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• Man dead in shooting near University of Houston

  01-03-2018 23:39 via chron.com
  Houston police are investigating a deadly shooting near the University of Houston in southeast Houston.
  
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• Texas school district sees second arrest for terroristic threat from student

  01-03-2018 23:24 via chron.com
  On Thursday, police arrested a Killeen ISD high school student after he made a "terroristic threat" against others while in class.
  
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• One dead in southwest Houston shooting

  01-03-2018 23:22 via chron.com
  Police are searching for the person responsible for a deadly shooting on Houston's southwest side Thursday afternoon.
  
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• CPA admits to defrauding $162K-plus out of employer

  01-03-2018 23:01 via chron.com
  Brian Perez, 34, admitted to orchestrating the fraudulent transfer of funds from his employer's bank account to his personal tax withholding account when he was working as a Corpus Christi bookkeeper.
  
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• Boston manager Alex Cora thankful for Houston opportunity - Palm Beach Post

  01-03-2018 22:49
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  Boston manager Alex Cora thankful for Houston opportunity
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  Red Sox manager Alex Cora (center) watches his team's batting practice before Thursday's game against Houston. Cora was a bench coach for the Astros last year. (Bruce R. Bennett / The Palm Beach Post). WEST PALM BEACH. The last time the Houston Astros ...and more »
  
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• The Opening Houston sparks four-star moves - 247Sports

  01-03-2018 22:41
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  The Opening Houston sparks four-star moves
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  Two new names joined the four-star ranks out of Texas after The Opening Houston Regional. Barton Simmons - 59 minutes ago; 0; Tools. Edit; Slot to 247Sports Home; Slot to 247Sports Newsletter; Slot to 247Sports Links. After a rain-soaked day at The ...and more »
  
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• FBI addresses social media posts calling for crisis actors in Houston - Chron.com

  01-03-2018 22:37
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  FBI addresses social media posts calling for crisis actors in Houston
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  Houston's FBI office has attempted to assuage concerns over social media advertisements calling for crisis actors in the city. The FBI's announcement came just hours after Twitter users attempted to link more than 40 illnesses at a Third Ward school ...
  FBI addresses mock crisis event conspiracy theory about HoustonKPRC Click2Houstonall 2 news articles »
  
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• HELP WANTED: METRO hiring Lift operators in Houston - KTRK-TV

  01-03-2018 22:17
  HELP WANTED: METRO hiring Lift operators in Houston
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  If you can meet these eligibility requirements, you might make a good METRO Lift driver. (KTRK). KTRK. Thursday, March 01, 2018 03:17PM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. If you are looking for a job, METRO is looking to hire METRO Lift operators. Applicants ...
  
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• Houston has higher percentage of home foreclosures on the market than Texas - Chron.com

  01-03-2018 22:09
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  Houston has higher percentage of home foreclosures on the market than Texas
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  Houston has higher percentage of home foreclosures on the market than Texas. However, the overall local housing market still stands strong. By Darla Guillen. Published 12:49 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Go inside Houston homes under foreclosure. &gt ...
  
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• FBI addresses social media posts calling for crisis actors in Houston

  01-03-2018 22:05 via chron.com
  Houston's FBI office has attempted to ease concerns raised over at least one Craigslist post calling for crisis actors in the city.
  
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• More Than 40 Students at Houston School Sickened by Fumes - U.S. News & World Report

  01-03-2018 21:47
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  More Than 40 Students at Houston School Sickened by Fumes
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  Houston Fire Department officials say more than 40 students have been taken to hospitals after being sickened by fumes possibly from tar work on nearby roofs. March 1, 2018, at 6:06 p.m.. More Than 40 Students at Houston School Sickened by Fumes. Share ...
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• What the newest shark species discovered by scientist looks like

  01-03-2018 21:43 via chron.com
  A newly discovered species of shark is making waves off the coast of Florida.
  
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• Houston responds to DOJ sex harassment lawsuit

  01-03-2018 20:05 via chron.com
  Houston will defend itself against a Department of Justice lawsuit focusing on sexual harassment claims dating back to 2009, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Room for one: Houston millennials feel right at home alone - Houston Chronicle

  01-03-2018 19:56
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  Room for one: Houston millennials feel right at home alone
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  Joshua Zinn, who lives by himself, plays video games at his Galleria area apartment Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 in Houston. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more people live alone now than ever before in ... more. Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Houston ...
  
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• Texas Medical Center, Houston's energy industry in talks on data science collaboration - Houston Chronicle

  01-03-2018 19:55
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  Texas Medical Center, Houston's energy industry in talks on data science collaboration
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  William McKeon, the next president of the Texas Medical Center, meets with a delegation from China interested in building a large medical city in the Hunan Province of China, inside the TMC offices, Thursday, ... more. Photo: Mark Mulligan, Staff ...and more »
  
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• Texas Monthly names new editor amid controversies

  01-03-2018 19:19 via chron.com
  Austin-based Texas Monthly, the award-winning magazine that covers politics and culture in the Lone Star State, has a new face at the helm, at least temporarily. Rich Oppel, who had been brought on last month as the publication's first ombudsman, is now the interim editor-in-chief, effective as of early May.
  
