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Eddie Martinez Jr. was riding on a grass mower when a nearby co-worker's mower struck a pipeline carrying liquid natural gas, triggering an explosion that sent flames 20 feet into the air and burned Martinez over 90 percent of his body. Two hundred area firefighters were called to the scene...

It may not surprise some cynics to learn that this town's criminals, lawyers and reporters have at least one thing in common. They, along with cops, bail bondsmen and others who frequent the municipal courts and HPD headquarters, have made the Avenue Grill an institution. Settle in for a weekday...

Flipped inside out of its shell, and scored to unfold like a chrysanthemum, the two-pound Australian lobster tail looked as if it were not entirely of this earth. And it wasn't. "It's $69.95," murmured the waiter at Lynn's Steakhouse, presenting his exhibition platter of mountainous raw meats for our inspection...