Results tagged “newsblog”

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houstonians + iPods From the iPod News Blog comes a story about Houstonians and their iPods. This in depth article shows how a UTMB student, a musician for the symphony and many others use their technology. Geek Mascot Lineup Barrett over at GeekSpeak quizzes us on Geek Mascots. Can you match up the mascot and it's parent company? Start here and then if you're stumped you...

Now, seriously — is there anything better for a midweek pick-me-up than a story about flying cockroaches? We submit to you that there is not, and so we bring you information about the Asian cockroach (Blattella asahinai), which has made its way to Harris County. The Asian cockroach was first identified in Florida in 1986, and since then it's spread throughout the southeast: central and south Florida, south Georgia, southern Alabama, parts of South Carolina...

Sure, we've all heard about the things thieves will do to disguise a stolen car — but how do you hide a stolen yacht? That's the question some bandits are probably asking themselves after stealing a $300,000 yacht from a dealership in Seabrook on Tuesday night.

Newsday is reporting this afternoon that Roger Clemens has signed a one-year deal with the Astros that could be worth about $10.5 million depending on when he returns to the field. The 'Stros will reportedly pay the 43-year-old pitcher $3.5 million a month under the deal.

A few hours after the Enron verdict, and details are starting to come out — some interesting, some not so much. And so many more to come, we're sure. But here are a few of the highlights so far:

From the 11 News Blog comes news in the "Will Roger Clemens still be an Astro?" story. Sorta. Channel 11 caught up with 'Stros owner Drayton McLane today and asked him what's up:

So here's an odd bit of news from the Enron trial, courtesy of the 11 News Blog: Ken Lay's security was beefed up today after a bizarre confrtontation outside the courthouse yesterday.