Subject: Texas Medical Center

• Tours We'd Rather Not Take

  July 30, 2008

• Fort Bend Transit Has A Charmingly Naive Trust In Its Customers

  September 3, 2008

• Train In Vain?

  Main street's light rail is on it's way, and boosters hope to see passengers lining up for a ride

  February 3, 2000

• How Green Is My Building?

  UT's "environmentally sustainable" project just kept outgrowing its budget

  July 27, 2000

• A Night in the Tub

  An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

  September 6, 2001

• Bad Judge; Worse Security Guard

  The Med Center gives Mansfield the boot

  December 12, 2002

• Westward Whoa!

  Stem cell restrictions could send Texas Medical Center researchers fleeing to California

  May 19, 2005

• The Houston Zoo's Got More Herpes Than A Motley Crue Groupies' Convention, PETA Says

  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested at the Houston Zoo Saturday, demanding that the zoo stop breeding elephants after the death of two-year-old Mac from the elephant herpesvirus.Hair Balls caught up with PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt at the protest. "PETA is appalled that yet another young elephant at the Houston Zoo has died of herpesvirus 1 and is calling on the Houston Zoo to immediately stop breeding elephants," she said. She went on to say that Houston has been called an "

  November 24, 2008

• The Park at the Heart of Our City

  December 2, 1993

• Hermann Park or Parking?

  March 24, 1994

• Tea at the di Portanovas'

  October 20, 1994

• Letters

  April 20, 1995

• Third Ward Rising

  July 20, 1995

• Station Break

  February 8, 1996

• Poor, Proud, But Independent

  April 25, 1996

• Press Picks

  July 10, 1997

• Night & Day

  July 2, 1998

• Seeking the Cure

  October 8, 1998

• Night & Day

  October 15, 1998

• Shamrock Hotel, We Hardly Knew Ye

  Today at 9 am, near the corner of Main & Holcombe, a small group of dedicated fans will once again pour out some Irish whiskey and toast the demise of the Shamrock Hotel.Today marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary hotel's opening. The dream of Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy, the place epitomized swanky, sexy, slightly-sleazy Las Vegas glamor in its heyday. The Texas Medical Center knocked it down in 1987.The Hilton College at UH, which of course specializes in the hotel industry, has a co

  March 17, 2009

• Carl Landry Shot in Leg, Not by Own Gun

  Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back into town from the team's win in New Orleans. According to Houston Police Department spokesman Kese Smith, Landry was driving his SUV southbound when a northbound vehicle swerved into him. He got out to

  March 18, 2009

• Family Unfriendly

  June 3, 1999

• Bye-bye, Baby, Bye-bye

  June 24, 1999

• Letters

  July 1, 1999

• Best View

  September 21, 2000

• Carl Landry Shot in Leg, Not by Own Gun

  Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back into town from the team's win in New Orleans. According to Houston Police Department spokesman Kese Smith, Landry was driving his SUV southbound when a northbound vehicle swerved into him. He got out to

  March 18, 2009

• Beautifully Drunk

  March 11, 1999

• Mucho Mayo

  Cinco de Mayo festivities abound around town

  April 29, 2004

• Best Restoration Project

  Houston region in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison

  September 20, 2001

• Best Hotel

  The Warwick

  September 26, 2002

• Catholic Priests, Child Protective Services, Crooked Contractors and Crowded Kasra

  Mail Call

  November 22, 2007

• Doctoring Dinner

  Trevísio's Alan Ashkinaze

  October 31, 2002

• Here Comes "Trouble"

  Roll up to Everyone's Art Car Parade

  May 11, 2006

• Changes in Attitude

  When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin. Critics say once there, she took a right turn. Now her district is rethinking its representation.

  July 27, 2006

• These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

  March 2, 2006

• One Dead Guinea Pig

  A bad reaction to a drug trial sparks an investigation into Houston's Fabre Clinic and its founder

  July 28, 2005

• He Won't Back Down

  The mayor was threatened -- or maybe he wasn't

  June 3, 2004

• Putting on Airs

  Modern dance master Paul Taylor brings a program of classics old and new to Jones Hall

  October 16, 2003

• Paige Boy Returns

  HISD's most aggressive marketer comes back to help

  July 24, 2003

• Critical Condition

  Expect the Iraq war to worsen the Medical Center's reduction in Arab patients

  April 3, 2003

• All Duct Up

  From leftist camps and corporate security to semi-panic and port patrols, Houstonians tackle terrorism threats. Sort of.

  March 13, 2003

• All I Want for Christmas Is...

  A shopping list for your favorite political types

  December 26, 2002

• Gutless Politicians

  Plus: Med Center Madness?, Cover Convicts, Force of Hobbit

  January 3, 2002

• Born-Again Beauty

  Two years of toil took their toll on the trial lawyers -- but their historic church is finally back in business

  June 28, 2001

• The Perfect Political Storm

  In this flood, Lee Brown has stayed high and dry (so far)

  June 21, 2001

• Booster Shot

  A proposed Medical Center project gets big, big play

  March 1, 2001

• Leaning on Caduceus

  When your baby's sick, you don't want a mere doctor, you want the magic wand of Hermes

  November 16, 2000

• Tit for Tat

  A big anonymous boob bars a large fake breast from the medical center food drive

  July 15, 1999

• Ana's Angel

  Jay Hamburger rushed in where others feared to tread ... only to find that no good deed goes unpunished

  April 4, 1996

• Treat Mom Right on Mother's Day

  Mother's Day is quickly approaching, and if you've already made plans to take your dear, sainted mother out to a lovely meal on Sunday...wonderful! You're ahead of about 90 percent of us. Make us all look bad, why don't you? If you're like the rest of us, you're probably still trying to decide on a place for mom and the rest of the family to enjoy a meal. Need a place that's kid-friendly but still nice? Looking for something different from the same old routine? Adventurous enough for

  May 6, 2009