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3 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Reward offered for hit-and-run driver who killed 78-year-old woman

HOUSTON Law officers are hoping the public can help them track down a driver who ran over an elderly woman trying to cross a Katy street Thursday night.

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7 hrs ago | Business Journal

Freebirds expands in Houston

The Austin-based restaurant chain will open a restaurant at the Enclave Shopping Center Feb.

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12 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Houston forecast: Wet, messy weekend ahead

Friday is going to be a drizzly, cloudy day and the weekend may be a wet mess, according to KHOU 11 News Meteorologist David Paul.

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15 hrs ago | Houston Chronicle

Around the Area

Burglars left a hole in the front of a Fiesta market Thursday. The pharmacy at the store was damaged, and a worker said it appeared that about $2,000 in cash was stolen, along with some drugs.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Pit and Quarry

Cherry adds another stabilized material plant in Houston area

Cherry opened its fifth stabilized material plant in the Houston area, the company announced.

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Click2Houston

Wallets swiped from workers in Houston model homes

A convicted thief is facing new accusations of swiping wallets from women who were working in model homes, Local 2 Investigates reported Thursday.

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Houston Chronicle

Beware of dense fog over Houston tonight

The Texas Capitol and downtown buildings fade into the fog, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in Austin, Texas.

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Click2Houston

Band equipment stolen outside Houston hotel

The band, " Trout Fishing in America ," was staying at a hotel on Highway 59 near the Greenway Plaza Sunday when their van and most of their equipment was stolen.

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MyFoxHouston

No Suspect Found in Fatal Shooting

Houston homicide Investigators are trying to determine what led to a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in the Clear Lake area.

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Click2Houston

HPD: Mom accused of killing 5-year-old on suicide watch

A mother who confessed to killing her 5-year-old daughter missed a court appearance Thursday because she is on suicide watch, detectives said.

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Click2Houston

Man accused of robbery in Denny's

Houston police said a man snuck into the back office of Denny's on the Southwest Freeway at South Gessner Road at 3 a.m. When the manager walked in on him, the man pulled a sharp object and demanded her money, officials said.

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Houston Home-Journal

At least 1 killed in multiple-vehicle wreck on Highway 290 in northwest Houston

The male driver of a Ford Taurus, which is literally destroyed, was heading inbound shortly after 3pm when he someone how lost control of the vehicle and struck an older model Dodge pickup truck.

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Click2Houston

Man shot, killed outside southeast Houston apartment complex

Houston police said the shooting happened at the Lakeshire apartments, at 503 El Dorado Blvd., shortly before 1 a.m. "They found a black man who had been shot several times.

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Examiner.com

Houston TX And Vicinity Weather Forecast, Thursday, February 2, 2012

You have no doubt noticed the jump in relative humidity. Houston feels like Houston again, with morning fog, patchy showers and even thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Click2Houston

Feds offer flood assistance

The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering assistance to Houston residents affected by the flooding and severe storms on January 9th.

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Click2Houston

Teacher accused of sex with 11th grader after 900 text messages

An east Houston school teacher was charged with a felony after police said he had sex with an 11th grade student.

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Houston Chronicle

Witness details bank's payments to Stanford companies

An accountant who helped keep the books for R. Allen Stanford 's Caribbean bank on Wednesday described increasing secrecy around its loans to Stanford, including orders to keep some documents on an external drive separate from the bank's main computer system.

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Click2Houston

1 killed in collision on Northwest Freeway

Houston police said five vehicles were involved in the wreck on the inbound lanes of the Northwest Freeway near Mangum about 3 p.m. Detectives said the driver of a Ford Taurus caused the collision by swerving across the freeway.

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Click2Houston.com

1 killed in collision on Northwest Freeway

Houston police said five vehicles were involved in the wreck on the inbound lanes of the Northwest Freeway near Mangum about 3 p.m. Detectives said the driver of a Ford Taurus caused the collision by swerving across the freeway.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Houston woman accused of attacking terminally ill mother

HOUSTON Police say a 35-year-old woman pulled her terminally ill mother around the house by the legs after the mother confiscated the daughter's computer.

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