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ONE BLOODY SUMMER
Mexico fights back against corruption — imagine that
By Carolina Astrain
Aug 31st, 2010 at 2:02 PM
The corruption in Mexico is common knowledge. In Mexico, you can beat your wife and pay off the investigating police officer. The police, newspapers, celebrities and politicians all ...
BREAKING NEWS
Cleared for takeoff: Justice Department approves United-Continental merger
By Clifford Pugh
Aug 27th, 2010 at 5:20 PM
In a surprise announcement, the Department of Justice signed off on the merger of United and Continental airlines late Friday afternoon after only a four-month review. Officials are ...
A BID FOR APPROVAL
Good news for budget travelers: United-Continental leases Newark slots to Southwest
By Clifford Pugh
Aug 27th, 2010 at 3:57 PM
United and Continental must be really serious about their merger. The airlines announced late Friday that they will lease 18 pairs of take-off and landing slots at Newark ...
INTERNATIONAL SHARING
My big fat Greek airline? Continental Airlines boosts its Aegean alliance
By Caroline Gallay
Aug 24th, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Star Alliance frequent flier members Continental Airlines and Aegean Airlines have announced a new code-sharing program, allowing travelers to connect between the airlines while traveling on a single ...
ADVENTURE VACATION DOWN UNDER
The real Kiwi: In search of New Zealand’s icon (with photos)
By Stephan Lorenz
Aug 21st, 2010 at 11:00 AM
When you're a New Zealander, or “Kiwi”, as they like to call themselves, you seem to take that rite-of-passage world trip for a year or two - sleeping ...
A BIG EASY LURE
Burlesque, gay pride and (boiled) crabs: Big events in New Orleans beckon (with video)
By Peter Barnes
Aug 15th, 2010 at 11:08 AM
As the final month of summer sneaks away like a fat-bellied raccoon from a campsite dumpster, the deadline looms large for planning a last-minute summer road trip. Might ...
DOUBLE DUTCH DOSE OF BLISS
Sweat & bear it: You don't need a summer vacation to be happy
By Leslie Loddeke
Aug 14th, 2010 at 7:51 AM
I’m so happy I’m not taking a vacation this summer. At least, I think I should be. That’s because I just read a journal article ...
HOW TO IRRITATE PEOPLE
Monty Python airplane sketch is perfect defense for whacked-out JetBlue flight attendant (with video)
By Leslie Loddeke
Aug 11th, 2010 at 12:52 PM
I’d like to put in a word – and an illuminating video, as Defense Exhibit A – on behalf of stressed-out flight attendant Steven Slater. He’s the JetBlue ...
FIRST ON CULTUREMAP
CNN knows a good story when it sees one: On the Louisiana bayou with Russell Dardar
By Clifford Pugh
Jul 27th, 2010 at 3:29 PM
For several weeks, CultureMap columnist Katie Oxford has been roaming the backroads and bayous of Louisiana to tell the stories of the people most affected by the BP ...
CYCLE READY
Vive la France! Houstonians compete in Etape du Tour cycling race (with update)
By Kendall Knaus
Jul 18th, 2010 at 7:13 AM
UPDATE: "Les Trois Texans" were featured in a French newspaper, Sud Ouest. "Geoffrey, Doug and Neil come straight from Texas. This is the third time the three friends ...
AN OLDSMOBILE WITH SASS
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" art car sets sail for Mexico City
By Steven Thomson
Jul 16th, 2010 at 6:29 PM
A car engine shuddered and came to a halt in the searing July heat Friday afternoon outside Santini Export Packing Corporation near the Houston Ship Channel. The dead ...
LAST ONE TO WALGREENS IS A ROTTEN EGG
The real amazing race: Beating the new passport fees
By Fayza A. Elmostehi
Jul 12th, 2010 at 3:10 PM
If you're like the typical Houstonian, then this tropical weather has you confined to your indoor mouse hole to take refuge from the summer sizzle. Perhaps you ...
TATTERED JEANS
The real story of dispersant in the Gulf and its magic trick of horrors
By Katie Oxford - September 1st, 2010
Editor's note: Katie Oxford is on the ground and in the boats in Louisiana, reporting from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. This is her 11th column ...
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Peter Barnes
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August 28, 2010
High Island snubs the high life in favor of quiet, quirky beach
If you ask someone from out of town what East Texas is supposed to look like, they’d probably describe High Island. Sitting by its lonesome at the edge of ...
TATTERED JEANS
Staring at the edge of the earth with the Ya-Ya Sisters of Port Fourchon
By Katie Oxford - August 25th, 2010
Editor's note: Katie Oxford is on the ground and in the boats in Louisiana, reporting from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. This is her 10th column ...
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Shelby Hodge
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August 21, 2010
From a Houston high-rise to a country French manse, this second home soars (with photos)
The moment the heavy front door opens on Michelle and Frank Hevrdejs' imposing Pebble Beach home, the view is breathtaking. Yes, the view. For the foyer opens directly to the ...
TATTERED JEANS
Life on a shell: Racing to harvest endangered oyster beds
By Katie Oxford - August 18th, 2010
Editor's note: Katie Oxford is on the ground and in the boats in Louisiana, reporting from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. This is her ninth column ...
New Orleans, your Las Vegas alternative: Fakeness not included
By Peter Barnes - August 7th, 2010
Every so often, grownups like to remind themselves how great it is to be an adult. Men who haven’t smoked a cigarette since they were 15 will light up ...
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