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    May 18, 2012

    Dr. Khaled Jabboury: Incredible Story of a Proven Cancer Doctor Getting Steamrolled by the Insurance Giants

    It's a Thursday afternoon and Dr. Khaled Jabboury greets a patient in the waiting room of his office at the West Houston Medical Center. The woman, though it's not immediately noticeable, is facing the toughest challenge of her life. As Dr. Jabboury has proven, she has come to the right place. For ... More >>

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    May 8, 2012

    Mother's Day 2012: Where to Eat on the Mother of All Dining Holidays

    She changed diapers, bandaged scraped knees, drove to and from a million extra-curricular activities, cooked, cleaned and still managed to love you as a teenager -- taking your mom out for a nice meal is the least you can do on Mother's Day. Luckily there is no shortage of restaurants in town willin ... More >>

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    January 31, 2012

    A Month of Chocolate: 29 Ways to Indulge

    In January, we brought you a Month of Oatmeal in honor of National Oatmeal Month. That was nice and all, but February's here. And in February, it's all about the chocolate baby. From complimentary s'mores at a poolside bar to a Snickers beignet (is this real life?), here are 29 ways to indulge: Wed ... More >>

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    January 18, 2012

    Gelareh Bagherzadeh: $5,000 Reward for Information About Her Murder

    The younger brother of a Texas Medical Center student who was slain outside her parents' Galleria-area townhome Monday issued a tearful plea for anyone with information about the incident to come forward. "I can't see my parents -- and I don't want to see any parents -- in this situation, and we ne ... More >>

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    August 8, 2011

    Salem Saif Al Mazrouei, 28, Bayou Body Count No. 118

    Foreign military officer killed in carjacking​A man was killed in a robbery near Reliant Park as he was taking his father home from treatments at the Texas Medical Center. Salem Saif Al Mazrouei, 28, is an officer in the army of the United Arab Emirates, reports UAE publication The National. ... More >>

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    March 25, 2011

    Metro Prepares for Final Four Onslaught

    Metro clearly wants to avoid this during the Final Four weekend.​Beginning next Thursday, college basketball fans will begin descending on Houston for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, held at Reliant Stadium. In addition to the games, there is a fan festival at George R. Brown Convention ... More >>

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    March 11, 2011

    Gabrielle Giffords: Docs Say Progress Amazing, Though Shuttle Launch Trip No Done Deal

    John Nova LomaxThe doctors face the press for an upbeat update​U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords has her personality back, is speaking in full sentences and has made continuous neurological improvement, her team of TIRR Memorial Hermann doctors said at a news conference at the Texas Medical Center t ... More >>

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    March 10, 2011

    Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Shuttle Launch?

    Gabrielle Giffords: Making strides​There's a press conference tomorrow at the Texas Medical Center to discuss the "strong progress" being made by Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from her shooting. There may be a more dramatic announcement: Fox News is reportingthat th ... More >>

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    October 28, 2010

    Let's Get Spooky

    Here's our guide to what's happening this Halloween.

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    October 21, 2010

    Let's Get Spooky

    Our guide to Houston's best Halloween haunts.

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    October 14, 2010

    Head Out

    Our guide to Halloween's best haunts

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    June 2, 2010

    Little Joe Washington Awake, Talking Following Second Surgery

    Mark Britain​ After undergoing a second surgery Tuesday to clear an obstructed bowel, Little Joe Washington is now awake and reasonably alert, his friend Reg Burns told Rocks Off this afternoon. Burns said he talked to one of the nurses attending the 71-year-old in the surgical intensive care unit ... More >>

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    December 7, 2009

    Houston: From Moron Metropolis to Genius City In Two Short Months

    ​Two months ago, the Daily Beast ranked all American cities according to their estimation of each place's municipal IQ.They measured how many residents had bachelor's and graduate degrees, nonfiction book sales, the ration of institutions of higher education, and political engagement, as measured ... More >>

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    October 29, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

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    October 22, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween. Check out our updated listings.

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    October 15, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

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    October 8, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

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    October 1, 2009

    Get All Dressed Up

    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Metro Making Several Changes In Wake Of Light-Rail Derailment

    "Human error" caused a Metro train to derail just after midnight on June 16, according to Metro officials, but engineers from Arup, a firm hired to assist in the investigation, say that Metro needs to implement a safer lubrication system on the rails. Pictures from the investigation, released by Met ... More >>

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    March 18, 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 int ... More >>

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    March 18, 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 int ... More >>

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    November 24, 2008

    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 anoth ... More >>

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    November 22, 2007
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    July 28, 2005

    One Dead Guinea Pig

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

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    July 7, 2005

    Psyched Out

    VA nurses say a new rule that they be able to physically subdue unruly mental patients was just an excuse to get rid of them

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    December 23, 2004

    Dome of Doom

    Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

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    June 17, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

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    June 10, 2004

    Charity Begins at Home

    Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

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    January 29, 2004

    Visitors' Guide

    Get Bowled over by the best of the real Bayou City

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    October 16, 2003

    Putting on Airs

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

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    July 24, 2003

    Paige Boy Returns

    HISD's most aggressive marketer comes back to help

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    February 6, 2003

    Business with the Unusual

    Bill White steps into his own political spotlight

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    December 26, 2002

    Year of the Yao Woo

    The crazy times in 2002 — Kmart raids, Olympian losses, stadium mania and more —- now make sense. Houston was just mining Ming.

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    December 5, 2002

    If You See Them, Say Hello!

    Defeated candidates face different lifestyles

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    June 28, 2001

    Born-Again Beauty

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

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    June 21, 2001

    The Perfect Political Storm

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

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    October 19, 2000

    Affairs of the Cart

    Motorized mayhem: Rice wrestles with a crime wave of small-time rustlers

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    July 27, 2000

    How Green Is My Building?

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

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    July 6, 2000

    Testing the Truth

    How does a Rice grad go global with DNA analyses? It's all in the marketing.

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    July 1, 1999

    Letters

    How does a Rice grad go global with DNA analyses? It's all in the marketing.

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    February 25, 1999

    Public and Private Doug

    How does a Rice grad go global with DNA analyses? It's all in the marketing.

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    July 2, 1998

    Night & Day

    July 2 - 8, 1998

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    May 16, 1996

    Adams Family Values

    Why do we hate Bud so? Maybe we never understood him, or those... Adams Family Values

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    April 25, 1996

    Poor, Proud, But Independent

    Houston's indie record entrepreneurs do it for the love of the music. Of course, they don't mind moving a few units, either.

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    February 8, 1996

    Station Break

    Beset by budget problems, bereft of substantive local programming, Channel 8 finds itself at a crossroads. Perhaps it's time to put the "public" back into Houston Public Television.

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    July 20, 1995

    The Insider

    Beset by budget problems, bereft of substantive local programming, Channel 8 finds itself at a crossroads. Perhaps it's time to put the "public" back into Houston Public Television.

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    June 1, 1995

    The Insider

    Too JA-ded?

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    April 20, 1995

    Letters

    Too JA-ded?

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    October 20, 1994

    Tea at the di Portanovas'

    What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

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