Results tagged “onsaturday”

Jacoby Jones is still running. The Texans 3rd round draft pick out of of Division 2 Lane College continues to be the highlight maker for the team this preseason. On Saturday against the Arizona Cardinals in Phoenix, Jones ran back a punt return 80 yards and showed off some ankle-shattering moves in the process. Could Jones be this year's Devin Hester? Too soon to tell, but he could be a Sportscenter staple at this rate....

Good morning, Houston. Seems like everyone's listening to iPods these days, eh? And even if you don't have one of the near-ubiquitous mp3 players, all might not be peace and quiet: As the AP notes, iPod-related noise pollution is a growing problem. It can happen in several ways, including people who turn their iPods up to top volume and others who sing along with the music in their heads. Bbut there are ways to...

Good morning, Houston. Are you a smoker? Are you home from work today? According to a new report, smokers take an average of 11 more sick days each year than their nonsmoking colleagues — that's a 43 percent difference. Of course, the research was done in Sweden, which has some of the highest sick-leave rates in the world, and much of the time off could be traced to factors other than smoking-related illness —...

Good morning, Houston. If there's one robot we've always been crazy about, it's the lovable R2-D2, veteran of all six Star Wars movies. And we're not the only people who like the little guy: This month, about 400 public mailboxes will be covered to look like R2-D2 to coincide with the release of a stamp marking the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars. The USPS has even rolled out a flashy website as...

As we noted earlier, it's raining this morning. In the world of weather forecasting, sometimes that's the best you can do: tell what the weather's doing . Anything beyond that and you run the risk of being, well, wrong. Last week, for example, the forecasts said we'd see very fall-like temperatures at the end of the week, and that didn't pan out quite as expected — but we have another shot at that fall weather this week, so we'll see how that goes (assuming that we don't float away before then).

Conroe police have arrested a cross-dresser and two accomplices in connection with a string of thefts and robberies. No, really.

Celebrate the career of famed movie director William Wyler this weekend as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston shows Directed by William Wyler, a documentary about Wyler's work, and five of his classic films: Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Westerner, Ben-Hur and The Collector. Directed by William Wyler explores his movie career through clips and interviews with his cohorts, including Billy Wilder, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier and Audrey...