Music
January 17, 2014
LISTEN: Exclusive Premiere of Jason Eady’s New Song, ‘The Other Side of Abilene’
Fort Worth's rising country star serves up a tasty slice of twangy Texana with a side of Abilene.
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January 17, 2014
An Austin Victoria’s Secret Refused to Let a Woman Breastfeed in a Dressing Room
An employee at the store, which famously celebrates breasts, told her to go to the alley out back instead.
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January 17, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 17, 2014
Texas emergency medical services not doing too hot and Texas Monthly's February cover features a certain freshman senator.
Film & TV
January 16, 2014
Watch Texas Filmmaker Brandon Polanco’s Bryan Cranston-Led Short Film “Writer’s Block”
The Stephen F. Austin grad and Austin native landed Heisenberg himself for the lead role in his 13-minute amateur short.
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January 16, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 16, 2014
Drone testing begins and Plano-based retailer J.C. Penney announced it will close 33 stores.
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January 15, 2014
What’s The Point Of This Weird Lotto/Taxicab Scam Someone Is Attempting In El Paso?
It would be frightening if it weren't so weird, dumb, and ineffective: A new scam that attempts to prey on the elderly involves calling people up, telling them they've won the lottery, and then sending a cab to their house. The big flaw? No one has of yet gotten into
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January 15, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 15, 2014
A Fort Worth man sues the hospital that's keeping his wife on life-support despite her end-of-life wishes and the smelly, "unpleasant" water in Tarrant County has been declared safe to drink.
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January 14, 2014
Everything About the Arian Foster Lawsuit Is Pretty Terrible
Brittany Norwood, a twenty-year-old undergrad at the University of Houston who claims she is pregnant with the Texans' running back's baby, is taking him to court in pursuit of a restraining order and accusing him of pressuring her to have an abortion.
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January 14, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 14, 2014
Video of the DayFort Worth learned a valuable lesson recently: You can’t build a neo-modern bridge these days without some BMX dude trying to ride the top of it: Photo of the DayA moody French photographer goes around Texas taking moody pictures of his little Batman doll posed in
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January 13, 2014
Harris County Jail Has One of the Worst Sexual Assault Rates in the Country
Sheriff Adrian Garcia spent part of his week last week testifying before the Department of Justice about the rate of abuse that occurs under his watch.
Film & TV
January 13, 2014
Watch The First Trailer For The ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ TV Series
Not having to deal with Quentin Tarantino's on-screen presence is a more-than-fair trade off for seeing someone other than George Clooney as Seth Gecko.
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January 13, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 13, 2014
Record-breakersOver the weekend, El Pasoans Robert Hendricks and Hector Navedo broke the world record for number of bowling pins knocked down in a 24-hour period; 30,537 pins to be exact, beating the previous 24-hour record by about 2,000. Congrats, kingpins.Hoax of the Month?Looks like Barnum and Bigfoot’s circus
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January 10, 2014
Texas Business Report: Pro-Business Republicans Scooping Up Campaign Money
Some of Texas's biggest corporations are pushing back against tea party Republicans who oppose spending taxpayer money on infrastructure and public education.
Critters
January 10, 2014
This Animal May End Up Changing the Law About When Texas Can Euthanize a Dog
The story of Buddy the dog, a six-year-old golden retriever in San Antonio, could have big implications for Texas' controversial "severe bodily injury" laws that allow local animal control departments to euthanize people's pets.
Film & TV
January 10, 2014
The ‘Veronica Mars’ World Premiere Will Be In Texas
At SXSW, because ninety percent of the entertainment news you read over the next two months will involve the letters "SXSW."
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January 10, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 10, 2014
Photo of the DayThe earth, as seen by Texas astronauts:If only … pic.twitter.com/mTgCJuIjV9 — Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) January 10, 2014Preview of the DayMr. Primetime, Deion Sanders, has been downsized to the Oprah Winfrey channel. According to the Dallas Observer, the network will premiere the series
Sports
January 9, 2014
The Former Home of the Cowboys Could Be Your Future Home
That is, if the mixed-use development plans for the Texas Stadium site currently before the Irving City Council come to pass.
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January 9, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 9, 2014
Johnny Manziel is going pro and Craig Biggio denied from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Film & TV
January 8, 2014
“Killer Women,” ABC’s New Texas Rangers Drama, Premiered Last Night and It Was Not So Good
Don't worry, though, the ratings were so bad that it's basically DOA.
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January 8, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 8, 2014
UTEP basketball players are under investigation and the Texas Railroad Commission is hiring a seismologist to study the increased number of earthquakes.
Sports
January 7, 2014
Jameis Winston’s Future Is in . . . Texas?
The Florida State quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner, and MVP of last night's BCS Championship Game has a standing offer from a team in Texas. But it's not what you think.
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January 7, 2014
Watch This: Scenes From The H-Town Sneaker Summit
The sneakerhead subculture descended on Houston in November for a major convention, and streetwear company Karmaloop offers an inside look.
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January 7, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 7, 2014
Arguments are heard in the abortion restriction lawsuit and El Paso is the third-best place in America to raise kids.
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January 6, 2014
Even Scalia *Might* Agree That This Beaumont Man Should Be Arrested for the Way He Carried His Gun Through a Mall
A few days after the holidays, Derek Poe—a Beaumont gun store owner—was arrested for walking around a shopping mall with an AR-15 strapped to his back. While Texas allows for long guns to be openly carried in public, the question about whether or not Poe was committing a crime is
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January 6, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 6, 2014
UT's new head coach and cattle numbers in Texas are back on the rise.
