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Tyler Rudick

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Tyler Rudick is a Houston writer who specializes in art, architecture and urban life. He joined the CultureMap team in September 2011 as a staff writer.

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Oh, Fiddlesticks

Texas ranks super low on the U.S. potty mouth scale

By Tyler Rudick

05.15.13 | 4:40 pm

With all our "yes ma'ams" and "no sirs," we Texans are a well-mannered bunch. And now there's statistical data to prove it: According to a new study, the ...


A Man in Crisis

Chilling details emerge about Houston airport shooter's desperate act

By Tyler Rudick

05.03.13 | 1:34 pm

Investigators gathered at Houston Police Department headquarters Friday morning to share new details surrounding the tragic shooting and suicide that took place at Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 2. According ...


Airport Scare

Man kills himself at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston

By Tyler Rudick

05.02.13 | 4:31 pm

At a 3:30 pm press conference at Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston police officials confirmed that a man died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound just inside the front doors ...


Search Continues in West

Inclement weather could complicate rescue efforts in West, Texas, after fatal blast

By Tyler Rudick

04.18.13 | 12:45 pm

Strong winds could pose new challenges in the recovery efforts in West, Texas, where an explosion on April 17 at a fertilizer plant claimed as many as 15 lives. As ...


Finish Line Tragedy

Boston Marathon explosions kill 3 and injure more than 100

By Claire St. Amant, Tyler Rudick

04.15.13 | 3:25 pm

At least two major explosions rocked the finish line at the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, leaving dozens of runners and spectators injured. Boston police report that three people have died ...


Horrific Campus Attack

Sources inside Texas college stabbing describe gruesome details and eccentric suspect

By Tyler Rudick

04.10.13 | 11:50 am

More details are emerging from students and law enforcement at Lone Star College Cy-Fair, where a Tuesday stabbing spree left a total of 14 people injured. Authorities have charged Dylan ...


Restaurant Wars

Breastaurant tycoon's genius stuns rivals Twin Peaks and Hooters

By Tyler Rudick

04.10.13 | 8:00 am

The federal government has made a landmark decision, one that's likely to change the nation's culinary landscape forever. Doug Guller — owner of Austin-based Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill and ...


Shocking Violence

Stabbing spree at Texas college leaves a dozen wounded

By Tyler Rudick

04.09.13 | 1:20 pm

At least 12 people have been injured in a Tuesday afternoon stabbing spree on the Cypress-Fairbanks campus of Lone Star College, according to KHOU Channel 11 in Houston. Although the ...


Life on Mars

Innovative projects land Texas design firm on prestigious top 100 list

By Tyler Rudick

04.06.13 | 10:42 am

In just three short years, Houston design firm MaRS is already making waves beyond Texas — going so far as to overtake global players like Gensler and Marimekko on Interior Design ...


Depressing statistics

Texas leads nation in teacher-student sex scandals

By Tyler Rudick

03.27.13 | 2:36 pm

Once again, Texas is top dog on a new rankings list . . . but Rick Perry won't be flying to California to lure people to the Lone Star State for this ...


Horrific Extortion Tragedy

Nude-photo blackmail scheme drove popular Texas A&M professor to suicide

By Tyler Rudick

03.26.13 | 2:38 pm

Newly-released legal documents are shedding light on the mysterious death of James Aune — the well-regarded Texas A&M professor who leapt to his death from a campus parking garage in ...


Mystery Seafood

Study reveals half of all fish sold in Texas is mislabeled

By Tyler Rudick

03.16.13 | 9:00 am

You know that red snapper you ate the other night? Yeah, the one covered in the lemon caper sauce? Well, your chances of actually eating snapper are pretty slim, at ...


Commercial war

Breastaurant mocks Chipotle in new 30-second TV spot

By Tyler Rudick

03.02.13 | 9:31 am

After unveiling its newly resigned interiors, Hooters is feeling pretty confident these days. Enough so that it's taking potshots at Chipotle, the untraditional fast food Mexican grill that no ...


How clean is your desk?

A staggering percentage of people admit to having sex at work

By Tyler Rudick

02.28.13 | 1:47 pm

Sorry in advance for making everyone's workday a little weirder. In an attempt to shed light on the secret world of interoffice romance, career website Glassdoor interviewed more than ...


university scare

Texas A&M's Kyle Field and adjacent buildings are evacuated after mysterious bomb threat

By Tyler Rudick

02.20.13 | 2:21 pm

After receiving a bomb threat, Texas A&M University has evacuated and closed Kyle Field for the remainder of Wednesday while law enforcement officials conduct a thorough search of the ...


What's in a name?

Sugar Land rejects $5 million advances of sexy dating site but makes a compelling counter offer

By Tyler Rudick

02.20.13 | 1:07 pm

SugarDaddie.com just won't take no for an answer. A mere week after Sugar Land rejected the dating website's $500,000 offer to change its name to "SugarDaddie ...


Travel Nightmare

Passenger texts gruesome firsthand account of the stranded Carnival cruise ship

By Tyler Rudick

02.14.13 | 3:53 pm

Jayme Lamm is having a rough week, to say the very least. As one of the more than 4,000 people stranded aboard the dead Carnival Triumph ship, the Houston ...


Funny Lady

Lily Tomlin on being America's craziest mom and never retiring beloved old characters

By Tyler Rudick

02.09.13 | 9:33 am

After nearly five decades in the biz, legendary actress and comedian Lily Tomlin is busier than ever. She plays two TV moms: Reba McEntire's on Malibu Country and Lisa ...


Aliens & Dancing Fools

In monster oops, Lady Gaga mistakenly thanks Dallas at Houston concert

By Tyler Rudick

02.01.13 | 2:53 pm

After a January 29 concert at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Monster Mother of them all Lady Gaga brought her Born This Way Ball show to Houston's Toyota Center ...


Chaos and an escape

Mystery builds around Lone Star College shooting, as actual culprit may still be on the loose

By Tyler Rudick

01.24.13 | 6:55 pm

There has been a major new development in the shooting at Lone Star College that captured national attention. The Harris County Sheriff's Office has charged a second suspect involved ...


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