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12:01 pm
Apr. 28, 2011
Mark Steven Bauman: Texas' Latest Most Wanted Sex Offender Is One Snappy Dresser
By Richard Connelly
A new name has been added to the Department of Public Safety's 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list and, more importantly, a new mugshot. Instead of the usual bunch of unshaven t-shirt wearing fat... More >>

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11:01 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Andy Surface: Alvin's Conde Nast Scammer Graciously Agrees Not To Keep The $8 Million He Got
By Richard Connelly
Andy Surface, the Alvin man who scammed the powerful Conde Nast publishing company of $8 million simply by sending a single bogus e-mail invoice, has formally renounced any claim to his ill-gotte... More >>

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10:01 am
Apr. 28, 2011
App of the Week: Four Apps to Ease Your Summer Airline Travel
By Jeff Balke
App: FlightTrack Platforms: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm Web site: Mobiata.com Cost: $3.99 (Pro for $9.99) App: FlightBoard Platforms: iPhone, Android Web site: Mobiata.com Cost: $3.99 App... More >>

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9:31 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Comment of the Day: Thou Shalt Not Criticize St. Biggio
By Richard Connelly
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Mayb... More >>

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8:58 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Terry Sims: Amazing Mumford Wannabe Fails to Make Meth Disappear
By John Nova Lomax
Apparently Terry Michael Sims enjoys his meth and doesn't much care who knows it. Earlier this week, the 33-year-old Tyler man evidently made a spectacle of himself in public, and police in the ... More >>

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8:00 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Pop Rocks: How To Profit Off The Royal Wedding
By Pete Vonder Haar
The big day is finally almost upon us. After months of sweaty anticipation by domestic news agencies, Prince William of Wales will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey "on the morrow," as th... More >>

Hair Balls

7:01 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Royal Wedding: Vintage Wedding Cards, Modernized
By Richard Connelly
Okay, you didn't get an invite to the big royal wedding. You should still send a card or something, show `em you care. (Assuming you do.) Mayor Annise Parker did! In case you are looking for card... More >>

Hair Balls

6:01 am
Apr. 28, 2011
Five Presidents Who Could Kick Chuck Norris's Ass
By John Nova Lomax
In our continuing series of scholarly meditations on the United States Presidency, we now bring you a list of five presidents who could kick the crap out of Chuck Norris. Of note: only one of the... More >>

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12:00 am
Apr. 28, 2011
The Final Play
By Steve Jansen
It's the Houston Cougars' first scrimmage of the 2011 spring season, and Case Keenum extends his arms over his head and into touchdown formation.... More >>

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5:35 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
My Trump Card To The Texans' NFL Draft Propaganda
By Sean Pendergast
Let me first say that I really like the Houston Texans' public relations staff. The group that we, the media, interact with on a frequent basis (and during the season, on practically a daily basi... More >>

Hair Balls

5:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
Carl Lewis' N.J. State Senate Run Going As Smoothly As His Anthem Singing
By Richard Connelly
The political career of UH's Carl Lewis has, so far, proven to be as successful as his "Star-Spangled Banner"-singing sideline. In other words, not very successful at all. Lewis, who is trying t... More >>

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4:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
Royal Wedding Can Go On: Annise Parker Has Given Her Blessing
By Richard Connelly
Ending months of increasingly frantic nervous speculation by Prince William and (especially) Kate Middleton, Mayor Annise Parker has greatly eased their mind by officially writing a congratulator... More >>

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3:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
UH Student Senate Supports Gays In The "Family Values Centers" Budget Fight
By Richard Connelly
The student senate at the University of Houston has decided that even if some Aggies are wailing about "unchaste" gay sex, UH students oppose the bill mandating "Family Values" Centers on any Tex... More >>

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2:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
Cover Story: Case Keenum's Comeback Attempt
By Steve Jansen
The underdog role is a familiar one for Case Keenum. The University of Houston star quarterback won the 2004 Texas Class 3A Division I state championship, but only received barely-audible buzz f... More >>

Hair Balls

1:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
Oh, Joy: Another "Affirmative Action" Bake Sale, This Time at Texas Tech
By Richard Connelly
The Texas Tech group called the Young Conservatives of Texas -- yes, they're the ones who protested a campus sculpture because it allegedly included lesbians and commies -- have had yet another b... More >>

