Provides the latest RSS feeds for Houston News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Houston News.Net http://www.houstonnews.net/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:13 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:13 -0500 30 Robyn Papania, holding 7-month-old Jazmin, says her first priority is finding a home for herself and her children: from left, Amanda, 3; Samantha, 7; Haley, 5; Chloé, 8; and Lance, 1. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736911&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:28 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736911&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 TYLER — An explosion and fire at an East Texas oil refinery Thursday injured four workers, two of them critically. Officials said two employees were taken to a Dallas hospital, where they were ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736912&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:29 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736912&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The chief of the Australian Defence Force says he wants China to explain its military build-up. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston says China has had a booming economy and can afford to spend on defence... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19735846&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:53:34 -0500 ABC Australia http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19735846&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Newswatch Energy blog: Electric cars in the Oil Capital Call it a hangover from $150 oil. After six years of growth, Texas' mighty oil and gas industry is bracing for what could be a sharp downturn ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736907&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:37 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736907&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A car that crashed in San Antonio early Thursday after a police chase, killing two of its seven occupants, had been stolen in a carjacking in southwest Houston. Tom Price said Thursday that he gave u... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736915&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:26 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736915&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Voters in the Alief Independent School District agreed to a 7.5-cent property tax rate increase Thursday in a special election called, in part, to provide money for employee raises. Despite the natio... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736914&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:25 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736914&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Young offenders assigned to Harris County's juvenile detention facilities will be spending a little more time in lockup now that a reduction in arrests has eased chronic overcrowding in the system, ju... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736908&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:35 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736908&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Jamie Byrd, manager of Child Life at Texas Children's Hospital, discusses toys' choking hazards Thursday. She is holding a clear tube that simulates a child's throat and is used to gauge w... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736909&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:33 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736909&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The adjusted fiscal 2008 ridership figure, which compensates for the undercount, is 96.3 million, an increase of 609,349 from the previous year. The unadjusted ridership number for this year was 72.3 ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736913&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:22 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736913&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 If you're looking for a recipe for success on Black Friday, you can study up on high fashion - and contribute to a down-to-earth cause - at a runway benefit next week at the University of Houston. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19735520&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:45:07 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19735520&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 has made a step toward being “green” with its recent purchase of wind energy to power about 360 stores and other facilities across Texas. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant purchase... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736916&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:34:23 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736916&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Internet ad sales reached almost $5.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008 -- an 11 percent jump over the same period last year. But quarter-to-quarter comparisons are relatively flat, according to ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736917&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:34:21 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736917&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 SE plans to temporarily close 80 plants worldwide because of slow demand, according to news reports. The move will affect two of the company’s 14 plants at its Freeport site. The Associated Pre... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736918&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:34:20 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736918&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 has created an on-demand weather interactive feature for its Houston U-verse television customers. Customers can access free weather information for their home city or any other U.S. city via the &ld... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736919&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:34:18 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19736919&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitchers John Bannister and Willie Eyre have made considerable progress in their comebacks from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733192&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:47 -0500 Texas Rangers http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733192&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Times are tight. We may watch our pennies and even clip coupons, but any savings we see can be wiped out with one overcharge at the register.It's why investigative reporter Amy Davis is loo... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733436&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:28 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733436&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting of two people found outside a northeast Harris County grocery store. The victims were found outside a store in the 5400 block of Mt. H... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733437&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:40:47 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733437&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Internal Affairs investigators on Thursday spent several hours at a Houston hospital interviewing the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, trying to determine what happened between... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733438&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:40:46 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733438&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Steal from your neighbors, and you go to prison. The water and sewer directors exposed by 13 Undercover get jail time. It's another 13 Undercover investigation which produces res... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733440&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:36:47 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19733440&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- A ship's cargo means cash to the ship's clerk. Earlier this year, Bill Williams saw two to three ships a week coming into his docks along the Port of Houston. Now that's what he sees a mont... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729683&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:28 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729683&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 ARLINGTON -- The Rangers traded offensive-power potential for speed and defensive potential in a swap of former No. 1 Draft picks with the Phillies on Thursday. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729380&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:23 -0500 Texas Rangers http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729380&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Your help is needed to help identify a suspect who has stolen more than $1,400 worth of gas and merchandise from an east Harris County service station. The suspect made the purch... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729689&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:08 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729689&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 McALLEN — A farmworker rights organization and 14 poor South Texas residents sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday alleging that the agency refused to help thousands of poor f... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729686&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42:04 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729686&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Attention all you Santa's helpers, you know the holiday wish list has been drawn up, but will the items on that list be hit or toy box clutter? It's hard to know the answer until... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729688&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:07 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729688&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HUNTSVILLE — Convicted killer Robert Jean Hudson was executed Thursday night for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend after he beat down the door and barged into her Dallas-area apartment nearly a... