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• Treebeards in Downtown Houston Now Open On Saturdays - houstonfoodfinder.com

  03-05-2019 23:46 via houstonfoodfinder.com
  Treebeards in Downtown Houston Now Open On Saturdays  houstonfoodfinder.comTreebeards on Travis Street in downtown Houston has finally added some Saturday hours.
  
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• Turner: mediator declares negotiations over Prop B raises at impasse - Chron.com

  03-05-2019 23:36 via chron.com
  Turner: mediator declares negotiations over Prop B raises at impasse  Chron.comHouston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Friday said a judge-appointed mediator has declared negotiations between the city and firefighters union over the ...
  
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• Listen: Gov. Abbott doubles down on sales tax increase

  03-05-2019 23:32 via chron.com
  Gov. Greg Abbott promised that property owners in Texas will see lower tax bills. The Texas House passed a major marijuana reform bill, and Joaquin Castro announced he will not run for U.S. Senate.
  
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• Lake Houston area residents gather for National Day of Prayer in Humble - Chron

  03-05-2019 23:27 via chron.com
  Lake Houston area residents gather for National Day of Prayer in Humble  ChronHumble residents gathered at the Humble Civic Center on Thursday to love one another and to pray for the community and country, city officials said. As part of ...
  
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• Check out new concession items for Rockets-Warriors series - Chron

  03-05-2019 23:26 via chron.com
  Check out new concession items for Rockets-Warriors series  ChronThe Toyota Center is stepping up its game for the Western Conference semifinals with the Golden State Warriors in town. In addition to the always on-point menu ...
  
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• Man shot on Facebook Live defying the odds - KTRK-TV

  03-05-2019 23:20 via abc13.com
  Man shot on Facebook Live defying the odds  KTRK-TVA year ago, Devyn Holmes was recovering in ICU during his birthday after being shot in the head on Facebook Live. This year, his family and friends want to ...
  
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• ESPN's Ryen Russillo: 'I can't stand the Rockets' - Chron

  03-05-2019 23:04 via chron.com
  ESPN's Ryen Russillo: 'I can't stand the Rockets'  ChronRyen Russillo didn't pull any punches about the Rockets on his ESPN podcast this week. After proclaiming himself to be "the least biased there is," Russillo ...
  
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• For starters, Rockets need to start better - Chron

  03-05-2019 23:00 via chron.com
  For starters, Rockets need to start better  ChronAs much as the Rockets, facing an 0-2 deficit as their series against Warriors shifts to Toyota Center, would likely cite the benefits of a fast start on their home ...
  
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• Photos show damage of reported tornado in Central Texas town - Chron.com

  03-05-2019 22:54 via chron.com
  Photos show damage of reported tornado in Central Texas town  Chron.comTornadoes were reported west of La Grange Friday morning, according to the National Weather *Service*. The weather *service* issued tornado warnings in the ...
  
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• Top 12 tacos in Houston - KPRC Click2Houston

  03-05-2019 22:50 via click2houston.com
  Top 12 tacos in Houston  KPRC Click2HoustonHere are the Top 12 taco spots in the Houston area, according to Good Taste.
  
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• Houston Gains a New State-of-the-Art International Headquarters – DHI Telecom - Yahoo Finance

  03-05-2019 22:44 via finance.yahoo.com
  Houston Gains a New State-of-the-Art International Headquarters – DHI Telecom  Yahoo FinanceDHI Telecom celebrated the grand opening of its new corporate headquarters in Houston on Friday, April 26, 2019, a milestone for this rising star in wireless ...
  
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• Orlando Pride Travels to Houston for Sunday Match - Orlando City SC

  03-05-2019 22:42 via orlandocitysc.com
  Orlando Pride Travels to Houston for Sunday Match  Orlando City SCORLANDO, Fla. (May 3, 2019) - Orlando Pride (0-3-1, 1 point) heads back on the road to face the Houston Dash (1-1-1, 4 points) on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 6 ...
  
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• Victim's group praises indictment of Houston-area priest - Star Tribune

  03-05-2019 22:06 via startribune.com
  Victim's group praises indictment of Houston-area priest  Star TribuneA victim advocacy group said Friday the indictment of a Houston-area Roman Catholic priest on child indecency charges sends a message that "those who hurt ...
  
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• Urban South Brewery to Open Satellite Brewery in Houston - Brewbound.com

  03-05-2019 22:00 via brewbound.com
  Urban South Brewery to Open Satellite Brewery in Houston  Brewbound.comHOUSTON — Urban South Brewery has selected Houston as the location for the company's first foray outside of Louisiana. The New Orleans-based brewery's ...
  
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• Tornado warnings plague communities west of Houston as severe weather rolls through area - Chron

  03-05-2019 21:54 via chron.com
  Tornado warnings plague communities west of Houston as severe weather rolls through area  ChronAs severe storms push through the Houston area, there has been at least one confirmed tornado west of the city, authorities say. A confirmed tornado touched ...
  
