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Now is a great time to get your Mary Poppins on and go kite-flying before it gets too unbearably hot. We suggest picking up a kite (or making your own) and heading out to your local park for some wholesome kite fun. Parks are great for families or for cheap dates, boys. Kite-flying is also fun on the beach, as an alternative to wading through seaweed and drinking beer. If you don't know the first thing about where to find a kite or how to fly one, never fear. Houstonist has the info about kite-flying in our city.

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...

If this week didn't get off to as good a start as you might have liked, here's something that'll help put things in perspective: At least you didn't spend all weekend locked in the trunk of your car like one local guy did.

So we've heard a lot lately about the city's attempts to clean up graffiti. Given that, it's not surprising — kind of dumb, but not surprising — that a weekend graffiti-art event is ruffling some feathers.

A proposed $100,000 contract renewal for city funding of a day-labor site has stirred up some controversy A South Houston High School teacher has resigned after being charged with inappropriate relations with a student — the teacher admitted having had sex with the student after school officials told him he couldn't take her to the prom During a high-speed police chase this morning, the suspect took the time out to make two phone calls: one...

Cindy Sheehan led a protest in Houston yesterday targeting Barbara Bush, who protesters hoped to convince to tell her son to stop the war in Iraq [video] A woman has been arrested for selling drugs at a South Houston bakery; her boyfriend, the bakery's owner, was arrested in 2004 for doing the same thing Closing arguments resumed today in the trial of Max Soffar, who spent 25 years on death row but had his conviction...