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• Relive 30 years of Houston crime headlines from the month of September

  25-09-2019 23:00 via chron.com
  These stories highlight Houston's crime headlines from the month of September dating back to the 1980s
  
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• Driver charged for killing couple sleeping under bridge - KTRK-TV

  25-09-2019 22:26
  Driver charged for killing couple sleeping under bridge  KTRK-TV
  
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• It's official: kolaches are Houston's number one obsession - Chron

  25-09-2019 21:42
  It's official: kolaches are Houston's number one obsession  Chron
  
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• Astros Lance McCullers Jr. takes mound for pets in need at Harris County Animal Shelter

  25-09-2019 21:37 via chron.com
  Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. and the Harris County Animal Shelter have joined forces up to put out a public service announcement. The message is aimed to inform the public of what they can do to be part of the solution for shelter pets in need throughout the greater Houston area.
  
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• The official bird of Houston loves crawfish just like Houstonians - Chron

  25-09-2019 21:35
  The official bird of Houston loves crawfish just like Houstonians  Chron
  
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• 19 places you went shopping for clothes in the '80s, '90s that no longer exist in Houston

  25-09-2019 21:00 via chron.com
  Check out the most iconic abandoned Houston clothing stores from the 1980's and the 1990's that no longer exist.
  
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• 16 places you went shopping for clothes in the '80s, '90s that no longer exist in Houston

  25-09-2019 21:00 via chron.com
  Check out the most iconic abandoned Houston clothing stores from the 1980's and the 1990's that no longer exist.6.2.5
  
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• Driver on the run after killing 2 in southwest Houston - Houston Chronicle

  25-09-2019 20:32
  Driver on the run after killing 2 in southwest Houston  Houston Chronicle Police are searching for a driver who fled after plowing into a man and woman underneath a Sam Houston Tollway bridge in southwest Houston.
  
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• Russian volcano erupted in June, credited for Houston haze - Washington Post

  25-09-2019 20:01
  Russian volcano erupted in June, credited for Houston haze  Washington PostRecent sunsets in Houston have been tinged with a burst of purple haze that experts link to a volcano eruption three months ago in Russia.
  
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• Map shows where to find pumpkin patch fun across Houston area - KPRC Click2Houston

  25-09-2019 19:23
  Map shows where to find pumpkin patch fun across Houston area  KPRC Click2HoustonHOUSTON - Fall is officially here Houston, which means it's time to go have some family fun at a pumpkin patch. Below is a map of different pumpkin patch ...
  
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• Less humid today, rain returns to Houston this weekend - KTRK-TV

  25-09-2019 19:15
  Less humid today, rain returns to Houston this weekend  KTRK-TVSlightly drier air sticks around through Thursday, but tropical moisture and rain returns to Houston this weekend.
  
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• Texans place Senio Kelemete on IR, promote Tyrell Adams - Chron

  25-09-2019 19:07
  Texans place Senio Kelemete on IR, promote Tyrell Adams  ChronThe Texans placed veteran offensive guard Senio Kelemete on injured reserve. Kelemete was signed to a three-year, $12 million contract a year ago, but ...
  
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• Man broke into multiple vehicles at cemetery during funeral, officials say

  25-09-2019 19:03 via chron.com
  Surveillance footage captured the suspect on camera, and detectives are now asking the public for help in identifying the man, Garcia said.
  
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• Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes to open 26 locations in Houston area - Houston Chronicle

  25-09-2019 18:04
  Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes to open 26 locations in Houston area  Houston Chronicle Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes is returning to the Houston area. In a Tuesday release, the Plano-based company announced plans to open 26 locales in ...
  
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• Two ride-hailing apps for parents—VanGo and HopSkipDrive—move into Houston market - Community Impact Newspaper

  25-09-2019 17:00
  Two ride-hailing apps for parents—VanGo and HopSkipDrive—move into Houston market  Community Impact NewspaperSep 25, 2019: In the past month, two ride-hailing apps for parents have entered the Houston market with plans to expand services into its suburbs. "Working ...
  
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• Jurors deliberating fate of Ronald Haskell in Stay family killings

  25-09-2019 17:00 via chron.com
  Ronald Haskell’s attorneys are using an insanity defense, alleging he was severely mentally ill and didn’t know what he was doing was wrong.
  
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• Jurors begin deliberating fate of Ronald Haskell in Stay family killings

  25-09-2019 17:00 via chron.com
  Ronald Haskell’s attorneys are using an insanity defense, alleging he was severely mentally ill and didn’t know what he was doing was wrong.
  
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• Closing arguments to begin in Stay family murders

  25-09-2019 17:00 via chron.com
  Ronald Haskell’s attorneys are using an insanity defense, alleging he was severely mentally ill and didn’t know what he was doing was wrong.
  
