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Can't bridge what divides us unless we try to understand each...
A few weeks before the presidential election, I travelled to Seguin for a high school reunion. I pulled slowly into my parents' driveway after the long drive, with my children half-asleep in the back seat, and then abruptly hit the brakes. A blue sign rose like a battle flag from the front ...
Carlos Beltran's return to stacked Astros lineup will silence...
You can't boo Carlos Beltran anymore. I mean, you can. But then you'd be hating your own team. And who wants to scream mean, awful things at the Astros when they're having their best offseason in more than a decade? Baseball's hottest team in December: your Astros. Four months after Beltran ...
Quotes reflect key themes in Pasadena voting rights trial
A trial has a way of concentrating events. A few days of testimony in a Houston federal courtroom, for example, have yielded a narrative encapsulating several years of drama that has played out at Pasadena's City Hall. Among the highlights: Two City Council members recalled being dragged ...
Toyota Center introduces greatest invention in food service...
Toyota Center is the first and only NBA arena to present the greatest concession-stand innovation since the spork and hairnets. It's called the "Grub Tub," a soft plastic bowl that locks snuggly in place over a soda cup. It's got a small hole in the middle so you can stick a straw through the ...
Texans hope cold weather plays to their strengths at Lambeau...
Lambeau Field is not expected to be the frozen tundra Sunday when the Texans play Green Bay at the most legendary stadium in the NFL, but it might be close. The forecast is for a temperature in the high 30s and a 70 percent chance of snow with possible rain - weather conducive to running and ...
By excluding Art Briles from consideration, UH takes noble stand
The University of Houston deserves a round of applause. Cougars everywhere, you should take a minute or two to be extra proud of your school today. In the midst of social media rumors and national media reports about the university interviewing the embattled Art Briles for its coaching ...
Veteran who 'loved the Navy' recalls Pearl Harbor attack
SAN ANTONIO - We are sitting in the lobby of a La Quinta Inn near Lackland Air Force Base, the desk clerk on a slow afternoon swabbing the floor around us with a mop, and I'm trying to imagine Gilbert Meyer, the elderly man sitting across the table, as a fresh-faced young sailor on a ...
North Carolina barbecue tradition lives on
The death of North Carolina barbecue has been greatly exaggerated. Recent years have seen the rise of Texas barbecue as the national food media's favorite child, with many culinary celebrities and personalities making the pilgrimage to Austin or Houston to worship at the altar of post ...
By Kristin J. Bender, ASSOCIATED PRESS
California voters leave plastic bag ban in effect
SAN FRANCISCO - California's ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags will stay in effect after voters narrowly approved the policy, according to preliminary results Thursday. Plastic bag industry supporters placed Proposition 67 on Tuesday's ballot hoping there wouldn't be enough voter ...
UH does more giving than receiving with coaches
In the sports bible of the religion that is college football - in the book of Bad Acts, I believe - there is a verse that reads: "It is more blessed to receive than to give." That applies to, among other things, interceptions, fumbles and head coaches. Poor UH finds itself on the ...
U.S. and Saudi Arabia establish new relationships with oil
When gasoline prices spike over the next few days, find some comfort in knowing that the extra money will benefit struggling Texas companies and the U.S. economy. Admittedly, the idea that higher oil prices could benefit the U.S. is radical. Historically, higher oil prices have dragged down ...
Bird bands tell stories to science, hunters
Every wild bird is a feathered enigma, its individual mystery contributing much to their kind's communal magic. Any wildfowler holding a taken bird - a duck, goose, mourning dove or other game bird whose kind comes and goes with the seasons, annually appearing as if by spontaneous generation ...