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• Houston immigration attorney named vice dean of city's consular corps

  01-03-2018 19:09 via chron.com
  Charles Foster, a Houston immigration attorney who advised President George W. Bush on the issue, was named vice dean of the city's consular corps Thursday.
  
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• Cause of fumes determined after 40 students hospitalized in Third Ward school

  01-03-2018 18:59 via chron.com
  More than 40 students were transported to area hospitals Thursday afternoon after their Third Ward school reported a gas leak in the building. However, CenterPoint Energy has confirmed that the illness reported by the students was related to a roof repair and fumes from tar being used.
  
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• Almost 10 ill after gas leak reported at Midtown-area school

  01-03-2018 18:59 via chron.com
  Almost 10 people became sick Thursday morning after their Midtown-area school reported a gas leak in the building.
  
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• Texans in free agency: Lots of money, lots of holes - Houston Chronicle

  01-03-2018 18:45
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  Texans in free agency: Lots of money, lots of holes
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  With no first- or second-round picks, new Texans general manager Brian Gaine may opt for free agency to fill some glaring needs in the offensive line and secondary. The Texans are flush with salary cap space this offseason. With no first- or second ...and more »
  
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• Houston man charged with killing girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter

  01-03-2018 18:02 via chron.com
  A 20-year-old Houston man has been charged with murder, accused of throwing his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter against a wall, killing her, according to prosecutors.Andres Enrique Bonilla is charged with felony murder, accused of the felony of child abuse which led to the death of the Madison Brooks on Nov. 21.
  
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• Mom, Infant Son Killed in Houston Crash; Woman Charged - U.S. News & World Report

  01-03-2018 17:45
  Mom, Infant Son Killed in Houston Crash; Woman Charged
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  A 20-year-old Galveston County woman has been charged with two counts of intoxicated manslaughter after authorities say her speeding SUV slammed into a car on an Interstate 45 service road, killing a Houston woman and her 3-month-old child. March 1 ...and more »
  
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• TSU police employee says university retaliated after she raised sexual harassment complaints

  01-03-2018 17:36 via chron.com
  Last year, after her reports of unwanted touches, sexual comments and hugs from Texas Southern University's then-police chief, the top cop resigned. Now, in a federal lawsuit filed last week, Roberta Gibson, still employed within the university police department as a project coordinator, accuses new chief Mary Young of retaliating against her because she spoke publicly about her complaints. Gibson said she has felt some solidarity in the #MeToo movement in which people have shared stories o
  
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• TSU police employee says university retaliated after raising sexual harassment complaints

  01-03-2018 17:36 via chron.com
  Last year, after her reports of unwanted touches, sexual comments and hugs from Texas Southern University's then-police chief, the top cop resigned. Now, in a federal lawsuit filed last week, Roberta Gibson, still employed within the university police department as a project coordinator, accuses new chief Mary Young of retaliating against her because she spoke publicly about her complaints. Gibson said she has felt some solidarity in the #MeToo movement in which people have shared stories o
  
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• GOP judge who overturned Texas sodomy law dies

  01-03-2018 17:18 via chron.com
  Judge Paul Clarence Murphy III, one of two Republican judges on the 14th Court of Appeals who ruled in 2000 that the 100- year-old Texas sodomy law was unconstitutional has died, his family said Thursday.Murphy, then chief justice of the 14th Court of Appeals, gained national notoriety and disdain from his party after writing the landmark decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with in 2003.
  
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• "Courageous" Houston GOP judge who overturned Texas sodomy law dies

  01-03-2018 17:18 via chron.com
  Judge Paul Clarence Murphy III, one of two Republican judges on the 14th Court of Appeals who ruled in 2000 that the 100- year-old Texas sodomy law was unconstitutional has died, his family said Thursday.Murphy, then chief justice of the 14th Court of Appeals, gained national notoriety and disdain from his party after writing the landmark decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with in 2003.
  
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• Burgerim gourmet burger chain plans 12 more Houston-area locations - Chron.com

  01-03-2018 17:17
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  Burgerim gourmet burger chain plans 12 more Houston-area locations
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  Burgerim, a Los Angeles-based gourmet burger chain, will add a dozen locations in the Houston area as part of a plan to grow to 130 stores by year end. The chain is offering specials at its two Houston-area locations, Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress ...and more »
  
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• Heights bones case police report released

  01-03-2018 17:16 via chron.com
  Documents reveal new details in the case of Mary Cerruti, the Heights woman whose skeleton was found between the walls of her house.
  
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• Texas Wesleyan fires baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat after controversial email

  01-03-2018 16:58 via chron.com
  Gavin Bell, 18, is an aspiring college athlete who has captured the country's attention after a surprising email he received from Texas Wesleyan's baseball coach went viral.
  
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• Colorado high school student who received surprising email from Texas Wesleyan coach speaks out

  01-03-2018 16:58 via chron.com
  Gavin Bell, 18, is an aspiring college athlete who has captured the country's attention after a surprising email he received from Texas Wesleyan's baseball coach went viral.
  
