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September 28, 2007

Good morning, Houston. If you've ever thought that Halloween needed a little more, uh, spice, you might want to check out HauntXXX, "Houston's most titillating haunted house." The titillating part apparently has to do with nearly naked women wearing neon body paint — and as for the haunted part, well, we're not so sure (maybe these are some super-scary sexpots we're talking about). The haunted house isn't sitting well with some of its neighbors,......

Continue Reading "Morning Roundup: So sexy, it's scary edition"

January 10, 2007

Well, it looks like we still have a few months before we get to hear why spending millions of dollars in public funds on personal expenses was OK: The trial of ex-Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade, who seems like she'll prove herself the queen of justifying outrageous actions, has been set for Aug. 10. Slade, remember, got in trouble back in February after she blabbed to one of the school's regents that she spent......

Continue Reading "Trial dates set for Slade, other ex-TSU officials"

February 2, 2006

Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade has reimbursed more than $138,000 of the university's money that she spent on landscaping her Memorial Park-area home — but only after the school's board of regents started investigating allegations of improper spending and made plans to meet Friday to discuss what to do about it. So how did Slade come to spend public funds on her yard? It was an accident, of course: She said she hired a......

Continue Reading "Spendy TSU president under investigation"

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