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• Police investigating fatal hit-and-run in southeast Houston

  01-11-2018 23:52 via chron.com
  Officers are searching for the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian Thursday in southeast Houston.
  
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• Bicyclist dead after veering into car in southeast Houston

  01-11-2018 23:52 via chron.com
  A bicyclist died Thursday after veering into the path of a car in southeast Houston.
  
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• Dog shoots hunter in back

  01-11-2018 23:40 via chron.com
  Charlie the mutt shot his owner in the back last week, but he didn't mean it.
  
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• Are you paying too much for utilities? New study lets Texans compare

  01-11-2018 22:25 via chron.com
  Texans are paying some of the cheapest utility bills in the nation.
  
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• Nobi Public House owners doubling down with new restaurant in Webster

  01-11-2018 21:52 via chron.com
  Hyde Park Wood Fired Kitchen will serve wood-grilled pizzas, braised meats, and more.
  
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• Woman found dead in northeast Houston home

  01-11-2018 21:51 via chron.com
  Houston police officers were asked to do a welfare check on a woman inside a home in the 8900 block of Compton Street.
  
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• Prison investigators close probe into claim officers planted drill bits in inmate's cell

  01-11-2018 21:44 via chron.com
  Months after a Texas prisoner alleged corrections officers planted drill bits in his cell, investigators have closed the case without any arrests.
  
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• Robber in gorilla costume holds up Texas home at gunpoint, cops say

  01-11-2018 21:31 via chron.com
  Texas police are searching for a suspect they said robbed an apartment while wearing a gorilla costume.
  
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• Alley Theatre hires Rob Melrose as new artistic director

  01-11-2018 20:51 via chron.com
  In perhaps the most significant hiring of an arts leader in Houston this year, the Alley Theatre has selected Rob Melrose as its new artistic director.
  
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• Rabid bat found in Austin elementary student's jacket pocket

  01-11-2018 20:24 via chron.com
  An elementary school student in Austin appears to have gotten a little too into the Halloween spirit last week.
  
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• Conor McGregor lands in Houston, says cheers to Tilman Fertitta

  01-11-2018 19:49 via chron.com
  Houston billionaire entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta may have an extremely busy schedule but he made time on Thursday to roll with the punches as former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor paid him a visit at his Landry's Inc. Galleria-area headquarters.
  
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• Houston woman fatally shot while helping with Hurricane Michael recovery in Florida

  01-11-2018 19:03 via chron.com
  Fort Walton Beach police identified the deceased woman as 24-year-old Aija Hunter.
  
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• Number of officer-involved shootings continues to decline

  01-11-2018 17:45 via chron.com
  There have been at least 14 officer-involved shootings in the Houston area this year, with the most recent on Oct. 27 when a Houston cop fatally shot a man in Kingwood.
  
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• Flight suit worn by Neil Armstrong during Gemini program sold for $87,500

  01-11-2018 17:37 via chron.com
  DALLAS -- Bidders dropped about $60,000 on Neil Armstrong's Boy Scout memorabilia an hour into the sale of the first man on the moon's personal collection.
  
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• $60,000 made in first hour of Neil Armstrong auction in Dallas

  01-11-2018 17:37 via chron.com
  DALLAS -- Bidders dropped about $60,000 on Neil Armstrong's boy scout memorabilia an hour into the sale of the first man on the moon's personal collection.
  
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• Season's greetings: Here's a look at Starbucks new holiday cups

  01-11-2018 17:28 via chron.com
  Starting Friday order your favorite seasonal flavors in a cheerful holiday cup.
  
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• Texas candidate for Congress says opponent's campaign harassed her kids

  01-11-2018 17:27 via chron.com
  A Democratic candidate running for Congress says members of her opponent's campaign threw candy at her kids.
  
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• Houston Zoo Lights to be flipped on Nov. 17

  01-11-2018 16:20 via chron.com
  For the first time in Zoo Lights history, Santa Claus will be on hand on select nights to take photos with families and get last minute Christmas requests.
  
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• Pumpkin thieves, adorable trick-or-treaters captured on doorbell videos on Halloween

  01-11-2018 16:16 via chron.com
  For some reason, a few boys felt the need to destroy or steal Halloween decorations, while some children couldn't help but look adorable in their costumes.
  
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• While U.S. troops deploy to Mexico border, photos show it's not a war zone

  01-11-2018 15:55 via chron.com
  Using FBI crime statistics, the think tank's 2018 study found that U.S. border counties have lower crimes rates than that of inland counties.
  
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• Beto O'Rourke cashes fat checks from Hollywood celebs

  01-11-2018 15:34 via chron.com
  The Democratic candidate may be behind in the polls but that's not stopping some of Tinseltown's biggest names from betting their bottom dollar on his campaign.
  
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• YMCA of Greater Houston offering free child care on Election Day

  01-11-2018 15:14 via chron.com
  Dubbed Election Day Child Watch, the YMCA says the goal is to encourage civic engagement. Drop-in care is only for a maximum of 2 hours and available for children ages 6 months to 11 years old.
  
