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  • News

    February 16, 2012

    Blood Money

    More than 200 soldiers are suing KBR for knowingly exposing them to toxic chemicals in Iraq, whose effects started with nose bleeds and could end with cancer. KBR says that didn't happen. But even if it did, the company isn't responsible. Taxpayers are.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Declassified KBR Contract Shows How It Gets a Free Pass for Willful Misconduct

    These dudes know how to write a sweet contract.​A KBR government contract protected the company from liability for injuries or deaths caused by willful misconduct, according to recently declassified Army documents. Although the existence of the clause was revealed as a part of a lawsuit file ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    The 6 Worst Air-Show Disasters: A Video Collection, Just In Time For Wings Over Houston

    Things can go wrong​Next time you go to an air show, take a look at the fine print on the ticket. Besides the usual stuff about acts of God and "Promoter not responsible if the frontman doesn't show due to injecting Drano into his balls," there's something else. It says they're really, really ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Rick Perry Gets PWNED By Arizona's Governor

    You got served....by Arizona​The squeaky wheel gets the grease, Rick Perry.Perry was famously, and surprisingly, critical of Arizona's controversial law regarding immigrants and demands to see their papers.Arizona governor Jan Brewer became a darling of the right, trumpeting about protecting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Chris Stokes, U.S. Marine, Gets His Stolen Medals Back In Memorial Day Miracle (Of Sorts)

    One bad Memorial Day followed by one good one​A year ago, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Chris Stokes was tubing in New Braunfels. His vehicle, parked at the Landa Park Rec Center, was broken into while he and his wife were on the river.Among the items stolen -- Stokes' Marine honor medals. Bummer o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Exile In Pearland: A Young Rocks Off Gets "Happy"

    The first time Rocks Off the Younger truly heard "Happy," we were loading a case of Dannon yogurt into the display case at the Kroger in Pearland we worked at from 1999 until he first left home. It would have been September 2002, and we had just signed the papers that would mark our entry into the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    KHOU Scores Top Award For Its Texas National Guard Investigation

    David Raziq, one of the winners from KHOU​KHOU's look into discrimination and corruption in the Texas National Guard has racked up a slew of awards, and today it won a biggie: an IRE medal.The medal is the highest honor awarded by the Investigative Reporters and Editors association; also winning o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    El Franco Lee II: "Visual Harassment"

    Houston's resident urban mannerist takes a hard look at life in black America

  • Film

    July 23, 2009

    Set to Explode

    As unconventional as the warfare it depicts, The Hurt Locker is a ticking time bomb of a movie.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Chron Leaves Out Key Detail From Story On Sailor's Death

    A Houston sailor was killed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego Tuesday.Here, verbatim, is the version of the AP report the Houston Chronicle is running on it: Houston sailor killed at Camp PendletonCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Navy officials say the death of a 29-year-old Camp Pendleton sailor is being inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Right-Wing Nut Says Obama Ordered Bush Tribute At Ellington Erased

    The Right-Wing Nutjob Forces are on the march again!! Today's Target: Houston!!Not all conservatives are "nutjobs," obviously, but Debbie Schlussel is. The Ann Coulter-wannabe spouts nonsense pretty much full-time, and she has a new cause: President Obama has ordered officials at Ellington Field to ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    A Gulf Coast Juneteenth

    The Right-Wing Nutjob Forces are on the march again!! Today's Target: Houston!!Not all conservatives are "nutjobs," obviously, but Debbie Schlussel is. The Ann Coulter-wannabe spouts nonsense pretty much full-time, and she has a new cause: President Obama has ordered officials at Ellington Field to ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 18, 2008
  • News

    October 16, 2008

    John McCain's Neglected Veterans

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Film

    September 25, 2008

    Very Minor: Miracle at St. Anna

    No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    The USS Houston -- A Sub That Lives Up To Our Name

    No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Texas Air National Guard Boots Sick Soldier

    Jason Franco now struggling in civilian life

  • Home Entertainment

    November 22, 2007

    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

    Call of Duty 4 hits maybe a little too close to home

  • News

    October 11, 2007
  • Calendar

    August 9, 2007
  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Nostalgia Trip

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    Don't Show, Don't Tell

    Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

  • Film

    February 2, 2006

    Ride the Legend

    The World's Fastest Indian is powered by Anthony Hopkins

  • Home Entertainment

    December 15, 2005

    Virtual Quagmire

    The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

  • Film

    November 3, 2005

    Killing Time

    In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Who Cares?

    Celester Hall went to Afghanistan to help the troops and make his fortune. He came back deaf, in diapers and looking for benefits.

  • News

    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

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2004

    Teenage Wasteland

    Two artists ask how boys become men in a videocracy

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2004

    Man with the Mike

    Ernie Manouse chitchats with visiting stars

  • Culture

    April 17, 2003

    The Gulf Between

    When these soldiers became writers, the pen becomes very mighty indeed

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    War Is Not Hell

    The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

  • Film

    March 13, 2003

    Kill Shot

    Neil Burger fabricates Kennedy's Assassin, and he's mostly on target

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Young Guns

    Some are ready to die. Others aren't -- they just want a chance at a better life. But even the most careful of local teens who enlist in 2003 may find their plans for a desk job interrupted by war.

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    The Devil You Say

    Was Jeffery Prible the cold-blooded murderer of an entire family? Or the gullible target of an opportunistic jailhouse informant?

  • Film

    June 13, 2002

    Wooing the White Guy

    Nicolas Cage plays the real protagonist in World War II epic about Navajo codetalkers

  • Film

    January 17, 2002

    Hell and Back

    Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    An Open Mike

    He wants to castrate pedophiles and purge the courts of politics. He has assailed fellow jurists, lawyers and lawmakers. He's maverick Mike McSpadden, a tennis ace with a tomahawk tongue.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    The Way Back

    Funding cuts kill work programs as well as treatment services

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Billie Bob's (Mis) Fortune

    Less than two years after Billie Bob Harrell Jr. took the $31 million lottery jackpot, he took his own life

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Less than two years after Billie Bob Harrell Jr. took the $31 million lottery jackpot, he took his own life

  • Film

    March 9, 1995

    Walking Dead Arrives D.O.A.

    Less than two years after Billie Bob Harrell Jr. took the $31 million lottery jackpot, he took his own life

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