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  Gangsters in Bacliff

  The unincorporated town is up to its elbows in youth gangs, poverty and crime

  By John Nova Lomax

  Thursday, September 11

  At the stroke of midnight and into the predawn this past May 20, the little unincorporated Galveston County town of Bacliff was roiling with... More >>
• Bacliff Wiggers

  The other kind of white gang

  By John Nova Lomax

  Thursday, September 11

  Ever since Norman Mailer penned his essay "The White Negro" in 1957, white people who act black have been alternately studied earnestly and... More >>
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  Hope for the Houston Texans?

  Gary Kubiak and team search for their first winning season

  By Richard Connelly

  Thursday, September 04

  The Houston Texans are about to embark on their seventh NFL season. In only one of the previous six seasons did they finish anywhere but last in... More >>
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  The Passion of Victoria Osteen

  A flight attendant went after the Osteens in court, bringing on trials and tribulation for one and all

  By Richard Connelly

  Thursday, August 28

  Every little Catholic boy and girl knows about the Stations of the Cross. (Maybe other religions, too; we can't speak for them). For one... More >>
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  Gone to Hell: Mental Illness and Harris County Jail

  Even though Alexander Hatcher is bipolar and schizophrenic, he wasn't given his meds for his first three months in jail. He got in fights with the guards. Now he's sentenced to prison for a long, long time.

  By Paul Knight

  Thursday, August 21

  On December 19, 2006, Alexander Hatcher received about $15,000 in disability payments from Social Security. Diagnosed as bipolar and... More >>