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• High-Profile Lawyer Joins Houston Firefighters In Dispute Over Pay Parity With Police - Houston Public Media

  10-12-2018 23:51
  High-Profile Lawyer Joins Houston Firefighters In Dispute Over Pay Parity With Police  Houston Public MediaHouston attorney Tony Buzbee says he wants mediation with Mayor Sylvester Turner's administration.
  
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• Mugshots: Houstonians behind bars for murder in 2018

  10-12-2018 23:18 via chron.com
  About five dozen people in Houston – including husbands, mothers and strangers – are facing murder charges so far in 2018.
  
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• Alex Bregman, Houston-area mascots take 'The Stare' to another level of awesome - KPRC Click2Houston

  10-12-2018 23:06
  Alex Bregman, Houston-area mascots take 'The Stare' to another level of awesome  KPRC Click2HoustonHouston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is known for his stare following big hits during the 2018 season.
  
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• Two-Day, Two-Game Trip Starts Tuesday In Houston - Trailblazers.com

  10-12-2018 23:04
  Two-Day, Two-Game Trip Starts Tuesday In Houston  Trailblazers.comAfter getting wins in both games of a two-game homestand, the Trail Blazers will try to do the same thing away from home as they embark on a two-game, ...
  
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• Second-to-last 'Texas 7' escapee gets March execution date - Chron

  10-12-2018 22:51
  Second-to-last 'Texas 7' escapee gets March execution date  ChronThe second-to-last surviving 'Texas 7' escapee now has a date with death. Patrick Murphy, who was convicted under the controversial law of parties after ...
  
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• Second-to-last 'Texas 7' escapee gets March execution date

  10-12-2018 22:24 via chron.com
  Patrick Murphy, who was convicted under the law of parties after playing lookout during a deadly store robbery, is scheduled for execution March 28, according to Texas prison spokesman Jeremy Desel.
  
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• Video: Car erupts in flames at east Houston gas station - Chron

  10-12-2018 21:42
  Video: Car erupts in flames at east Houston gas station  ChronVideo from an east Houston gas station captured a close call Monday as a car sitting at a pump burst into flames. The video, captured by Twitter user ...
  
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• Video: Car erupts in flames at east Houston gas station

  10-12-2018 21:42 via chron.com
  Police officers spotted the car fully engulfed around noon and frantically asked for Houston firefighters to tap out the blaze.
  
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• Texas prisons to start 3D-printing dentures for toothless inmates - Chron.com

  10-12-2018 21:38
  Texas prisons to start 3D-printing dentures for toothless inmates  Chron.comDavid Ford has teeth. They're not real, and they're prison issued. But the 58-year old wants you to see them, flashing a full smile at every opportunity.
  
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• Murder charges filed in 'carnival mafia' case linked to 2 Texas suspects

  10-12-2018 21:23 via chron.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Three carnival workers have been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Kansas fair whose bodies were found days later in shallow graves in a national forest in Arkansas.
  The Kansas Attorney General said 52-year-old Kimberly Younger, of McIntosh, Florida; 54-year-old Michael Fowler Jr., of Sarasota, Florida; and 35-year-old Rusty Frasier, of Aransas Pass, Texas, are jailed on $1 million bond in Arkansas, where they also face charges.
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• Major cargo airline operator expands at Houston airport to serve North and South America - Houston Business Journal

  10-12-2018 21:22
  Major cargo airline operator expands at Houston airport to serve North and South America  Houston Business JournalRussia-based Volga-Dnepr Group, a major cargo airline operator, is expanding its presence at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to improve ...
  
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• Randalls to shutter Katy store, its seventh Houston-area closure this year - Chron

  10-12-2018 20:24
  Randalls to shutter Katy store, its seventh Houston-area closure this year  ChronRandalls is shuttering its seventh local store this year as the longtime Houston grocery chain continues to struggle in the city's hyper-competitive market.
  
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• Again? Yet another giant spool falls off truck and rolls down a busy Houston highway - Belleville News-Democrat

  10-12-2018 20:22
  Again? Yet another giant spool falls off truck and rolls down a busy Houston highway  Belleville News-DemocratHouston is on a roll. For the third time since Oct. 25, a giant industrial spool fell off a truck and rolled down a busy Houston highway, scaring drivers in its path.
  
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• Unbeaten Cougars vault into national rankings - Chron

  10-12-2018 20:06
  Unbeaten Cougars vault into national rankings  ChronOff to the school's best start in a half century, the University of Houston made its season debut in the men's national college basketball rankings Monday.
  
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• Houston's Sarah Grace is bringing blues to 'The Voice' semifinals - Chron

  10-12-2018 19:51
  Houston's Sarah Grace is bringing blues to 'The Voice' semifinals  ChronSarah Grace has the blues. And it just might win her "The Voice." The 15-year-old singer from Houston performs tonight during the semifinals. And she's coming ...
  
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• Texans practicing outside to prep for cold-weather games - Chron

  10-12-2018 19:45
  Texans practicing outside to prep for cold-weather games  ChronThe Texans plan to practice outside this week as they prepare for cold, rainy conditions moving forward. That will begin Saturday on the road against the New ...
  