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729685&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42:08 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729685&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Neighbors, school teachers, co-workers all that gift-buying can really add up. But what if we told you, there really are great gifts for just a few bucks. You just have to know w... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729687&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:38:04 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729687&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along.Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast on Sept. 13, but more than two months later, t... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729692&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:15:22 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19729692&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - November 20, 2008) - Ten out of eleven metropolitan areas surveyed in the state now have gas price averages under $2.00 a gallon, according to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19721611&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:57:33 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19721611&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Two Houston middle school teachers were arrested on drug charges Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Police apprehended two teachers at M.C. Williams Middle School, 6100 Knox, in northwest Hous... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724371&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:44 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724371&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 AUSTIN, Texas -- Democrat Jim Mattox, known as the junkyard dog of Texas politics who served in Congress and as state attorney general and battled Ann Richards in a vicious campaign for governor, has ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724372&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:41 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724372&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 An accident involving a motorcycle has closed two lanes of the South Freeway at the South Loop. The accident, which was reported about 4:25 p.m., has slowed southbound traffic down to less than 20 mp... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724374&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:53 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724374&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Family members of a man who said he was beaten by two Houston police officers hired a private detective and spoke to HPD about the allegations, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.Marvin Driver ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724373&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:42 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724373&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police Chief Harold Hurtt is responding to the allegations two of his officers critically injured the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver. The 56-year-old remain... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724379&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:00 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724379&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 NFL defensemen. He faces a much more trying foe at home: his soon to be 2-year-old son Julian."A cranky 2-year-old is more difficult than a defense because defenses you only deal with on Sunday. The s... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724381&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:25 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724381&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Texas fell to an average $1.88 a gallon this week.AAA Texas on Thursday reported the 12-cent decline in the average cost of gasoline, compared to one week ago.The nationwide price for gasoline tumbled... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724382&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:22 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19724382&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 NASA has named Arthur E. 'Gene' Goldman as the new director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. The promotion of Goldman, the center's deputy director since October 2006, is effect... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718276&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:23 -0500 WLOX http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718276&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 DnB NOR Markets , a Norwegian investment bank. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Roxar already supplies FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) with subsea components, the company said. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718286&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:26 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718286&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The value of green building construction starts increased substantially between 2005 and 2008, according to a report released Nov. 19 by McGraw-Hill Construction. The report — based on data fou... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718285&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:24 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718285&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Texas Children's Hospital warned parents Thursday to be careful when buying holiday gifts for their children, KPRC Local 2 reported.Many toys can pose dangers that parents may not realize. ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718277&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:40 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718277&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A southeast Houston man was charged with capital murder today in the slaying of a man whose body was discovered under a bridge, authorities said. A person searching for a lost dog on Sunday found the... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718283&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:57 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718283&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- A man has confessed to killing a man whose wife had reported him missing, police told KPRC Local 2 Thursday.Houston police said Daniel Dewayne Wheeler was found dead under a bridge on East ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718279&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:39 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718279&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 has approved a stock repurchase program of up to $5 million. The Houston provider of death care services and products completed a previous $5 million repurchase plan last month. Carriage Services (N... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718287&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:19 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718287&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A man shot by a security guard is facing a family violence assault charge for allegedly attacking his pregnant girlfriend late Wednesday at a southeast Houston shopping center, authorities said Thursd... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718284&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:56 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718284&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- A middle school was evacuated Thursday because there was an odor in the building, KPRC Local 2 reported.Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District officials said workers varnished the fl... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718278&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:37 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718278&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Egypt Hydrocarbon Corp. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The Houston engineering company will be providing a pre-front end engineering design study for two polyethylene units at E... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718288&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:17 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718288&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 , both Houston companies received $250,000, but are eligible to receive up to $1 million from the fund. DNAtriX, a biotechnology company led by Dr. Juan Fueyo and Dr. Frank McCormick, is focused on d... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718290&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:03 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718290&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 creating a global drilling technology company. The company will be known as Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd. and be headquartered in Houston. Canrig was founded in Calgary, Canada more than 20 years ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718289&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:14 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718289&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston and the City of Houston have implemented a pilot program designed to reduce confusion at downtown stoplights were the MetroRail also makes stops. Metro a... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718292&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:01 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718292&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The Ladies Professional Golf Association event, to be held in Houston from Nov. 19 to 22, 2009, will be branded as the Stanford Financial Tour Championship. The tournament, the final stop on the 2009 ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718291&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:17:58 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718291&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Officials at Texas Children's Hospital say some of the most popular toys can often be dangerous for children. That's why the hospital comes out every year with its 'Trouble in Toy... