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Comcast SportsNet Houston faces yet another obstacle: A la carte pricing changes the game

Hangover III could be year's most disappointing movie: Why it's so bad

The year of Queen Bey: Houston singer makes Forbes list of World's Most Powerful Women

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

City Life

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Arsonist breaks into creepiest grin ever after getting caught: Molotov cocktail attack rocks apartments

The Procrastinator's Guide to Memorial Day Weekend

Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

Everything is bigger in Texas: Houston is second-fastest growing city in the nation

Fashion/Style

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Designer Toni Whitaker makes a dramatic comeback after a forced hiatus from fashion

Diamonds, pearls & 1920s flair mark Tiffany & Co. collection for The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby movie flapper gown can be yours — for a mere $19,000

Fashion with a conscience: Chan Luu creates jewelry line from a world perspective

Food/Drink

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The great Houston restaurant showdown: You decide which hotspots should reign supreme

Polarizing restaurant loses its chef: Goro & Gun gets a kitchen change a few months after opening

Big name Houston restaurant suddenly closes after only a year, cites "legal reasons"

New low-calorie, high-end chain restaurant tries to measure up to Houston's foodie powers

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Inside The Tinderbox: New craft shop emerges amid the restaurants and bars of Mid-Main

Inside great designer homes: Lifestyle blogger Ronda Rice Carman gives everyone house envy

The coolest gifts online: Houston entrepreneur aims to make handmade chic & cheap

Hometown girl turned celeb tastemaker Ronda Rice Carman lets you inside her drawers

Real Estate

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Houston is getting a new live music restaurant — and it comes with Montrose cred

Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise; no slowdown in sight

Defying the demolition craze: New $80 million downtown hotel to save a 102-year-old skyscraper

Historic Heights church to be bulldozed as more restaurants and stores move into 19th Street district

Social Scene

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Ready, set, grab! Securing top artworks becomes a game in this unique DiverseWorks fundraiser

Craziest wedding party ever? Always a Bridesmaid bash pushes the envelope at Rienzi

Carnaval hits Houston: Young visionaries rock Brazilian-themed party

Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

Sports

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

Houston Super Bowl to include a rocket ship ride, a Space Needle and big-name concerts

Astrodome future not tied to Super Bowl, judge insists: But forget those neat save it ideas without money

Travel

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Houston airports among most expensive in the entire country: Hobby fares skyrocket

Vail in the summer? Colorado reps descend on Houston to try and pump up mountain tourism

Making flying sexy: Hooking up at the airport is easy thanks to a new niche dating website

National magazine dubs Houston one of most affordable travel destinations in America

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Video Tale

The unofficial mayor of EaDo: Difference maker Felix Fraga on a lifetime in the East End

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

11.02.12 | 3:27 pm

It was more than 80 years ago when Felix Fraga settled in Houston's East End. Ripley House, which opened in 1940, helped him stay in school and pursue a ...

Video Tale

Calvin Murphy opens up about child abuse acquittal and what it means to be back with Rockets

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

10.11.12 | 10:31 am

Houston Rockets legend and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Calvin Murphy's nightmare began eight years ago when four of his five daughters alleged that he molested them. Although he ...

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City voice: Top video stories by Houstonians for Houstonians uncover hidden highlights

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

10.08.12 | 12:00 pm

What do a story about personal redemption, a heroic quest for a holy snack and sushi etiquette have in common? They are among the current top stories in Houston's ...

Video Tale

Masked wrestlers turned foodies: Superheroes for a new age emerge in Houston

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

10.06.12 | 5:26 pm

The "snack trio" isn't a popular fried appetizer combo at your local comfort foods eatery — we are thinking southern-style chicken tenders, pickles and taquitos. Rather, it's a fearless ...

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French fries are America's No. 1 "vegetable", but one Houstonian is fighting back

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

07.02.12 | 9:33 am

French fries are the No. 1 vegetable consumed in the U.S. according to one food and health Houston-based advocate. Leafy greens and nutritionally dense produce are at the bottom ...

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Role reversal: HISD's professional development initiative helps teachers learn

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

07.01.12 | 12:07 pm

Teachers teach and students learn. But to help teachers be better at the essential work that they do, sometimes those roles have to be reversed. Turning teachers into students is ...

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A mountain biker's paradise: Sugar Land, yes Sugar Land, is full of trail surprises

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.30.12 | 12:01 pm

Just outside Houston in the Sugar Land area, many nature reserves and parks boasting nature trails and biking paths are waiting to be discovered. The Justin Petersen Brindley Trail, which ...

Hidden Houston Video

"Are you rich enough to marry me?" Straight Talk with author Marilyn Logan, "The Money Lady"

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.26.12 | 10:29 am

"Aren't I smart enough? Aren't I pretty enough? Don't you love me?" Those thoughts were roaming through author Marilyn Logan's mind the first time she discussed ...

