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Restaurant Report Card for May 23 Off-temperature foods at several spots

At Chang's Chinese restaurant in the 5700 block of San Felipe, the inspector saw a waiter picking up chips from the floor and putting them back in a ...
Houston Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Synagogues

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Dante Phearse, 32, is being charged with one count of using an instrument of interstate commerce to communicate a threat to destroy a building by means of an explosive ...
One dead after police chase ends in northeast Houston

Houston police got involved when the chase crossed into the city limits. The chase ended when the suspect vehicle hit another vehicle with a family of four inside, causing it to ...
Sam Houston Statue Visitor Center celebrates millionth guest

A Buffalo, Texas woman got quite a surprise when she arrived at the Sam Houston Statue Visitor Center Wednesday and found out she was their millionth ...
Police search for suspect in hit-and-run accident

Houston Police Department investigators are asking for the public's help in finding a person responsible for a hit-and-run accident that sent two to the ...

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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (WR: Misterije organizma) [DVD]

Dusan Makavejev's infamous WR: Mysteries of the Organism (WR: Misterije organizma), a quasi-documentary that simultaneously mocks both communism and consumerism while advocating liberated sexuality as the ultimate force in the world, is fascinating ... ...

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Hurricane forecast Another busy Atlantic season

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest ...
Police 2 Women rob store clerk at knife point

According to detectives, the women entered a clothing store on the Gulf Freeway and the South Loop around 11:15 a.m. on May 13 and began to look at merchandise in the ...
Houston makes TripAdvisors list of top U.S. destinations

The world's largest travel site announced the winners of its 2013 Travelers' Choice Destinations awards. Houston ranked 25 on the list, while New York City took the top spot. San Antonio was the only other Texas city that made the ...
Police Motorcyclist slams into garbage truck

Investigators said the rider was speeding down Briar Forest near the West Sam Houston Parkway South around 3 a.m. Thursday. Police said the garbage truck was pulling out of a business when the rider ran his bike into ...
Man ambushed and shot outside of gas station

Investigators say the victim was ambushed and shot in the parking lot of the gas station at Bissonnet and Cook road. The victim attempted to drive away, but ended up crashing into a wood utility pole, knocking it down. Investigators are trying to figure out why the suspects fired at the ...

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The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.

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Russia launches rocket with French telecom satellite

A Proton-M rocket carrying a French telecommunications satellite has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, said a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Tuesday's launch was the 386th of a Proton rocket and the third Proton launch this year.

The launch took place at 20.02 Moscow time (4.02 p.m. GMT), the Roscosmos spokesman said.

Separation of the French W3D satellite from the Russian rocket was scheduled for 5.15 a.m. (1.15 a.m. GMT) Wednesday, he added.

The W3D satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space for Paris-based Eutelsat on the Spacebus 4000 C3 platform.

The 5,400 kg satellite has a service life of 15 years.

It will provide extensive Ku-band coverage across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for video links and data networks as well as Direct-to-Home (DTH) reception and Internet services.

--IANS/RIA Novosti

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