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12:01 pm
Apr. 27, 2011
Summer Jobs: Top Five Ways to Get Employed
By Mandy Oaklander
It's just about summertime, when the heat descends and the bugs surface, reminding you that you do actually live on a swamp. And if you're a teen, there's another thing a'coming to bite you in th... More >>

Hair Balls

11:01 am
Apr. 27, 2011
Leo Berman Not Buying Obama's "Birth Certificate" Stunt; Has Greatest Question Ever
By Richard Connelly
THANK GOD state rep Leo Berman is still bringing the crazy when it comes to President Obama's place of birth. Obama, tiring of all the attention still being devoted to this issue (CNN has been p... More >>

Hair Balls

10:19 am
Apr. 27, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords Walks Up Steps to Board Jet
By Richard Connelly
In case you were skeptical of the progress made by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at the Texas Medical Center's TIRR rehab clinic, long-distance video showed her climbing the stairs to board the jet that... More >>

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10:01 am
Apr. 27, 2011
Sex Dolls and the Texans Who Love Them
By Craig Malisow
While intending to Google "existentialism and Sartre" Tuesday, Hair Balls accidentally typed "sex dolls Texas," and wound up at The Doll Forum: A Meeting Place for Love Doll Owners & Admirers. Ju... More >>

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8:58 am
Apr. 27, 2011
Comment of the Day: Placing Blame for Facebook Addiction
By Richard Connelly
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Mayb... More >>

Hair Balls

8:01 am
Apr. 27, 2011
Milo Hamilton and the War on Lance Berkman
By John Royal
So it appears that in the time between being traded to the New York Yankees and signing with the St. Louis Cardinals, Lance Berkman has gone from being one of the good guys to Public Enemy Number... More >>

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The Final Play The Final Play
By Steve Jansen

It's the Houston Cougars' first scrimmage of the 2011 spring season, and Case Keenum extends his arms over his head and into touchdown formation. The team's star quarterback, wearing his… More >>

Doing Time, Wrongly

CRIME, COVER STORY Doing Time, Wrongly Finally, a chat with our cover subject By Mandy Oaklander Dooney & Bourke knockoff purses and stainless steel crosses line a long row of picnic tables at the… More >>

Fix the Justice System

An Accusation Recanted   Online readers comment on "Life Without Parole," by Mandy Oaklander, April 13: Good article: Wasn't it CNN's Nancy Grace who first reported on the Duke Lacrosse rape hoax and… More >>

Hide and Seek Hide and Seek
By Craig Malisow

Just over eight months ago, 14-year-old Andrew Mosier disappeared for the second time. The first time was in June 2010, when his uncle, in violation of a court order prohibiting contact… More >>

A Sad East Texas Tale

TEXAS It's a Sad Tale Cruel twist for struggling woman By John Nova Lomax (Be warned. In ten years here at the Houston Press, we've seldom come across a story sadder than this one.) Lynde Chunn… More >>

Houston Responds to Space Shuttle Shun.

No Shuttle for Us Online readers respond to "Houston Gets No Space Shuttle: See What Happens When You Don't Have a Texan in the White House?" Hair Balls blog, by Richard… More >>

Life Without Parole Life Without Parole
By Mandy Oaklander

Even drunk, John Kinsel knew what to expect the night he was arrested for driving a tow truck into a ditch in West Monroe, Louisiana. He'd go to jail, make… More >>

Efficiencies Efficiencies
By Margaret Downing

For 27 years, Robert Gonzales has been the auto-collision program teacher at the Barbara Jordan High School for Careers. It is the only place he's ever taught, the only courses… More >>

Bikes on Easements

Ridin' Dirty Bikes on Easements North-south cycling trails? Maybe By John Nova Lomax About a year and a half ago, as a sidebar to an article we wrote on the perils of urban cycling… More >>

Game Time

Game Time Online readers respond to "KGOW'S KAPOW KAPOW," by Jeff Balke, March 31: Accurate story: John Granato pays me to be his friend. Having disclosed that, this article paints an accurate… More >>

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