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Houston, do you have $150,000 lying around? If so, then here's your chance to own Tracy McGrady's 2001 Mercedes Benz CL600.

Did you hear? Radiohead is coming back to town. Despite the fact that most bands decide to skip our fair city in favor of others, Radiohead is bucking the trend (like they're so known for these days) and making yet another stop at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on Saturday, May 17.

Good morning, Houston. We just don't understand the entertainment juggernaut (or is it "juggernette?") that is Hannah Montana: Tickets to her Nov. 11 Toyota Center show sold out in five minutes Saturday, and now they're going for as much as $1,275 on eBay — granted, that's for a set of four tickets, but still, wow. The markup through eBay and ticket brokers has left some parents shelling out big bucks to give their kids...

Chances are that we all know Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic Life magazine photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day — easily one of the most-recognized photographs in American history. In the half-century since that photo was taken, there's been a lot of speculation over who, exactly, the sailor and nurse were: In the midst of the celebration, Eisenstaedt didn't stop to ask names, and there were apparently a lot of...

Remember how Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling's desks were being auctioned for charity on eBay? Well, when the auctions closed Saturday night, Skilling's desk had a new owner, but Lay's didn't: The high bid of $25,000 for the former Enron chairman's desk fell $1 short of the reserve price of $25,001, the Chronicle reports. Oh, the heartbreak of eBay! To refresh your memory, the two desks — identical, massive pieces of furniture designed by Gensler...

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... Gothamist spent the week writing about New Yorkers behaving badly: at the post office, at the Garden, and at the fertility clinic. Calvin Klein may not be misbehaving, but he's just a little dirty, and in a completely different way than some NYC kitchens. SFist had its share of misbehave-rs, too, like...

You remember when the E-shaped signs that used to identify Enron's headquarters sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auction, right? Well, if you missed the chance to blow your retirement fund on a big, shiny E, here's another opportunity to own a piece of the ill-fated energy company: The desks that once belonged to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling are up for sale on eBay. Lay's desk and Skilling's desk were custom-designed by...

We probably wouldn't buy Britney Spears' recently shaved off hair, but we would peer pressure our other millionaire friends to do so. Perhaps the City of Houston should step up to the plate on this one. Just think, Houston would be all over the world news, tabloids, and internet scene, and with a population of just over 2 million, it would only cost fifty cents per citizen. There are numerous other ways to spend...

Selling memorabilia related to people in the news, especially if they've done something completely off the wall, has always been a way for some people to cash in on news — but these days, thanks to eBay, it's almost become part of the American way. Take, for example, Joachim Horvitz, a Jersey City, N.J., man whose autographed picture of lovelorn astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak is fetching more than $1,800 on eBay with four days left...

As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans...

Last week we told you about an enterprising Spring man who decided to cash in on last week's cold snap by selling a chunk of naturally formed Houston ice on eBay. Now for the rest of the story: When the ice auction ended, the hunk of cold stuff fetched a respectable $26 — not bad, really, considering you can make it at home for free. Houstonist talked to the seller, Mathew Cournane, about the auction....

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into...

Didn't get any ice at your house during the Great Storm of 2007? Well, don't worry: Thanks to eBay, you, too, can own a genuine chunk of naturally formed Houston ice. No kidding. According to the eBay listing, which you can find here, the chunk of ice was taken from trees and road signs in the Houston area. But there's more: The winner of the auction will also get two fig leaves with ice droplets...

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week. Phillyist keeps it fresh by getting a new motto, learning to prioritize, and taking in an experimental indie rock show. Torontoist does their first post in franglais, gets ready...

We told you last month about Don Bauer, the man who put a tire from a Pasadena police chase up for auction on eBay as a benefit for Pasadena police. And then we told you about how eBay pulled the auction, then put it back online. And you'd think the story ended happily, but no — now the family of Kenneth Ray Pool, the guy police were chasing, wants the tire.

We guess Don Bauer's fund-raising effort for the Pasadena police department couldn't have had better publicity if he'd paid for it. Bauer, remember, is the guy who put an errant tire from a July 21 police chase on eBay, hoping to raise money to help Pasadena police pay for repairs to cruisers that were damaged in the chase. Things rocked along until Friday, when eBay pulled the listing, saying it violated company policy on charity...

We're sure you remember the nearly three-hour police chase and standoff in Pasadena and southeast Houston last Friday, right? Well, a couple of Pasadena police cars were damaged in the chase, and a couple of local men have come up with a unique way to help the Pasadena police department raise money for the repairs: They're selling a tire that flew off the suspect's car on eBay. Don Bauer and Keith Palmer had watched the...

Police have arrested three men — Bakari Holland, 18, Koty Holmes, 19, and Rashard Renfro, 23 — in connection with the carjacking Tuesday night that left a toddler dead A judge ruled today that Andrea Yates must turn herself in to the Harris County Jail by Monday evening to wait for her retrial in the 2001 drowning deaths of her children Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens' son Michael was charged with burglary after he was...

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man.

on eBay: The online auction site has pulled an ad that originated in Houston offering the friendship of a 16-year-old girl. It seems one of the teen's parents placed the ad, which included a detailed description of the girl and the chance to be friends with her on MySpace — uh, is that really such a big deal? You can be freakin' Coldplay's friend on MySpace, and you don't have to pay a cent.

Five members of a Houston-area family were arrested yesterday morning in connection with a theft ring that stretched from here to eBay. Cindy Jahanian, her daughter Krystal, Nicholas Johanian, Elizabeth Espree and Valerie Baker are accused of a series of thefts that involved changing prices on items at retail stores, then selling the items for full price online — and police say the whole process was directed by Baraham Jahanian, the family patriarch, who is serving a 12-year jail sentence for theft.

Houstonist had never thought about it before, but our apartment is a lot like Earth's orbit: Both are full of junk, and the amount will likely increase in the near future. Though we can do a quick clean-up by shoving everything in the closet, though, NASA might have a harder time when it starts trying to clean up space.

We were disappointed to learn today that the sign from Gilley's, the famous Pasadena honky-tonk, didn't sell on eBay. By the time the auction ended, 48 people had bid on the 16-by-30-foot sign, but the top bid of $10,600 didn't meet the seller's reserve. Promises of media coverage and the potential of $500,000 a year in tourist revenue weren't even enough to entice a deep-pocketed buyer. Houstonist knows as well as anyone that money doesn't...

Houstonist doesn't have much luck on eBay — some sneaky bidder always comes in at the last minute and gets that Astrodome souvenir ashtray we wanted. So we're not even going to try to bid on the original Gilley's sign. That's right: The sign from the famed Pasadena honky-tonk is up for bid on the famed Internet auction site. According to the listing, the sign is about 16 feet wide and 30 feet tall; it...