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Pradaxa Patients Can't Stop the Bleedingnew
There's only one really bad thing about the anti-clotting pill Pradaxa. You can't fall or get cut while taking it because once you start bleeding, there's almost no way to stop it. There's no reversal agent, no antidote.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Houston's Babies Play Baseball 1860s-Stylenew
There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-16-2012 |
Sports
The Clusterf*ck Behind Houston's Cryptic New Noise Ordinancenew
Vague new law has bar and club owners screaming.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
05-10-2012 |
Features
Perry Farrell Is Doing Just Finenew
Jane's Addiction and Lollapalooza mastermind on Bin Laden and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
05-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rockets Mascot Gets in the Ringnew
The man behind Clutch takes up the fight game on the side.
Houston Press |
Jeff Balke |
05-03-2012 |
Features
Vinyl Gets Another Spinnew
Showing it has more lives than a cockroach, vinyl has been reborn, resulting in some beautiful music. But sometimes production values in records and turntables are lacking.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
04-20-2012 |
Music
Tags: Vinyl Records
Getting Thumpednew
Houston's role in the rise of dubstep.
Houston Press |
Shea Serrano |
04-05-2012 |
Music
In Search Of Spring Breaknew
Spring break on the Gulf Coast ain't the party it used to be.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-28-2012 |
Travel
Lowering the Boomnew
Houston's Dekaney High, whose motto is "Whatever It Takes," is a bombing or shooting waiting to happen.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
03-21-2012 |
Education
Breaking It Downnew
It may not be PTSD or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-14-2012 |
War
Tags: PTSD, war trauma
How An Abused Teen's Suicide Played Out On Twitternew
After tweeting about the alleged sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father — and an investigation that came up empty — Ashley Billasano killed herself.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
03-07-2012 |
Children & Families
Five Reasons You Should Quit Using Internet Explorernew
Microsoft doesn't deal with the nuts and bolts of the internet in the same way as other companies. As a result, websites that look great and work perfectly in Chrome or Firefox or Safari look like crap and cease to function when you open them in Explorer.
Houston Press |
Jeff Balke |
03-05-2012 |
Tech
Keep Us on the Roadnew
Sadly, you won't find Motörhead lifer Lemmy Kilmister on Twitter anytime soon.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
02-29-2012 |
Music
Tags: Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister
The Bloody, Sexy Beginnings of Valentine's Daynew
When you're giving your significant other overpriced flowers and candies tomorrow, remember this: You're celebrating the brutal beheading of a dude who just wanted to help horny youngsters.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
02-14-2012 |
History
Tags: Claudius the Cruel, St. Valentine
5 Things We'll Miss About Communitynew
Community is about to disappear from NBC's lineup, and no one's sure when it's coming back.
Houston Press |
Daniel Carlson |
12-06-2011 |
TV
