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• Indianapolis Colts 2019: Houston Texans have an unsettled front office - Indianapolis Star

  17-07-2019 23:35 via indystar.com
  Indianapolis Colts 2019: Houston Texans have an unsettled front office  Indianapolis StarThe Houston Texans are the defending AFC South champions, though they enter the season with more questions than a typical division champ. (Some of those ...
  
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• Houston company raises $30M for clinical trials to treat heart failure

  17-07-2019 22:30 via chron.com
  Houston medical device company Procyrion has raised $30 million to support clinical trials of a device that would treat patients suffering from both heart failure and worsening kidney function.
  
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• Here are the participating restaurants in Houston Restaurant Weeks 2019 (so far) - Chron.com

  17-07-2019 22:09 via chron.com
  Here are the participating restaurants in Houston Restaurant Weeks 2019 (so far)  Chron.comHoustonians will have plenty of chances to dine at five-star rated restaurants for cheap come August thanks to the 2019 Houston Restaurants Weeks.
  
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• KHOU reporter gets the go-ahead from news director to wear braids, gives boss huge social shout out

  17-07-2019 21:50 via chron.com
  When KHOU 11 News reporter Janel Forte recently considered putting her hair in braids, she asked her news director, Sally Ramirez, with a bit of hesitation.
  
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• Houston, firefighters set for another round of court-ordered mediation

  17-07-2019 21:26 via chron.com
  The Houston firefighters union and Mayor Sylvester Turner's administration will return to mediation Aug. 1 in the hopes of working out a new contract amid a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition B.
  
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• Houston Texans (Pre) Training Camp Thoughts - Battle Red Blog

  17-07-2019 21:00 via battleredblog.com
  Houston Texans (Pre) Training Camp Thoughts  Battle Red BlogThings to eye ball next week when camp starts for the Texans.
  
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• See some of the notable drug busts recently made by Houston area cops and K9s

  17-07-2019 19:48 via chron.com
  Drug-sniffing dogs and police officers with keen eyes are hard at work taking drugs off the streets around Houston.
  
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• How to get reimbursed for pothole damage in Houston - KTRK-TV

  17-07-2019 19:44 via abc13.com
  How to get reimbursed for pothole damage in Houston  KTRK-TVYou do not have to look hard to find a pothole on Houston streets. But what happens if you car is damaged by one?
  
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• Houston council delays vote on $2B sewer settlement

  17-07-2019 18:45 via chron.com
  Mayor Sylvester Turner asked council members to delay the item “so that people can see it and read it and not feel like they have to be rushed about it.”
  
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• Houston overtakes Dallas as top market for new home sales - Chron

  17-07-2019 18:10 via chron.com
  Houston overtakes Dallas as top market for new home sales  ChronThe Houston market surpassed Dallas as the top market for new home sales in June, a new HomesUSA.com report showed. The margin was thin: 24 homes.
  
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• FaceApp lets you see Houston celebrities like J.J. Watt, Kate Upton in their old age - Chron

  17-07-2019 17:52 via chron.com
  FaceApp lets you see Houston celebrities like J.J. Watt, Kate Upton in their old age  ChronYour future is here, now. Thanks to the genius of modern technology, we now have FaceApp, an easy-to-use tool that allows you to see what you might look like ...
  
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• FaceApp lets you see Houston celebrities like J.J. Watt, Kate Upton in their old age

  17-07-2019 17:52 via chron.com
  Check out what the 'old' versions of some of Houston's most-famous celebrities, including Texans star J.J. Watt, Rockets star James Harden, newly acquired Rockets guard Russell Westbrook and more look like on the new FaceApp Challenge.
  
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• Texas inmate who gouged his eye out with a plastic spoon suing over understaffing

  17-07-2019 17:14 via chron.com
  A Houston man alleges in a federal lawsuit that the state psychiatric prison where he was held was deliberately understaffed and that this prevented anyone from stopping him from using a plastic spoon to blind himself during a psychiatric episode.
  
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• Houston-area woman excited about ending cancer treatment breaks the celebration bell - Chron

  17-07-2019 17:09 via chron.com
  Houston-area woman excited about ending cancer treatment breaks the celebration bell  ChronThe day cancer patients finds out that they have successfully finished their radiation treatment is undoubtedly one of the most momentous in their lives.
  
