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Houston stories: 46 news summaries

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(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

 It's Too Late 
 to Flee Texas, 
 Officials Warn 

Ike may become Category 3 storm before landfall

Sep 12, 08 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials in Houston and Galveston warned residents to stay put tonight as Hurricane Ike threatened to become a Category 3 storm, CNN reports. “If someone has not left the island by now, they need to go get inside and stay there,” the mayor of Galveston said. Nearly a... More »

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Texas • Houston • flooding • evacuation • Gulf of Mexico • Galveston • Hurricane Ike • storm surge

 Coastal 
 Rescuers 
 Issue Final 
 Plea to Flee  

Massive Ike has some Texas already flooded

Sep 12, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers made a final pass through the coastal community of Surfside Beach, Texas, today, urging residents to get out while they can. Hours before massive Hurricane Ike even made landfall, half the town was underwater, the Houston Chronicle reports. Ike's eye is expected to pass near Galveston tonight or tomorrow,... More »

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Houston • hurricane season • Galveston • Hurricane Ike

(AP) - Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants today as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the US refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing toward Houston. Nearly 1 million people along the Texas coast were ordered to... More »

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Texas • Houston • hurricane season • Hurricane Ike

 Houston Too Ornery to Recycle

'Independent streak,' cheap landfills have reuse rate at 2.6%, worst among US cities

Jul 29, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - While other Texas cities are working hard to separate their garbage, Houston still considers recycling to be sissy stuff, earning the oil town the worst recycling rate of 30 top US cities. Houston recycles just 2.6% of its trash, the New York Times reports, while San Francisco is at... More »

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recycling • Texas • garbage • Houston

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Houston All Smiles While
US Economy Sinks

Soaring oil prices keep the money and jobs flowing

Jun 21, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oil prices are crippling most American budgets, but folks are just fine in Houston—where unemployment sits at 3.8% and luxury jewelry stores and restaurants are jammed with customers. Oil refineries aren't fueling business, either: It's know-how, Daniel Gross writes in Slate. "It's the knowledge that has concentrated... More »

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Houston • oil price

Quaid to Hollywood:
I'm Outta Here

Actor isn't retiring, just packing up family for move back to Texas

Jun 16, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid is heading for the hills—no, make that the plains—of Texas with his family, OK! reports. He’s relocating to his hometown, Houston, to be nearer friends and family, Quaid says, not quitting the business. More »

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California • Hollywood • film • Texas • Houston • family • celebrity • relocation • Dennis Quaid • celebrity parents

 America's Top 10 Cities 

Combination of good jobs, good housing, and good times has Houston atop list

Jun 8, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The best cities are those where you can not only find work and affordable housing, but are also infused with culture and creativity, Kiplinger's Personal Finance writes. Its (somewhat surprising) top 10:
  1. Houston: Flush with museums, nightlife, and a teeming job market.
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Sacramento • Omaha • Austin • Houston • Raleigh • cities • Colorado Springs • Des Moines • Boise

 Crazy Ants
 Munch Through
 Houston 

Shocking new ants species chewing up electrical equipment

May 15, 08 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Houston, you have an ant problem. Billions of ravenous ants have invaded the city and are chomping their way through the city's electrical equipment, causing shorts and failure, AP reports. The previously unknown species—dubbed "crazy raspberry ants"—apparently arrived in Texas on a cargo ship. The invading... More »

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Texas • Houston • ants • insects • pests • exterminators

 Hospitals Can't  Handle Terror Attack: Study

Trauma centers couldn't treat influx of victims

May 6, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hospitals in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other major US cities don't have the emergency room capacity to handle even a moderate terrorist attack, a congressional committee says. A survey last month of 34 hospitals revealed they could not handle a sudden surge of trauma victims, a situation described... More »

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terrorism • Minneapolis • Chicago • Washington DC • New York • Denver • Los Angeles • emergency room • Houston • emergency responders • terrorist attack • National Center for Disaster Preparedness • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

 Philly Best for Young Grads 

City of Brotherly Love has many of New York's charms—but at a big discount

May 1, 08 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cheesesteaks aren’t the only things luring young people to the City of Brotherly Love, MSNBC reports. A survey by Apartments.com and Careerbuilder that factors in the cost of apartments, job opportunities, and the number of 20-somethings, puts Philadelphia—$962 for a one-bedroom compared with $1,520 in NYC—... More »

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Chicago • Atlanta • Boston • New York • Detroit • Dallas • Los Angeles • Houston • housing • Phoenix • Philadelphia • Generation Y • college graduates

