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Showers fade as high temperatures return to Houston
The welcome rains that Hurricane Dolly sent to the parched Houston area this week are expected to continue fading today as high pressure moves in and temperatures climb back into the 90s, the Natio...
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Texas, U.S. gas prices fall with cost of crude oil
Gasoline prices in Houston and across Texas this week reflected the recent drop in the price of crude oil.
Houston hires firm to investigate fatal stairway collapse
Engineers from Walter P. Moore will examine the tragedy that killed two children at a southwest Houston apartment complex. The findings could reform the city's building inspection process.
Investigators blocking burial of slain Houston expectant mom
Nearly six months after a 25-year-old expectant mother from Houston was killed and discarded in a roadside grave, her family is still waiting for a proper burial and the alleged killer's capture.
Italian magazine puts diversity in Vogue with all-black issue
For more than three weeks, local fashion stalwart Tracey Ferguson of Jones magazine has been scouring the city for the taboo-breaking issue of Vogue Italia, which dazzled the international fashion ...
Congress still stalled on oil plans as it adjourns for break
With pump prices hovering near all-time highs and voters demanding action from Washington, Congress seems certain to leave town for its summer vacation next week without taking steps to deal with t...
Tenure fight, conflict lead to Baylor president's dismissal
In an unusually blunt move, Baylor University's board of regents fired the president of the Baptist school on Thursday.
Personal information of 259 UH students exposed online
The names and Social Security numbers of 259 University of Houston students were inadvertently posted on the Internet for more than two years, removed only after a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy g...
Houston boy, 15, accused of killing brother over T-shirt
A 15-year-old Houston boy has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his 17-year-old brother during a fight about a T-shirt, police said.
Houston in line to get $52 million to buy foreclosed homes
Authorities in the Houston area are expected to receive at least $52 million in emergency federal aid to buy and rehabilitate 2,416 foreclosed homes under a housing bill racing through Congress, an...
Metro to reroute planned rail line to spare part of Wheeler
The Metropolitan Transit Authority board voted Thursday to reroute the planned University light rail line away from a half-mile stretch of Wheeler Avenue following months of entreaties by residents...
Want a new iPhone at no cost? Just sell your old one
How much is that old iPhone in your pocket worth? Enough, it turns out, to swap it straight across for the just-launched, shiny, twice-as-fast 3G model — if not more. No iJoke.
17-year-old arrested in shooting of retired HPD officer
A 17-year-old was arrested in League City today in connection with a drive-by shooting Monday of a retired Houston police officer.
Comets win, ruining one-night return of hoops hall-of-famer
When Nancy Lieberman packed for her trip to Houston on Thursday, she left her microphone behind and grabbed her sneakers instead.
Rick Casey: Obama bumper sticker racist, or just witless?
I will say this for Chynethia Gragg, the woman who challenged her neighbors for sporting a bumper sticker showing a bratty little boy with dropped drawers shooting a stream across the word "Obama":...
