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• Burgers and Nostalgia at Lankford Grocery

  Wednesday May 23 | via Houston Press 

  For a 73-year-old restaurant, Lankford Grocery is a breath of fresh air. Straddling the quickly gentrifying neighborhoods of Montrose and the Fourth Ward, the tumbledown burger joint in circus hues of red and white has never suffered the crippling mediocrity of an old-timer that's given up on ingenuity.

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  Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Dining, Restaurant Management, Restaurant Management, South Houston, TX

• Meeting between Lykos, activists turns heated

  Friday May 18 | via KHOU-TV Houston 

  HOUSTON Things got tense Friday when community activists met with Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos about the Chad Holley beating case.

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• Community leaders meet with district attorney over v...

  Friday May 18 | via Click2Houston 

  Community leaders met with the Harris County district attorney Friday morning to discuss the not guilty verdict in the case of a former police officer who was accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect.

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  Related Topix: Community Health Care, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, South Houston, TX

• Community leaders to meet with district attorney ove...

  Friday May 18 | via Click2Houston.com 

  Community leaders will meet with the Harris County district attorney Friday morning to discuss the not guilty verdict in the case of a former police officer who was accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect.

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• Protesters express outrage in verdict in beating trial

  Thursday May 17 | via Click2Houston 

  Dozens of Houstonians voiced their outrage at the not guilty verdict in the case of a former police officer who was accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect.

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• Slideshow: Protesters outraged by verdict in ex-offi...

  Thursday May 17 | via Click2Houston.com 

  Dozens of Houstonians voice their outrage at the not guilty verdict in the case of a former police officer who was accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect.

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• Houston's black community sees no justice in Blomber...

  Wednesday May 16 | via Houston Chronicle 

  Bishop James Dixon expresses his disappointment at the acquittal of former HPD officer Andrew Blomberg at a news conference called by local leaders Wednesday at the NAACP Houston Branch office.

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• 19 Enchiladas and Counting: Sylvia's Enchilada Kitch...

  Wednesday May 16 | via Houston Press 

  Though some bemoan the increasingly popular practice of "National [Insert Food Here] Month," I couldn't be happier that the 31 days of May are devoted to celebrating the enchilada.

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• No tax hike in Parker's $4.5 billion spending plan

  Tuesday May 15 | via Chron 

  Mayor Annise Parker has proposed a $2 billion general fund budget that includes plans to increase curbside recycling, restore night and weekend hours to the city's 311 assistance line and open a sobering center as an alternative to jail for people whose only crime is being drunk.

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• Video Highlights: Saluting Over 100 Law Enforcement ...

  Monday May 7 | via NewscastMedia.com 

  Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas-Houston police proved that, "everything's bigger in Texas" and on Salute Law Enforcement Day in Houston there was a display of big toys from over 100 law enforcement agencies around the Houston area, as law enforcement officers mingled with the public to bring safety awareness to Houstonians.

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• 6-year-old drowns in S. Houston apartment pool

  Friday May 4 | via Houston Chronicle 

  Neighbors discovered a child under water in a pool at a south Houston apartment complex on Friday, KTRK-Channel 13 reports.

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