Provides the latest RSS feeds for Houston News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Houston Mirror.com http://www.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/10/id/edcb1def3c80d2e6/ en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:41 -0500 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:12:41 -0500 30 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Your help is needed to help identify a suspect who has stolen more than $1,400 worth of gas and merchandise from an east Harris County service station. The suspect made the purch... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729689/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:08 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729689/ ARLINGTON -- The Rangers traded offensive-power potential for speed and defensive potential in a swap of former No. 1 Draft picks with the Phillies on Thursday. http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729380/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:23 -0500 Texas Rangers http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729380/ HOUSTON -- A ship's cargo means cash to the ship's clerk. Earlier this year, Bill Williams saw two to three ships a week coming into his docks along the Port of Houston. Now that's what he sees a mont... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729683/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:28 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729683/ HUNTSVILLE — Convicted killer Robert Jean Hudson was executed Thursday night for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend after he beat down the door and barged into her Dallas-area apartment nearly a... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729685/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42:08 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729685/ McALLEN — A farmworker rights organization and 14 poor South Texas residents sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday alleging that the agency refused to help thousands of poor f... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729686/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42:04 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729686/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Attention all you Santa's helpers, you know the holiday wish list has been drawn up, but will the items on that list be hit or toy box clutter? It's hard to know the answer until... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729688/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:07 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729688/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Neighbors, school teachers, co-workers all that gift-buying can really add up. But what if we told you, there really are great gifts for just a few bucks. You just have to know w... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729687/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:04 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729687/ Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along.Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast on Sept. 13, but more than two months later, t... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729692/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:15:22 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19729692/ HOUSTON -- Family members of a man who said he was beaten by two Houston police officers hired a private detective and spoke to HPD about the allegations, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.Marvin Driver ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724373/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:42 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724373/ HOUSTON -- Two Houston middle school teachers were arrested on drug charges Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Police apprehended two teachers at M.C. Williams Middle School, 6100 Knox, in northwest Hous... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724371/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:44 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724371/ AUSTIN — Jim Mattox, the self-styled "people's lawyer" who took on major corporations during eight years as Texas attorney general, has died. Mattox, 65, died in his sleep overnight at his home... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724377/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:48 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724377/ An accident involving a motorcycle has closed two lanes of the South Freeway at the South Loop. The accident, which was reported about 4:25 p.m., has slowed southbound traffic down to less than 20 mp... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724374/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:53 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724374/ HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - November 20, 2008) - Ten out of eleven metropolitan areas surveyed in the state now have gas price averages under $2.00 a gallon, according to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19721611/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:57:33 -0500 Market Wire http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19721611/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police Chief Harold Hurtt is responding to the allegations two of his officers critically injured the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver. The 56-year-old remain... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724379/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:00 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724379/ NFL defensemen. He faces a much more trying foe at home: his soon to be 2-year-old son Julian."A cranky 2-year-old is more difficult than a defense because defenses you only deal with on Sunday. The s... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724381/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:25 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724381/ Texas fell to an average $1.88 a gallon this week.AAA Texas on Thursday reported the 12-cent decline in the average cost of gasoline, compared to one week ago.The nationwide price for gasoline tumbled... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724382/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:22 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19724382/ NASA has named Arthur E. 'Gene' Goldman as the new director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. The promotion of Goldman, the center's deputy director since October 2006, is effect... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718276/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:23 -0500 WLOX http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718276/ HOUSTON -- A middle school was evacuated Thursday because there was an odor in the building, KPRC Local 2 reported.Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District officials said workers varnished the fl... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718278/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:37 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718278/ A southeast Houston man was charged with capital murder today in the slaying of a man whose body was discovered under a bridge, authorities said. A person searching for a lost dog on Sunday found the... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718283/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:57 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718283/ creating a global drilling technology company. The company will be known as Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd. and be headquartered in Houston. Canrig was founded in Calgary, Canada more than 20 years ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718289/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:14 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718289/ DnB NOR Markets , a Norwegian investment bank. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Roxar already supplies FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) with subsea components, the company said. http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718286/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:26 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718286/ The value of green building construction starts increased substantially between 2005 and 2008, according to a report released Nov. 19 by McGraw-Hill Construction. The report — based on data fou... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718285/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:24 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718285/ A man shot by a security guard is facing a family violence assault charge for allegedly attacking his pregnant girlfriend late Wednesday at a southeast Houston shopping center, authorities said Thursd... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718284/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:56 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718284/ HOUSTON -- A man has confessed to killing a man whose wife had reported him missing, police told KPRC Local 2 Thursday.Houston police said Daniel Dewayne Wheeler was found dead under a bridge on East ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718279/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:39 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718279/ HOUSTON -- Texas Children's Hospital warned parents Thursday to be careful when buying holiday gifts for their children, KPRC Local 2 reported.Many toys can pose dangers that parents may not realize. ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718277/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:40 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718277/ Egypt Hydrocarbon Corp. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The Houston engineering company will be providing a pre-front end engineering design study for two polyethylene units at E... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718288/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:17 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718288/ HOUSTON -- Local 2 Investigates has shown you Houston's lowest- and highest-priced grocery stores. Apparently, we struck a nerve. Dozens of you have e-mailed your questions and comments about what you... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718282/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:32 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718282/ , both Houston companies received $250,000, but are eligible to receive up to $1 million from the fund. DNAtriX, a biotechnology company led by Dr. Juan Fueyo and Dr. Frank McCormick, is focused on d... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718290/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:03 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718290/ The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston and the City of Houston have implemented a pilot program designed to reduce confusion at downtown stoplights were the MetroRail also makes stops. Metro a... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718292/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:01 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718292/ has approved a stock repurchase program of up to $5 million. The Houston provider of death care services and products completed a previous $5 million repurchase plan last month. Carriage Services (N... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718287/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:19 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718287/ The Ladies Professional Golf Association event, to be held in Houston from Nov. 19 to 22, 2009, will be branded as the Stanford Financial Tour Championship. The tournament, the final stop on the 2009 ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718291/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:17:58 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718291/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Officials at Texas Children's Hospital say some of the most popular toys can often be dangerous for children. That's why the hospital comes out every year with its 'Trouble in Toy... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718293/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:03 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19718293/ HOUSTON -- The holiday travel season is under way and Bush Intercontinental Airport is trying to help travelers get through security checks easier, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.There are new lines t... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712302/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:19 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712302/ HOUSTON -- The Houston City Council is cracking down on drivers who don't pay their tickets for running red lights at intersections with cameras, KPRC Local 2 reported.The council passed on ordinance ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712304/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:17 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712304/ HOUSTON -- Guests of a southwest Houston motel suddenly had to find a new place to stay Wednesday after the motel they were staying in caught fire, KPRC Local 2 reported.The fire started at the Sympho... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712305/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:16 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712305/ JENNINGS, La. — The death of a 60-year-old Louisiana woman whose body was found stuffed inside a box buried in East Texas last month has been ruled a homicide. The body of Dorothy Mae Hey was f... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712309/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:26 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712309/ HOUSTON -- A huge plume of smoke from a massive house fire could be seen for miles Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Houston firefighters battled the flames at the home on White Heather Drive near Wuth... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712307/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:13 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712307/ SAN ANTONIO — A police chase ended early this morning when a Toyota Avalon police said was carjacked in Houston hit a guardrail and spun-out on Interstate 35, killing two of seven passengers. T... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712308/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:27 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712308/ Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Joseph Addai rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown, adding 48 yards and a receiving score on four catches, as Indianapolis snuck past Houston, 33-27, at Lucas Oil St... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712283/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:22:53 -0500 SportsNetwork http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712283/ A man died after his car crashed into a ditch and burst into flames in north Harris County, sheriff's deputies said. The driver apparently lost control of the 2004 Lincoln about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday w... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712310/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:24 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712310/ Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] It wants to cut some bus routes to magnet schools. It's a move the district says would save $16 million. Currently the district is spending more money tra... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712312/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:23 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712312/ Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] It happened at the business on South Wayside and Canal. Firefighters believe workers used a torch to repair the convenience store roof yesterday and may h... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712313/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:18 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712313/ News ) - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week."We'... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712314/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:19:32 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19712314/ AUSTIN — The State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a measure that would allow high school athletes to get four credits toward their graduation requirement for playing s... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707435/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:32 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707435/ wide receiver Donald Driver is in critical condition, at last report, and his family wants the two police officers who allegedly beat him taken off the street.The family wants the officers they say ar... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707436/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:09:30 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707436/ Peter Traber as president, ending a turbulent 5 1/2-year tenure, officials said.Trustees announced Wednesday after a three-hour meeting that they and Traber agreed he'll step down as president and CEO... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707437/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:09:29 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19707437/ GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The family of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver claims he was beaten by police in Houston, causing him to be hospitalized. http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19701168/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:52 -0500 USA Today http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19701168/ The family of a Sugar Land girl killed two years ago expects to protest the possible parole early next year of a man convicted of helping the killer bury the teen. Sean Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in M... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703000/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:56 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703000/ New homes built in Houston will have to meet more stringent energy-saving standards starting next October under a new energy code approved Wednesday by the City Council. "The modern trend among both ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19702999/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:57 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19702999/ The Houston Independent School District is trying to get school lunch down to a science. In its new $50 million centralized food services facility in northeast Houston, workers can cook 400 gallons o... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703003/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:52 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703003/ LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — A Texas bus driver involved in a crash last year that killed four people will face manslaughter charges because there isn't enough evidence to charge him with negligent homic... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703002/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:54 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703002/ Mark Doty in 2007's Ultimate Houston Annette Gordon-Reed made history — and on her birthday — Wednesday when she became the first African-American woman to win the National Book Award in ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703004/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:48 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703004/ The father of a noted NFL player was in critical condition Wednesday, two days after his family said officers from the Houston Police Department beat the man while arresting him on outstanding traffic... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703006/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:47 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703006/ At least two legislative committees and one subcommittee also are studying Hurricane Ike response and recovery. A House committee chaired by Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, had its first public hear... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703007/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:45 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703007/ AUSTIN — Texas risks becoming a national joke if state educators insist on clouding the teaching of evolution, scores of scientists, science teachers and concerned residents Texans told the Stat... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703005/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:43 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703005/ Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Department arrested two women at the BB Spa on Kuykendall near 1960. Detectives say the women were selling ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703009/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:36:44 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19703009/ "I am a plant geek," Kertz admits. "I've been messing with green things for 40-something years." Here Kertz grows it in exotic plastic tubes he designed to take up less space than a pond. If you grow ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19699590/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:49:52 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19699590/ Comal County sheriff's investigators are searching for a woman they believe severely beat her mother and took away her own daughter. The grandmother had legal conservatorship of Jewel Noel Klein, 6... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696234/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:32 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696234/ KEMAH, TX (KTRK) -- Frustrated homeowners are wondering where they'll turn. They can't fix the damage from Hurricane Ike, and now the city of Kemah will cut off their power. ROAD TO RECOVERY: http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696236/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:15 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696236/ RAYMONDVILLE — A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a state senator and others named in indictments accusing ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696233/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:31 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696233/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Thanksgiving is just around the corner so you may be thinking it's time to start stocking up on the free food usually offered by grocery stores. But this holiday season, it seems... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696235/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:14 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696235/ Oklahoma City on Monday night. He underwent tests on Tuesday and Wednesday that revealed no structural damage."It's nothing bad," said Yao, the Rockets' leading scorer, averaging 17 points. "I'm all r... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696237/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:56 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696237/ Rick Carlisle said. "He's been guarding, he's been getting a lot of rebounds. He's been playing great basketball. He's been a big part of what's been going on."Carlisle said Howard was "day to day." T... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696238/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:55 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696238/ Houston -area teenager who lied about being sexually assaulted was given a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a student who had been accused in the alleged rape. http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696239/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:54 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696239/ The Texans hope to avoid the same result when they travel to the Hub City for Friday night's Division I regional quarterfinal playoff against the undefeated District 31-4A champions. http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696203/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:34:50 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19696203/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Houston FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man we've nick-named the "Reckless Robber". The robber shocked and stunned customers and ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691383/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:49 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691383/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport uncovered over 28 pounds of opium hidden in the walls of two pieces of luggage. [SIGN UP: http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691387/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:48 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691387/ HOUSTON -- The family of a Houston-area man said he was nearly beaten to death by Houston police officers when he was stopped on traffic warrants, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.Marvin Driver Jr. sai... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691380/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:19 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691380/ KEMAH, Texas -- Authorities say a 16-year-old boy shot his father during an argument over a fast-food order then turned the gun on himself -- and both have died after nearly two days in the hospital. ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691378/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:17 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691378/ Baylor College of Medicine trustees parted ways with President Peter Traber on Wednesday, after a tumultuous 5 1/2-year tenure that began with the school divorcing its historic hospital partner and en... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691381/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:38 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691381/ HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A father will head to prison for stabbing a teenage boy -- a boy the father thought had witnessed the rape of his daughter. 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The leak was rep... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691382/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:36 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691382/ HOUSTON -- Some UTMB employees who were given their walking papers by the Galveston Island Hospital are getting a new opportunity to find new jobs.St. Joseph Hospital, located in downtown Houston, hel... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691377/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:16 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691377/ FRIENDSWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- A convenience store in Friendswood has been targeted by an armed robber for the second time in a matter of months. The Valero convenience store, 700 W. Parkwood, was the ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691390/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:41 -0500 ABC 13 http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691390/ Texas ' highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to examine why a death row inmate's attorneys waited nearly 20 years before claiming a sexual affair between the trial judge a... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691392/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:24:38 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691392/ Houston Texans in 2003 he created a foundation to help underprivileged children and give them the opportunity he never had.That foundation has grown in the past five years and Johnson has sponsored pr... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691394/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:24:36 -0500 Examiner http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19691394/ Most people know Tyler Perry for his television sitcoms and films, including Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Diary of a Mad Housewife and Madea’s Family Reunion. (The writer/producer/director ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686166/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:49 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686166/ Capsule Art Reviews: "A Coarse Portal," "The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs: Selections from The Atlas Group Archive," "Incident at Osbourne Grove," "Liz Ward: Crazy Weather" http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686171/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:41 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686171/ meaning of "gringo" I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones bassist Ronnie Woods. While reading about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie described him as part black, Cherokee and Mex... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686175/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:38 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686175/ Trey Parker and Matt Stone were producing musicals long before South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, but the pair really hit the baseketball out of the park when they gave their popular Comedy Central s... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686165/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:48 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686165/ The Living and the Dead In both her physical worlds and her musical worlds, Jolie Holland has always been a bit of a drifter. A Houston native who spent awhile in the Bay Area, she recently packed up ... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686184/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:26 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686184/ Metamorphoses This incredible show, a 2002 Tony Award winner, is the reason why theater was invented. What better way to tell these tales, bring myths stirringly alive, explain the world and deeply to... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686177/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:40 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686177/ KCOH On Drugs Telltale Quote: "Does anyone have something to help wake up/take the edge off/revive the guitarist?" Best Case: Get famous for your excess, then clean up, reunite, film your Behind the... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686182/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:28 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686182/ Black pudding is the British name for blood sausage. At Feast, the remarkable restaurant in the creaky old wooden house on Westheimer where Chez Georges used to be, the slightly sweet blood pudding sl... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686174/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:37 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686174/ Wikipedia Green has issued a press release bringing notice to the fact that he's against the Vietnamese government opening a consulate here in Houston. "The Vietnamese government has come under great... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686189/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:20 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686189/ Joystix (1820 Franklin) is not a bustling nightlife spot by nature. As a matter of fact, it operates Mondays through Saturdays as a retailer of classic video-game and pinball machines. It's done so si... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686181/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:29 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686181/ SAN ANTONIO — A former Sunday school teacher was arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after the parents of a 14-year-old boy found a topless photo of her on his cell p... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686195/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:19 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686195/ With his blazing white coat and pig-pink ears, to say nothing of the zigzag of lightning cut into his flank, the eponymous canine lead of Disney's lively new animated movie Bolt looks a little bit rea... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686178/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:32 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686178/ Alex Rivera’s new film Sleep Dealer won two awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but that’s not why he’s being featured in the November Cinema and Media Arts Festival. He&... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686161/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:52 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686161/ Walter's on Washington "Post-metal" is not a universally accepted term, but it is useful to describe a real aesthetic phenomenon that began with Neurosis in the early '90s and has been developed by ba... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686187/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:25 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686187/ The family of a Sugar Land girl killed two years ago is outraged that the teen convicted of helping her killer burn her body will be eligible for parole early next year. Sean Brown, 20, pleaded guilt... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686192/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:15 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686192/ KEMAH — A teenager and the father he shot before turning the gun on himself after an argument over a fast food order both died after nearly two days in critical care, a hospital spokesman said t... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686191/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:14 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686191/ music and booze About four years ago, when he was still living in Austin, Noise's generally good luck (not to mention judgment) faltered, and he got busted for DWI for the first time, and hopefully th... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686180/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:31 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686180/ Sure, Houston may not have the whitewashed windmills of Mykonos or the towering columns of Delphi, but you don’t need to pay airfare to get a heady dose of Greek culture. (The Parthenon’s co... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686168/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:44 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686168/ National College Athletic Association on Wednesday awarded the prestigious event to Houston in 2016, having already named the city’s Reliant Stadium as host site in 2011. Houston previously host... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686196/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:58 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686196/ Two key measurements of the housing market show that the sector is a long way from ending its historic slump, but the South showed slight improvement. A new report from the http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686197/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:55 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686197/ Sample the winter holidays around the world during the Seasons of Sharing celebration at the Children’s Museum of Houston. The multicultural exhibits and events spotlight seven winter traditions,... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686164/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:55 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686164/ Attention all Berlioz lovers — if you didn’t get enough with Houston Grand Opera’s production of Beatrice and Benedict earlier this fall, consider an afternoon with the Metropolitan Ope... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686167/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:46 -0500 Houston Press http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686167/ A reckoning is coming for thousands of red-light camera scofflaws. City Council today approved a measure that will allow the state to deny vehicle registration to drivers who do not pay their red-lig... http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686193/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:16 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://story.houstonmirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/edcb1def3c80d2e6/id/19686193/