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8:58 am
May. 11, 2010
Donald Ray Spencer: Tiny Terror Tries To Grab Cop's Gun After Burglary Bust
By John Nova Lomax
It's a cliché, but criminals come in all shapes and sizes.On Saturday night, the Houston Police Department picked up 20-year-old Donald Ray Spencer for burglary of a habitation, a felony.Eviden... More >>

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8:01 am
May. 11, 2010
Coogs Will Host C-USA Tournament, But Probably Won't Play In It
By John Royal
The University of Houston will be hosting the Conference-USA Baseball Tournament come the last week of May. But while it may be hosting the event, it's becoming ever more possible that it won't... More >>

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7:00 am
May. 11, 2010
Pop Rocks: Is Iron Man 2 ScarJo's Finest Performance?
By Pete Vonder Haar
Unsurprisingly, Iron Man 2 was tops at the box office last weekend. The $128.1 million haul was considered a mild disappointment by some, proving once again that even the fifth biggest opening wee... More >>

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6:31 am
May. 11, 2010
Javier Tufino Belmont, 43, Bayou Body Count No. 107
By Richard Connelly
A barroom dispute out by the refineries ended with one man dead late Friday, police say.Javier Tufino Belmont was found dead in the Michoacan Night Club in southeast Houston after being shot. Po... More >>

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6:01 am
May. 11, 2010
Elevators In Houston: Let's Hope We're Living It Up While We're Going Down
By Richard Connelly
Houstonians, you spend one hell of a lot of time in elevators.So says IBM, which has conducted a study of "smart buildings" that included (somehow) an assessment of how much time workers spent ... More >>

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5:45 pm
May. 10, 2010
Shafin Okieth Lark, 27, Bayou Body Count No. 106
By Richard Connelly
Police have a suspect in the stabbing death of 27-year-old Shafin Okieth Lark, killed shortly about 12:15 Saturday morning.The "person of interest," pictured to the right, is Gary Bernard Allen... More >>

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4:39 pm
May. 10, 2010
Texas' Serial Killers: Someone's Selling The Dirt From Their Graves On eBay
By Chris Vogel
Digging up someone's grave and stealing whatever's down there isn't legal, but what about the dirt laying over the grave or next to a headstone? Is it against the law to take home a scoop or two... More >>

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4:02 pm
May. 10, 2010
Andrew Stewart, 29, Bayou Body Count No. 105
By Richard Connelly
A suspect has been arrested in the murder of a man over a backpack.Rosendo Diaz, 28, has been charged with murder in the April 11 murder of Andrew Stewart. The pair had been arguing over a back... More >>

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3:20 pm
May. 10, 2010
Evander Holyfield Loses A House And A Lawyer
By Craig Malisow
Today's edition of the never-ending saga of former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield 's financial woes takes the form of a lawsuit the boxer filed today against a Houston lawyer he says... More >>

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2:32 pm
May. 10, 2010
Game Time: An Open Letter To Texans Linebacker Brian Cushing
By Sean Pendergast
Dear Brian,I won't even start off this letter with some colloquial phrase like "How was your weekend?" I know your weekend probably sucked, and the truth of the matter is I hate it when people ... More >>

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1:31 pm
May. 10, 2010
Reginald Leroy King, 29, Bayou Body Count No. 104
By Richard Connelly
It was a busy weekend for the homicide squad, and one of the deaths involved a 29-year-old man who was shot in the back after foiling a carjacking.Reginald Leroy King was walking through the par... More >>

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1:02 pm
May. 10, 2010
Galveston Voters Reject Fancy $35 Million Stadium
By Richard Connelly
In case you missed the news, Galveston school district voters over the weekend thunderously voted no on a proposal to build a $35 million sports stadium on the island.The proposed stadium was to... More >>

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12:01 pm
May. 10, 2010
Scenes From An Art Car Parade
By Richard Connelly
? The weather was great, the cars were fantastic, the crowds were big and boisterous -- just another successful Art Car Parade for Houston.Saturday's event featured Dan Aykroyd, who also took ti... More >>

