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North Korea Is Aiming Nukes at...Austin?

Cops Get Assist from HCC Students in Nabbing Robbery Suspect

The day after Valentine's was apparently a pretty crazy one for a pair of Houston Community College students, who also happen to be former members of the armed forces. According to a report, on Friday morning, February 15, a robbery suspect stole a laptop computer from a sleeping student and then sn ... More >>

Lil Wayne Apologizes To LeBron For All-Star Weekend Outburst, Still Hates Chris Bosh

The NBA trade deadline came and went at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, and somehow, some way, with everyone fully expecting the Rockets to be one of the passive spectators at deadline time for a change, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey managed to steal the spotlight. Given Morey's seeming addiction ... More >>

Three Feet Of Snow? Some Blizzard Tips, And Comparing A Nor'Easter To A Hurricane

New York, Boston and the rest of New England are expected to be pounded today and tomorrow with a massive storm that could dump three feet of snow on residents. Being used to awesomely bad weather here on the Gulf Coast, we have a couple of tips. We also would like to compare massive blizzards to ... More >>

Patent Law: The New Cold War

On the frontlines of the costliest battle in the high-tech world.

What's Next For Randy Travis? 5 Fantasy Scenarios For Country's Newest Outlaw

Embattled and sorta-awesome country singer Randy Travis got into trouble again Thursday night, fighting drunk in a church parking lot in Plano, in an altercation involving another man and woman. According to TMZ -- which should stand for "Travis, Man, Zoinks" now -- there was "a "family argument" ... More >>

No Sanctuary at Spindletop

People dropping dogs off at the refuge trusted they were sending them to the best place possible. Not exactly.

How Summer Fest Was Born

Pegstar's Jagi Katial hunted and pecked until he put together a big-time music festival.

4 Thoughts On Delonte West's Wet Willie On Gordon Hayward

After allowing me to fall into the trap of proclaiming them a lock for the playoffs on my radio show, the Rockets lost their fourth straight game last night. Logic dictates that I should post something about that, but I need to step away from the Rockets just to be able to rationally assess them rig ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Escapism," "Hate Expo," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "Luminous," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Edward Lane McCartney: Shift," "A Crack in Everything," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "Luminous," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Since I've Been Away"

Capsule Art Reviews: "A Crack in Everything," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works, " "Since I've Been Away"

Spend Some Time with John Sonsini's Painterly Paintings at Inman Gallery

​ Anyone acquainted with John Sonsini's work knows the drill. The Angeleno would find subjects for his portrait paintings by picking up day laborers at known street corners and Home Depot parking lots, paying them their normal hourly wages to sit for him. They picked their clothes and poses, and ... More >>

Crag Redhawk: Lamely Poses As Tribal Cop in Heart of Austin, Allegedly

This insignia is not rendered in duct tape​One of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes, the Choctaw Indians once controlled most of what is now Mississippi. A remnant remained behind when Andrew Jackson removed the bulk of them to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. We bring you this little histo ... More >>

Betting Their Lives

It's easy for a three-time felon to get $20 million for his investment company, as long as no one asks any questions.

The Pomplamoose Revolution

How a band with no CDs or record deal is changing the music industry

Westbury Square Up For Sale Again

Westbury Square -- Say bye-bye to those buildings​Westbury Square, the semi-dilapidated, uniquely Houston shopping center on the southwest side of town, is once again up for sale.The "original Galleria" to some, the property is a collection of European/New Orleans-y style buildings that once house ... More >>

Battle of the Bands

Kids march towards a better future.Fighting declining interest and funding woes, two HISD high schools offer kids an oom pah pah way to better futures

Gay Cruising Spots: Five Odd Complaints From Houston Customers

The decor!! ​We got an impassioned complaint from a guy who got arrested at an adult book store. He got invited into a locked booth by a nice-looking guy who, unfortunately for him, turned out to be a cop.We thought the whole adult bookstore thing was dead -- new rules, raids, etc. -- but we went ... More >>

Tropical Storm In The Gulf: Three Reasons Not To Worry

Oh, TERRIFIC.​Here's a pleasant map to study -- a tropical-storm dagger pointed right at the heart of Houston. Even worse than right at the heart -- we're on the dirty side of the storm.Not to worry. Why?

It's (Maybe) Gonna Snow In Houston!! Be Prepared!!

​Forecasters are still telling us there's a chance that it will snow in Houston tomorrow. We'll believe it when we see it, but the theory is that sometime Friday afternoon we may get hit with anywhere from a trace to an inch of solid white precipitation.This, of course, would be an earthshaking ev ... More >>

Searching for Hurricane Ike Victims

Some may never be found.

State Rep. Kino Flores: If The Collar's Poppin', The ICE Ain't Stoppin'

The Hacienda Brothers mourn fallen bandmate Chris Gaffney

Brothers in Arms

Hueston Independent Spit District

An evening with Houston's other, better-rapping H.I.S.D.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution

The Revolution will be televised — and plenty addictive, too

"A Thing Called Early Blur"

Katrina Moorhead puts the ice in Iceland

Olde School

Bill Davenport unleashes his inner goofball at Inman Gallery

Cranked

Meth users are really proDuctive, sExy, hAppy anD slim

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A Pearland guy causes a Beltway firestorm

Draining the Swamp

A scorched-earth management philosophy is sucking the life out of our region's wetlands

Bash-Free Zone

Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Consumer Culture

"Transvision" turns TVs and other things into salable works of art

The Pointe Shoe Diaries

Houston Ballet dancers explain their peculiar preshow rituals

Salad Daze

A chef and a produce grower get into a pissing match over ten pounds of greens

Withering Heights

Others may label it a monument to mishmash; Charlie calls it home

The Women's Rooms

Two local exhibits explore the female psyche without being confined by it

Weary of the Wows

A Houston junket and the jaded of Hollywood

Methadone Meltdown

Dr. Amos and Cecilia Ozumba ran Houston Maintenance Clinic for four years. Have they finally run it into the ground?

Houstowne, Texas

Shrouded by mists and unrecovered documents, the history of Houston is still worth a probe

The Antihero

Is Bill Davenport's art stupid? Yeah. Brilliant? That, too.

All Good Dogs Go to Heaven

The connection between pets and their owners doesn't necessarily end with death

Home Despots

At DiverseWorks, architects offer better living through architecture

Shop Art

Sculptor Williams has a Monkey on his back

Southern Surprises

Dumb and Dinky

New micro-galleries may go for the small and the stupid, but hey, they're still a breath of fresh air

Fourth and Long

Dreams of Glory Die Hard in Semipro football

1995 Houston Press Music Awards

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