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• Houston-area woman excited about ending cancer treatment breaks the celebration bell

  17-07-2019 17:09 via chron.com
  When it was Darla Jaye's turn at bat, she gave the ringer all she had, which was apparently more than it could handle. The strap went flying, and Darla went laughing.
  
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• Houston Police Officers Union endorses Turner for re-election

  17-07-2019 16:32 via chron.com
  The Houston Police Officers' Union on Wednesday endorsed Mayor Sylvester Turner in his bid for a second term
  
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• Houston venture capital up 115% year-over-year

  17-07-2019 16:26 via chron.com
  Entrepreneurs in the Houston area received $250.8 million in venture capital during the second quarter of 2019, up 115 percent from the $116.8 million reported during the same three-month period last year.
  
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• Sweetgreen Opens Its First Houston Location in Rice Village Next Week - Eater Houston

  17-07-2019 16:19 via houston.eater.com
  Sweetgreen Opens Its First Houston Location in Rice Village Next Week  Eater HoustonWelcome to AM Intel, a (mostly) daily round-up of Houston's hottest bits of dining intel. Trying to stay on top of Space City's endlessly vibrant dining scene?
  
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• Record-setting heat continues for Houston region - KPRC Click2Houston

  17-07-2019 15:43 via click2houston.com
  Record-setting heat continues for Houston region  KPRC Click2HoustonHOUSTON - The heat wave that has lasted for days is setting records across the region. On Wednesday morning, record high minimum temperatures were set in ...
  
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• Houston's best National Hot Dog Day deals and the best places in the city to get them - Houston Chronicle

  17-07-2019 15:18 via houstonchronicle.com
  Houston's best National Hot Dog Day deals and the best places in the city to get them  Houston Chronicle Houston hot dog lovers, set your alarms. If you are obsessed with processed, pencil-shaped pieces of meat wrapped on a bun and bathed in condiments, then ...
  
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• Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' faces sentencing today

  17-07-2019 15:07 via chron.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Will the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo go quietly?
  For Joaquin Guzman, that's the biggest question at his sentencing in New York City on Wednesday. The highly-anticipated hearing could be his last chance to speak publicly before spending the rest of his life behind bars at a maximum security U.S. prison.
  Guzman, 62, was convicted in February on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case. The guilty verdict at an 11-week trial triggered what
  
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• Meet the cast of the Houston Chronicle's "Cigarettes & Rocket Fuel" podcast this Saturday

  17-07-2019 15:05 via chron.com
  Show off your best moonwalk, test your space trivia and meet the cast and band behind the Houston Chronicle's "Cigarettes & Rocket Fuel" podcast July 20 at House of Blues.
  
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• Confusion, fear reigns on Mexico border with new US policy

  17-07-2019 14:56 via chron.com
  NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refuge claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors, confusion and fear.
  The policy went into effect Tuesday and represents the most forceful attempt to date by President Donald Trump to slash the number of people seeking asylum in the United States
  
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• Texas Game Warden notes: Hikers’ fear of wild pig turns out to be cars driving over rumble strips

  17-07-2019 14:43 via chron.com
  These are the best calls and interactions had by game wardens all across the state.
  
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• Deputies: Florida man tied up wife's lover, cut off penis

  17-07-2019 14:43 via chron.com
  Authorities say a Florida man held his wife's lover at gunpoint, cut off the man's penis and fled with it.News outlets report 49-year-old Alex Bonilla was arrested hours later on charges including aggravated assault.The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office released a statement Tuesday that said Bonilla broke into his neighbor's home Sunday, tied the neighbor up and mutilated his genitals with scissors. Deputies say the victim told authorities that Bonilla then took the severed penis and fled across
  
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• Shooting that left 2 men dead at different locations in Channelview believed to be drug related

  17-07-2019 14:04 via chron.com
  The two men were found about a mile and a half away from eachother.
  
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• Monkey's Tail Is a Very Houston Bar - Houstonia Magazine

  17-07-2019 14:03 via houstoniamag.com
  Monkey's Tail Is a Very Houston Bar  Houstonia MagazineIt mixes the effortless cool of a Tejano bar with the selection of a craft cocktail spot.
  
