Daily Archives: March 18, 2012

Weekend link dump for March 18

Happy day before Saint Joseph’s Day! All hail the 2016 GOP frontrunner. The first rule of committing crimes is to always check for cops before committing them. I’m pretty sure Jesus would not have done this. We’re about to get … Continue reading

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Houston may finally be drought-free

This was from a week ago. The rain brings the city’s official precipitation total for the year to 15.78 inches, twice the normal level, and a tally Houston didn’t reach in 2011 until early November. On Sunday, for the second … Continue reading

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Solving car crimes with DNA

This story is basically a commercial for Harris County’s crime lab – Did you know that since they have no testing backlog on personal crime cases they can focus on property crimes? It’s true! – but it’s still pretty cool. … Continue reading

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A deluxe efficiency in the sky

The hot trend in real estate is small apartments. Apartments in Houston are shrinking. As rents have gone up, developers have been building smaller units and a lot more of them to meet growing demand from apartment dwellers who want … Continue reading

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