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Unless you've been hiding under a rock out in the suburbs (no judgment!) you probably have already heard about this Saturday's 11th Annual Museum District Day. If you haven't, well look at us telling you something you don't know about! Yep, folks, that's what we're here for. Here's your chance to view gallery upon gallery of Houston's finest art, all for the low, low price of FREE. Saturday, August 18th, from 10am-5pm, 14 Houston museums...

]The stormy weather that passed through Houston earlier today may have been a blessing in disguise as couch potatoes everywhere were rewarded with two fantastic World Cup games.

We all learned from Patrick Dempsey that you Can't Buy Me Love, well that also applies to the love of your four legged friends. Even so, local multi-millionaire Bernard Aptaker has thrown caution to the wind and is donating 60 acres near George Bush Intercontinental Airport for creation of the Freedom Farm refuge to the Houston SPCA. The refuge will releave overcrowding at the current Portway St. 5 acre shelter that has been home...

Is the Scripps National Spelling Bee ready for primetime television? Disney Executives seem to think so, and thus are furiously flexing their media muscle to make sure America tunes in to ABC for the championship rounds. ESPN is all over the event, posting several stories on tonight's competition, and even going so far to predict the top eight to assist those who wish to gamble on the results. According to Darren Rovell at ESPN, the...

Lithuanian police thought their breathalyzer device was broken when they recently pulled over a truck driver and found him to have a blood alcohol content 18 times the legal limit. 41-year-old Vidmantas Sungaila registered 7.27 grams per liter of alcohol, while the country's legal limit is 0.4 grams per liter. Apparently anything above 3.5 is lethal amd Mr. Sungaila should have been out cold, but alas, he was still driving — he must not...

Have you been kicking yourself because you missed this year's fabulous EV1.Net Art Car Parade? Well, it's time to give your leg a rest and prop it up on the coffee table - Tonight on Local 2 KPRC at 7 p.m. will be the first ever prime time airing of the parade and to celebrate there will be a viewing party at Dave & Buster's at Richmond and Fountainview from 6 - 9 p.m....

Computer billionaire Michael Dell won't be making a jump up on the bilionaire's list, but maybe on the list of most charitable rich guys. He and his wife, Susan, have announced a $50 million gift to his "alma mater," the University of Texas, for a pediatric research institute, a computer sciences building and a center for healthy living. Already in the works is the Dell Children's Medical Center, estimated completion of next year, and...