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  • Boozy breath spray

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    16 May 2012 | 1:03 pm
    When getting drunk is too much work, the French have a solution: a new spray that causes instant and brief intoxication, TIME magazine is reporting.
  • Google to expand the Nexus line with more smartphones, tablets: WSJ

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    16 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    When a new version of Android is released, Google works with a single hardware partner to create a flagship device that shows off the operating system’s new capabilities. That phone bears the Nexus label, and the most recent device is Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus. But that scenario may change later this year with the release of [...]
  • Triniti aims high, often succeeds

    Cook's Tour Blog
    Alison Cook
    16 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    Click above for a photo tour of Triniti There is no better-looking dining room in Houston at the moment than Triniti, with its airy sweep of light and space, its sleek lines and surfaces, its unclad tables intelligently lit. Seconds after I first sat down, I found myself involuntarily stroking the smooth, pale wood of my booth.
  • On the Astros: Rebuild is rough when old haunts keep haunting

    Ultimate Astros » Sections » Levine and Campbell
    Zachary Levine
    15 May 2012 | 3:31 pm
    There is a reality about trading a player like Hunter Pence, who hit the walkoff home run that beat Astros.
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  • Boozy breath spray

    16 May 2012 | 1:03 pm
    When getting drunk is too much work, the French have a solution: a new spray that causes instant and brief intoxication, TIME magazine is reporting.
  • Texas Mafia fugitive nabbed with 6 guns

    16 May 2012 | 12:39 pm
    Texas Mafia fugitive nabbed with 6 guns SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A suspected gang member on the Texas Department of Public Safety 10 Most Wanted list has been caught in San Antonio. DPS says Tuesday's arrest of Velasquez led to the seizure of six handguns, an assault rifle, body armor, plus heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
  • See why Tuesday was a remarkable weather day in Houston

    16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    You may have noticed the surprisingly cool weather the city had yesterday under the influence of a northerly flow and cloudy skies. It was tremendous. We probably had the coolest day we’ll have until at least October, and maybe November. Hobby Airport, in fact, recorded a record low maximum temperature after the day’s temperature crested at 74 degrees, reports the National Weather Service. That broke the old record of 75 degrees set back in 1983. It got me wondering: When was the last time Houston set a record for a low maximum temperature? Turns out it happened back during the…
  • 15% ethanol could be bad for cars, trucks

    16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
  • 30 new Aldi stores headed for Houston

    16 May 2012 | 9:43 am
    Discount grocerer Aldi confirmed this week it plans to enter the Houston market with multiples stores, saying it plans 30 locations over the next three years. The first stores in Houston, more than 10, are set to open in spring of 2013. In February, Aldi told the Chronicle it had purchased 2.5 acres on Mason Road at Oak Park Trails for a store near Cinco Ranch. Some have protested that project. At the time, the grocer, which has 37 stores in Texas, nearly all of which are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, was keeping its broad local plans under wraps. The discount grocery chain operates on a…
 
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  • Google to expand the Nexus line with more smartphones, tablets: WSJ

    chron.com
    16 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    When a new version of Android is released, Google works with a single hardware partner to create a flagship device that shows off the operating system’s new capabilities. That phone bears the Nexus label, and the most recent device is Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus. But that scenario may change later this year with the release of [...]
  • Linkpost | 5.16.2012

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    16 May 2012 | 7:23 am
    • Google Changes Tack on Android – Google will begin offering flagship Nexus phones and tablets through multiple hardware partners, starting with the next version of its Android operating system due later this year. It will also sell the devices directly to consumers. • HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE indefinitely delayed at US [...]
  • Apple update disables older Flash in Firefox, too

    chron.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:32 am
    Last week, I wrote about an update to Safari that disables older versions of Flash. I asked whether this was helpful – given that Flash is a notorious vector for malware – or presumptuous, and many commenters thought it was a smart move on Apple’s part. Certainly, Apple’s action to protect users of its own [...]
  • Linkpost | 5.15.2012

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    15 May 2012 | 7:23 am
    Updated 5 p.m. • Google’s Chrome Browser Is Coming For iOS, Says Macquarie – According to an analyst, Apple may already be reviewing the code. And Firefox 14 beta for Android now available, features revamped UI • As Investors Fawn Over Facebook, Poll Finds User Distrust, Apathy – 57 percent of Facebook users say they [...]
  • 6 features I want in iOS 6

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    14 May 2012 | 8:31 am
    If the ever-frantic Apple rumor mill is to be believed, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system will drop a beta very soon. 9to5Mac said last week that sources indicated iOS 6 will drop Google Maps in favor of a new mapping and navigation app designed by Apple itself. Included in the new app [...]
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    Cook's Tour Blog

  • Triniti aims high, often succeeds

    Alison Cook
    16 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    Click above for a photo tour of Triniti There is no better-looking dining room in Houston at the moment than Triniti, with its airy sweep of light and space, its sleek lines and surfaces, its unclad tables intelligently lit. Seconds after I first sat down, I found myself involuntarily stroking the smooth, pale wood of my booth.
  • Take a photo tour of Triniti

    Alison Cook
    16 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    See what Alison Cook calls the best-looking dining room in Houston. Read: Does the food live up to the ambiance?
  • Big stakes: Vic & Anthony's goes to New York

    Alison Cook
    9 May 2012 | 12:57 am
    The dining room at the new Vic & Anthony's New York. Photo by Alison Cook The 22-ounce bone-in ribeye at Vic & Anthony's New York. Photo by Alison Cook
  • At Underbelly, Chris Frankel's aromatized wines pull cocktail duty

    Alison Cook
    1 May 2012 | 10:28 am
    Chris Frankel at the Underbelly bar with (l to r) his White Portonic, Quinquina and Americano cocktails made from his small-batch aromatized wines. Photo by Alison Cook I was a bit startled by my first sip of Underbelly bartender Chris Frankel's Americano. It's one of the liquor-free cocktails he's dreamed up using his own house-brewed aromatized wines — a trade term for wine flavored with various botanical ingredients.
  • Torchy's fires back at review with free tacos tomorrow

    Alison Cook
    26 Apr 2012 | 3:55 pm
    The owner of Torchy's Tacos wants you to decide for yourself whether his poetically named Dirty Sanchez tacos have lost their mojo. The Dirty Sanchez.: J. Patric Schneider photo
 
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