For weeks after Hurricane Ike in 2008, some people complained about broiling in the September heat. For others, the lack of power was more than just uncomfortable, it was life-threatening. In the days following the storm, dozens with special medical needs descended on the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, desperate for everything from oxygen to insulin.
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Starting today Texas drivers can be ticketed if certain youngsters aren’t strapped into booster seats. The new state law requires passengers younger than 8 and shorter than 4 feet 9 inches to ride in car seats or booster seats.
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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will return to Fort Hood today for only the second time since the shooting there that killed 13 people and wounded dozens.
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Leaders are realizing that the killer storm two years ago wasn’t a worst-case scenario, and also that our area remains vulnerable.
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The first time Sharon Russell met her daughter’s boyfriend, she had a bad feeling about him. But it wouldn’t be until months later, when the relationship with attorney Shawn Roland Roberts grew serious, that her maternal instincts would prove correct.
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Ten years into a new millennium, it’s time to put the exhaust pipes into an antique shop. It’s time we engage in a new age of enlightenment, recognize auto racing as obsolete and end the around-the-oval madness.
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Standing a legitimate 5-5, Jose Altuve is putting up some of the biggest numbers at Class A Lexington outside of vertically-unchallenged Kody Hinze and J.D. Martinez.
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Righthander Brian Moehler will start in Thursday’s series finale against the Nationals. Moehler is coming off a rough outing in which he surrendered three homers and eight runs in 2 2#8260; 3 innings.
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IndyCar driver Mike Conway will miss at least three months with back and leg injuries from his frightening crash in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
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The fate of the biggest overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system in generations now rests with a small group of Capitol Hill lawmakers who are known for their ability to compromise.
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