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Good morning, Houston. Did you read the Chronicle over breakfast this morning? We're sure the paper is thanking you: According to the Newspaper Association of America, the Chron lost 2 percent of its circulation in the six-month period ending in March. That's really not so bad compared with drops among some of the other biggest papers in the country: 3.5 percent for The Washington Post, 4.2 percent for the LA Times and a whopping...

Houstonist continues to bring you food/beverage adventures for the week. Some of which are a short drive ( well – ok – Dallas is a hike), we hope you enjoy finding out what’s to do locally. Here’s the scoop: • Ten Wines for $10 Lunch: Smith & Wollensky – 4007 Westheimer • California Meets France: Chez Georges – 219 Westheimer • The Allen Oldies Band Plays: Central Market – 3815 Westheimer • The El...

Culinary Adventures are back this week and include some music to boot! We hope you find some fun to participate in. • Spanish Vintner Dinner: Pico’s Mex-Mex – 5941 Bellaire • Vintner Dinner: The State Grill – 2925 Weslayan • Bonny Doon Wine Event: Piatto Ristorante – 11693 Westheimer • Johnny Walker Tasting: Prime Time Steak House – 9275 FM 1960 West • Partida Tequila Tasting: Makenzie’s American Grill – 9330 Broadway • The...

City Council voted today to expand the city's "civility ordinance" to more neighborhoods, including Montrose and the Sixth Ward Clara Harris, the woman accused of running over her husband in a hotel parking lot, has filed an appeal and hired a new lawyer Ralph Sampson, a former Houston Rocket, has agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud related to a vehicle purchase; he will spend two months in jail in Atlanta In a campaign stop...

So here's something to keep in mind when you're out bouncing along some rural road and your car gets smashed by by a jackalope: You can call 911 from your cell phone, but that doesn't mean anybody's going to be able to find you. That's because most Texas counties — about 80 percent — don't have the requipment to allow emergency operators to pinpoint cell phone locations. And that is because the Legislature keeps pulling money out of a fund created by a 911 tax that's supposed to pay for such things. Good to know the folks under the big pink dome are looking out for us.

An aluminum oxide fire at a Deer Park chemical plant has shut down part of Highway 225 this afternoon; one injury is reported Marcus Anthony Wilson has been charged with four counts of burglary in a string of East End crimes during the fall and winter A Houston family is offering a $500 reward for information on who killed more than two dozen goats at their Waller County ranch last week Today was Taxi Appreciation...