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Thieves' Bazaar: Medicare Fraud

Hospitals, doctors and dealers have made Medicare the nation's sweetest crime. The feds are now trying to shutter the door.

An Interlude In Coachella Jail

Ed. Note: This is part of our sister papers LA Weekly and OC Weekly's coverage of the Coachella festival's just-concluded second weekend. We told you earlier about the ways folks try to sneak drugs into Coachella. Also, we told you about how to avoid trouble with the police. But what if, despite yo ... More >>

Maurice McKnight: Family Sues Over Male Stripper's Deadly Stage-Diving Assault on Dad

The family of a man killed by a male stripper enraged his tips had been cut off has sued the club and other companies associated with the incident, asking $4 million in damages. According to the suit, Kelvin T. Elam Monroe, 37, accompanied three female business associates to a now-closed Austin La ... More >>

Travis Wayne Jones: Accused Sex Offender Nabbed After Ten Years on the Run

A 50-year-old former Texan is currently awaiting extradition to East Texas in an Arkansas jail, where he was escorted earlier this week by United States Marshals. According to Tylerpaper.com, Smith County Sheriff Ray Nutt said the Marshals got a tip that Travis Wayne Jones was hiding out in a home ... More >>

"The Wreck Of The Old 97": Country's First Million-Seller

Before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down with all hands, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot's famous ballad, there was another wreck and another song. In 1903, The Southern Railway had a deal with the United States Postal Service for mail delivery. One of the trains involved in the mail haul was The Fast M ... More >>

That Snowstorm Was No Fun For Fliers Or On-Time Statistics

Remember that freak snowstorm that hit Houston late last year? Fun, right?Not if you're an airline worried about your on-time statistics.The federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released its latest report, and while overall airline performance improved -- mostly because there's fewer flig ... More >>

Miami, Meet Blue Bell Ice Cream

Another day, another territory conquered by the little creamery in Brenham.In stories that echo the hyperventilation that accompanied every opening of a Krispy Kreme here (and what ever happened to them?), media in Florida are breathlessly counting down the days until Blue Bell ice cream hits Miami ... More >>

I'm Pretty Sure Balki Was Supposed to be Gay

Is it, like, horrible of me to say that I think Balki on Perfect Strangers was supposed to be gay? I mean, did you buy the straight part? Larry Appleton, okay. He was a straight guy who couldn't get women. That I could understand seeing as he was a total tool. But Balki straight? Balki "Dance ... More >>

The Almeda-Genoa Icehouse Crawl

Two Outta Three Ain't Bad

Marty Stuart's American Odyssey Does Houston

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive

The Houston rock scene and the cultural cringe

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 18

Dance of the Penguin

That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it

Rants About Stuff

A Bevy of Bad News

Being Bettie

The Notorious Bettie Page never quite pins down the pinup

Globe Box

Both women and men duke it out at a world-class fight card

Flirting with Disaster

America, you deserve The Anna Nicole Show

Up a Creek

Diverting streams into the Brazos and Posh Amenity lakes has been great for fancy Fort Bend developments. But it's killing Oyster Creek, the lifeblood for legendary Texas cattle ranchers.

The Private Trial of Donald Davis

A Houston attorney who specialized in saving killers' lives couldn't handle his own. So he took it.

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

Happy Days

A local R&B outfit, The Next Level Band, is going higher

Color of the Blues

The Great Decolorizer

As a student radical in the late sixties, Ed Blum fought for affirmative action. Now, as a middle- aged neocon, he wants to destroy it.

Fourth and Long

Dreams of Glory Die Hard in Semipro football

Impeaching South Houston

South Houston Mayor Dennis Cordray has been run out of office... and his town isn't doing so hot either.

Rabbit Was a Boxer

The education & travels of the natural-born fighter, fierce homeless poet, charming talker, convicted felon, begetter of children & receiver of messages from Heaven