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Barack Obama and Me
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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
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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
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Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak
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Barack Obama and Me (246)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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Save Lobo: A Siberian Husky Mix is Sentenced to Die (28)
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (13)
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? (6)
All This Useless Beauty
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Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M (140)
Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face
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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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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
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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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Live-Action Role-Players Get Boffed in Amtgard
Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on
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Tax Break for the Rich; Roger Clemens at the Capitol; Green Sex
Mayor White gets help from the appraisal district
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Over the Weekend: Fotos, Dogs and Sausage
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Weekend Music: Help Save the Houston Music Scene
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Aeros Win Two More, Thanks to Barry Brust, Ryan Hamilton, Steve Kelly, Benoit Pouliot...a Lot of Guys, Actually
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Announcing the winners from last month's photo contest for high school students
By Keith Plocek
Published: May 17, 2007The theme for April was sports, and a rookie stepped up and took home the prize. Newcomer Danielle Riley of Westchester Academy of International Studies gets first place for her action shot of a softball player leaping in the air to avoid being taken out by a runner.
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Click here for the sports photography winners.
Subject(s): sports photography, photojournalism
Second place goes to Yasmeen Smalley of Bellaire High School for her anticipation-filled snap of a football team running out on the field.
Kingwood High School's Mariah McWhorter gets third for her verdant shot of a four-year-old going after a softball. McWhorter was also the winner of the Reader's Choice Award, collecting the most votes from online viewers. She'll get two certificates for her double play.
This time around we've got two honorable mentions. One goes to Taylor High School's Willie Xu for his basketball photo, and the other goes to Magnolia High School's Tyler Brackenbury for his scooter photo.
To view the winners, click here.
All the winners will receive bookstore gift certificates. The theme for the month of May is camera-phone photos. The subject doesn't matter, so long as you follow basic rules of photojournalism and make sure the results are captured between checking voice mails and typing out text messages. Visit blogs.houstonpress.com/houstoned for more details.
