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>> Two Houston Area Offshore Drilling Companies Win Big: The oil and money are flowing freely for two drilling companies based in Houston. A report in the Houston Business Journal, lists 2007 revenue for mammoth behemoth, Transocean closed out at $3.1 billion. The company also announced a $586 million contract extension with client Anadarko, another Houston company. The HBJ also reports that The Rowan Companies also inked a three year deal. The Rowan deal is valued at $201 million for services provided to Saudi Aramco. The Houston-based company manufactures and operates deep water drilling platforms that operate around the globe.

Good morning, Houston. Time for the results of another sex study: This one, from two UT-Austin psychologists, looked at the reasons people have sex. No. 1 on the list, as you'd expect, was attraction — but there's more to it than that. Among the 237 reasons Cindy Meston and David Buss cataloged: "It seemed like good exercise." "The person was a good dancer." "To get rid of a headache." And perhaps most odd: "I...

Good morning, Houston. We know you've heard already, but there's no bigger story out of Houston today than Craig Biggio's 3000th hit. It's times like these that remind you why you put up with the frustration of following your hometown team season after disappointing season, and we're proud of Biggio. To top things off, we even won the game. Astros, you're spoiling us. Houstonist will have a full story on hit number 3000 for...

Two Houston men have been charged with planning to join the Taliban to fight U.S.-led forces in the Middle East. Kobie Williams (a.k.a. Abdul Kabeer or Kabir) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to aid the Taliban; Adnan Babar Mirza faces the same charge, plus three counts of illegal possession of a firearm. Williams is a Houstonian and UH-Downtown student who might have been working part-time in the engineering department at Rice...

This is a good week to get the most out of your concert dollars, as several concerts featuring multiple acts roll into town. Wednesday You can call The Hotel Café tour a collection of singer/songwriters that you may not have heard of yet, but you should. Led by Cary Brothers, whose claim to fame so far is a song on the excellent Garden State soundtrack. Other up-and-comers include Chicago native Rachael Yamagata, Joshua Radin,...

Two Houston men were arrested yesterday for allegedly pocketing about $48,000 they collected by setting up a fake hurricane relief site. And who says you can't make money fast on the Internet? (We guess all those get-rich-quick promoters forget to tell you about the part where FBI agents come haul you off.)

Two Houston malls are getting fresh for-sale signs. Almeda Mall and Northwest Mall, both owned by Glimcher Realty Trust, are part of a group of five malls owned by the Columbus-based mall developer that are being sold.