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• Bobby Brown on Whitney Houston's death: Drugs didn't kill her - CNN - CNN

  01-03-2018 16:49
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  Bobby Brown on Whitney Houston's death: Drugs didn't kill her - CNN
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  Six years after Whitney Houston's death, her ex-husband says he doesn't think drugs played a part in the superstar's accidental drowning, which a coroner ruled also owed in part to the effects of "cocaine use."
  Bobby Brown doesn't think drugs killed Whitney HoustonQ13 FOX
  Bobby Brown Doesn't Think Whitney Houston ''Died From Drugs,'' Plus More Shocking ConfessionsE! Online
  Bobby Brown Doesn't Think Drugs Killed Whitney
  
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• Research shows lungs heal more slowly in space, a problem NASA must fix before trip to Mars

  01-03-2018 16:45 via chron.com
  Preliminary results of a University of Texas Medical Branch study indicates that lung tissue heals more slowly in zero gravity, which will prove problematic for long-term space travel.
  
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• Atlanta United at Houston Dynamo: Three Questions - Dirty South Soccer (blog)

  01-03-2018 16:12
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  Atlanta United at Houston Dynamo: Three Questions
  Dirty South Soccer (blog)
  To get everyone ready for Atlanta United's opening match of the 2018 season, we spoke with Dynamo Theory's Derek Stowers to get his take on Houston's terrific 2017, a recent player rumor, and the Dynamo's offseason. DSS: The Dynamo had a great playoff ...
  Atlanta United: Three questions answered about HoustonMyAJCall 3 news articles »
  
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• Florida police seen wrangling nine-foot-long alligator

  01-03-2018 16:10 via chron.com
  A Florida police department was called to an apartment complex Monday to remove a 9-foot-long alligator.
  
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• L.A. Clippers Center DeAndre Jordan Selling Modern Malibu Estate for $6.5M

  01-03-2018 16:00 via chron.com
  DeAndre Jordan has put his 4,600-square-foot, ultramodern estate in Malibu, CA, on the market for $6.5 million. He'd bought it just 14 months earlier.
  
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• Move over, Mavis Beacon. David Lynch is teaching typing now.

  01-03-2018 15:16 via chron.com
  Typing is a critical skill to know in the computer age. And if you just haven't gotten around to learning it by now, who better to teach you than surrealist filmmaker David Lynch?
  
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• One dead in triple shooting at Greater Third Ward motel

  01-03-2018 15:13 via chron.com
  One person died and two more were wounded in a shooting at a Greater Third Ward motel Thursday morning.
  
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• Houston HS basketball primer: March 2 - Chron.com

  01-03-2018 15:02
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  Houston HS basketball primer: March 2
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  1. Deer Park boys doing it well. The Deer Park boys did something they hadn't done in the playoffs in 40 years last week, claiming an area-round victory with a 46-40 upset of District 23-6A champion Dawson, but they weren't satisfied. They followed it ...
  
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• DOJ Sues Houston Over Discrimination Against Female Firefighters - Governing

  01-03-2018 14:36
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  DOJ Sues Houston Over Discrimination Against Female Firefighters
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  The Justice Department has sued the city of Houston over sex discrimination claims launched by two female firefighters who say their male coworkers tormented them by urinating on the women's bathroom walls and sinks and scrawling vulgar slurs on their ...
  DOJ Sues Houston over Sex Discrimination ClaimsFirehouse.com (press release) (blog)
  Houston disputing sex bias allegations in feder
  
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• Nick Wright: The Houston Rockets are absolutely the best team in the NBA - FOXSports.com

  01-03-2018 14:32
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  Nick Wright: The Houston Rockets are absolutely the best team in the NBA
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  Reflecting on the Rockets earning their 14th straight win with a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, Nick Wright reveals to Chris Broussard and Jenna Wolfe why he believes Houston is the best team in the NBA. Do you agree with Nick? First Things ...
  LOOK: Rockets assure Clippers don't use secret tunnels to enter Houston lockerCBSSports.com
  Rockets crush Clippers for 14th consecutive winHousto
  
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• Monument Quilt Blankets Rothko Chapel for International Women's Day - Houston Press

  01-03-2018 14:22
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  Monument Quilt Blankets Rothko Chapel for International Women's Day
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  Not long after activist group FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture tricked the internet into believing that Victoria's Secret was debuting a "Pink Loves Consent" line of panties, the Rothko Chapel's future director of programs and community engagement, Ashley ...
  
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• There's still time to weigh in on Houston's proposed rules for building in the floodplain - Chron.com

  01-03-2018 13:06
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  There's still time to weigh in on Houston's proposed rules for building in the floodplain
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  There's still time to weigh in on Houston's proposed rules for building in the floodplain. By Mike Morris. Updated 8:01 am, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Flooding from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region with up ...
  
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• Want to track federal Harvey spending? Texas has a tool for that

  01-03-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Curious how much the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent on Hurricane Harvey relief? The governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas has a tool for that.
  
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