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What Books Would Jesus Burn?new
An exclusive interview with the #1 Son himself.
Houston Press |
Pete Vonder Haar |
09-10-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Jesus Christ, Terry Jones
Asylum Deniednew
Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel and Patrick Michels |
08-27-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Mexico, Immigration
Over the Linenew
As Mexican drug cartels increasingly recruit American teens as runners, a Houston area teen goes across the border and ends up dead.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
07-27-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Elisabeth Mandala
The Man Who Sued the Popenew
Houston's Daniel Shea thinks Joseph Ratzinger has a lot to answer for if he'd talk.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-27-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Daniel Shea, Joseph Ratzinger
Plea Bargains Go on Behind Victims' Backs, Without Their Approvalnew
They wanted to tell their side of the story to a jury, and made it clear to the Harris County prosecutor that they didn't want to settle for a plea deal. If a jury let Craig Washington off, so be it, but they liked their chances in court.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
03-02-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Where Running a Light and Killing Someone Does Not Automatically Mean You're in Troublenew
Steve Morrison probably never knew what hit him that April afternoon in 2008. After the swimming-pool company owner eased off the brakes of his green Saturn and headed south down Hillcroft across Westpark, a Nissan Frontier driven by a 28-year-old Salvadoran immigrant slammed into him.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-09-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Is Omega Protein Overfishing the Most Important Fish in the Sea?new
Omega Protein is the largest commercial harvester of an obscure fish called menhaden (men-hay-den), used mostly for fishmeal and fertilizer. The company's more palatable product is refined fish oil.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-26-2010 |
Animal Issues
Plants Along the Houston Ship Channel Loose Tons of Toxic Gases and Face Little Penaltynew
Out of seven toxic leaks, only the smallest received an enforcement citation from the state's regulatory agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It penalized the plant $20,900 but then reduced the fine to $8,000.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-22-2009 |
Environment
O'Brien's Song: Now, the Activist Must Fight for His Lifenew
For Tim O'Brien, grad school, and life in general, are full-contact sports, and heaven protect anyone who gets in the way of his idea of justice.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
12-15-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Consider the Consequences of Not Making Background Checks Before Engaging a Financial Advisernew
Based on interviews for this story, people who market debt-elimination services online are riddled with bad judgment. They have to be, because the only other possibility is that they are knowingly engaging in fraud, and some of these people are lawyers, so that just can't be.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-08-2009 |
Economy
Pay a Company to Get Rid of Your Debt by Saying it Never Really Happened in the First Placenew
You've been duped, deluded and taken for a ride. Everything you think you know about money is wrong. Federal law has never allowed banks to extend "credit," because there is no such thing as credit. At least not the way you've been led to believe.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-08-2009 |
Economy
One Man's Jail Misery in Harris County, Texasnew
Monte Killian has many of the health problems that people have who wind up in jail -- cavities in his teeth, blood clots in his leg, Hepatitis C and a full-blown case of AIDS. And without proper treatment, he continues to get sicker in the Harris County Jail.
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
11-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Ghost Riders: Bicycling in Houston is a Killernew
According to data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Houston is almost always the most dangerous place in Texas to ride a bike. There is also lots of anecdotal evidence.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-13-2009 |
Transportation
Superthief: Joshua Paul Calhoun Likes to Take Things ... BIG Thingsnew
Calhoun was already known to law enforcement in rural counties all over East Texas for stealing trucks, horse trailers, tractors and cattle, but the local cops never could keep Calhoun behind bars for long. But now, after stealing a plane in March, he's in federal custody.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
09-29-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Was Roland Carnaby a Con Man or a Super Spook?new
Either way, he wasn't supposed to meet his death on a Houston highway in a high-speed chase with the cops.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
09-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
