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Country Divas Ashley Monroe and Kacey Musgraves Have a Need for Weed

This week -- today, in fact -- the Golden, Texas native Kacey Musgraves finally releases her eagerly-awaited debut album, Same Trailer, Different Park. Indeed, it's fitting that she's from a town named Golden, as the new album is but the most recent example of some serious Solid Country Gold that's ... More >>

How I Got Banned from the "We Survived Bush, You Will Survive Obama" Facebook Page

When I started following the popular We Survived Bush, You Will Survive Obama page I did so because I liked the sentiment it seemed to project of telling the doomsayers to breathe into a bag, pull on their big-girl panties and stop saying that the world was ending because of Obama's election. I was ... More >>

No Mexico? No Problem! Five (Very Lame) Spring Break Alternatives

The Texas Department of Public Safety has strongly warned Spring Breakers from going to Mexico. whether it's one of the famous tourist cities or the border towns that for years have attracted college students. What's a person to do with their free time if they can't cross over to a magical land whe ... More >>

Down on the Farm

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

Texas Traveler: Must-Do Dallas

​So maybe, like Texas Traveler, you're exiled to Dallas for a business conference, or an extra-long layover at DFW airport, or relocated for work and have no idea how to pass the time. Well, Texas Traveler has a few ideas, some off the beaten path, and some right smack square in the middle of it.6 ... More >>

Idol Beat: Wild Card Wildout

Frank Micelotta/ Fox Lucky 13: the American Idol season 8 finalistsFirst off, I'd like to extend a hearty Idol Beat way-to-go to the Fox minion or technological gremlin responsible for causing last night's episode of American Idol to cut out while Simon Cowell and Tatiana Del Toro were quibb ... More >>

The Stars of HISD

"Prominent" takes on new meaning

The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

Sued By AG, Texas Company Takes Its Game Elsewhere

Illegal Immigrants in the Restaurant Industry

Mexican immigrant Hugo Ortega went from washing dishes to owning Houston's best Mexican restaurant — now he has a few things to say about immigration

America’s “Glamour Girl”

The Evolution Control Committee

Plagiarythm Nation (Creations/Seeland)

Doggy Style

A poodle and a rottweiler tie the knot

From Cells to Souls

Chuck Colson and his evangelical Christians team up with a local prison for a divine intervention program

Spare Scare

Stages turns a tight and terrifyingly effective Screw

Light but Likable

Night & Day

April 9 - 15, 1998

Night & Day

April 2-8, 1998

In the Child's Best Interest

A legal technicality sent Donnie and DeAnne Fitts to a Houston court seeking to adopt Justin and Jacob Baker - again. Twelve jurors agreed that outcome would be the best for the children. Judge Bill Henderson didn't quite see it that way.