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• Tornado Warning Prompts Shelter In Place For School Districts - Houston, TX Patch

  03-05-2019 21:24 via patch.com
  Tornado Warning Prompts Shelter In Place For School Districts  Houston, TX PatchHeavy Rain Moves Through Houston - Houston, TX - Severe storms and heavy rain pounded Houston Friday. More severe weather is possible overnight, ...
  
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• Lawsuit Alleges Former Pub Fiction Manager Sexually Assaulted Former Employee - Eater Houston

  03-05-2019 21:01 via houston.eater.com
  Lawsuit Alleges Former Pub Fiction Manager Sexually Assaulted Former Employee  Eater HoustonIn a lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court this week, a woman alleges that a former employee of popular Houston bar Pub Fiction sexually assaulted her.
  
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• H-E-B president discusses poverty, feeding the Houston community - Chron.com

  03-05-2019 20:59 via chron.com
  H-E-B president discusses poverty, feeding the Houston community  Chron.comSupplying healthy food and raising awareness for families in need are missions that H-E-B president Scott McClelland shares with Cypress Assistance Ministries ...
  
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• Local Lens Houston – Food Tours of Houston - KHOU.com

  03-05-2019 20:53 via khou.com
  Local Lens Houston – Food Tours of Houston  KHOU.comRide along with Cristina Kooker and Ralph Garcia in the new YouTube series, Local Lens Houston. Experience all Houston has to offer with this wacky duo...
  
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• Daily nonstop service to Houston now available from Reno - KOLO

  03-05-2019 20:51 via kolotv.com
  Daily nonstop service to Houston now available from Reno  KOLORENO, NV (KOLO) - Reno-Tahoe International Airport has announced United Airlines has expanded its *service* between Reno and Houston's George Bush ...
  
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• Tornado warnings in effect around Houston area - KTRK-TV

  03-05-2019 20:32 via abc13.com
  Tornado warnings in effect around Houston area  KTRK-TVA round of strong storms is moving through southeast Texas, prompting tornado warnings around the area.
  
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• Houston News Veteran Capella Tucker Fondly Remembered By Colleagues - Houston Public Media

  03-05-2019 20:27 via houstonpublicmedia.org
  Houston News Veteran Capella Tucker Fondly Remembered By Colleagues  Houston Public MediaFormer Houston Public Media Director of *Content* Capella Tucker Plourde passed away this week at the age of 48. A beloved leader and colleague, she started ...
  
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• Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo takes bilingual approach to hurricane warning billboards

  03-05-2019 20:04 via chron.com
  Chambers County Commissioner Mark Tice publicly criticized Hidalgo's use of Spanish at press conferences about the ITC fire in Deer Park.
  
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• NHL commissioner: No active efforts to bring team to Houston - Houston Chronicle

  03-05-2019 20:03 via houstonchronicle.com
  NHL commissioner: No active efforts to bring team to Houston  Houston Chronicle NEW YORK — There aren't any active efforts to bring an NHL team to Houston. That's the word from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman during a meeting Friday ...
  
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• Readers share what they love (and hate) most about Houston - Chron.com

  03-05-2019 19:56 via chron.com
  Readers share what they love (and hate) most about Houston  Chron.comThe flourishing restaurant scene and pop-cultural boom Houston is experiencing right now are just two major phenomenons that are drawing national attention ...
  
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• What Did Houston Tourism Look Like in 2018? - Houstonia Magazine

  03-05-2019 19:26 via houstoniamag.com
  What Did Houston Tourism Look Like in 2018?  Houstonia MagazineFrom food halls to Texas-shaped pools to world-class sports teams and conventions, the world finally seems aware that Houston is, in fact, a travel-worth ...
  
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• Houston-area ambulance operator must serve 5 years for fraud - Crossroads Today

  03-05-2019 19:03 via crossroadstoday.com
  Houston-area ambulance operator must serve 5 years for fraud  Crossroads TodayA businessman who operated an ambulance company in the Houston area must serve more than five years in federal prison for running what prosecutors call a ...
  
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• Shelter in place lifted after gas leak reported in Shenandoah - Chron

  03-05-2019 19:02 via chron.com
  Shelter in place lifted after gas leak reported in Shenandoah  ChronA shelter in place has been issued following reports of a gas leak in Shenandoah. Shenandoah Police and officials with the Montgomery County Office of ...
  
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• Former Rockets star Ralph Sampson hosts Houston pitch competition - Chron.com

  03-05-2019 18:52 via chron.com
  Former Rockets star Ralph Sampson hosts Houston pitch competition  Chron.comBasketball Hall of Famer and former Rockets star Ralph Sampson hosted a business pitch competition in Houston on Thursday, awarding $35,000 to the top ...
  
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• Texans work out ex-Jaguars WR Rashad Greene - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:49 via chron.com
  Texans work out ex-Jaguars WR Rashad Greene  ChronThe Texans worked out former Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Rashad Greene, according to a league source not authorized to speak publicly.
  
