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Features

  • Ghost Riders
    In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.
    Thursday, October 08
    Cisco Rios lived to ride his bike. The 25-year-old waiter longed to ditch his job and make that passion his livelihood. His buddy Matt Wurth,... More >>
  • Ghost Riders: Easy Come, Easy No
    CenterPoint Energy's power line easements would make ideal bike highways. Too bad they won't let us use them.
    Thursday, October 08
    Bruce Blackwell, a retiree now living in Friendswood, misses his old neighborhood in suburban Chicago, not least because of the Prairie Path.... More >>
  • Ghost Riders: Way of Life
    Leigh Boone rode her bike everywhere she went.
    Thursday, October 08
    On March 30 of this year, Leigh Boone was cycling along Lower Westheimer near Dunlavy. Suddenly, two fire trucks collided mere feet from Boone.... More >>
  • Club Dead
    The Mansion has been shut down, but not before an 18-year-old stripper got drunk there and died in a highway wreck.
    Thursday, October 01
    Esther Saenz didn't want to go to work the night she died. According to the April 2009 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission report that outlined... More >>
  • Superthief
    Joshua Paul Calhoun likes to take things...BIG things
    Thursday, September 24
    It's strange to jump-start an airplane off the battery in a pickup truck, but that's exactly what Joshua Paul Calhoun attempted to do on March 4... More >>

National

News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, so the Feds Tried to Destroy Him

Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns as Imam Foad Farahi walked from a mosque... More >>

Dallas

Dallas Has A Dirty Secret: It Acts As If Supports the Community Gardens Movement, But That's Not the Real Truth.

It never occurred to Jan Worthington, an East Dallas yoga instructor, that her idea for a... More >>

Denver

Life in Antarctica is cold — but bloggers there can still get burned

It was 85 degrees below zero, and Erin hadn't seen the sun in five months. Her skin had lost... More >>

Kansas City

In Shawnee Mission Park, Jason Miller’s hunt for attention is on

Jason Miller pushes aside his tie, pulls up the right side of his black shirt and, squinting at... More >>

Miami

FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant

After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him.
Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns of North Miami Beach as Imam Foad Farahi... More >>

Minneapolis

City Councilwoman Lisa Goodman wants it her way

Known as the "second mayor," she controls downtown development
YEARS AGO, a naive businessman in Minneapolis wanted a liquor license for his business. The man... More >>

Phoenix

Saving Alex: A Mother Finally Got Desperately Needed Help for Her Troubled Son — By Having Him Arrested

Niki Varlotta loves her son Alex so much, she called the cops on him. On a Wednesday evening... More >>

San Francisco

Too Cute to Shoot?

The adoring public may have a problem with what San Francisco has in store for its troublesome invaders, the sea lions.
On a wet September morning about an hour after the sun rose over San Francisco's Hyde Street... More >>

Blog

Hair Balls

In Honor Of Sgt. York: The Five Guys With The Best Aim In The Movies

Fri Oct 9, 4:21 PM

It was 91 years ago that Sgt. Alvin York, a corporal in the U.S. 328th Infantry Regiment, single-handedly killed 28 German soldiers during a battle in France, forcing the surrender of 132 more. H... More >>

Most Popular

  • Superthief
    Joshua Paul Calhoun likes to take things...BIG things
  • Spy Story
    Con man or super spook — either way, Roland Carnaby wasn't supposed to meet his death on a Houston highway in a high-speed chase with the cops.
  • Club Dead
    The Mansion has been shut down, but not before an 18-year-old stripper got drunk there and died in a highway wreck.
  • Ghost Riders
    In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.
  • Jail Hell
    Inmates emerging from the Harris County Jail tell remarkably similar stories of horrible conditions inside.
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Columns

  • Sex and Soccer
    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM
    Thursday, October 08
    Whatever Why Have Sex? UT researchers get some odd answers By Cathy Matusow Okay, get ready to have the bejesus scared out of you. David M.... More>>
  • You Can't Be Serious
    Our readers debate this year's Best of Houston® winners.
    Thursday, October 08
    Debating Best of Houston® Online readers weigh in on our Best of Houston® issue, September 24: Best Criminal Defense Attorney: Brian... More>>
  • Get All Dressed Up
    There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.
    Thursday, October 08
    Michael Jackson. Trend spotters say his face will be everywhere you look this coming year, and why not? It certainly has a ghostly aspect,... More>>

Letters

The Life of Brian
Thursday, July 16
Response to Judge Guerrero's letter: Will this nightmare ever end? This innocent young man was finally acquitted after more than two years of... More >>

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