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718293&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:03 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19718293&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- The holiday travel season is under way and Bush Intercontinental Airport is trying to help travelers get through security checks easier, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.There are new lines t... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712302&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:19 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712302&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- The Houston City Council is cracking down on drivers who don't pay their tickets for running red lights at intersections with cameras, KPRC Local 2 reported.The council passed on ordinance ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712304&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:17 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712304&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Joseph Addai rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown, adding 48 yards and a receiving score on four catches, as Indianapolis snuck past Houston, 33-27, at Lucas Oil St... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712283&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:22:53 -0500 SportsNetwork http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712283&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 JENNINGS, La. — The death of a 60-year-old Louisiana woman whose body was found stuffed inside a box buried in East Texas last month has been ruled a homicide. The body of Dorothy Mae Hey was f... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712309&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:26 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712309&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- A huge plume of smoke from a massive house fire could be seen for miles Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Houston firefighters battled the flames at the home on White Heather Drive near Wuth... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712307&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:13 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712307&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A man died after his car crashed into a ditch and burst into flames in north Harris County, sheriff's deputies said. The driver apparently lost control of the 2004 Lincoln about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday w... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712310&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:24 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712310&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Guests of a southwest Houston motel suddenly had to find a new place to stay Wednesday after the motel they were staying in caught fire, KPRC Local 2 reported.The fire started at the Sympho... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712305&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:16 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712305&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] It wants to cut some bus routes to magnet schools. It's a move the district says would save $16 million. Currently the district is spending more money tra... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712312&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:23 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712312&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] It happened at the business on South Wayside and Canal. Firefighters believe workers used a torch to repair the convenience store roof yesterday and may h... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712313&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:18 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712313&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 News ) - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week."We'... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712314&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:19:32 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19712314&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 AUSTIN — The State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a measure that would allow high school athletes to get four credits toward their graduation requirement for playing s... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707435&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:32 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707435&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 wide receiver Donald Driver is in critical condition, at last report, and his family wants the two police officers who allegedly beat him taken off the street.The family wants the officers they say ar... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707436&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:09:30 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707436&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Peter Traber as president, ending a turbulent 5 1/2-year tenure, officials said.Trustees announced Wednesday after a three-hour meeting that they and Traber agreed he'll step down as president and CEO... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707437&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:09:29 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19707437&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The family of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver claims he was beaten by police in Houston, causing him to be hospitalized. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19701168&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:52 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19701168&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — A Texas bus driver involved in a crash last year that killed four people will face manslaughter charges because there isn't enough evidence to charge him with negligent homic... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703002&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:54 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703002&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The family of a Sugar Land girl killed two years ago expects to protest the possible parole early next year of a man convicted of helping the killer bury the teen. Sean Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in M... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703000&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:56 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703000&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Mark Doty in 2007's Ultimate Houston Annette Gordon-Reed made history — and on her birthday — Wednesday when she became the first African-American woman to win the National Book Award in ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703004&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:48 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703004&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 New homes built in Houston will have to meet more stringent energy-saving standards starting next October under a new energy code approved Wednesday by the City Council. "The modern trend among both ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19702999&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:57 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19702999&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The Houston Independent School District is trying to get school lunch down to a science. In its new $50 million centralized food services facility in northeast Houston, workers can cook 400 gallons o... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703003&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:52 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703003&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 At least two legislative committees and one subcommittee also are studying Hurricane Ike response and recovery. A House committee chaired by Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, had its first public hear... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703007&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:45 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703007&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 AUSTIN — Texas risks becoming a national joke if state educators insist on clouding the teaching of evolution, scores of scientists, science teachers and concerned residents Texans told the Stat... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703005&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:43 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703005&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Get headlines and breaking news sent to you ] Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Department arrested two women at the BB Spa on Kuykendall near 1960. Detectives say the women were selling ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703009&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:36:44 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19703009&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 "I am a plant geek," Kertz admits. "I've been messing with green things for 40-something years." Here Kertz grows it in exotic plastic tubes he designed to take up less space than a pond. If you grow ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19699590&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:49:52 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19699590&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 RAYMONDVILLE — A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a state senator and others named in indictments accusing ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696233&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:31 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696233&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Thanksgiving is just around the corner so you may be thinking it's time to start stocking up on the free food usually offered by grocery stores. But this holiday season, it seems... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696235&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:14 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696235&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 KEMAH, TX (KTRK) -- Frustrated homeowners are wondering where they'll turn. They can't fix the damage from Hurricane Ike, and now the city of Kemah will cut off their power. ROAD TO RECOVERY: http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696236&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:59:15 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696236&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Comal County sheriff's investigators are searching for a woman they believe severely beat her mother and took away her own daughter. The grandmother had legal conservatorship of Jewel Noel Klein, 6... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696234&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:32 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696234&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Oklahoma City on Monday night. He underwent tests on Tuesday and Wednesday that revealed no structural damage."It's nothing bad," said Yao, the Rockets' leading scorer, averaging 17 points. "I'm all r... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696237&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:56 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696237&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Rick Carlisle said. "He's been guarding, he's been getting a lot of rebounds. He's been playing great basketball. He's been a big part of what's been going on."Carlisle said Howard was "day to day." T... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696238&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:55 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696238&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Houston -area teenager who lied about being sexually assaulted was given a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a student who had been accused in the alleged rape. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696239&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:38:54 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696239&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The Texans hope to avoid the same result when they travel to the Hub City for Friday night's Division I regional quarterfinal playoff against the undefeated District 31-4A champions. http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696203&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:34:50 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19696203&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 KEMAH, Texas -- Authorities say a 16-year-old boy shot his father during an argument over a fast-food order then turned the gun on himself -- and both have died after nearly two days in the hospital. ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691378&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:17 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691378&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A leak at a chemical plant in northeast Harris County sent at least two workers to a hospital today and prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order at a local school, officials said. The leak was rep... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691382&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:36 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691382&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- Some UTMB employees who were given their walking papers by the Galveston Island Hospital are getting a new opportunity to find new jobs.St. Joseph Hospital, located in downtown Houston, hel... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691377&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:16 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691377&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Houston FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man we've nick-named the "Reckless Robber". The robber shocked and stunned customers and ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691383&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:49 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691383&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON -- The family of a Houston-area man said he was nearly beaten to death by Houston police officers when he was stopped on traffic warrants, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.Marvin Driver Jr. sai... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691380&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:19 -0500 Click 2 Houston http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691380&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Baylor College of Medicine trustees parted ways with President Peter Traber on Wednesday, after a tumultuous 5 1/2-year tenure that began with the school divorcing its historic hospital partner and en... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691381&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:38 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691381&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport uncovered over 28 pounds of opium hidden in the walls of two pieces of luggage. [SIGN UP: http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691387&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:48 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691387&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A father will head to prison for stabbing a teenage boy -- a boy the father thought had witnessed the rape of his daughter. [SIGN UP: http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691388&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:44 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691388&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 FRIENDSWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- A convenience store in Friendswood has been targeted by an armed robber for the second time in a matter of months. The Valero convenience store, 700 W. Parkwood, was the ... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691390&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:41 -0500 ABC 13 http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691390&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Texas ' highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to examine why a death row inmate's attorneys waited nearly 20 years before claiming a sexual affair between the trial judge a... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691392&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:24:38 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691392&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Houston Texans in 2003 he created a foundation to help underprivileged children and give them the opportunity he never had.That foundation has grown in the past five years and Johnson has sponsored pr... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691394&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:24:36 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19691394&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 KCOH On Drugs Telltale Quote: "Does anyone have something to help wake up/take the edge off/revive the guitarist?" Best Case: Get famous for your excess, then clean up, reunite, film your Behind the... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686182&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:28 -0500 Houston Press http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686182&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Walter's on Washington "Post-metal" is not a universally accepted term, but it is useful to describe a real aesthetic phenomenon that began with Neurosis in the early '90s and has been developed by ba... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686187&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:25 -0500 Houston Press http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686187&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 The family of a Sugar Land girl killed two years ago is outraged that the teen convicted of helping her killer burn her body will be eligible for parole early next year. Sean Brown, 20, pleaded guilt... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686192&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:15 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686192&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 SAN ANTONIO — A former Sunday school teacher was arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after the parents of a 14-year-old boy found a topless photo of her on his cell p... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686195&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:19 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686195&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 National College Athletic Association on Wednesday awarded the prestigious event to Houston in 2016, having already named the city’s Reliant Stadium as host site in 2011. Houston previously host... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686196&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:58 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686196&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 A reckoning is coming for thousands of red-light camera scofflaws. City Council today approved a measure that will allow the state to deny vehicle registration to drivers who do not pay their red-lig... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686193&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:16 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686193&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 KEMAH — A teenager and the father he shot before turning the gun on himself after an argument over a fast food order both died after nearly two days in critical care, a hospital spokesman said t... http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686191&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:14 -0500 Houston Chronicle http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686191&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Two key measurements of the housing market show that the sector is a long way from ending its historic slump, but the South showed slight improvement. A new report from the http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686197&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:55 -0500 Houston Business Journal http://feeds.houstonnews.net/?rid=19686197&cat=edcb1def3c80d2e6