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(Newser) - A pair of Houston cops recently put away nearly 100 dog fighters, but to do so they had to become “dogmen” themselves. Texas Monthly recounts the undercover sting and provides a look at the brutal sport. The cops were reluctant at first—“we just figured it was... More »

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Texas • law enforcement • police • Michael Vick • Houston • animal cruelty • undercover • dog fighting

(Newser) - The National Institutes of Health will supervise a nationwide test of a swine flu vaccine in eight cities starting in August, the Seattle Times reports. Test subjects will be drawn from Seattle, Baltimore, Iowa City, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, and Nashville. Thousands will receive “a vaccine... More »

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medicine • Atlanta • Houston • vaccine • St. Louis • Baltimore • Seattle • Cincinnati • Iowa City • Nashville • National Institutes of Health • human trials • swine flu • H1N1 virus • test subjects

 In Sex Satisfaction, 
 'Hotlanta' Lives Up to Name 

Residents also engage quite frequently

Jul 17, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not satisfied sexually? Perhaps it’s time to move to Atlanta. “Hotlanta” is the nation’s most sexually satisfied—and second most sexually active—metropolis, reports the Journal-Constitution. “Atlanta doesn’t wait for the weekend,” says a rep for the company that conducted the survey for... More »

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San Francisco • New York City • Atlanta • Boston • Washington DC • sex • Houston • Trojan • survey

Texas Cop Fired for Overkill Investigation

Sheriff's lieutenant shut down car wash over wife's missing $16

May 7, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas sheriff’s lieutenant has been fired for using police resources to investigate the alleged theft of $16 from his wife at a local car wash, the Houston Chronicle reports. Louis Guthrie and a group of deputies taped off the establishment for an hour to question employees. “This... More »

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Texas • theft • Houston • car wash • sheriff • abuse of power • misconduct • fired

ANALYSIS

Go Ahead
and Mess
With Texas

Nate Silver does electoral math for 5
Lone Star States

Apr 24, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An obscure provision of Texas statehood gives it the right to split into five smaller states, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. He outlines the potential new entities:
  1. New Texas: Centered on Austin, as populous as Kentucky, and split down the middle politically—city vs. suburbs.
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Barack Obama • John McCain • Texas • Dallas • Austin • Houston • Rick Perry • Fort Worth • secession • Rio Grande • Arlington, Texas

 Drunk Groom Jailed on His Wedding Night

Busted leaving reception during
DUI crackdown

Mar 16, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Houston man spent his wedding night in jail after he was caught driving from his wedding reception under the influence, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 26-year-old groom was nabbed during a local DUI crackdown, charged the next day with driving while intoxicated and freed on $500 bail. The bride... More »

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Houston • drunk driving • grooms • weddings • drunkenness

Paintball Chase Goes Awry in Houston

Two men crash SUV into house trying to elude bar owner

Feb 17, 09 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Not your master criminals, these two. A pair of Houston-area men nearly drove their SUV straight through a house as they tried to elude an angry bar owner, the Houston Chronicle reports. What set this off? They had plastered the owner's truck with paintballs after getting bounced from his bar.... More »

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Houston • car crash • SUV • paintball

 Santa Gets 
 Help From 
 Cousin 
 Pancho 

Barrio folk hero sports a lowrider, elf entourage

Dec 24, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Santa's been getting a little help from his South Pole cousin, Pancho Claus, the lowrider-driving barrio folk hero who doles out gifts on both sides of the Texas border. Pancho takes different forms—sporting a red zoot suit in Houston and a sombrero and black beard in San Antonio—but... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Houston • San Antonio • Christmas • Santa Claus • Mexican-Americans • Pancho Claus

(Newser) - Barbara Bush has been treated for a perforated ulcer and will likely remain in a Houston hospital through Thanksgiving, the Houston Chronicle reports. The former First Lady had been experiencing abdominal pain for a few days and was driven to the hospital last night by her husband. First Lady... More »

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surgery • Barbara Bush • Laura Bush • Houston • George HW Bush • hospitalization • George W. Bush • perforated ulcer • abdominal pain

300 in Limbo as Houston's Last Ike Shelter Closes

Many still wrangling with FEMA, other agencies, blast 'ridiculous lies'

Oct 16, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Red Cross will boot nearly 300 Hurricane Ike survivors from its remaining Houston shelter Sunday, the Chronicle reports, leaving them to the care of federal and local agencies some accuse of “ridiculous lies.” The possibility of transitional housing does little for one FEMA reject, who was told... More »

