But he dodged a huge bullet (ha HA!) in November 2010 when Customs and Border Protection inspected his car as it crossed over from Mexico to Brownsville. Th ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
TS Don: And Then, Depression Set In -- Tropical Storm Could Bear Down on Texas by Friday (Updated)
Courtesy National Hurricane CenterLittle Donnie is getting bigger.The National Hurricane Center reconnaissance plane found winds strong enough in Invest 90 to declare it the fourth tropical depression tropical storm of the 2011 hurricane season -- their next full report is at 6 p.m. As we m ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Robert L. Hedrick: Pan Am's Big Comeback Likely Stalled With Its President's Child-Porn Indictment
A child-porn indictment qualifies as a wrench in the plansRobert L. Hedrick made a big splash last October, inviting former Pan Am employees back to Brownsville's original pan Am building to announce the creation of an airline with a similar name that had plans to fly routes from that city to ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Om Prakash Budha: Faces Prison over Refusals to Fill Out Visa Forms
Man, Om Prakash Budha, 28, does not want to go back to Nepal. He was nabbed in October 2010 crossing the U.S. border at Brownsville without proper documentation. Fine, you got caught, go home and try again, right? Wrong. "On four separate occasions during a four-month period, Budha steadfastly ref ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Bartender Chat: Sarah Daniel of The Davenport
It's early on a Friday night at The Davenport , but there's already a pretty decent crowd. The interior is dark, almost romantic, lit by candlelight and a faux fireplace. Throw a bearskin rug on the floor, and I bet some people would forget they're in public. A few folks are still in post-w ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Cops Sexually Abusing Teens Learning to Be Cops
What could go wrong with young kids learning to be cops by hanging with them as they do their jobs? Lots, according to this week's cover story. The Explorer program is administered by Learning for Life, a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America. Teenage girls and boys take part all over the ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Guillermo Villarreal & Leoncio Sanchez: Buying 17,000 Rounds of Ammo at Academy Stores Will Raise Eyebrows
Gimme back -- gimme back my bullets...If you live in Texas, or much of the South, you've probably heard the bouncy jingle "Academy Sports & Outdoors -- the right stuff, the right price!" This apparently holds true if you're in the market for a ton of ammunition to sneak into Mexico. Guiller ... More >>
Culture
February 9, 2012
Ron Paul and Sci-Fi
Gimme back -- gimme back my bullets...If you live in Texas, or much of the South, you've probably heard the bouncy jingle "Academy Sports & Outdoors -- the right stuff, the right price!" This apparently holds true if you're in the market for a ton of ammunition to sneak into Mexico. Guiller ... More >>
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