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Antonya Nelson, one of our resident writer geniuses here in town, recently placed *another* story in the New Yorker, and it takes place in Houston! Get a load of that! The story is called "Shauntrelle." Here are the opening lines: "It isn’t just a husband you divorce but a life. A credit rating. Certain friends—sadly, some of them small children. A mother-in-law, that innocent bystander. And sometimes it seemed to Constance that she had divorced...

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried...

Ah, the warm fuzzies of childhood. Marlo Thomas's hippy love-in for kids is memorable for those of us who grew up in the seventies, what with "It's All Right to Cry" and "William's Doll" and "Boy Meets Girl." The album, book and show were among the first of its kind to talk about gender politics, divorce, the media, global perspectives and a multicultural world to children.

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. So it’s Christmas Eve, and you aren’t done with your shopping. Sure, you’ve carefully wrapped a present for your mother that is so amazing it will remove the memory of every bad gift she’s ever received, and your kids each have their own Play Station XVIII. But you still have to buy for your...

We can't remember the last time we heard about a violent crime in a bread store, but there was a doozy in Jacinto City yesterday afternoon: After a nearly two-hour standoff, a man who had stabbed his estranged wife to death in the store was shot by police. There go all our illusions of safety while shopping for sweet rolls and buttered split-top. According to police, 27-year-old Mohammad Rafi entered the Mrs. Baird's store (which,...

Here's one you don't hear about every day: In Sugar Land yesterday, a woman reportedly shot her estranged husband during an argument over who would get custody of their dog. It happened just after noon in the 1700 block of Country Club when Adam Birkenheuer showed up at Cynthia Weinheimer's house and tried to take their Shih Tzu. He ended up getting shot in the leg and was Life Flighted to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the country. They're the recipient of numerous awards, as every summer a band of dedicated amateurs and professionals come together to perform the 19th century comic operas of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, which have remained popular throughout the years. You're sure to hear tune you recognize at this year's production, a double bill featuring the one-act operetta Trial By Jury as well as what is perhaps the team's most famous collaboration, H.M.S. Pinafore. The first is a parody of the British legal system centering around a ludicrous divorce case. The second was Gilbert and Sullivan's first hit, about a sailor who falls in love with the admiral's daughter, even though she's supposed to marry the First Lord of the Admiralty. Highjinks ensue when an unexpected secret about the sailor's past comes to light. The shows are unlike grand opera in that they're likely to be enjoyed by the whole family: anyone who is old enough to read surtitles (the transcription of what the singers are saying) will enjoy the production, which unlike many operas is in English. Gilbert and Sullivan is a great introduction to opera--even your NASCAR-loving relatives might find themselves having just a little bit of fun.

Jurors began deliberating this afternoon in the capital murder retrial of Andrea Yates Three people were injured today in an accident during routine maintenance at the Chevron Phillips chemical plant in Baytown Christine Marie Paolilla, accused of a quadruple murder in Clear Lake three years ago, made her first court appearance today A friend of a young woman believed to be the latest victim of a local serial killer says she came face-to-face with the...

So here's one of the more interesting news stories from the weekend: the one about Sgt. Jack Oliver, the HPD officer who's undergoing a sex change. Oliver, who works out of the Fondren Division, has been with the force for almost 25 years; four months ago, he began taking hormone treatments, and that's what started getting him attention from his fellow cops. As KHOU reports, "he's soft-spoken, his hair is longer and his face appears smooth."

Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival and geeky gets taken to a whole new galaxy when they talk with the Dragon Queen of the Dark Kingdom. Shanghaiist gets all excited this week over a new nightclub in the city unfortunately named "Snatch" and Mike Tyson is scheduled to...

A U.S. district judge refuses to dismiss insider trading charges against former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling ExpressJet shares dropped after Continental announced it will pull 25 percent of its business from the carrier in 2007 City officials are working to catch up on a $7.2 million backlog in evacuee rent payment Detectives recovered a knife and car believed to have been used in the murder of 12-year-old Teketria Buggs Some Galveston County inmates have filed...