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We love seeing local peeps get overdue credit, especially when they are big, orange and furry. That's why we are super stoked that the Houston Zoo made it to Animal Planet's Top 10 Places to Visit Orangutans in North America. Animal Planet says: The Houston Zoo is developing long-term partnerships in Borneo, and with other organizations and zoos, to ensure the survival of these species. Houston Zoo’s support for wildlife conservation initiatives in Malaysian Borneo...

The song is simple, totally electronic, and very new wave, but we still love it. It's hard to believe that it's been 28 years since the release of "Cars" from Gary Numan. A Top 10 hit from 1980, it was a very left-field hit that year, sounding like nothing else you heard on the radio. We're happy that the YouTube poster included the lyrics to the song; we just now realized that for almost...

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked...

AIGA Houston Presents 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 27 A juried selection of the best in communication design Opening Reception Thursday, August 9, 2007 6-8pm Exhibit will be up until Sept 25th 365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions make a definitive statement on the quality of communication design in North America. The survey of selections is published in AIGA’s online design archives; published in a book that is distributed as an authoritative chronicle of current design;...

Good morning, Houston. If you're a fan of the Early Show, you probably caught Mayor White's national television appearance Monday morning. He appeared on the show seated between two foxy ladies, Caroline Kennedy and Doris Voitier, to discuss his receipt of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Like we told you before, he and Mrs. Voitier are sharing the award for their outstanding public service during and after Hurricane Katrina. This award...

" target="_blank">2007 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bittner won the award for research on “dynamics of electron transfer between organic molecules.” While we haven’t the vaguest idea what that might actually entail, it sounds eminently worthy. Bittner explained, “We’ve collaborated loosely on various fundamental issues regarding how light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells based upon organic polymers, or plastics, emit or absorb light.” Oh, right, right.

The city's municipal Wi-FI network is a step closer to being built: Yesterday, City Council unanimously approved a contract with EarthLink to build the 600-square-mile network, which will be the largest in North America when it's completed in 2009. And, as expected, downtown will likely be the first area to have coverage, with other areas following in 100-square-mile sections. "We're not going to wait for all the zones to be completed before we turn [the...

Good morning, Houston! Are you a fan of Texas wildflowers? Good news, then: Thanks to a rainy winter, wildflowers are blooming across Central Texas and in parts of North and East Texas. If you're planning a flower-spottin' trip, check out the latest reports of wildflower hotspots — and remember, though it's really not illegal to pick bluebonnets, TxDOT recommends that you refrain from driving into them. Dang. >> Katrina fraud galore: The AP reports...

To go along with Dr. Pepper's "23 flavors" campaign, the company started a campaign called "The Hunt for More", where they hid 23 gold coins in 23 different cities in North America. The coins were "valued" between $10,000 and $1 million, giving soft drinkers the opportunity to decode clues under bottle caps and drink labels online and find the coins. As coincidence would have it, the person who found the $1 million dollar coin just...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Like traditional Irish music? Feeling kinda like dudding up and hitting The Houston Symphony for a nice evening out - hey, date night options! The Chieftains will be performing this Friday through Sunday. This internationally acclaimed group has been touring in North America (off and on, of course) for over 33 years and have been around for over 42. Here's a snippet from their official biography, to familiarize...

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of...

Last night, while Houstonist was busy separating the wheat from the chaff of local news, we were keeping an eye on NBC's epic 10.5: Apocalypse. It had everything you'd expect from a TV disaster flick: cheesy special effects, dreadful acting and a script that must have been written by a strung-out third grader. Yeah, yeah, big deal. Pass the Donettes. But what really got our attention was the end of the movie, when a...

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. LAist has finally come around to purchasing tickets for Clipper Train. Hyper local dating sites are spamming L.A. neighborhoods and the fascinating Dame Darcy talks with LAist about art, the city and earthquakes....

As prosecutors head into the home stretch of their portion of the Ken Lay/Jeff Skilling trial, they're counting on at least one star witness: Ben Glisan Jr., former Enron treasurer. Glisan worked closely with ex-Enron CFO Andy Fastow to form the side deals that both men have said were used to hide Enron's debt and artifically inflate earnings. Though jurors have already heard a good deal of testimony about that, prosecutors hope Glisan will be...

A former high-level Enron executive gave testimony yesterday that may be the most damaging yet to ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling, saying the company used monetary reserves to smooth gains and losses and pretended it wasn't a successful energy trader when it actually was. David Delainey, former CEO of Enron's retail division and its North American trading unit, began his testimony yesterday in the trial of Skilling and ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay. Delainey became CEO of...