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• Arson investigating ‘suspicious causes’ of northeast Houston apartment fire - Chron

  25-09-2019 16:38
  Arson investigating ‘suspicious causes’ of northeast Houston apartment fire  ChronArson investigators are looking into an apartment fire in northeast Houston with "suspicious causes," Houston fire officials said. The fire broke out about 3:30 a.m. ...
  
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• Arson investigating ‘suspicious causes’ of northeast Houston apartment fire

  25-09-2019 16:38 via chron.com
  Arson investigators are looking into an apartment fire in northeast Houston with "suspicious causes," Houston fire officials said.
  
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• Houston's No. 1 Halloween candy is ... Milk Duds? - Houston Chronicle

  25-09-2019 16:25
  Houston's No. 1 Halloween candy is ... Milk Duds?  Houston Chronicle The number of surveys, studies and press releases marketed as scientific dives into data that we receive here at the Houston Chronicle each day is staggering.
  
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• D'Eriq King Intends To Stay At Houston - SportsRadio 610

  25-09-2019 16:24
  D'Eriq King Intends To Stay At Houston  SportsRadio 610HOUSTON (AP) — D'Eriq King says he is staying at the University of Houston. The quarterback is denying reports that he intends to transfer after redshirting the ...
  
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• Houston SPCA heads to Bahamas to aid animal victims of Hurricane Dorian - Chron

  25-09-2019 16:20
  Houston SPCA heads to Bahamas to aid animal victims of Hurricane Dorian  ChronThe Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) left for the Bahamas early Wednesday morning to help aid animal victims of Hurricane ...
  
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• Houston SPCA heads to Bahamas to aid animal victims of Hurricane Dorian

  25-09-2019 16:20 via chron.com
  Humans are not the only victims of Hurricane Dorian. Thousands of stray animals were left to their own devices, while others were displaced from their owners after they sought refuge. Now the Houston SPCA is on their way to help.
  
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• Check your tickets - $227M jackpot winning lottery ticket sold in Austin

  25-09-2019 16:07 via chron.com
  If you recently purchased a lottery ticket in the Austin area, you could be $227 million richer.
  
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• Phil Collins: not dead, yet, at Toyota Center - Chron

  25-09-2019 15:45
  Phil Collins: not dead, yet, at Toyota Center  ChronHere's the thing, and I wish to be clear about it up front: I greatly enjoyed Phil Collins' Not Dead Yet Tour's stop at the Toyota Center on Tuesday night.
  
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• Women Exceeding holds first business pitch competition in Houston

  25-09-2019 15:34 via chron.com
  Women Exceeding, a Houston nonprofit that assists women with their professional and personal development, gave out $8,500 in prizes during its first business pitch competition held this week in downtown Houston.
  
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• Houston billionaire’s restaurant co. to acquire Del Frisco’s from PE firm - Houston Business Journal

  25-09-2019 15:22
  Houston billionaire’s restaurant co. to acquire Del Frisco’s from PE firm  Houston Business JournalThe announcement comes the same day that the private equity firm closed its previously announced $650 million acquisition of the publicly traded Del Frisco's ...
  
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• Suspect in deadly hit-and-run was out on bond for previous felony charges

  25-09-2019 15:21 via chron.com
  Police are still searching for the driver who fled after plowing into a man and woman underneath a Sam Houston Tollway bridge in southwest Houston.
  
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• Suspect arrested in deadly hit-and-run under Sam Houston Tollway

  25-09-2019 15:21 via chron.com
  Police arrested the driver who fled after plowing into a man and woman underneath a Sam Houston Tollway bridge in southwest Houston.
  
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• Driver on the run after killing 2 sleeping under Sam Houston tollway bridge

  25-09-2019 15:21 via chron.com
  Police are searching for a driver who fled after plowing into a man and woman underneath a Sam Houston Tollway bridge in southwest Houston.
  
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• Driver on the run after killing 2 in southwest Houston

  25-09-2019 15:21 via chron.com
  Police are searching for a driver who fled after plowing into a man and woman underneath a Sam Houston Tollway bridge in southwest Houston.
  
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• Your weather today in Houston - Hoodline Houston

  25-09-2019 15:19
  Your weather today in Houston  Hoodline HoustonHouston has no rain in the forecast for the next few days, with light rainfall expected later in the week, according to the seven-day forecast from drone-powered ...
  
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• I-10 San Jacinto Bridge near Houston reopens after Imelda - Chron

  25-09-2019 15:16
  I-10 San Jacinto Bridge near Houston reopens after Imelda  ChronHOUSTON (AP) — Highway officials say the Interstate 10 San Jacinto Bridge near Houston has reopened after loose barges hit the span last week during ...
  
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• Hit-and-run driver kills homeless couple sleeping, hugging under Houston overpass, police say - WSOC Charlotte

  25-09-2019 15:04
  Hit-and-run driver kills homeless couple sleeping, hugging under Houston overpass, police say  WSOC CharlotteA Texas couple who recently became homeless was killed Tuesday by a hit-and-driver as they slept in an embrace under a Houston overpass, police said.
  
