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HOUSTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina, reeling from her remarks that questioned whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, on Friday blamed the ensuing firestorm on a “coordinated attack” that she speculated came from the campaigns of her better-known GOP rivals.

Well, the cat is out of the bag now. Back to emptying bedpans for you, Medina! Medina Interview

The less-than-impressive Debra Medina gives an interview using many buzz words and standard phrases, yet manages to say much of.. nothing. She is involved in the Texas gubernatorial Republican primary race against Kay Bailey Hutchison and the incumbent Rick Perry, who is the clear choice of your friendly neighborhood Blog Pimp. (Video at link)

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A fire on Houston's south side is being blamed on an unusual suspect. Firefighters say an inflatable gorilla is to blame. The flames sparked around 2am off Cullen near the South Beltway. Firefighters found a small fire. After they put it out, they spotted the problem.

However it feels when you go outside this morning, know this: It's probably the warmest it will be for awhile. An Arctic front is starting to dive through southeast Texas this morning, with gusty winds ushering frigid air into the Houston metro area and slowly driving temperatures from near 50 degrees into the low to mid-20s by Friday morning.

(HGTV) In a startling twist of events, Barack Obama (President, Community Organizer) has been chosen to take over broadcast duties at the famed EIB Network leaving ex-host Rush Limbaugh without employment. Limbaugh is expected to protest this development outside a Florida pharmacy. When asked for a comment, President Obama had his guards arrest the dissenter.

A Houston police officer shot and killed a suspected burglar who attacked him and his police dog with a screwdriver, authorities said. The officer, identified by HPD as G. Smith, was responding to a burglary call at an apartment in the 7100 block of Renwick about 4:20 p.m. Smith has been with the department 11 years and is assigned to the canine unit, according to HPD spokeswoman Jodi Silva. Residents in the apartment reported the burglary and when a patrol officer arrived the burglar was still inside, officials said. Smith called for a supervisor and a canine unit. The burglar...

This afternoon I happened to look out the back and saw something black and long in the middle of the yard. I just mowed yesterday so I knew the yard was free of sticks and such. Turns out it was a big black snake! He isn't a rattler, does not look loke a water moccasin or a black snake. What the heck kind of snake is he? He has the triangular head which means he is a bad one, but I can't place his breed. Anyway, photography being as dangerous as it is, he got wrecked up some which is...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has handed out millions of dollars in scholarships, but some local community leaders say they could do even more if they would stop spending money on items that they consider questionable. Minority leaders say they're answering the challenge from the head of the Livestock Show and Rodeo. They've laid out the expenses they question, that it's time for Rodeo leaders to explain them. After looking at the ledger for 2005 through 2006 which the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo recently provided to state Senator Mario Gallegos and local minority leaders, they...

OBAMA HAS CHOSEN. ALL HAIL THE VICE MESSIAH. Obama has just sent me the Holy Text Message and I present to you: The Official Running Mate and Vice Messiah: Dick The Albino Bowler The legend began on a crisp October night in 1974, at a small 12-lane alley just outside of Roundlake, Illinois. League night was winding down and, as usual, some of the guys decided to stick around and roll a few games for money. About midway through the first game, the doors swung wide open and a pale figure with a bowling bag stood in the doorway. He...

SAN ANGELO, TX -- Hundreds of children taken from a polygamous compound in Texas could be put into foster homes, a potentially huge adjustment for children raised in the isolated religious sect, a state Child Protective Services spokeswoman said today. Child welfare officials took more than 400 children into custody last week on suspicion that they were being sexually and physically abused after police raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound. Hundreds of women from the sect voluntarily followed the children.

ELDORADO, TX -- Child welfare officials following up on an abuse complaint took custody of 18 girls Friday who lived at a secretive West Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. A total of 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, were bused away on Friday to be interviewed, but only 18 were immediately taken into state custody, said Texas Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner. No arrests had been made.

DALLAS, TX -- As final results from the Texas Democratic caucus remain unknown, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign wants signatures from the March 4 contest verified before party conventions are held around the state later this month. In a letter sent to the state Democratic Party late Friday, the Clinton campaign requests the March 29 count and state Senate district conventions be postponed until the eligibility of an estimated 1 million caucus-goers are double checked. The Clinton campaign wrote they received more than 2,000 complaints of violations following the historic Texas turnout, which was perhaps the nation's largest caucus ever....

VIVA OBAMA SONG!!! The Spanish language Obama fight song, it makes you want a Corona.

CORSICANA, TX -- A driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said. The 40 passengers had been paroled or released from the state prison in Huntsville. Some wore ankle bracelet monitors. They were aboard a charter bus that was headed Thursday to a terminal in Dallas but wound up 60 miles short. "In 31 years in law enforcement I've never seen anything like this," Corsicana Police Sgt. Lamoin Lawhon said. ~Snip~

DALLAS, TX -- A man accused of raping a woman at knifepoint in a Dallas apartment was beaten by an angry mob and shot at least twice, authorities said. The 26-year-old man, who was not identified, underwent surgery Friday after being hit with a baseball bat and shot, apparently once in the head, according to a report in Saturday editions of The Dallas Morning News. Authorities did not immediately know the suspect's condition Saturday. Dallas police Lt. Sally Lannom said for a vigilante mob to attack a man accused of rape is unusual. "It is outside the norm," she said....

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Show Schedule: 7:00 AM Yu-Gi-Oh! 7:30 AM Yu-Gi-Oh! 8:00 AM Johnny Test 8:30 AM Xiaolin Showdown 9:00 AM Xiaolin Showdown 9:30 AM Lunatics 10:00 AM Pokémon 10:30 AM Spider Riders 11:00 AM The Batman 11:30 AM Viewtiful Joe

Show Schedule 7:00AM Yu-Gi-Oh!  501  Unwanted Guest, Part 1 7:30AM Yu-Gi-Oh!  502  Unwanted Guest, Part 2 8:00AM  Johnny Test  01  Johnny to the Center of the Earth / Johnny X 8:30AM Xiaolin Showdown  07  Ring of the Nine Dragons 9:00AM Xiaolin Showdown  28  The Black Vipers 9:30AM Loonatics Unleashed 09  Sypher 10:00AM  Pokémon  852  Pasta la Vista! New 10:30AM  Spider Riders  5  Memories of Champions New 11:00AM  The Batman  27  Batgirl Begins, Part One 11:30AM Viewtiful Joe  05  Howdy, Partner  

ABC13 Eyewitness News Houston (3/10/05 - HOUSTON) — An anonymous tip led federal agents to a home in east Houston, where they say they saw the delivery of 25 undocumented immigrants. Twenty-four are Mexican nationals. One is from Honduras. Immigration and customs enforcement officials took all 25 into custody, along with five people they believe were involved in a smuggling operation. It is part of what agents say is a growing trend in large cities like Houston. Scott Hatfield with Immigration & Customs Enforcement said, "We've seen a small increase in the violence associated with alien smuggling over the last...

SHAMELESS TECH SUPPORT VANITY Forgive the vanity, but I'm at wits end with this problem and y'all are the smartest group of folks I know. I'm sure I'll suffer a reasonable amount of abuse which is the lot of vanity posters but I'll bet somebody can tell me what the problem is. I've been running Mozilla Firebird for about two years now with no problems and no pop-ups. Yesterday it began bringing up a window when I access the internet asking me to "select user profile". Well, this is a one-person machine and there are no other users. Clicking "Don't...