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    August 18, 2011

    Om Prakash Budha: Faces Prison over Refusals to Fill Out Visa Forms

    Man, Om Prakash Budha, 28, does not want to go back to Nepal. He was nabbed in October 2010 crossing the U.S. border at Brownsville without proper documentation. Fine, you got caught, go home and try again, right? Wrong. "On four separate occasions during a four-month period, Budha steadfastly ref ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    For Flag Day: The 10 Worst National Flags

    We don't just hate certain American state flags here; we also hate the following ten foreign abominations of design, symmetry and good taste. It is less our opinion than it is scientific fact that these are, without a doubt, the ten worst national flags in the world. 10.St. Lucia Does this flag re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    For Flag Day: The 10 Worst U.S. State Flags

    As we are sure you are no doubt keenly aware, Flag Day is tomorrow. We could give you a list of the ten prettiest flags, but we are Hair Balls, and that's not the kind of crap we like to cough up. Here instead is a list of ten state flags to tun up the flagpoles of your worst enemies: 10. Nevada T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    “Aasha Deep”

    As we are sure you are no doubt keenly aware, Flag Day is tomorrow. We could give you a list of the ten prettiest flags, but we are Hair Balls, and that's not the kind of crap we like to cough up. Here instead is a list of ten state flags to tun up the flagpoles of your worst enemies: 10. Nevada T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Willie Nelson's Pot Bust: A Milestone In Marijuana Policy?

    ​You gotta love a sumbitch like Willie Nelson who, unlike Bill "I-Never-Inhaled" Clinton, has always 'fessed up to using copious quantities of herb. Two days ago, in response to his pot bust last Friday at a Border Patrol checkpoint near Sierra Blanca (that's a Spanish geographical term for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Avianca Cortez, 13, Detrihanna Davis, 13 and RaShaunda Raleigh, 17, Bayou Body Counts No. 173-175

    Three teens' lives wiped out​Intoxication manslaughter charges have been filed against a man who prosectors say was drunk when he ran a red light and broadsided an SUV, killing three passengers.Sajan Timalshina, 25, was driving a Toyota Camry on the feeder road at Beltway 8 and the Eastex Freeway ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    "Tim Johnson: Language of Bones"

    You've got just two days to see this exhibit

  • Culture

    January 14, 2010

    "Bright" Stars

    The MFAH hosts a masterfully curated show of works by 12 Korean artists.

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Charlie Ferguson: "Street Impressions"

    This world traveler/photographer finds beauty in urban decay

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Refugees In Houston Struggle With The Health-Care System Even More Than The Rest Of Us

    A Bhutanese refugee has been holed up in his southwest Houston apartment for months, downing pain killers. This isn't the new life he had in mind. Rubber sandals cover the mat outside the spare, dim apartment. The man is embedded in an easy chair. He periodically winces and grabs his stomach. ... More >>

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    August 9, 2007

    “Seeing Beneath Mount Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes

    Anne Sheehan talks about earthquakes, Mount Everest and scorpions

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Days of Future Passed

    Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

  • Film

    June 14, 2001

    Peak Performance

    Himalaya scales dangerous mountain passes while uplifting the spirit

  • Film

    December 28, 2000

    Better in Pairs

    Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    TAASk-masters

    Want an edge on that ultimate school exam? Have your $8 ready for this primer.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Monkey Business

    Who needs a product when you can sell stock? The mind-boggling success of PinkMonkey.com.

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Pat Greene Has a Marvelous Scheme to Conquer the World!

    His PinkMonkey.com sells the Cliffs Notes of tomorrow! He wants your kids to learn stuff the fast and easy way!

  • Calendar

    August 1, 1996

    Press Picks

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    June 22, 1995

    Press Picks

    His PinkMonkey.com sells the Cliffs Notes of tomorrow! He wants your kids to learn stuff the fast and easy way!

  • Film

    May 26, 1994

    Shopping for Buddhas

    Bertolucci returns from the East with a handful of nothing

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