University of Houston

Some of the greatest young minds in the world are all meeting in Houston, competing to see whose vehicle can go the furthest distance on the least amount of energy. I'm sure no one in Houston will object with the way gas prices are soaring! This...

Accomplishment has a way of running the full gamut of emtions. It’s often the celebration that completes a personal battle. Sometimes that celebration is joyous. Other times, it’s rather melancholy. It ends a long, breathtaking wait to...

The hiring of Brian Stewart as Maryland's defensive coordinator is a move that is being celebrated on a number of fronts. It signifies a return to the attacking style and the 3-4 formation the Terps played under Don Brown, whose sudden departure last...

So what does it take to go to college these days? Some smarts, and a whole lot of money. As the mother of three high school freshmen, Shauna Vinson admits she's "A little worried, but I'm actually putting things in place so that hopefully when that...

Hey mascot lovers, are you ready for this absurdity? Students from Corner Canyon High School were given a chance to select a future mascot and chose Cougars. But board members refused the name saying the mascot, Cougars, may offend middle aged women....

Texas Tribune Despite polls showing overwhelming public support and endorsements from celebrities like Lance Armstrong, efforts to establish a statewide workplace smoking ban have fallen flat in recent sessions of the Texas Legislature. But a state...

HOUSTON - The next football team that faces Jack Yates High School in the playoffs might want to keep an eye on James Paul Bryant. A first-team, all-district selection last year with nearly 80 tackles and six sacks, our Class Act of the week, and...

James Franco, the actor-writer-producer-graduate student, has signed a publishing deal with Amazon's fledgling publishing house, the Observer reports. It will be Franco's first novel, tentatively titled "Actors Anonymous," and said to be loosely based on...

Barrington resident and renowned science fiction author Gene Wolfe remembers exactly when it happened, when he knew he was a writer. Living in Ohio with …...

One of the first and most arresting images in Debra Tolchinsky’s documentary “Fast Talk” is of a young man literally foaming at the mouth — trying so hard to say so many words in so little time that he can’t......