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  Did Texas Prison Guards Drive Marinda Griggs to Kill Herself?

  Margaret Downing | June 14 at 4 a.m.

  On a late September day in 2015, Inmate No. 1455104 was supposed to be standing quietly in line for a midday prison count in the women’s unit at a Gatesville prison. But Marinda Griggs, a longtime epileptic, could feel a seizure coming on and...

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  Are Voters Ready to Elect a Gay Judge to the Texas Supreme Court?

  Dianna Wray | November 14 at 4 a.m.

  It was when the Texas Supreme Court justices reversed themselves on benefits to same-sex partners, that Harris County District Judge Steven Kirkland decided he'd had enough. Just the year before those exact same nine judges had upheld a ruling...

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  Forest Brook Middle School Students Are Making Up For Lost Time

  Joseph Fanelli | November 7 at 4 a.m.

  At this point, Dequerion Sherrard has decided he just won’t look at the calendar. Calendars mean dates and dates mean tests and tests mean enough time to sit and stress about the questions but never enough to actually finish. Like a few weeks...

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  Wrestling's Brother Love, Twice Fired by WWE, Finds Redemption Through Hit Podcast

  Sean Pendergast | October 31 at 4 a.m.

  For Bruce Prichard, redemption began with a casual conversation on Conrad Thompson’s couch in Huntsville, Alabama, last July, not redemption in the eyes of Prichard’s family or friends, but in the eyes of the professional wrestling industry,...

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  A Winning Year for Houston Press In Words and Pictures, Online and In Print

  Margaret Downing | October 25 at 4 a.m.

  The Houston Press is a small shop that's gotten smaller over the years, much like all newsrooms in the journalism landscape. Fortunately, this past year, as in previous recent years, we've been able to bolster the work of a hard-charging staff...

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  Hog Baying Is Popular in Texas. But Should It Be Legal?

  Craig Malisow | October 24 at 3 a.m.

  At the East Texas Hog Baying Championship — just north of the middle of nowhere — a lean golden-haired dog, with a wagging tail and machine-gun bark, is trying to corner a feral hog probably three times the dog’s size. Three judges watch from...