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  • 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 ...

  • Woman claims she was sexually assulted by hotel security guard

    A woman says she was assaulted at a local hotel, tricked by a man who posed as a good Samaritan. But she says he wasn't trying to help her, he attacked her and now she's ...

  • Mothers incredible body transformation

    You can see the difference in Ackerman's before and after photos for the Lifetime Fitness Challenge. Her body fat loss was amazing; she lost more body fat than anyone else in the ...

  • Danielle Bradbery wins The Voice

    At just 16, Danielle, who's from the Cypress area, was the youngest artist in the competition. She came to the show never having a vocal lesson and had never really performed in front of an audience before her ...

  • Darvish fans 10 but bitten by homers vs. As

    OAK@TEX: Pierzynski drives a two-run single to center ARLINGTON -- This was not about a lack of run support from the offense. This was simply about the Rangers' starting pitcher not being at his best, and this is supposedly the Rangers' best starting pitcher. But Yu Darvish has not earned a victory in over a month, and he didn't deserve one on Tuesday night, allowing five runs ...


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Movie Review

The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Restaurant Report Card for June 13 Get a sweet treat

    At Red Pepper restaurant at 5626 Westheimer, inspectors saw a roach on a shelf in the food storage room; and they said there were rodent droppings in the food storage area of Hunan King at 5714 Chimney ...

  • Thief caught on video trying to steal statue from Heights home

    Home surveillance video shows the would-be thief as the culprit. Sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning he tried to lift it up, but quickly gave ...

  • Man takes action after ID stolen while buying phone at AT+T store

    A loyal AT+T customer, Larry Bates was eager to take advantage of a cell phone upgrade the company was offering him. So he paid a visit to his neighborhood store in ...

  • Berkman back in lineup after two-game hiatus

    Email ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman was back in the lineup on Tuesday after getting two days off. But he was batting fifth in the order after batting exclusively in the third spot. A.J. Pierzynski, who was hitting .382 in his last 19 games going into Tuesday, was moved up to the No. 3 spot. Berkman was hitting .192 in his last 19 games. "I just decided to give Berkman less stress, so I moved ...

  • Rangers place Baker on DL with thumb sprain

    Email ARLINGTON -- Jeff Baker is still unable to throw a baseball or grip a bat, so the Rangers placed him on the disabled list on Tuesday with a sprained right thumb. The Rangers also optioned first baseman Chris McGuiness to Triple-A Round Rock while calling up catcher Robinson Chirinos and left-handed pitcher Joseph Ortiz. Baker has not played since last Wednesday, a day before injuring the ...

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