The night of Wednesday, Feb. 20 brings a spectacular opportunity that won't be repeated until December 2010. There will be a total lunar eclipse from 9 p.m. to 10:52 p.m., visible from all of the Americas and most of the Western hemisphere.
It's 3 a.m. and your children are asleep. The phone rings at the White House. It's the Exxon Mobil board chairman trying to get through to tell the president that American automobile owners should polish their thumbs and take up hitchhiking. Nobody answers.
He may be a freshman this session, but Rep. Matt Hudson said he wouldn’t shy away from tackling the tough issues facing his district as the 2008 Legislature kicks off today in Tallahassee.
"There's been an extraordinary amount of negativity surrounding the project" says series creator Marshall Herskovitz. There was a time, not so long ago, when it felt like everyone was rooting for Marshall Herskovitz to succeed. He and longtime producing partner Ed Zwick were among the fair-haired boys of Hollywood, having produced such classy hit films as "Traffic," as well as such critically
Hillary Clinton?s lengthy record of public service may go a long way with older Latinos in Texas, but Barack Obama is making inroads with young voters - and it seems a generation gap is emerging.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo got off to a cold, soggy start on Monday, with rain pouring down on the grounds for most of the day, likely keeping some would-be visitors away.
One of the unsettling themes in David Sheff's memoir, "Beautiful Boy," a wrenching tale about his son's drug addiction, is that even though Sheff was among what he calls the "first wave" of self-conscious parents who were hip enough to forge honest