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May 17, 2012
Steven Cox: This Close To Not Getting Busted With 30 Pounds of Weed
Steven Cox used to be a jailer for Galveston County, but left that job for the greener pastures of working for a Dollar General store. He's back in the jail business now, but on the other side of the bars. He was arrested for possession of 30 pounds of marijuana in a case where it sounds like he al ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
When Car Commercials And Rock And Roll Collide
This weekend is the big Houston Art Car Parade, where children and adults of all ages can gander at their fellow Houstonians' labors of car love. Each car is a marvel to the ingenuity and the insanity of this race known as the modern Texan. The Art Car festivities have cars on our brains. Rock a ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Enrique Iglesias & Jennifer Lopez Heading To Houston August 26
Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and Wisin Y Yandel are heading to Houston's Toyota Center on August 26. This marks the third time that Iglesias has been in Houston in the past year, logging a RodeoHouston date this spring and a Toyota show last fall. Does he own land here or something? From the l ... More >>
Music
April 19, 2012
Melvins + Scion = ???
Are corporate-sponsored free records a good move?
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February 22, 2012
Chef Chat, Part 1: Chef Junnajet "Jett" Hurapan of Blu Loves Race Car Driving
Executive Chef Junnajet "Jett" Hurapan of the new Blu Restaurant and Lounge (2248 Texas Dr; www.blusugarland.com) in Sugar Land's Town Square, couldn't stop smiling when I was taking pictures of him in the kitchen. "In New York, the photographers didn't want me to smile," he says, but for me he smil ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Top Chef: Texas and an Impromptu Tour of the Houston Press Offices
Our TV viewing area!I arrived home yesterday evening to find that my cable had gone out. To be fair, it could have been out for days. I have no idea. Such are the perils of owning a Roku box and living off Hulu and Netflix instead of basic cable. Either way, I had no means of watching Top Chef th ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Before We Cared: 10 Bit Players Who Became Superstars
On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even served as a plot point in an episode o ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Mediocrity Is Served at the South Fork Ranch on Top Chef: Texas
O HAI GUYS DID WE MENTION WE'RE STILL IN DALLAS?I have one thing to say in advance of tonight's episode: Dean Fucking Fearing. Thank God. An honest-to-Christ Texas chef as a judge on this show for a change. That out of the way, on to the Quickfire Round! Fearing, as mentioned, is the guest judg ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Chiles and Chili: The Most Obvious Episode of Top Chef: Texas Yet
Above is is how I imagine the initial planning meetings for Top Chef: Texas went. I'm also imagining future episodes where the contestants will be forced to shoot their own horses and grill them over a fire of cactus paddles. Let's go, Top Chef: Texas! DO THIS SHIT RIGHT. Until then, we'll have to ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Yodani Cruz-Rojas, 29, Shot at Work By Her Children's Father, Bayou Body Count No. 168
Photo by HPDNoel Sosa-Ruiz: On the run with a CHL.A domestic dispute ended in murder when a man gunned down a woman at her dentist-office job Thursday evening, Houston police say. Yodani Cruz-Rojas, 29, was killed in a flurry of gunshots from Noel Sosa-Ruiz, 41, with whom police say she was ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
The Luckiest Good Samaritan Ever?
Luck be a lady tonight....The Houston police are telling us about an incident involving what might be the luckiest Good Samaritan ever. It unfortunately involves a fatal accident on the Gulf Freeway. The driver of a red GMC pickup truck died in a crash about 12:30 a.m. today on the Gulf Free ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Comment of the Day: Buy American, Buy Toyota
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
Get That Damn Toyota Out Of Texas, Son
From Reddit (via the Bayou Blog) comes this note, apparently left on a car parked at the AMC Gulf Pointe 30 on the Gulf Freeway. We thought Toyota had a bunch of U.S. plants, but we bow to this writer's more sophisticated understanding of the subtleties of world economics.
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February 8, 2011
Toyota's Unintended Acceleration Problems Not Caused by Electronics, Feds Say
The problem some Toyota drivers have had with unintended acceleration of their vehicles -- a problem we first wrote about last April -- is not caused by any electronic flaws in the cars, a lengthy federal study has determined. The lengthy federal study could not determine, however, just what ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Passionate Prius Drivers
A Facebook page for the victims
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August 6, 2010
Giving Pledge: How Three Houston Billionaires Should Help
Houston billionaires haven't joined Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge. Yet. One of the big stories this week is Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, where the super-billionaires have promised to donate half their money to charity. Even better, they've convinced 38 other ri ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Prius Is Looking For Passionate Fans On Facebook; We Deliver
Toyota launches its Prius Facebook competition; we launch our Prius Facebook page.To celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the Prius, Toyota is launching a Facebook competition to find "the most passionate Prius fan in the United States." From Toyota's press release:As a result, this car with the si ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Church for Thugs
50 Cent decides to be a little more selfish on upcoming LP Black Magic.
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May 17, 2010
Tobi Oyedeji: Tragedy Hits Bellaire High
Photo courtesy FacebookOyedeji had a good academic record at BellaireA kid with a shining future, one who worked hard in class, who seemed to have everything before him, died this weekend, and Bellaire High is grieving.Tobi Oyedeji, 17, was set to play basketball for Texas A&M next year, but ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Shakira, Tool, Kings Of Leon, Roger Waters All On Sale Within A Week
This morning, Live Nation announced more huge roadshows hitting Houston soon (enough), adding Shakira and prog-rockers Tool to Toyota Center's 2010 roster. On-sale information for Kings Of Leon and Roger Water's in-concert production of Pink Floyd's The Wall was also released; see the end of this ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Dan Pastorini Fender-Benders His Way Into A DWI
Photo courtesy Brazos County SOPastorini, looking like he did after they called the Renfro pass incomplete in the title gameHouston Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini, the man who led the team to within a blown call of the Super Bowl, was arrested this morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicat ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
"Safety Deaf" Toyota to Pay Record Fine
Toyota announced today that it would pay the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration $16 million to settle allegations that it kept quiet about safety defects on its cars. The penalty is the largest that the federal government has collected from a car company."Toyota could have contested t ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
More Fallout for Toyota
Plus: Why are Mormons annoyed with Houston?