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11:32 am
May. 10, 2010
Reginald Keith Haynes, 48, Bayou Body Count No. 103
By Richard Connelly
Three black males broke into a home in the 400 block of Truman, ransacked the place and assaulted the occupants Saturday afternoon, Houston police say.One of those occupants, Reginald Keith Hayn... More >>

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11:03 am
May. 10, 2010
Brad Davis Leads Dynamo Over Chivas USA; Man U Coming To Town
By Danny Lopez
Nothing cures a bad loss for the Houston Dynamo like a meeting with Chivas USA. Saturday the Dynamo scored two early goals to beat the Goats 2-0 at the Home Depot Center in SoCal. In the fourth... More >>

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10:31 am
May. 10, 2010
Janet McAfee, 50, Bayou Body Count No. 102
By Richard Connelly
A domestic dispute that turned into a SWAT situation ended Saturday with a woman dead and the man who allegedly killed her in critical condition from a self-inflicted gun wound.Police resp... More >>

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10:01 am
May. 10, 2010
Treme: We're Your Neighbors
By Daniel Carlson
We're halfway through the first season of Treme, and it was clear in last night's episode, "Shame, Shame, Shame," that creator David Simon and his crew have some very clear ideas about where to go... More >>

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9:02 am
May. 10, 2010
Chet Garner is Trippin'
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Texas is filled interesting, hidden treasures -- delicious food, historic locations, interesting people that don't toot their own horn. And Chet Garner is hell-bent on finding each and every one... More >>

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8:01 am
May. 10, 2010
The Week In TV: Betty White and the Rich Dicks
By Daniel Carlson
I've got clear eyes, a full heart, and can't help but notice that you seem pretty practiced at putting on panties with one hand while holding a gun. This was the week in TV Land: ? Because Faceb... More >>

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7:01 am
May. 10, 2010
Sean Berry Is Failing The Astros
By John Royal
With J.R. Towles gone, the Astros needed a new scapegoat to blame for their rotten season. It kind of appeared that Hunter Pence was turning into the one that Brad Mills was looking at for that... More >>

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By Chris Vogel

Flanked by attorneys, Michael Serges sat nervously at the defendant's table while the jury deliberated, his life and career as a peace officer hanging in the balance. He knew he… More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer.
By Michael Lacey

With Governor Jan Brewer's April 25 signature affixed to Senate Bill 1070, Arizona is poised to direct all law enforcement agencies to adopt Sheriff Joe Arpaio's policy of rounding up… More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up
By Michael Lacey, executive editor, and Jim Larkin, chairman and chief executive officer

Village Voice Media is underwriting the cost of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona's forthcoming litigation against Senate Bill 1070, as well as two other immigration lawsuits. Senate Bill 1070… More >>

Semi-Comeback for the Tower Theater

SPACED CITY Semi-Comeback for the Tower Theater By Katharine Shilcutt Back in November 2009, the Hollywood Video store that occupied the erstwhile Tower Theater on Westheimer at Waugh closed for good. Since then,… More >>

The Pope Problem

The Pope Problem Online readers comment on "The Man Who Sued the Pope," by John Nova Lomax, April 22: Let them wed: The Catholic Church would regain so much confidence if they… More >>

It's Five O'clock Somewhere It's Five O'clock Somewhere
By Houston Press Staff

Three ladies sat at a corner of the bar at Sawyer Park, a staple on the Washington Avenue scene since the place opened. The women, all recent college graduates —… More >>

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By Cory Casciato

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The Crucifixion of Juarez The Crucifixion of Juarez
By Susana Hayward

Mexicans lived in America before many territories became states. Indeed, much of our country was once their country. Today, Mexican immigrants are part of the fabric of this nation. Yet… More >>

Houston Is Under Attack

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Readers Miss Robb

The Kitchen Ink Wow! I guess the more photos you have, the less you have to write ["Chef Tats," by Katharine Shilcutt, April 15]. Bravo. As the months drag on, the… More >>

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