 No Lie: Polygraphs On the Rise 

Critics hold firm, but use of test growing nationwide

Mar 22, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite lingering reservations about its effectiveness, the polygraph is gaining traction with law enforcement. The lie-detection program has spiked 53% in the last decade, and truth be told, just the threat of a test keeps convicts honest, drug addicts and sex offenders told the Wall Street Journal. “... More »

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Texas • Denver • Dallas • Houston • sex offenders • domestic violence • Oregon • parole • MRI • Colorado • polygraph • Klamath Falls • drug addicts • American Polygraph Association • Fifth Amendment

America's 10 Underrated Cities

Smaller US locales are undiscovered and packed with ambience

Mar 5, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Already done the all-star US cities like New York and LA? Try one of these underappreciated destinations from MSNBC:
  1. Baltimore: Bag some blue crab in the Inner Harbor and check out 300 years of history.
  2. Fort Lauderdale: Take advantage of great shopping and awesome upscale beaches.
  3. Houston:
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Minneapolis • Kansas City • Sacramento • Louisville • Houston • Baltimore • Pittsburgh • Portland • Providence • Fort Lauderdale

Giant, Diverse Texas Presents a Primary  Riddle

Candidates have to run the equivalent of a national campaign to reach all

Feb 26, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Trying to win a primary in Texas is “like running a national campaign,” a veteran strategist says one week before the pivotal vote. With its enormous size and diversity, its multitude of media markets, and a voting system so complicated it’s been nicknamed the Texas two-step, Hillary... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Houston • Mississippi • diversity • Texas primary

Top 10 US Cities for Jobs

Salt Lake City's still tops, but Texas boasts work aplenty, Forbes reports

Jan 26, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Where to get that new job this year? The Lone Star State is boasting work aplenty, but Salt Lake City—still high on tech jobs—takes the top spot. Forbes lists its top10 job-growth towns:
  1. Salt Lake City, Utah
  2. Wichita, Kan.
  3. Austin, Texas
  4. Atlanta, Ga.
  5. Fort Worth,
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Atlanta • Omaha • list • Austin • Houston • Indianapolis • Wichita • Salt Lake City • Fort Worth • Seattle • Raleigh • US cities • Forbes

Give Rescue Workers a Break: Just
Add ICE

Cell phone entry lets them know who to call

Dec 27, 07 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The practice of putting the letters ICE—short for "in case of emergency"—in front of a person's name in a cell phone seems to be catching on. The idea is to help paramedics or other emergency personnel zip through the phone and find the right person to... More »

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cell phones • emergency room • Houston • ICE

Violent Crime Rate Down in
Several Cities

Mid-Atlantic region still grappling with rising murder rate

Nov 29, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The crime surge of the last two years seems to be petering out, according to a new study by a police research group. The 2005-2006 rise in violent crime rates had been the first sustained jump in over a decade, but the new report shows that the numbers of murders,... More »

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Minneapolis • crime • Boston • Washington DC • police • Denver • Detroit • Los Angeles • Houston • Baltimore • US cities • violent crime

Democrats Hang On to City Hall

Four mayors returned
to office, one wins in Philly; Dems also take Virginia senate

Nov 7, 07 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - It was a good night for Democratic mayors last night: incumbents in San Francisco, Houston and Pittsburgh all comfortably won reelection. In addition, Philadelphia elected Michael Nutter on promises to reduce violence, and Baltimore gave a full term to Sheila Dixon, the city's first female mayor, who took office earlier... More »

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San Francisco • Houston • Philadelphia • Virginia • mayor • Baltimore • Pittsburgh • Eleciton 2007 • Michael Nutter • Sheila Dixon • Gavin Newsom • Luke Ravenstahl • Bill White

Lucy Debuts
in Houston

But dem bones ain't made for traveling,
say scientists

Aug 29, 07 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lucy kicks off her public debut  at the Houston Museum of Natural Science tomorrow amid controversy that the world's favorite human ancestor should never have left her home in Ethiopia. The public wants the chance to the 3.2 million-year-old remains, but scientists say Lucy's too fragile to travel. More »

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evolution • Ethiopia • Houston • fossil • human evolution • Lucy

Endeavour Heads Home, Dodging Dean

Hurricane threat to Mission Control lessens, but shuttle leaves early

Aug 19, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - To a chorus of ringing bells, space shuttle Endeavour undocked today from the international space station, skipping out a day early because of fears Hurricane Dean could disrupt its landing operations. Even though revised predictions show the storm poses almost no threat to Houston and Mission Control, the AP reports,... More »

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NASA • Houston • International Space Station • Barbara Morgan • space flight • Endeavor • Hurricane Dean • Scott Kelly • Cape Canaveral

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