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Night & Day

November 19 - 25, 1998

Exit Strategy

Deena Nichols organized everything in her life. And when life spun out of control, she organized her death.

News Hostage

Triumph of the Spirit

Miss American Pie

A Hollywood agent tries to read between the lines of a casting call

Hannah from Heaven

The Rodeo saves local parents from a winter of sulking. But what's this whole Miley Cyrus thing about, anyway?

Radio Daze

One man, one jambox and four walls. For 24 hours.

Get Back, Honky Cat

Barry Manilow whites the songs. Is that so wrong?

Vive le Max!

French existentialism meets its Texas cousin in the work of Dallas songwriter Max Stalling

Boy, Do We Feel Old: "Hot for Teacher" and Other Back-To-School Songs

Today is the first day of school for almost all the public school districts in the area. Children and teens from Alvin to Alief are trudging into polished halls and sterile classrooms for yet another year of romantic intrigue and bitter class struggle, and impromptu dance routines in the cafeteria, ... More >>

Patricia Mancuso Janowski: $1.5M in Embezzled Funds Gambled Away in Quick-E Mart's Poker Machine, Police Say

Not so good at the video poker.​They might not be willing to admit, but you have to just know that the proprietors of the Klein Food Mart on Louetta Road just loved it when they would see Pat Janowski pull up in the strip mall parking lot. Like them, you might even not be above giving her some ... More >>

Dust in the Wind

If you've even heard of South Houston's Depot Saloon, your nickname is probably "Friend."