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• HPD: Gunmen rob 8 people at Spring Branch meat market - Chron

  10-12-2018 19:43
  HPD: Gunmen rob 8 people at Spring Branch meat market  ChronHPD is searching for three masked gunmen caught on video robbing eight people at a Spring Branch-area meat market. The men ambushed employees and ...
  
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• Two charged with tampering after body found in blanket at SW Houston motel - Chron

  10-12-2018 19:35
  Two charged with tampering after body found in blanket at SW Houston motel  ChronTwo people are now wanted after police found a woman's body wrapped in a blanket at a southwest Houston motel in August. Andre Garner and Kalyone ...
  
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• Two charged with tampering after body found in blanket at SW Houston motel

  10-12-2018 19:35 via chron.com
  A Missouri City man is wanted after police said he allegedly wrapped a woman's dead body in a blanket at a Houston motel in August.
  
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• Is yours on the list? Houston’s Top Ten Stolen Vehicles in November - Houston Chronicle

  10-12-2018 19:28
  Is yours on the list? Houston’s Top Ten Stolen Vehicles in November  Houston Chronicle With holidays just around the corner, you might find yourself finishing up shopping or visiting family only to realize your vehicle is gone from where you parked.
  
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• Is yours on the list? Houston's Top Ten Stolen Vehicles in November - Chron

  10-12-2018 19:28
  Is yours on the list? Houston's Top Ten Stolen Vehicles in November  ChronWith holidays just around the corner, you might find yourself finishing up shopping or visiting family only to realize your vehicle is gone from where you parked.
  
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• Is yours on the list? Houston’s Top Ten Stolen Vehicles in November

  10-12-2018 19:28 via chron.com
  With holidays just around the corner, you might find yourself finishing up shopping or visiting family only to realize your vehicle is gone from where you parked.
  
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• Houston’s latest deluge fits into alarming trend toward more extreme rainfall - Washington Post

  10-12-2018 19:26
  Houston’s latest deluge fits into alarming trend toward more extreme rainfall  Washington PostSince 1970, Houston's average yearly rainfall has ticked up from 47 inches to about 53.
  
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• LyondellBasell starts contract talks with Houston refinery workers - Chron

  10-12-2018 18:50
  LyondellBasell starts contract talks with Houston refinery workers  ChronLyondellBasell has launched contract talks with 483 union workers at its Houston refinery, roughly three years after they and thousands of other refinery workers ...
  
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• Here is how Houston will fare after the infamous Amazon snub, says expert - CultureMap Houston

  10-12-2018 18:31
  Here is how Houston will fare after the infamous Amazon snub, says expert  CultureMap HoustonWho needs Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters? That's the sentiment of the head honcho of The Woodlands master-planned community, who believes.
  
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• UH's Ed Oliver named third-team All-American - Chron

  10-12-2018 18:30
  UH's Ed Oliver named third-team All-American  ChronUniversity of Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver was named third-team Associated Press All-American on Monday. Oliver, who is projected as a top-10 pick in ...
  
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• Naval Air Station Corpus Christi could be re-named after Bush 41

  10-12-2018 17:59 via chron.com
  The former pilot joined the Navy when he was 18 and earned his wings at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi days before his 19th birthday.
  
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• Enbridge Energy Partners merger vote to take place in Houston - Chron

  10-12-2018 17:15
  Enbridge Energy Partners merger vote to take place in Houston  ChronThere may be one less master limited partnership trading on the New York Stock Exchange by this time next week. Shareholders of Enbridge Energy Partners ...
  
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• Tillerson sounds off on Trump at Houston fundraiser - Houston Business Journal

  10-12-2018 15:52
  Tillerson sounds off on Trump at Houston fundraiser  Houston Business JournalTillerson was speaking in Houston at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson's "Conversation With a Living Legend" charity event Dec. 6. His comments were the ...
  
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• Houston developer pays city $5.8 million for road access in Memorial City - Houston Business Journal

  10-12-2018 15:19
  Houston developer pays city $5.8 million for road access in Memorial City  Houston Business JournalIn September, Houston-based MetroNational paid the city of Houston $5.8 million for the rights of way to sections of three of streets surrounding its Memorial City ...
  
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• Houston's sublease availability has plummeted since 2016 - Houston Business Journal

  10-12-2018 15:17
  Houston's sublease availability has plummeted since 2016  Houston Business JournalA steady flow of office deals — combined with companies taking sublease space off the market — has improved the Houston office market's fundamentals.
  
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• Houston and Austin barbecue elite duke it out and Longview wins the meaty battle - Chron

  10-12-2018 14:40
  Houston and Austin barbecue elite duke it out and Longview wins the meaty battle  ChronOn Sunday afternoon Houston and Austin-area barbecue masters duked it out in Texas' capital and a joint from East Texas (Longview to be exact) took home ...
  