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Houston • bureaucracy • homeless • shelter • FEMA • American Red Cross • Hurricane Ike

Officials: Texas Needs $40B From Feds for Ike Cleanup

Mayors ask Congress to move quickly on relief

Sep 23, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas officials told Congress today they might need up to $40 billion in aid to rebuild the state's hurricane-hit areas, the Houston Chronicle reports. The state's lieutenant governor sought at least $11.5 billion of aid and as many trailer homes as available to help the 770 communities damaged by... More »

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Houston • FEMA • Federal aid • Galveston • FEMA trailers • disaster • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • Mayor Bill White

Texas Makes Little Headway in Recovery From Ike

Galveston, Houston homes still lack power, gas, water

Sep 17, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Houston- and Galveston-area communities continued to struggle post-Hurricane Ike today, the AP reports. Divers cleared debris from navigation routes into Houston and looked for bodies along the coastline; most of the city remains without power for a fifth day. On Galveston Island and the nearby Bolivar Peninsula—which still lack... More »

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Texas • severe weather • Houston • evacuation • Galveston • Hurricane Ike

 Bush Follows Ike to Texas 


Sep 16, 08 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush visited Houston and took an air tour over Galveston today, urging Americans to continue contributions to the Red Cross and other charities and promising timely aid from state and federal governments, the Washington Post reports. Meanwhile, Houston Mayor Bill White grumbled about a slow FEMA response to... More »

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Texas • Houston • Rick Perry • FEMA • Galveston • Bill White • George W. Bush • R. David Paulison • Hurricane Ike

 Stricken Houston 
 Lines Up for 
 Food, Water 

Residents scramble for survival basics in Ike's aftermath

Sep 16, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of weary Houston residents joined lines that stretched for blocks yesterday to collect the basics they need to survive in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Emergency supplies are being strictly rationed and each family is allowed only two bags of ice, a case of bottled water and a 12-pack... More »

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bottled water • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Houston • electricity • FEMA • Galveston • emergency aid • Hurricane Ike • Texas Gulf Coast

Long Lines Await Ike Survivors

'Eye of the aftermath' proves trying for Texas residents in need

Sep 15, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a short supply of commodities like ice and gasoline forcing Texans trying to recover from Hurricane Ike to wait in hours-long lines, President Bush warned today the storm may put "upward pressure" on US fuel prices. Refineries and oil rigs sustained extensive, though not severe, damage, the Houston ... More »

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Houston • FEMA • gas prices • oil refineries • disaster recovery • oil rig • emergency aid • Hurricane Ike

 Texas Battles 
 Ike Blackouts, 
 Floods, Looting 

FEMA struggles to keep Houston, Galveston supplied

Sep 15, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials were working yesterday to move emergency supplies and fresh water to distribution centers in beleaguered Houston, where residents were struggling to cope with continued flooding, blackouts and looting. Millions are still without power and a curfew is in force, reports the Houston Chronicle. Officials in Galveston, meanwhile, appealed... More »

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Dallas • Louisiana • Houston • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • FEMA • looting • curfew • Galveston • Hurricane Ike • Mayor Bill White • Beaumont • CenterPoint Energy • Texas-New Mexico Power Co

 2K Rescued From Ike; 
 Houston Enacts Curfew 

Hundreds of thousands of residents still without power

Sep 14, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 2,000 people who refused to evacuate the Texas coast ahead of Hurricane Ike have been rescued, state officials reported this afternoon, with the Wall Street Journal reporting only 4 confirmed casualties. Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched what he called the biggest rescue in state history, sending crews by... More »

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Houston • Galveston • hurricanes • Hurricane Ike

(AP) - Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes today in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike. The storm blew out skyscraper windows, cut power to millions and swamped thousands of homes along... More »

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Texas • Houston • damage • Galveston • disaster • Hurricane Ike

(AP) - Ike has weakened to a tropical storm over eastern Texas, but winds remain near 60 mph and heavy rains and tornadoes are still a threat. Millions in Texas and Louisiana are without power and could remain so for days. The storm surge topped out at 13.5 feet, lower than... More »

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Texas • Houston • Galveston • Hurricane Ike

(Newser) - Galveston’s historic district is under 7 feet of water, and 4 million Houston area residents are without power after Hurricane Ike’s rampage through the region. Ike, which hit Galveston as a Category 2 hurricane, has since been downgraded to a Category 1, CNN reports. Officials warned that the... More »

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Texas • Houston • flooding • rescue • power outage • Galveston • hurricane recovery • Hurricane Ike

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