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February 1, 2010
Toyota And Unintended Acceleration: A Lawsuit And A Car Show
Toyota has announced during the last several months a series of recalls to fix the problem of its cars accelerating out of control. Last week, in perhaps the most dramatic move, the company said it would stop selling eight models of cars and trucks. Each of those fixes involved floor mats or gas ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
The 10 Biggest Non-Bummers Of The Decade In Houston
We recently took a look at the 10 Biggest Bummers of Houston's Decade; in the spirit of equal time (and the season), we now offer the 10 Biggest Non-Bummers of the Oughts.This being Houston, some of these happy developments have a not-so-happy side, but that's to be expected, we suppose.Are we mi ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
Aftermath: Nitzer Ebb at Meridian, Joel Osteen With a Trouserful of Funky Cold Medina
Photos by Groovehouse / Click here for a slideshowAftermath was running late on Saturday night after trying to get a teething baby to sleep. We drove our little Toyota as fast as we dared through a fog that on television would have contained dead pirates, eldritch horrors or Michael Jackson ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Yet Another Explanation From Toyota On Unintended Acceleration
Toyota made big news today, with a press release titled "Toyota Announces Details of Remedy to Address Potential Accelerator Pedal Entrapment," by announcing the details of a recall that will apparently stop all those problems of Toyota's accelerating wildly out of control, as detailed in a Houst ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Los Angeles Times Takes On Toyota's Acceleration Problems
The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy story this weekend about unintended acceleration in Toyotas, something the Houston Press and Hair Balls have written about from time to time, starting with a cover story in April.The Times wrote the story in response to a highly publicized crash this summ ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Feds Not So Sure About Toyota's Claims That Floor Mats Are The Problem With Priuses
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a statement yesterday indicating that problems of unintended acceleration in Toyotas might be caused by something more than faulty floor mats. The statement from the federal agency was a response to Toyota's claims, released on Tuesday, ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Bayou Beat: Method Man on His Pellet-Gun Aim, The Debut of HUSH, Local Bands Vying for ACL Spot, Thee Armada MySpace Finalist, etc.
Above, Method Man talks about his pellet-gun accuracy, which was a little off the night he allegedly shot Houstonian Mary Anderson, who is now suing him on several counts including assault. Besides playing House of Blues Friday with Redman and Ghostface, looks like Meth will spend some time in Hous ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Dry-Aged Black Angus
Photo by Robb WalshWhile we were debating the word salumeria, a commenter by the name of SpandTexPants complained that Houston didn't have a butcher shop that sold dry-aged beef. Well, now we do. Hubbell & Hudson Market in the Woodlands has a dry-aging case in its meat department. When I stopped by ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
Car Trouble
Readers respond to "Wild Ride"
News
April 23, 2009
Wild Rides
Between serious safety and environmental concerns, the Toyota Prius isn't the angel that everyone thinks it is.
Blogs
March 25, 2009
The AG Vs. Don McGill Toyota: Those Wily Salespeople
Lesson Number One if you're dealing with Don McGill Toyota in West Houston, especially if you're not really fluent in English: Read all the fine print, even the parts where salespeople have folded the contract over so you can't see it.Texas AG Greg Abbott announced today a $78,000 settlement with th ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
Over the Weekend: Sinful Xmas, Houston Aeros and AC/DC
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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November 12, 2008
Embrace The Inflatable Ads, Houston
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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October 28, 2008
Rental-Car Tip: Ask "By Any Chance, Is This Car Listed As Stolen?"
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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September 30, 2008
Five Spot: New Kids Are Back, Bitches
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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August 27, 2008
My First Guitar Hero Lesson
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
Culture
May 15, 2008
Angry Scots and pidgin tongues
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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April 15, 2008
Last Night: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Toyota Center
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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February 18, 2008
Aeros Shut Out by Iowa Stars. Twice.
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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January 23, 2008
Last Night: Foo Fighters at Toyota Center
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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October 29, 2007
Three Nights Ago: Hives and Maroon 5 at Toyota Center
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
Culture
March 8, 2007
St. Patrick's Day Guide
Brrrr. It's getting chilly. Not that you could tell from looking at the photo below. Sinful Xmas at Warehouse Live Yuletide naughtiness was in season at Dare Ware's December 13 bash. Houston Aeros Win Two of Three It was a good week for the Aeros, complete with free wings and flying teddy be ... More >>
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July 21, 2005
Going for the Gold
See how your luck pans out at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
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September 23, 2004
Best Public Bathroom
See how your luck pans out at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
Music
October 16, 2003
Hype This
Fleetwood Mac opens the Toyota Center, the Chron hyperventilates, and a city grumbles
Film
April 19, 2001
Crazy from the Heat
Boorman and Le Carré lose touch with their thrill-seeking personae in Panama
News
April 21, 1994
The Policy That Won't Die
Despite five deaths in recent weeks, HPD stands by its car chases
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