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  • Rick Perry takes aim at New York

    Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...

  • Former Sen. Hutchison Joins Fleishman Hillard’s International Advisory Board

    , R-Texas, has joined the International Advisory Board at FleishmanHillard, adding to an already packed portfolio for Hutchison, who served nearly 20 years in the Senate. Since leaving Congress in January, Hutchison has become a senior counsel at Bracewell & Giuliani and a member of Bank of America's Global Advisory Council, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Advisory ...

  • Letter to the Editor Past funds for street repairs

    A lot of the street repair money in the past went to upgrade the city facilities in regards to various lawsuits by the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act). For many years, the city thought they were immune from this law, as did several other south Texas towns. Even after huge sums of money have been spent to be in compliance with ADA, there are a lot of facilities still out of compliance. I ...

  • Neil Simons The Odd Couple

    Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" (female version) is now showing at The Aurora Arts Theater, 5635 Everhart Road, at 7:30 p.m. June 14-15 and at 2:30 p.m. June 15. Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is in this hilarious contemporary comic classic. Laughs abound as these two mismatched roommates try to get along with each other and their kooky ...

  • Grimm trying to help Texas gain ground on As

    There's a trend starting to develop. Once again, Oakland starter Tommy Milone deserved a better outcome in his last start. Rangers starter Justin Grimm expected more from his last appearance. Again. On Wednesday, the two will square off in a battle between the top two teams in the American League West, and there's a good chance only one of them will walk off the field feeling ...

Movie Review

Anna and the King

"Anna and the King" is visually beautiful, richly detailed, terribly long, and oddly unaffecting. One might even go so far as to say it's a little boring. For a movie that not only attempts to be a romance between people from difference worlds, but also an examination of an ancient culture moving into modernity, it barely registers as an emotional experience. Director Andy Tennant, who made the r ... ...

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  • Bedard looks to earn series victory for Astros

    The Brewers and Astros each hoped to have turned a corner in June. The Astros, however, took the first step in continuing that trend during a three-game series against their former National League Central division rivals. With a 10-1 win over the Brewers Tuesday, the Astros are 9-8 this month while Milwaukee dropped to 8-8. On Wednesday, Erik Bedard will take the mound in Game 2 for the Astros ...

  • Sea City Work Camp

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESCeline De Los Santos, 16, of Orange Grove, holds nails in her mouth as she and other volunteers put a new roof on a home Tuesday on Cosner Lane during the Sea City Work ...

  • State Senate debates tougher rules for abortion clinics

    AUSTIN — State senators plunged into a contentious debate Tuesday over legislation toughening regulations on abortion clinics, but Republicans abandoned an attempt to ban abortion after the 20th week of ...

  • AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered

    WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...

  • Dallas Fire-Rescue officer charged in nightclub assault www.privateofficer.com

    Dallaspolice officers arrested an off-duty Dallas Fire-Rescue officer for allegedly punching another man early Sunday morningat a Downtown club near the West End, according to police documents. Sebastian Serrano, 30, faces a class a misdemeanor assault charge. He's accused of punching 29-year-old Nathan Rosas in the face in what a witness said was an argument over a joke about ...

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