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• Are you outspending the average Houston household budget? - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:49 via chron.com
  Are you outspending the average Houston household budget?  ChronHow well do you budget your money? And how does it compare to average costs for those necessary, monthly expenses in Houston?
  
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• Are you outspending the average Houston household budget?

  03-05-2019 18:49 via chron.com
  See if you are outspending the average Houston household budget, including on items such as clothing, groceries, and rent.
  
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• A hearty Texas Inc. welcome to our OTC visitors - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:41 via chron.com
  A hearty Texas Inc. welcome to our OTC visitors  ChronThis week's Texas Inc. is a salute to the 51st annual Offshore Technology Conference, which is bringing tens of thousands of the energy industry's best and ...
  
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• Houston Astros slugger George Springer 'disciplined' over apparent anti-gay slur directed at umpire: report - Fox News

  03-05-2019 18:38 via foxnews.com
  Houston Astros slugger George Springer 'disciplined' over apparent anti-gay slur directed at umpire: report  Fox NewsHouston Astros star George Springer reportedly faced punishment for a verbal tirade in which he appeared to call an umpire a “f-----g c-------er.”
  
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• Harris County judge approves 'actual innocence' finding for former death row inmate Alfred Brown

  03-05-2019 18:38 via chron.com
  Four years after Alfred Dewayne Brown was freed from prison and 16 years after the crime that sent him there, a Harris County judge on Friday signed the order declaring the former death row inmate actually innocent.
  
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• The fastest speeders busted by DPS in the Houston area so far in 2019 - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:29 via chron.com
  The fastest speeders busted by DPS in the Houston area so far in 2019  ChronEight days into 2019, a driver was caught racing 158 mph down State Highway 288 in Brazoria County. One week later, another driver was caught on Highway ...
  
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• The fastest speeders busted by DPS in the Houston area so far in 2019

  03-05-2019 18:29 via chron.com
  Some drivers almost hit 100 mph over the posted speed limit.
  
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• THE CULT Kicks Off 'A Sonic Temple' Tour In Houston (Video) - BLABBERMOUTH.NET

  03-05-2019 18:28 via blabbermouth.net
  THE CULT Kicks Off 'A Sonic Temple' Tour In Houston (Video)  BLABBERMOUTH.NETTHE CULT kicked off a North American tour in celebration of the 30th anniversary of its "Sonic Temple" album Thursday night (May 2) in Houston, Tex...
  
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• Bond raised for uncle indicted in shooting death of Fort Bend Marshall football player

  03-05-2019 18:27 via chron.com
  A Harris County state district judge has raised the bond of a man accused in the shooting death of his nephew, a Fort Bend Marshall football player.
  
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• Make your reservations now at Houston's top Mother's Day brunch restaurants - Houston Chronicle

  03-05-2019 18:22 via houstonchronicle.com
  Make your reservations now at Houston's top Mother's Day brunch restaurants  Houston Chronicle Taking mom out for Mother's Day? It's time to make your reservations for brunch. However, just like mom, not all Mother's Day menus are created equal.
  
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• Make your reservations now at Houston's top Mother's Day brunch restaurants - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:22 via chron.com
  Make your reservations now at Houston's top Mother's Day brunch restaurants  ChronTaking mom out for Mother's Day? It's time to make your reservations for brunch. However, just like mom, not all Mother's Day menus are created equal.
  
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• 19-year-old wanted in shooting death of Houston Yellow Cab driver arrested in Bellville - KTRK-TV

  03-05-2019 18:13 via abc13.com
  19-year-old wanted in shooting death of Houston Yellow Cab driver arrested in Bellville  KTRK-TVHOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The 19-year-old wanted in the shooting death of a Yellow Cab driver has been arrested in Bellville, a little more than an hour west ...
  
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• Houston Community College is offering classes for just $20 - KHOU.com

  03-05-2019 18:04 via khou.com
  Houston Community College is offering classes for just $20  KHOU.comHOUSTON — The Houston Community College is once again offering classes for only $20 as part of its "Career4U" academies. You can choose from Business, ...
  
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• Tow truck driver accused in deadly repossession identified - Chron

  03-05-2019 18:00 via chron.com
  Tow truck driver accused in deadly repossession identified  ChronPolice have identified the tow truck driver accused of leaving a man for dead during a repossession in southwest Houston. Oscar Harrison, 33, is accused of ...
  
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• Study: Houston Is 2nd Most Dangerous City For Migrating Birds - Houston Public Media

  03-05-2019 18:00 via houstonpublicmedia.org
  Study: Houston Is 2nd Most Dangerous City For Migrating Birds  Houston Public MediaMillions of birds migrate through the Houston-area skies during spring migration, which spans from March 15 to May 15.
  
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• Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Houston area with these freebies, specials and events - KPRC Click2Houston

  03-05-2019 18:00 via click2houston.com
  Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Houston area with these freebies, specials and events  KPRC Click2HoustonCinco de Mayo is this Sunday and the Houston area is stepping out to celebrate with a number of freebies, specials and fun events.
  
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