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• Things To Do: Best Bets for a Great Weekend in Houston, July 17-21, 2019 - Houston Press

  17-07-2019 12:00 via houstonpress.com
  Things To Do: Best Bets for a Great Weekend in Houston, July 17-21, 2019  Houston PressImagine this weekend in Houston is a massive interactive scavenger hunt. Before Sunday is over, we'll have seen bar crawlers wearing Santa hats, dogs ...
  
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• Off-duty Harris County deputy opens fire on car break-in suspect

  17-07-2019 05:27 via chron.com
  The suspect is believed to have taken a "duty belt" from the Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy's personal vehicle on Tuesday night, officials said.
  
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• House condemns Trump 'racist' tweets in extraordinary rebuke

  17-07-2019 05:24 via chron.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body."
  Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should "go back" to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the U.S.A. &mda
  
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• Houston community bands together to help single mother with undrivable car - KPRC Click2Houston

  17-07-2019 04:53 via click2houston.com
  Houston community bands together to help single mother with undrivable car  KPRC Click2HoustonDozens of KPRC viewers throughout the Houston area came to the rescue of a single mother after an uninsured, unlicensed driver crashed into her car.
  
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• Woman shot and killed in car on north Harris County road

  17-07-2019 03:57 via chron.com
  The shooter had since fled the scene in another vehicle when deputies found the woman in her 60s with a gunshot wound around 6:30 p.m. along Old Greenhouse Road near Windy Stone Drive, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet.
  
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• Woman, 62, shot and killed in possible road rage incident in Katy area

  17-07-2019 03:57 via chron.com
  The shooter had since fled the scene in another vehicle when deputies found the woman with a gunshot wound around 6:30 p.m. along Old Greenhouse Road near Windy Stone Drive, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet.
  
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• Woman, 62, shot and killed in moving car in Harris County while returning from doctor's appointment

  17-07-2019 03:57 via chron.com
  The shooter had since fled the scene in another vehicle when deputies found the woman in her 60s with a gunshot wound around 6:30 p.m. along Old Greenhouse Road near Windy Stone Drive, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet.
  
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• Houston may ease parking requirements in parts of EaDo, Midtown - Houston Chronicle

  17-07-2019 01:30 via houstonchronicle.com
  Houston may ease parking requirements in parts of EaDo, Midtown  Houston Chronicle Some east downtown and Midtown developers no longer would have to provide a minimum number of parking spots if City Council approves a measure ...
  
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• Charges dismissed against 9 arrested in Houston poker room raids; cases referred to FBI - KPRC Click2Houston

  17-07-2019 01:10 via click2houston.com
  Charges dismissed against 9 arrested in Houston poker room raids; cases referred to FBI  KPRC Click2HoustonHarris County prosecutors have dismissed charges related to two poker room raids in the Houston area.
  
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• ‘Secrecy Provision’ Prevented Public Input On Houston’s $2 Billion Deal To Fix Sewers - Houston Public Media

  17-07-2019 01:06 via houstonpublicmedia.org
  ‘Secrecy Provision’ Prevented Public Input On Houston’s $2 Billion Deal To Fix Sewers  Houston Public MediaUPDATE (July 17, 2019): Mayor Sylvester Turner delayed the vote by one week to give the public an opportunity to review the agreement. According to the ...
  
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• Houston man tells police he 'lost his cool' in fiancee's fatal stabbing - Chron

  17-07-2019 00:28 via chron.com
  Houston man tells police he 'lost his cool' in fiancee's fatal stabbing  ChronPamela Pratt lay dead in the passenger seat of her fiance's SUV, fatally stabbed in the neck and the chest, while he drove around trying to figure out how to deal ...
  
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• 2.6M pounds of Houston recyclables tossed in landfill - KHOU.com

  17-07-2019 00:02 via khou.com
  2.6M pounds of Houston recyclables tossed in landfill  KHOU.comHOUSTON — The City of Houston broke its own recycling rules more than 300 times this year and sent at least 2.6 million pounds of curbside recyclables to the ...
  
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• Ogg dismisses poker room cases, citing conflict with consultant and fundraiser

  17-07-2019 00:00 via chron.com
  Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has dismissed the charges against nine defendants who ran two Houston poker rooms and have referred the cases to the FBI, her office announced Tuesday.Ogg cited potential conflicts of interests with a possible defense witness who is a former consultant and political fundraiser.The defendants were charged in May with felony money laundering after busts at the Post Oak Poker Club and Prime Social Poker Room.Prosecutors intend to return about $206,000 in gamb
  
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