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Eastbound and Downtown

The top 10 restaurants in EaDo.

Top 10 Restaurants in EaDo (a.k.a. Old Chinatown, a.k.a. East Downtown)

So you're not comfortable with the EaDo sobriquet. I don't care. The damn thing has stuck. It's short, easy and to-the-point. (Besides, the more important question is what to call that weird DMZ area on South Shepherd that's not quite Montrose, not quite Upper Kirby, not quite River Oaks and not qui ... More >>

Stanley Marsh 3 Charged with 11 Sex Crimes; Hires Houston's Paul Nugent and Heather Peterson

Quirky millionaire Amarillo oil and heir and arts patron Stanley Marsh 3 was booked into Potter County Jail yesterday on eleven sex crimes involving boys under the age of 17. He has since been released after paying his $325,000 in bonds, according to court records. The arrest follows a half-dozen l ... More >>

The Tea Party Democrat

Party leaders want to throw out District Attorney candidate Lloyd Oliver and the donkey he rode in on.

Restaurant Scramble: The Answers, Please

On Tuesday, we asked you to decipher a series of puzzles in which 20 well-known Houston restaurants had their names/logos chopped and screwed. We received a ton of correct answers from you, our clever readers, which means a lot of people went into the pool to win a set of cookbooks and food tomes fr ... More >>

Apology (?) for Anti-Gay Slur

HISD trustee only kinda sorry for flyer

Craig Seldin: Attorney Jailed After Temp Tapes Him Jacking Off

Kittens died, apparently​One evening in the summer of last year, "Simone" was washing the dishes in her Memorial-area condo. When she glanced up, she was presented with a shocking sight: a man, one she'd often seen walking past her unit on his way to the pool, was standing on the other side of ... More >>

State Bar To Investigate City Attorney On Jolanda Jones' Complaint

Jolanda Jones gets her investigation​The State Bar of Texas's disciplinary arm will investigate Houston City Attorney David Feldman, based on a complaint filed by embattled City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones. According to the July 22 letter obtained by Hair Balls, "the Office of the Chief Discip ... More >>

Dead Center

Bad things keep happening to people in Shawn Roberts's orbit.

Sex With Clients: Texas Lawyers Continue Their Brave Battle To Have It

Still plenty of action at the State Bar of Texas​Texas lawyers have always been allowed to bone (or be boned by) their clients. No prohibitions, no scolding from the State Bar, no penalties.Everyone's happy, right? And it's not a barter system at all -- in all cases, it's true love between a heroi ... More >>

The Houston Culinary Awards Get a Facelift

Photo courtesy of My TableThe steel awards themselves (no more glass!) weren't the only new things this year.​"You can't help but feel great when you're honored and respected by your peers and Houston diners," said Sean Beck today, after bringing home a stunning two awards at the annual My Tab ... More >>

Nikki Araguz: Lawyer Representing Her Husband's Ex-Wife Faces State Bar Investigation

Nikki Araguz's former lawyer publicized her history​The case of whether a fallen Wharton firefighter's benefits should go to his transgender widow< just gets exponentially weirder: Frank Mann, the lawyer representing Thomas Araguz's ex-wife, is facing investigation by the State Bar of ... More >>

William George Gammon, Attorney Known For Representing Homeowner's Associations, Arrested For Child Porn

Deemed a threat to society​A lawyer who represents homeowners associations and has testified to the legislature and helped draft bills has been charged with possession of child porn.William George Gammon, 49, who has offices at Greenway Plaza, was arrested June 3 and was ordered held without bond ... More >>

Ohio Barbecue

The art of smoke, ten years later, at Bobbie Que's Rib Shack.

Minority Report

Discussion continues around Ask A Mexican and the Bronx Bar.

Fen-Phen Side Effects: Irritable Lawyers

Pop Quiz with UH President Renu Khator

New UH president, same commuter school

Spaced Out

A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

Best Environmental Attorney

Six Feet Blunder

Bring out your dead -- and wait

Head Ways

Dillard's may dominate advertising -- and be all but absent from news headlines

Without Warrant

Some traffic court offenders find horror in their junk mail

Getting Lonely at the Top

A recycled city official comes home to roost

Courtroom Antics Upstaged

The already wild Texas legal system gets a little crazier

Subpoena Envy

A legislative panel summons local GOP leaders to a show-and-tell

Scouting a Smear

Culberson accuses a former GOP congressman of campaign dirty tricks

Letters

From the week of January 27, 2000

Love Hurts

Six of her ex-lovers or associates are wounded or dead. Authorities wonder if old ways die hard for former Houston attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton.

Strong Convictions

Hard-line leaders such as loopy Stephen Mansfield have taken their agenda to the Court of Criminal Appeals, where legal precedents--not prosecutions--get overturned

Good News

Business As Usual

The State Bar of Texas tries again to KAYO John O'Quinn but can't lay a glove on him

Slipping Under the Bar Radar

Will a less-than-Frank Reyes cloud O'Quinn's win?

No State Bar to Intimacy

Letters

A Last Bite of '97

Letters

Letters

The Insider

Letters

Letters

What Did He Do To Deserve This?

Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

The Insider

The Insider

Letters

The Insider

Female Troubles

A dumb cartoon illustrates women lawyers' problems with the State Bar

Turkeys (and Other Creatures) On the Ballot

Quick! It's almost Election Day!! Do you know who your candidates are? Check this guide to the mother of all ballots!

Taking a Bite Out of...

Revealed: Castratin' Mike's youthful indiscretion

The Watchman of the Electronic Frontier

As the cyber-future creeps toward Houston, one group stands guard: EFH

Defending the Indefensible

Do court-appointed attorneys serve their clients or the courts?