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Barack Obama and Me
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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Little Bitty Burger Barn
"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule
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Live-Action Role-Players Get Boffed in Amtgard
Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on
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It's Hip to Be Square at Masraff's
Continental cuisine is over, so why would anybody want to eat at this retirees' hang-out on South Post Oak Lane?
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Barack Obama and Me (254)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (21)
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (7)
All This Useless Beauty
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Live-Action Role-Players Get Boffed in Amtgard (5)
Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on
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What's the Problem Houston? (5)
The city's skuzzy alt-rock scene thinks it is dying
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Lisa Landolt and Jo Barrett
Two law-school-grads-turned-chick-lit-authors show us amore might be the death of us yet
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade
Watch downtown turn into cowpoke heaven
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Lisa Lampanelli
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Free First Sundays: Family Flicks
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts four kid-friendly films
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Last Comic Standing Auditions and Showcase
NBC’s comedy reality show hunts Houston for humor
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You Know What I Don’t Understand? Andy Rooney
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SXSW Ephemera, Part Deux: More Random Notes from the Field
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Woody Williams Stats Not So Solid
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Jameson’s Rarest Vintage Reserve at $250 a Bottle
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Recent Articles By Bob Ruggiero
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Detroit Cobras, Willowz
concert preview
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Valient Thorr, Riverboat Gamblers
Valient Thorr and Riverboat Gamblers perform Monday, August 6, at Red Room inside Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717. ASG and Totimoshi are also on the bill.
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Grady
Grady performs Saturday, July 28, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899. Studio Magick Black is also on the bill.
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Elvis on Speed, Amplified Heat
Elvis on Speed and Amplified Heat perform Friday, July 13, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, 713-521-0521.
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Houston Roller Derby
Skating queens hit the rink -- and each other
National Features
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Phoenix New Times
Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
The Muscle Men
Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
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Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
By David Mamet
If you've got a bit of residual World Cup fever, pick up a bottle of Moretti beer to wash down a double dose of soccer action with a special double-header of the world's most popular sport (sorry, NFL players, NASCAR drivers and synchronized swimmers). First, Houston's newest sports team, the Dynamo, moves up to Reliant Stadium from its usual home turf of Robertson Stadium for a game against defending Major League Soccer champions the Los Angeles Galaxy. Following that battle comes the main event, a friendship match pitting Mexico's Club America against Spain's FC Barcelona. Both are champions of their regions' respective leagues, and the Barcelona boys feature Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Player of the Year and Euro-teen idol Ronaldinho Gaúcho -- who, if he wants to keep his integrity, will not head-butt any of his opponents. We wouldn't want a repeat of the incident that cost France the World Cup, especially given the temperament of soccer fans gathered in large groups.
Wed., Aug. 9, 7 p.m.
