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Barack Obama and Me
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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Movie Pirates
That couple in the back row — they're making out big time, but not in the way you think
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It's Hip to Be Square at Masraff's
Continental cuisine is over, so why would anybody want to eat at this retirees' hang-out on South Post Oak Lane?
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Barack Obama and Me (257)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (24)
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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What's the Problem Houston? (6)
The city's skuzzy alt-rock scene thinks it is dying
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All This Useless Beauty
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X-Clan's Brother J Drops Some Knowledge (4)
Revolution Through Evolution
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It's Hip to Be Square at Masraff's
Continental cuisine is over, so why would anybody want to eat at this retirees' hang-out on South Post Oak Lane?
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Breakfast Enchiladas at Mi Sombrero
At this old-fashioned Tex-Mex joint on North Shepherd, the huevos are served all day on weekends
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Paneer and Pizza at Gourmet India and Kings Chicken
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Great Gado Gado at Noodle House 88
A nondescript noodle shop on Bellaire is serving some of the best Indonesian food in the U.S.A.
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Tiny Boxwood's Cafe, Voice at Hotel Icon and Cafe Zol
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Slideshow: Chuy Benitez's "Houston Cultura"
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Subject(s): Beavers, exceptional noodle dishes
Special sauce: The Jon-Jon noodles ($6) at Beaver's (2310 Decatur, 713-864-2328) are irresistibly addictive. When the bowl of noodles is first placed in front of you, there seems to be something missing, since all you see are the noodles and some very thin strips of cucumber on top. But they're hiding the wonderful sweet and spicy sauce, which has sunk to the bottom of the bowl. It's this sauce — an intriguing combination of ginger, orange, lime, sugar and spice — that makes these noodles so special. Different flavors unravel with each bite.
