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    April 14, 2012

    Robin Gibb Of The Bee Gees Falls Into Coma

    Robin Gibb, one-third of fraternal British/Australian '70s disco-pop superstars the Bee Gees, fell into a coma Friday night in a private London hospital, according to wire services. Reuters reports that Gibb, 62, is surrounded by his family. He was hospitalized for pneumonia earlier this earlier t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2012

    Whitney Houston In Houston: A Brief Retrospective

    All morning, the world woke up to the shocking, but not altogether surprising, news that troubled pop/R&B superstar Whitney Houston died Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Houston, 48, was pronounced dead at around 3:55 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, according to Reuters. No cause of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Alabama Illegal Immigration Law: Texas Tea Partiers Can Only Look On In Awe

    That truck is no doubt filled with dehydrated, oxygen-starved illegals​Sure, Rick Perry can swagger about a meaningless "sanctuary bill" to keep the brown hordes out of Texas, but if you want real action on illegal immigration, the place to go is Alabama. That state's governor, faced with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Japanese Nuke Disaster Might Stop Texas Expansion

    STNP, with a rainbow​Financial analysts are predicting that the series of nuclear accidents resulting from the Japanese earthquake will put an end to plans to expand the South Texas Nuclear Plant in Bay City, 90 miles southwest of town. The energy company NRG had ambitious plans to double STN ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 3, 2010

    Corporate Takeover

    The Yes Men take on companies using their own tools.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    The Buzz Is Building, Somehow, For Houston And Its Alleged Love Of Electric Cars

    ​Earlier this month city officials announced they'll be buying more electric cars and also providing (temporarily) free charging stations for such vehicles downtown.The photo op seems to be paying off -- there seems to be the beginning of a small groundswell in the national media citing Houston as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    NASA Still Struggling With The Whole Pee-Drinking Thing (And Who Can Blame Them?)

    ​NASA, which is bound and determined to turn its astronaut corps into a bunch of watersports enthusiasts, has hit another roadblock.The hugely expensive ($250 million!) system on the space station that is supposed to magically make urine drinkable (or, we guess some fetishists might say, even more ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2009
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    July 28, 2009

    Allen Stanford Deserves A Better Jail Cell, Dammit

    ​Allen Stanford, the alleged Ponzi-schemer who led a billionaire's life allegedly on the alleged backs of allegedly bilked investors, doesn't like his jail cell.It's got no air-conditioning, it's dark, it's crowded. In other words, it's a lot like Houston in the weeks after Ike. But we're guessing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    The Pitch Forks Come Out Near The Galleria

    Photo by Blake WhitakerHolding a pro-union demonstration near Voss and San Felipe, a short distance from the epicenter of frou-frou that is the Galleria, seems likely to elicit a less-than-enthusiastic response from passersby. But economic trouble has turned things around a bit, and local activists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Rice Says A Person's Looks Influence Loan Decisions. Let's Assess

    Who says you can't judge a book by its cover? It appears that banks and other lenders know a trustworthy face when they see one - or at least that's what a study co-authored by Rice professor of real estate finance Jefferson Duarte indicates.Using loan information and photographs from the website Pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Political Change (Here And In DC) May Help Murder Victim's Mom

    Carrie Ruiz of Humble is praying that President Obama and his promised commitment to foreign diplomacy will help bring her daughter's killer to justice.Nine years ago, Ruiz's teenaged daughter, Felicia, was stabbed to death 26 times in an open field. Two of the three attackers are now behind bars, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    One Definite Effect of Ike

    Carrie Ruiz of Humble is praying that President Obama and his promised commitment to foreign diplomacy will help bring her daughter's killer to justice.Nine years ago, Ruiz's teenaged daughter, Felicia, was stabbed to death 26 times in an open field. Two of the three attackers are now behind bars, b ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    August 7, 2008
  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008
  • Culture

    May 10, 2007

    Mexican-American Culture

    Special Houston-Seattle Edition

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2007

    May Cause Discomfort

    Special Houston-Seattle Edition

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2007

    May Cause Discomfort

    Special Houston-Seattle Edition

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Bikini Revolution

    UH student Mariyah Moten put on a two-piece and became (in)famous in Pakistan

  • Music

    December 7, 2006

    Loony Zunes

    Universal Music helps Microsoft set a crappy precedent

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2006

    Oh, Slap!

    Universal Music helps Microsoft set a crappy precedent

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Last Rites

    Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Last Rites

    Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    Age-Old Axiom

    The Axiom can't seem to shake its past

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    News of the Weird

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    News of the Weird

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    News of the Weird

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    News of the Weird

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    News of the Weird

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    Letters

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

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