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Paulina Rubio Knees Dude In Groin, Leaves Contusions, Lawsuit Says

There's nothing like a Gran City Pop to the balls, we're guessing. There's one man who says he knows: Houstonian Hector Vela says Latina singing sensation Paulina Rubio delivered a knee right to his babymakers last month at Bush Intercontinental Airport. Rubio and Vela were on the same flight from ... More >>

Dinner and a Show

Houston's 10 best restaurants for pre-theater dining.

Capsule Art Reviews: "Drawings & Air Conditioning," "Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn," "Kyle Farley: Countenance," "Layover," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Six Apart," "Sky, Trees and Earth"

All That Jazz

Critics say KTSU has lost its listeners, not to mention its soul, by ditching its cutting-edge music and many of its veteran DJs.

Matt Schaub Is Done, So Gary Kubiak Can Show His "One Thing"

In the movie The Breakfast Club, there's a scene where the five main characters are sitting around the library and the topic of conversation lands on "What's the one thing you can do well?" As it turned out, the Geek was pretty good at making spaghetti, the Basket Case could play "Heart & Soul" on ... More >>

Patti LaBelle Update: Beaten Cadet Sues Airport Worker Who Allegedly Squealed to West Point

Patti LaBelle case: Airport worker told West Point about cadet incident, cadet gets suspended​The former West Point cadet who's suing singer Patti LaBelle's entourage for allegedly assaulting him at Bush Intercontinental Airport last March has added an airport operations worker to the list of ... More >>

Patti LaBelle Sued For Assault By West Point Cadet

Patti LaBelle: Was she too excited?​"Lady Marmalade" singer Patti LaBelle is a bloodthirsty she-demon, according to a lawsuit filed by a West Point cadet who says the golden-throated diva ordered her entourage to kick the holy hell out of him at Bush Intercontinental Airport last March. Filed ... More >>

Baggage Handlers Arrested For Helping Houston Drug Ring Make Deliveries

Operation Excess Baggage hits home​Federal agents arrested a dozen baggage handler and airline employees in Detroit today for being ever so helpful to two drug rings, one operating from Jamaica and one from right here in Houston. Coke and weed were transported via baggage on regularly schedul ... More >>

Lauri Price: Arrested For Sexing Up A 16-Year-Old, Now Sues Authorities

Lauri Price: Now she's taking them to court​Remember Lauri Price, the former substitute teacher and mother of four who was arrested earlier this year at Bush Intercontinental Airport after returning home from Canada, where she was visiting her 16-year-old lover? Well, in case you didn't hear, the ... More >>

Texans Cheerleaders: On The Road To Japan And Blogging About It

Japan is a mere 13 hours away​ The Texans cheerleaders are headed to Japan on a USO tour, because our brave service members want to hear what Matt Schaub is really like. Or maybe they want to look at cheerleaders.Texans cheerleader Lindsay (as always, first names only to deter stalker creeps) will ... More >>

Mark Collins, Bayou Body Count No. 67

courtesy of HCSOAaron Stelly​Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave. -- BibleIt was around a quarter to 10 at night on St. Patrick's Day when Mark Collins pulled into a motel along the North Freeway, not far from George Bush Intercontinental Airport. As he exited his car, there wa ... More >>

Rocks Off's YouTube Video Explosion 2009: U2, Steve Earle, 10th Grade Cutie and Everything In Between

This year Rocks Off added a few Flip cameras to our devastatingly amazing blogatory weapons. We have been taking as many live videos at shows as we possibly can, and what better way to show our thanks to the Flip this Thanksgiving weekend than by showcasing its powers? From Ghostland Observatory, s ... More >>

The Burmese Come to Houston

Get in, get out. Refugees have a shrinking window of support until it's time to fend for themselves.

Forty Years Of Intercontinental Airport, For Better Or Worse

Photo by respresMonday marks the 40th anniversary of what is now Bush Intercontinental Airport, the huge facility north of town that forever banished Hobby Airport to second-class (a much more convenient second-class, though, if you ask us.)IAH, as its known on luggage tags, was a modern marvel of l ... More >>

2009 Mutt Strut and Runway Race

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Cajun Gets a Crewcut at Denis' Seafood House

Café Orleans Express

This hard-to-find sandwich stand is a little slice of NOLA on the Katy Freeway

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

Saint Matthew's Churches, Inc.

Christians send in money for prayer requests which may just go up in smoke

Displaced in the Diaspora

New Orleans mayoral candidates are looking for votes -- and finding them in Houston

Grubby Grub

The Art Guys make works from real food -- and things get rank

Cabbieville

Inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport lies a city populated by drivers who sleep all night in their cabs to keep their place in line

The Little Weed that Could

Paul Druecke gets more than he bargained for with Bright Sun Partial Shade

Scenes from a Picnic

Willie, Dylan, Kinky and the Ghost of Bob Willis descends on Fort Worth. Wack is there too.

Lowering the Boom

Not all Houstonians revel in our God-given right to be loudly obnoxious

Up in the Air

Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?

Bash-Free Zone

Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

Bile on the Isle

The wild fight between an entrepreneur and the Galveston port for loot from cruise-ship lots

The Art of Retail

Pop-art star Peter Max hawks his wares in Houston

Parting Shots

Foes of Mayor Lee Brown can't wait to see him gone. And a lot of his friends feel that way, too.

Hail to the Chiefs

Houston artist David Adickes finds new homes for his massive presidential busts

For Whom the Belt Tolls

The curse of the area rocket men continues with California convictions

Food Fight Hiccup

Will four felonies spoil Four Families' Hobby deal?

Delayed DeLay

He didn't duck an airport mob

Chain for Fools

Houston versus Dallas: We're family-run; they're chained up.

Up in the Air

Continental Airlines helps out Lee Brown's re-election campaign

Brown's Name Game

The mayor and his staff are using all means possible to get his name out

Welcome Home, You're Busted!

A watch and a pair of earrings come between two close socialite friends

Crispy Critters

Opponents dog plans for a Pearland-area pet crematory

The Ballad of the Singing Shuttle Bus Driver

Ellen Trevathan finds her own brand of salvation driving people to and from the city economy lot at the airport

Livin' Large

Carlos Sosa promised to sell seized goods from the Port of Houston on the cheap. Many believed him. Until they learned he was a Customs Service snitch, and perhaps a con man on the side.

Insider

Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right

Cash Cow or White Elephant?

The return of the convention center hotel plan

Diving To The Bottom Of The Media Barrel Each Week

A Reporter's Manifesto

Killer Weed

The life-suffocating Salvinia molesta has entered Texas waterways. It's green, fast and deadly.

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Fast Eddie's Getaway

Insider deals. Outrageous perks. Exorbitant salaries. No wonder Eddie Webster's taken a permanent vacation from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.