Sports
January 6, 2014
Texas’ New Football Coach Is Black So Guess What That Means
According to various pundits, he's "not a hip hop coach," but that won't stop them from comparing him to Arsenio Hall.
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January 3, 2014
A Scandalous Love Triangle Involving a Louisiana Doctor, His Wife, and a Texas Police Chief
A federal lawsuit filed by Dr. Glen Hurlston claims that the former chief of police in Princeton, Texas—who currently holds that role in the Austin suburb of Kyle—and several of his fellow officers harassed him while the chief had an affair with his wife.
Music
January 3, 2014
Women Who Allegedly Stole Jay-Z Concert Tickets Arrested While Sitting in the Stolen Seats
One doesn't need to be a master thief to figure out why there might be a flaw in this plan.
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January 3, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 3, 2014
Austin tops another "regions to watch" list and researchers in El Paso are trying to 3-D print human flesh.
Critters
January 2, 2014
Texas Courts Can Now Include Pets in Protective Orders in Domestic Violence Cases
After eight years of lobbying, the Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies finally got the law in effect.
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January 2, 2014
387,000 New Texans In 2013
And every single one of them waited in line for an In-N-Out Burger in Dallas or Austin.
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January 2, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 2, 2014
Closing out the college football season and the Census Bureau confirms that Texas had the largest population growth of any state in 2013.
Health
December 20, 2013
Four People in Houston Have Died of What Is Probably the H1N1 Virus
At the risk of getting yelled at by Jenny McCarthy supporters, now might be a good time to get a flu shot, y'all.
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December 20, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 20, 2013
Prank of the SeasonBringing good tidings of joy is fine and all, but scaring the yule log out of people is so much better. That’s exactly what the students of the Kilgore High School media department did when they filmed their victims being attacked by a, er, “living” Christmas tree.
Music
December 19, 2013
WATCH: Exclusive Premiere of Abram Shook’s New Music Video, “Coastal”
The Austin-based musician has spent time playing with Shearwater and the Low Lows, and he's paired one of the prettier tracks on his forthcoming solo debut with this creepy, fascinating video.
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December 19, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 19, 2013
BP accuses a Texas lawyer of creating "phantom" clients to get settlement money and a person robs a Houston bank while a choir sings holiday songs in the lobby.
Sports
December 18, 2013
You Can Bet on Who the Next Longhorns Football Coach Is Going to Be
Well, you can if you live in Nevada, because Internet gambling is illegal. (Wink, wink.) But the betting odds can tell us that holding out hope for Jim Harbaugh is probably a sucker's game.
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December 18, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 18, 2013
Fightin’ WordsThe chow lines have been drawn in the battle of chili v. barbecue as the state’s official state food. In Texas Monthly‘s December Food Issue, Paul Burka restated his decades-long belief that “Chili is the most overrated, overhyped variation on beef stew ever concocted … .” Now,
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December 17, 2013
Is It Possible to Prepare Teachers and Students For School Shooting Situations Without Traumatizing Them?
An emergency response drill that simulated a lockdown situation at an Austin middle school has parents trying to understand what happened.
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December 17, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 17, 2013
Iowa caucus voters pick Perry over Cruz in a recent poll and Texas Democratic candidates set themselves up for 2016.
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December 16, 2013
The Body of the Missing Jasper Man Was Found and the Family Wants Answers
Alfred Wright of Jasper went missing last month and the Sabine County police called off the search shortly thereafter. His body was found by friends and family a few weeks later, but a lot of questions remain.
Sports
December 16, 2013
Should the Cowboys Fire Jason Garrett Already?
After blowing a 23-point halftime lead to lose at home to a Green Bay Packers team led by a quarterback who wasn't even on the roster a month ago, the question is very much in the air.
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December 16, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 16, 2013
Mack Brown is out and the Rio Grande River is producing some similiarly sized problems.
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December 13, 2013
Texas Business Report: Texas Closes the Year Strong
Texas is emerging from the 2012-2013 budget cycle with a surplus of $2.6 billion—more than twice as much as state officials had projected.
Music
December 13, 2013
Beyoncé Released A Surprise Brand-New Album And Music Video Collection Overnight
The "Greatest Living Texan" candidate surprised fans by releasing a fourteen-track self-titled album on iTunes at midnight. Even more impressive: The album purchase also includes an eighteen-part collection of new music videos.
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December 13, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 13, 2013
Johnny Football could be Johnny NFL and Dallas spent more than $300,000 battling the ice storm.
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December 12, 2013
The Death Row Inmates Who Sued Over the Execution Drug Have Appealed the Ruling
A Houston judge threw out the lawsuit against the state by three death row inmates who claimed that Texas was planning to kill them using unknown and untested drugs, so they're taking it to a higher court.
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December 12, 2013
Where To Eat At Texas Airports
One can not live on Auntie Anne's pretzels alone.
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December 12, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 12, 2013
More than 14,000 Texans enrolled for insurance through the ACA and Travis County district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg won't be removed from her post.
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December 11, 2013
A Diabetic Woman Died In The Irving Jail Because The Staff Didn’t Give Her The Insulin They Knew She Needed
Held in custody for 42 hours, 37-year-old Sarah Tibbetts died after being arrested while in possession of someone else's credit card and trace amounts of marijuanta in baggies in her purse.