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  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Every Weed Farm Needs A Good Rocket Launcher

    Peace out​Here's a tip if you're planning on running a Liberty County weed farm: Get a rocket launcher. Apparently you're going to need one, if the operation busted by cops yesterday is any indication. Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip, law enforcement authorities raided a property near Clevel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Five Ways to Accommodate Houston's Population Growth

    Spacious, fixer upper available for immediate rental.​A recent Rice University study found that Houston is getting bigger and not just around the waistline. According to the study, H-Town was the fastest growing city in America over the last decade. Apparently, everything truly is bigger in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Mass Children's Grave In Liberty County (Update: Add Question Mark)

    Google mapsApproximate map of the location​Update: The status as of 6:30 p.m. seems to be that authorities got a tip and "found some circumstances that have raised some questions," as the official local spokesman put it, so they are seeking a search warrant. Once they get it they will begin di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Knife Fight Between Man and Cat Requires Airlift to Hospital

    Now we know.​As with so many things, The Onion has been proven prophetic again. The famous headline, turned into the shirt design seen at the right, seems to have come true in the Montgomery County town of Cleveland, where a man had to be airlifted to a hospital with injuries given to him by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Cleveland Gang Rape Story: Chron Handles Latest Allegations with Kid Gloves

    Approach with caution.​Last week, we wrote about the tragic Cleveland gang rape story, but, more specifically, the coverage from both the New York Times and Houston Chronicle that sparked angry blog posts and cries of racism. In a strange and unfortunate turn of events, the controversy over th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Cleveland Gang Rape Story: District Attorney Mike Little, Only One Authorized to Talk, Takes Week's Vacation from the Office

    Or something.​When Liberty County's District Attorney Mike Little gagged anyone involved in the Cleveland gang rape case -- in which an 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped brutally by multiple men and boys -- from talking, you'd think he'd hang around as the singular voice for his muted count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Cleveland Gang-Rape Story: Times's Ombudsman Says It Was Flawed

    In-house criticism over the East Texas gang-rape coverage​The New York Times's ombudsman has joined the chorus criticizing the paper's coverage of the Cleveland gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl. Arthur S. Brisbane noted that many people thought the story leaned towards blaming the victim and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Cleveland Gang-Rape Coverage: Controversy Doesn't Die

    A "clusterfuck of fail"?​The heat over media coverage of the Cleveland gang-rape doesn't show much signs of slacking, as critics question whether stories in The New York Times and Houston Chronicle displayed a "blame the victim" tone. A round-up of the latest (We've asked Chronicle editor Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Cougar Football Is All Over Now

    The Cougar season is all over now​The Houston Cougars spoke about the importance of having a good game on Saturday. Not only would a victory over Texas Tech guarantee a bowl game for the Coogs, but it would allow the seniors to go out on a high note.So of course, in a season that has turned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    The Coogs Prep For The SEC's Mississippi State Bulldogs

    ​The Houston Cougars (3-1) won't be changing their offensive identity to suit whoever starts at quarterback this weekend. They are the team they were at game one. Or so said head coach Kevin Sumlin earlier this week. Never mind that a freshman will be starting the game. Never mind that the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    UH Takes On UCLA And Emphasizes Line Play

    The big uglies up front will be butting heads​The Houston Cougars have gotten the reputation, undeserved or not, of being a soft, finesse football team. When you pass the football, when you play the spread and go with one-back backfields, that can happen.  The Cougar players don't like this r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Coogs Ready To Hit Someone Besides Each Other

    Case Keenum, media darling, is ready to hit the field​There has been talk this off-season of the Houston Cougars being a BCS-buster, putting them in some of the same conversations as Boise State and TCU.With those kind of discussions, one would think that the Cougars would have to worry about gett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Tryon Carrier: Coogs' Ace Returner Looks For More

    Tryon Carrier toting the rock, or whatever ESPN is calling it these days​The Cougars return more than just stud QB Case Keenum to this year's squad. Also returning are Tryon Carrier, Patrick Edwards, and James Cleveland, the first wide receiving trio in school history to each surpass 1,000 receivi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Joyce Cleveland, 78, Bayou Body Count No. 151

    Dead at 78 from blunt-force injuries​A 78-year-old woman was found dead on the living-room floor of her home near Bush Intercontinental Airport, the victim of lacerations and blunt trauma, police say. A neighbor of victim Joyce Cleveland was awakened by barking dogs and saw two unknown male suspe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Magpies Swoop Into Mucky Duck Sunday

    myspace.com/magpiesrock​ One of Lonesome, Onry and Mean's favorite roots-rock bands returns to Houston Sunday to play the Mucky Duck. Cleveland's hard-traveling Magpies fall somewhere in that sweet zone between Tom Petty and the Gourds, meaning they rock it hard but with plenty of twang. With its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Still Recovering From Ike, Galveston Ponders A $35 Million High School Stadium

    Illustration courtesy GISD​The residents of Galveston Island, still trying to recover from Hurricane Ike, have a decision to make: whether a $34.9 million new multipurpose stadium is worth an approximate 11 cents pday tax increase.The new stadium, proposed by the Galveston Island Independent Schoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Rocks Off's Rodeo Concert Guide: N'Sync Backstreet Boys O-Town Rascal Flatts