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• Fire guts residence in Acres Homes

  10-12-2018 14:21 via chron.com
  The Houston Fire Department arrived at the home, at Tower and Ferguson Way, around 5:30 a.m.
  
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• Chase Bank ATM targeted in Oak Forest

  10-12-2018 13:31 via chron.com
  The thieves pulled the ATM out of its base at the Chase Bank on 43rd and Ella around 3:30 a.m., according to Metro Video.
  
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• Houston police arrest two in separate car chases - Chron

  10-12-2018 13:23
  Houston police arrest two in separate car chases  ChronTwo chases ended in arrests in different parts of Houston Monday morning, police said. The first chase ended before 1:02 a.m. at Court Glen Drive and ...
  
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• Houston police arrest two in separate car chases

  10-12-2018 13:23 via chron.com
  Two chases ended in arrests in different parts of Houston Monday morning, police said.
  
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• SWAT scene ends peacefully in west Houston - Chron

  10-12-2018 13:11
  SWAT scene ends peacefully in west Houston  ChronA SWAT standoff ended peacefully in west Houston Monday morning after a man threatening suicide came out of his home at officers' request, police said.
  
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• SWAT scene ends peacefully in west Houston

  10-12-2018 13:11 via chron.com
  Police arrived at the man's home at 6300 Beverly Hill, in the Woodlake/Briar Meadow area, sometime after 1:45 a.m.
  
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• Two men shot during disturbance in Gulfton

  10-12-2018 12:56 via chron.com
  Officers arrived at an apartment complex in the 5800 block of Clarewood after they heard reports of a shooting, around 2:15 a.m.
  
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• Things To Do: More Houston Christmas Theater Offerings, Part II - Houston Press

  10-12-2018 12:30
  Things To Do: More Houston Christmas Theater Offerings, Part II  Houston PressThe Huston Press reviews three more holiday theater offerings with Hansel and Gretel, Elf and Who's Holiday.
  
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• More than a movie: The Green Book and Houston in the Jim Crow era

  10-12-2018 10:20 via chron.com
  Here in Houston and Galveston a handful of places that were listed in the green guide are still standing.
  
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• Texas prisons to start 3D-printing dentures for toothless inmates

  10-12-2018 07:00 via chron.com
  David Ford has teeth.They’re not real, and they’re prison issued. But the 58-year old wants you to see them, flashing a full smile at every opportunity. “I feel like I’m back,” he said.The Harris County man waited four years before finally getting his dentures in November after a Houston Chronicle investigation revealed that toothless inmates in Texas prisons were routinely denied dental prosthetics and instead forced to gum their food or drink it, pureed in cups.Bu
  
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• Pool debate dividing Heights community group

  10-12-2018 07:00 via chron.com
  A proposed membership-only swimming pool in the Heights is making a splash among critics who worry about equal access to the facility. The pool would be located in a field owned by Lodge 88, a local branch of the Czech community organization SPJST (short for Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas). For members of the 108-year-old organization designed to promote the Czech culture, the swimming pool represents the future of the Beall Street lodge. But while some see the promise of a financiall
  
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• Houston executive pleads guilty to lying about lawmakers’ trip to Baku

  10-12-2018 07:00 via chron.com
  Ten U.S. lawmakers visited capital of Azerbaijan in 2013, including four from Texas. Their expenses were secretly funded by the country’s state oil company.
  
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• A cheeky ‘Harry Potter’ experience comes to Houston - Houston Chronicle

  10-12-2018 07:00
  A cheeky ‘Harry Potter’ experience comes to Houston  Houston Chronicle Potted Potter” involves Dan Clarkson and Jefferson Turner playing different characters at a quick-fire pace and peppered with throw-away gags and jokes.
  
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• Clerk at NE Houston smoke shop says teens pulled gun out on her and stole hundreds of dollars - KTRK-TV

  10-12-2018 06:12
  Clerk at NE Houston smoke shop says teens pulled gun out on her and stole hundreds of dollars  KTRK-TVMaria Lopez thought three young customers were coming in to make a purchase at a smoke shop on Jensen. But then she said, "He pulled out his gun."
  
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• Plane tied to FSU’s Taggart in Houston: ’Noles recruiting or hiring OC? - Tomahawk Nation

  10-12-2018 05:10
  Plane tied to FSU’s Taggart in Houston: ’Noles recruiting or hiring OC?  Tomahawk NationUpdate (12/11, 1:39 am EST): After spending a second-straight evening in Houston (which has not been normal, as noted in the previous update), a flight plan ...
  
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• 7-year-old boy injured during Houston-area drive-by shooting - KBTX

  10-12-2018 02:21
  7-year-old boy injured during Houston-area drive-by shooting  KBTXAuthorities say a 7-year-old boy was expected to make a full recovery after being injured during a Houston-area drive-by shooting.
  
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• Problems persist across Houston area following wet weekend weather - KHOU.com

  10-12-2018 01:26
  Problems persist across Houston area following wet weekend weather  KHOU.comKINGWOOD, Texas — The rain has ended but high-water concerns continue in many parts of the Houston area. Lake Conroe in Montgomery County is still ...
  
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