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United Airlines getting 787s back in the air
The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on ...
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Mom killed son injured in hit run crash
Around 11 p.m. Sunday night, MCHD responded to a major accident in the 24500 block of Hardin Store Road. When they arrived, they found 49-year-old Aurora Garcia deceased in the front seat of her 1996 Toyota sedan. Authorities said her 17-year-old son was in the passenger seat in critical ...
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HFD electrical short sparks house fire
The fire broke out around 4:15 a.m. Monday at a house on Esperanza Street. When firefighters arrived, they found flames shooting out of the front bedroom of the ...
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Mary Lou Rettons back in Houston but not for gymnastics
Now she is also a proud mother of four girls, and back in Houston to support her husband Shannon Kelley, a new offensive coach for Houston Baptist University's football ...
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Harris County TX deputy killed in 2-vehicle accident in north Houston www.privateofficer.com
- A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office was killed early Sunday morning after a two-vehicle accident at an intersection in north Houston, police said. According to the Houston Police Department, at about 3:10 a.m. the victim, who was wearing his deputy's uniform, was driving his personal vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, west on Little York. As the deputy crossed the ...
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Child dies after drowning in apartment pool
This is third drowning to happen in the Houston area this week. Last Sunday night, a 5-year-old boy slipped and fell in the pool at an apartment complex off of ...
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3D plastic gun blueprints downloaded more than 100K times
Fearing mass production of a plastic gun undetectable to metal detectors and uncontrolled by current gun laws, the U.S. Department of Defense ordered its blueprints removed from the ...
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Rangers proceeding with caution with injuries
Email ARLINGTON -- Injuries and subsequent trips to the disabled list continue to take their toll on the Rangers, but at least part of the reason their roster is so thin is because the Rangers are doing their best to keep players from making injuries worse at this early stage in the season. Among the players who have been sent to the disabled list when they might have been back in a week or so ...
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Murphy looking for positives while hitting second
Email ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington penciled left fielder David Murphy in the No. 2 spot in the batting order for the second consecutive night Sunday as Elvis Andrus shifted to the leadoff role in Ian Kinsler's absence. "I'm going to try to keep [Murphy] there so he doesn't have to wait around to get at-bats and he can be involved in the game right away," ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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