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• Federal appeals court turns down Houston death row inmate convicted of stabbing elderly woman

  01-11-2018 15:13 via chron.com
  A federal appeals court this week rejected the case of a Houston man who's long professed his innocence in the 1992 stabbing death of an elderly woman.
  
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• Weather service confirms multiple Halloween tornadoes in the Houston area

  01-11-2018 14:08 via chron.com
  And the pattern of rainy holidays continues.
  
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• Weather service confirms Halloween tornado touchdown in the Houston area

  01-11-2018 14:08 via chron.com
  And the pattern of rainy holidays continues.
  
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• Building collapses in east downtown

  01-11-2018 13:44 via chron.com
  Authorities arrived at the building near Bastrop and Congress around 6:51 a.m.
  
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• Russia plans to move up next launch to ISS after finding cause of October's abort

  01-11-2018 13:31 via chron.com
  The malfunctioning sensor that caused the aborted launch to the International Space Station last month was damaged when the spacecraft's rocket was assembled, Russian officials said Thursday.
  
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• Waller County identifies deputy killed in crash during severe storms

  01-11-2018 12:30 via chron.com
  A Waller County Sheriff's Office deputy died in a crash during severe storms Wednesday night, a spokesman confirmed.
  
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• Waller County deputy dies in crash during severe storms

  01-11-2018 12:30 via chron.com
  A Waller County Sheriff's Office deputy died in a crash during severe storms Wednesday night, a spokesman confirmed.
  
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• Two burglaries reported overnight at Houston area Target stores

  01-11-2018 12:15 via chron.com
  It's unknown whether the burglaries – in the Uptown area and in Baytown – are connected, police said.
  
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• Homeowner shot during home invasion in Northline

  01-11-2018 11:58 via chron.com
  A homeowner was shot during an attempted home invasion in Northline Wednesday night, police said.
  
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• Justice Department still seeking death penalty in 2013 slaying of San Jacinto County mail carrier

  01-11-2018 06:00 via chron.com
  The Justice Department rejected a plea offer and will continue to pursue the death penalty against a San Jacinto County man accused of killing a postal worker and burning her body, a prosecutor told a federal judge Wednesday in Houston.This was welcome news for the 52-year-old victim’s husband and two adult sons who are both mail carriers. In the five years since Eddie “Marie” Youngblood’s death, suspect James Wayne Ham has repeatedly offered to plead guilty in exchange f
  
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• Rare drop in NRA election spending as gun-limit groups rise

  01-11-2018 05:57 via chron.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association — long seen as a kingmaker in Republican politics — is taking a lower profile in this year's high-stakes midterm campaign, a sign of the shifting dynamics of the gun debate as the GOP fights to maintain its grip on Congress.
  The NRA has put $11 million into midterm races this year — less than half what it spent four years ago in an election that gave Republicans full control of Congress. This year's totals are also far belo
  
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• Trump's moves on immigration roil midterm campaign for both parties

  01-11-2018 02:07 via chron.com
  President Donald Trump's vows to end birthright citizenship and dispatch a growing number of troops to the border have scrambled the final days of the midterm campaign for both parties - repelling moderate House Republicans in swing districts but prompting some red-state Senate Democrats to align themselves with Trump's hard-line stances.Those shifting alliances reflect how much Trump - while his party would like to focus on the economy and Democrats want the on spotlight health care - has dicta
  
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• Hate-crime perpetrators often see themselves as heroes, researchers say

  01-11-2018 01:55 via chron.com
  In Kansas, a middle-aged man yells, "Get out of my country!" and shoots dead an Indian-born immigrant. In New York, another man, convinced the white race is being destroyed by interracial marriage, allegedly finds an African-American homeless man and stabs him to death. And on Saturday, in Pittsburgh, police say a man entered a synagogue with an AR-15 rifle, murdered 11 people, then explained his actions to a SWAT officer this way: "They're committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill J
  
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• Early vote totals in at least 17 states already surpass 2014 turnout

  01-11-2018 01:40 via chron.com
  Americans have already voted in record numbers in many states in this year's midterm elections, confirming the heightened interest in the fight for control of Congress and state houses playing out indozens of bitterly contested races. With less than a week remaining until Election Day, voters in at least 17 states surpassed overall early and absentee voting numbers from 2014, according Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida. In some cases, early and absentee
  
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• Authorities in Texas City recover child's body

  01-11-2018 00:41 via chron.com
  Law enforcement officials Wednesday night announced they had recovered the body of a small child near State Highway 146 in Texas City.It was not immediately clear whether the child was the 2-year-old who the College Station Police Department has been searching for and was reported missing Sunday morning.Investigators are working to determine the identity of the child, according to a statement from the Department of Public Safey.The statement added: "This is an active and ongoing collaborative in
  
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• In this Texas case, the Innocence Project sticks up for a prosecutor

  01-11-2018 00:11 via chron.com
  Eric Hillman was an assistant district attorney in Nueces County who was fired in 2014 after refusing to follow a supervisor’s order to hide evidence that was favorable to a defendant in a felony case.
  
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