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• Couple dead in overnight shooting in north Harris County - Chron

  25-09-2019 14:50
  Couple dead in overnight shooting in north Harris County  ChronA husband and wife were shot to death Wednesday morning outside their home in the Fallbrook area, just as they returned from a hospital where the woman's ...
  
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• Couple dead in overnight shooting in north Harris County

  25-09-2019 14:50 via chron.com
  Their bodies were found in the roadway around 1:30 a.m. after Harris County Sheriff's deputies received numerous calls reporting a shooting at the 1100 block of Francitas Drive near Pleasanton Drive, Lt. Robert Minchew said.
  
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• Wrecks slow traffic to a crawl across Baytown area: Interstate 10, Highway 146, U.S. 90

  25-09-2019 14:22 via chron.com
  Multiple wrecks in the Baytown area are complicating an already difficult traffic situation caused by the closure of the Interstate 10 westbound bridge at the San Jacinto River on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Comedy in Houston increasingly has a Nigerian accent - Houston Chronicle

  25-09-2019 14:16
  Comedy in Houston increasingly has a Nigerian accent  Houston Chronicle Chinedu Ogu, 33, has spent the past seven years making comedy videos imbued with his Nigerian roots and his Houston upbringing. At the urging of a comedy ...
  
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• NFL Week 4 picks, odds: Kyle Allen hype train continues through Houston, Ravens send Browns further in decline - CBS Sports

  25-09-2019 14:11
  NFL Week 4 picks, odds: Kyle Allen hype train continues through Houston, Ravens send Browns further in decline  CBS SportsCan you believe we're already at the first quarter point of the season? With Week 4, we've already seen plenty of drama throughout the league and some really ...
  
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• Houston Texans' Deshaun Watson invites teen to game after heroics during Tropical Storm Imelda - Fox News

  25-09-2019 14:02
  Houston Texans' Deshaun Watson invites teen to game after heroics during Tropical Storm Imelda  Fox NewsHouston Texans star Deshaun Watson on Monday invited a teen who helped save a woman and a child trapped in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Imelda ...
  
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• Several Houston suburbs rank among best cities for growing families in America - Houston Chronicle

  25-09-2019 14:00
  Several Houston suburbs rank among best cities for growing families in America  Houston ChronicleA new report ranks the top 50 suburbs for growing families across the nation. Nine Texas cities made the list, with four in the top ten.
  
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• Last Night: All That Remains Prevails In Houston - Houston Press

  25-09-2019 13:55
  Last Night: All That Remains Prevails In Houston  Houston PressAll That Remains played Tuesday night at the White Oak Music Hall.
  
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• Discovery Green named one of America’s Great Places - Chron

  25-09-2019 13:55
  Discovery Green named one of America’s Great Places  ChronHoustonians don't have to be told, but now the word is officially spreading elsewhere: Discovery Green is a great place to hang out. The American Planning ...
  
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• Review: Phil Collins, Toyota Center, 9/24/19 - Houston Press

  25-09-2019 13:46
  Review: Phil Collins, Toyota Center, 9/24/19  Houston PressPhil Collins returned to Houston more like a conquering hero than a guy on a generic reunion run.
  
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• Houston health tech co. raises growth funding from Silicon Valley VC firm - Houston Business Journal

  25-09-2019 13:30
  Houston health tech co. raises growth funding from Silicon Valley VC firm  Houston Business JournalThe Houston-based startup received the investment after it took part in the prominent Silicon Valley accelerator Y-Combinator.
  
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• Sylvester Turner leading in race for mayor, exclusive KHOU 11/Houston Public Media poll shows - KHOU.com

  25-09-2019 13:00
  Sylvester Turner leading in race for mayor, exclusive KHOU 11/Houston Public Media poll shows  KHOU.comHOUSTON — The race for Houston City Hall is heating up and KHOU political analyst Bob Stein says there is a clear front-runner. In our exclusive KHOU ...
  
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• Photos: Houston's first Cambria Hotel combines history with modern flair - Houston Business Journal

  25-09-2019 13:00
  Photos: Houston's first Cambria Hotel combines history with modern flair  Houston Business JournalThe developers behind Cambria Hotel Houston Downtown Convention Center are starting to show off the unique features that come with opening a modern ...
  
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• Be Your Own Bartender? It's Coming to Houston - Houstonia Magazine

  25-09-2019 13:00
  Be Your Own Bartender? It's Coming to Houston  Houstonia MagazineA new bar concept gives customers a chance to pour their own booze.
  
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• 1969 Moon Landing Lab In Houston Set To Be Demolished - WBAP News/Talk

  25-09-2019 11:43
  1969 Moon Landing Lab In Houston Set To Be Demolished  WBAP News/TalkHOUSTON (AP) — The Houston building where Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues were quarantined after their 1969 moon mission has ...
  
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