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3 hrs ago | Click2Houston.com

Student Shot Outside Apartment

A high school student was killed outside a southeast Houston apartment, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

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8 hrs ago | Houston Chronicle

No bail for Houston woman accused of stabbing 2 children

A 28-year-old woman accused of stabbing two children will remain behind bars without bail, a Houston judge ruled this morning.

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12 hrs ago | Amarillo.com

New license plate program

Want a pink license plate with your name, nickname or that of your favorite sports team on it? A sampling of vanity plates Texans are already taking advantage of a new state program allowing them to personalize their license plates.

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16 hrs ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Houston-area school districts sue over ban on minimum grading

Five Houston-area school districts filed a lawsuit against the state education commissioner over his interpretation of a new law prohibiting minimum grading policies, a lawyer said Thursday.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Accused triggerman held without bail in Houston triple slaying

The suspected triggerman in the shooting deaths of three people during a robbery last month is in custody, Houston police said on Thursday.

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Click2Houston.com

Baby's Mummified Remains Found

The mummified remains of a baby were found at an apartment complex in northwest Houston, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

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KHWB-TV Houston

China holds, mistreats US geologist for 2 years on state secrets charges over a database

Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit.

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Associated Content

City Guide: Shopping for Antiques in Houston, Texas

Many of the local proprietors are more than happy to strike a deal, and some of the shops have been open for decades and know their customers by their first names.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Marshall News Messenger

Ex-crewmen: Company wouldn't rename targeted ship

The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.

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www.memorialhermann.org | MHHS

Pediactric Health Chat-Live with a Pediatric Specialist Nov 19

Worried about your child's health? Get answers directly from the director of emergency services at the Children’s Emergency Centers at Memorial Hermann Memorial City. Dr. Michelle McKane has special knowledge and training in treatment and medications for infants, children and adolescents who are critically ill because of injury or disease.

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www.uthealthleader.org | MHHS

Health Leader Surgery story #3

Bariatric Medicine: Part 1 At 535 pounds, Rex Adams felt like a prisoner, not just because of his weight, but because he was taking as many as a dozen pills a day to help manage complications of obesity. “When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and had to go on oral medication, that’s when it really hit me,” Adams says. “I had done this to myself. I knew I had to do something to lose the weight and free myself from all the pills I was taking.” Adams sought a surgical solution – a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass – to control the weight and his blood sugar. He took one last pill the day before the surgery. Since then, he hasn’t required any medication to manage type 2 diabetes. He is no longer considered diabetic. “It was like a complete release,” Adams says. “I had the surgery, and I never looked back.” Weight-loss surgery, including gastric bypass and the lap band, can have a dramatic impact on morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes, a condition characterized by high levels of blood sugar as a result of defects in insulin production and resistance to insulin’s actions. Some are able to go off diabetes medications entirely. Others may be able to significantly reduce the amount of insulin or other medication they require to keep their blood sugar in check. Patients who are classified as “pre-diabetic” may be able to avoid the disease all together.

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www.uthealthleader.org | MHHS

Health Leader Surgery story #2

Bariatric Medicine: Part II When Abby Erias had gastric bypass surgery, she remembered the physicians telling her that one of the side effects to her rapid weight loss could be increased fertility. She already had two daughters and wasn’t planning to have any more children, so she went on birth control. She didn’t want to take any chances. “I couldn’t find the right birth control for me, so my plan was to go off birth control for 30 days and then go a different route with something new,” Erias says. “In less than 30 days, I didn’t think I could get pregnant, but I went a different route all right. I had a baby!” When bariatric surgeons at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston host informational sessions about gastric bypass and lap-band procedures, they emphasize that as the unwanted pounds come off, pregnancy may become a very real possibility. This discussion often produces some chuckles and a few “yeah, right” comments from women in the audience.

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www.uthealthleader.org | MHHS

Health Leader Surgery story

STORY BY Camille Webb Few patients look forward to going under the knife. For Ouida Gernentz, however, abdominal surgery turned out to be a much better experience than she ever could have imagined. Abdominal surgeries typically require large incisions that leave physical—and sometimes emotional marks—including scars at the wound site, pain, lengthy recoveries and a delayed return to normal, everyday activities. Gernentz did not experience the usual, postoperative pain, thanks to a pioneering surgical technique performed by The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Texas (MIST).

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KHOU-TV Houston

Gas stations accused of mixing regular, super unleaded

According to an employee at the store, Gulshan owns the station and the property.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

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The Auto Channel

City of Houston Installs Coulomb Technologies Networked Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

But First Snide's Remarks: As our loyal readers know, The Auto Channel has put its support for Electric Vehiclse where your eyes are, since before it was cool to be a EV'er. BUT let's not get blinded by the light and miss another real good alternative to gasoline, and maybe a better way to get us away from the black poison, build every car as a ...

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KHOU-TV Houston

Records show gas stations pump out low-octane gas from premium pumps

The Texas Department of Agriculture is investigating 16 Houston-area gas stations for allegedly mixing lower-octane gasoline with higher-octane, higher-priced gas.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Woman charged in stabbings of 2 kids at Harris County home

A 28-year-old woman has been charged in the stabbings of two young siblings at their Harris County home Wednesday night.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Examiner.com

Katy Budget Books voted Click2Houston best book store in Houston

Katy Budget Books, located in far West Houston, has been selling new & used books for over 25 years.

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Houston Chronicle

3 Houston men charged in phony vehicle inspections

Three Houston men who worked at a Heights-area vehicle inspection station that issued a sticker to a bus involved in a fatal bus crash have been charged passing vehicles without examining them.

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