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Admission

Tina Fey's great, but Admission doesn't have the marks.

Michael Vernon: Treasures Customer Says He Was Ripped Off, Assaulted by Staff

Last September, Michael Vernon had just moved from Oklahoma City, where he was a managing partner in a law firm, to Houston for a new job. He'd only been in town for a few hours when he and his buddy decided they wanted to see some boobs, and maybe help some young, tattooed women who were working th ... More >>

The Hot-Yoga Wars

Two yogis battle over the fate of a tradition (and a very large pile of money).

The Price is Right, Dr. Brown Style

An impressively chaotic inventory​In honor of this week's feature story on former hand surgeon and all-around weird dude Michael Brown, and seeing as how it's Friday, we thought we'd have some fun with a Price is Right-style walk through the inventory of belongings in Brown's 2005 bankruptcy f ... More >>

How Jay-Z & Kanye West Kept Watch the Throne From Leaking Online

howfresh2.comJay-Z's business plan: Don't leak the masters, get a Rolex.​The kingdom is safe. The throne has been watched. In an age where albums spring leaks like baby diapers, Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne arrived on the appointed date without even as much as a drip. For the first ... More >>

Little India

Hillcroft and Raja Sweets have become the epicenter of Houston's vibrant Indian population.

Five Street Scams Dogging Houston Now

Too good to be true​While we are exposed to them on the internet pretty much every day, many con artists are still working "bricks-and-mortar" real-life scams. Some experts claim that each and every one of us will be approached either in the streets or in our homes by at least one of these low ... More >>

Jonathan Barnes: Friend of Houston Socialite Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

Ol' Blue Eyes weeps at what became of his Cadillac​Jonathan Barnes, the Bellaire oil trader whose ill-gotten gains include Frank Sinatra's 1957 Caddy, pleaded guilty today to fraud and money-laundering charges, the U.S. Attorney's office announced. Now very worried: The two other defendants w ... More >>

Jonathan Barnes & Pals: How to Spend Those Ill-Gotten Gains? Buy Frank Sinatra's 1957 Caddy

The first time Frank Sinatra's name has been associated with criminal activity​The U.S. Attorney's office today announced the indictment of three oil traders accused of running an $80 million scam against LyondellBasell, and the most entertaining part was what the trio spent their alleged ill- ... More >>

Dr. Michael Brown, TV Star, Arrestee, And Chron Society Page Fave

A photo the Chron doesn't use on its society pages​The Houston Chronicle had the story yesterday about the latest arrest of Dr. Michael Brown, this time accused of assaulting his wife.Everytime the Chron mentions Brown, we think of the 2002 Houston Press story on his druggy, wife-abusing ways (if ... More >>

Getting Off

Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.

The T. Boone Pickens Road Show

A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.

ESPN Discovers Katy High Football

ESPN Discovers Katy High Football

No Pressure. It's Just Texas High School Football.

Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

We’re Going to Eat You (Di Yu Wu Men)

This Hong Kong film features everything but the kitchen sink — no, wait, it has that, too

Mail Call

A Different Breed

Harris County librarians and UT Longhorn football players' arrests

Send in the librarians!!

U.S. informants take part in murder and drug running in Mexico

He Walks Among Us

This Man Thinks He's Jesus H. Christ!

And a lot of people agree with him

First-Degree Fraud

Just $249 gets you a bachelor's -- or, hell, a master's -- from Belford University, an online diploma mill with local ties

Get Down with Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Costly Advances

Payday lenders take care of you till your check comes in, and for a long time after

White Trash

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show

Best Watch Repair

Box & Box Jewelers

Lowbrow, Meet Eyebrow

Between The Rock and a hard place, The Rundown isn't so bad

King Kinder

Rich Kinder has made a cool billion dollars since leaving Enron. Now he’s ready to take over the world, or at least the nearest pipeline.

Po Millionaires

We Got These Million Dollar Thoughts But We Still On Broke (Down Fo Whatever Productions)

Fish Fraud

Passing off cheap fish for expensive red snapper is against the law. But no one enforces the regulations. So Texas restaurants are free to rip you off.

Jewels and Justice

David Yurman yanks a local dealer into court over sales

Houston Press Music Awards 2000

Your guide to the Music Awards Showcase

Turning Japanese

Forest Whitaker brings an adopted honor code to the streets in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog

Nice Girls With Guns

Kingwood High friends say the girls were "Sweet." Adults say "Well-Mannered." Cops say "armed robbers."

The Further Adventures of King Con

Yet again, Steven Russell bluffed his way out of prison. And yet again, he got caught.

Tales From the IRS

Three stories of taxman terror

The Boom Is Back

At Vallone's: Big hunks of meat and other people's money

Off Line

Take an ex-con with a smooth line of patter, a group of mystery investors and some gullible journalists. What have you got? Houston's first on-line daily newspaper. At least for a few weeks.

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

The Brothers Graham (Part I)

Once upon a time in Humble, there lived two guys named Pat and Mike. They had a way of making people believe, and those people included some of Texas' highest public officials. While it turned out that their stories usually were just too good to be true,

The Cheap Secrets of Harwin

Beyond the Galleria, beyond Target - and sometimes beyond the law - lies Houston's last untamed wilderness of shopping

La Mafia, Redux?

Fama wants to be Houston's next Spanish-language breakthrough

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