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An immigrant odyssey: Flower beauty inspires Sue Habib to create an empire and refuse failure

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.17.12 | 1:51 pm

With little money in her pocket and three children to raise, one non-English speaker found a way to make ends meet in Houston. Using some jewelry as collateral, Lebanese-born Sue ...

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The glory of Houston's Japan Festival: Taiko drums, astronauts and doggie fashions culture collide

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.13.12 | 1:13 pm

I bet you didn't know this about Japan culture: Turkey legs and funnel cakes have their rightful place in things. Perhaps that's a bit of a stretch, but ...

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A true melting pot: Inside Alief, one of Houston's most diverse Super Neighborhoods

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.12.12 | 2:10 pm

Janie Yao says that much of her own Chinese heritage she learned through dance. As the director of Mitsi Dancing School, located in Alief, teaching art forms of her homeland ...

Hidden Houston

Home of the brave: Humble community Sierra Meadows welcomes veterans

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.10.12 | 4:00 pm

This excerpt from the documentary A Veteran's Journey From Normandy to Sierra Meadows focuses on a major issue many veterans face when returning home from service: Affordable housing. The ...

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Catching the space Buzz: The story of former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao's relentless mission

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.09.12 | 12:27 pm

After seeing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk the moon on television in 1969, Leroy Chiao had an impulse: He wanted to — had to — become an astronaut. He attributes his ...

Hidden Houston

Business talk: Accion Texas nurtures non-bankable small business entrepreneurs

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

06.03.12 | 1:30 pm

Long gone are the days of easy credit, flexible lending guidelines and free-for-all finance products. Nowadays business owners have to fulfill strict criteria prior to being regarded as bankable by ...

Hidden Houston

The birthplace of Houston grows up: Inside the delicate transformation of the East End

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.31.12 | 2:21 pm

While a great deal of Houston's real estate growth is in the West, Houston's East End district carries special meaning in the Bayou City's history. It held ...

Hidden Houston

Why write when you can video? New Houston's Voice Stinger app makes it easy to video testiy

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.27.12 | 11:29 am

If you can't get enough of Houston's Voice — that online video community by locals for locals — there's a sparkling new iPhone and iPad app to note, especially ...

Hidden Houston

A Creole family restaurant journey: How Frenchy's Chicken became a local institution

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.20.12 | 10:39 am

Don't call Frenchy's Chicken Cajun cuisine. It's Creole, and there's a difference. The Creuzot family is the owner of the wildly popular restaurant that pioneered Creole ...

Hidden Houston

The city that loves to give: Food Bank president lauds the helping spirit of Houston

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.18.12 | 1:49 pm

For a city that stakes claim to boasting one of the strongest economies in the country, the number of residents that experience food insecurity are surprising. More than 900,000 ...

Hidden Houston Video

Ballet's Jackie Robinson: The story of the first African-American ballerina in H-Town

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

05.03.12 | 1:05 pm

Lauren Anderson didn't choose to be a ballet dancer. Ballet picked her, and it's been a love affair ever since. At the tender age of 7, Anderson started ...

Hidden Houston Video

Making healthier communities: New clinic hopes to lure doctors to Houston's medical desert

By Houston's Voice Correspondent

04.30.12 | 10:31 am

In Fort Bend-Houston Super Neighborhood No. 41, a new health clinic that offers low-cost medical care is taking shape on South Post Oak, where there are few private physicians' offices ...

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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Indie Coffee Joints

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Gallery Hopping in The Heights	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery	Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

Formula One technology hits the streets: A sneak peek at McLaren's new supercar Revving up summer in the 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible: Does the top down love stack up? A sporty new Range Rover that's big on style: CultureMap previews the new Evoque The Ford Mustang GT convertible is the original pony car, but is it the best? An exotic tour of the town with Houston Motor Club: Inside the culture of hot car swapping Volvo S60 T5 strives to be a little naughty, but with nifty features it sure is nice The comeback kid: Chrysler experiences a renaissance with the 200 and 300	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Frosty Sno Cone Stands	Happy Hour treats

MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach	Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House
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Cool hotel pools for chilling	Cupcake Heaven

Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City	Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes
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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Downtown Watering Holes

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH
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Late Night Bites	A-List Art Deco

Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Free Museum Days	Quirky Houston attractions

The Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science Children's Museum of Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Blaffer Art Museum	Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery
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Imperiled Architecture	Where the NFL/NBA Players Play

River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears	Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)
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Swell Party Venues	Places to see an art house movie

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30
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Ready, set, grab! Securing top artworks becomes a game in this unique DiverseWorks fundraiser

05.24.13

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The great Houston restaurant showdown: You decide which hotspots should reign supreme

05.24.13

03:22 pm

Arsonist breaks into creepiest grin ever after getting caught: Molotov cocktail attack rocks apartments

05.24.13

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Polarizing restaurant loses its chef: Goro & Gun gets a kitchen change a few months after opening

05.24.13

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Comcast SportsNet Houston faces yet another obstacle: A la carte pricing changes the game

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George R. Brown Convention Center
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George R. Brown Convention Center
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