    Date: March 10 Name: Rascal Flatts AKA: "No Talentt Ass Clowns" Genre: Pop-country Best Known Song(s): "What Hurts the Most," "Bless the Broken Road," "I Want it That Way Key Demographic: Hannah Montana fans looking to butch up their image, people who've never heard the name "Waylon Jennings" Previ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    The Urban Dictionary, It Ain't What It Used To Be

    ​There was a time not so many years ago when we would immediately turn to the Urban Dictionary when we wanted to find out what, say, a Cleveland Steamer was, or maybe the definition of a Hot Karl (the two are not entirely unrelated). Practices we did not engage in, and which our friends would not ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2009

    Damaged

    Surly one-man Houston feedback storm Jon Read, a.k.a. The Wiggins, stays solo.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Thursday Is World Toilet Day; We Celebrate Without Using An Expletive In The Headline

    ​Hair Balls would like to take the time to discuss a very serious matter: pooping. Specifically, pooping in a toilet. More specifically, not having a toilet in which to poop. It's a serious situation that affects 2.5 billion people in developing nations, according to the World Toilet Organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. H-Town Chow Down: Albert runs not only one of our favorite local food blogs, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Last Call For Art: "No Zoning," Oliver!, Il Tabarro And Pagliacci

    ​Opera in the Heights is presenting its final performance of Il Tabarro and Pagliacci this Saturday. The shows, by Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Adami respectively, premiered in the 1890s but still have a heck of a punch. Houston Press arts writer D. L. Groover said of the shows, "Puccini and Leonc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Breakfast Klub owner Marcus Davis presents his favorite flick

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    The Spring School District In Full Retreat: Oh God, Not "Team-Building" Exercises

    KHOU had a nice report recently about Spring ISD spending thousands of dollars on staff retreats at a time when school districts generally are hurting for cash.A couple of things, though.1) Here's some of the report: "One retreat will take place this week at La Torretta Del Lago Resort and Spa. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Continental Airlines: Work Hard, Fly Right -- Unless You're A Kid

    For the second time in a week, Houston's Continental Airlines has admitted they sent an unaccompanied minor passenger to the wrong destination.One 10-year-old girl who was trying to get from Boston to Cleveland ended up in Newark. (The only time ending up in Newark is "not so bad" is when you were i ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    The Magpies

    For the second time in a week, Houston's Continental Airlines has admitted they sent an unaccompanied minor passenger to the wrong destination.One 10-year-old girl who was trying to get from Boston to Cleveland ended up in Newark. (The only time ending up in Newark is "not so bad" is when you were i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Five Other Rock-Star Presidents

    For the second time in a week, Houston's Continental Airlines has admitted they sent an unaccompanied minor passenger to the wrong destination.One 10-year-old girl who was trying to get from Boston to Cleveland ended up in Newark. (The only time ending up in Newark is "not so bad" is when you were i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2008

    Weekend Music: Help Save the Houston Music Scene

    For the second time in a week, Houston's Continental Airlines has admitted they sent an unaccompanied minor passenger to the wrong destination.One 10-year-old girl who was trying to get from Boston to Cleveland ended up in Newark. (The only time ending up in Newark is "not so bad" is when you were i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2008

    Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

    ‘90s hip-hoppers return to tha stage

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    White Williams is No Average Joe

    ‘90s hip-hoppers return to tha stage

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    2007 Music Year in Review

    ‘90s hip-hoppers return to tha stage

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2007

    Madonna Shines Ray of Light on Texans

    ‘90s hip-hoppers return to tha stage

  • Culture

    April 26, 2007

    Mexican-American Culture

    Ask a Mexican! hits the stalls

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Ask a Mexican! hits the stalls

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2006

    A Long Bomb at Reliant!

    Ask a Mexican! hits the stalls

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2006

    A Long Bomb at Reliant!

    Ask a Mexican! hits the stalls

  • Film

    August 17, 2006

    The Oh in Ohio

    Parker Posey and Paul Rudd get their Oh faces on

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Bash-Free Zone

    Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

  • Dining

    March 25, 2004

    Sex, Death and Oysters

    Beneath the muddy waters of Galveston Bay lies one of the greatest seafood treasure troves on earth

  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Mushroomhead, and Dope

    Thursday, February 5

  • Music

    December 11, 2003

    Rocket Redux

    Cleveland legends come roaring full-throttle out of the tombs

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    Muting the Critics

    A hospital wants to silence whistle-blowing doctors

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    A Figure to Die For

    Community Health Systems cashed in big on the stomach stapling rage. It almost cost Kaye Parsley her life.

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Letters

    Adoption Option, Hot Spell, No Opinion

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

    Cleveland Turner's house, 3311 Sampson Street

  • Film

    June 8, 2000

    Driver 23, Where Are You?

    Low-budget documentary about a deliveryman and wanna-be rock star takes some wrong turns

  • Music

    September 25, 1997

    Bully Boys

    Low-budget documentary about a deliveryman and wanna-be rock star takes some wrong turns

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    On the Ropes

    In 1966, Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship. In 1996, he fights just to get by.

  • Music

    January 11, 1996

    Clever Criminals

    The Borrowers take from anyone they can in order to find themselves

  • Culture

    April 28, 1994

    Amazing Cleveland

    James Surls and Charmaine Locke start a small-town art space

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