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Beer is poured during the grand opening party for the St. Arnold Brewing Company's new facility.

Crime Stoppers, investigators with the Webster Police Department and the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force are seeking the public's assistance in locating Anthony Terrell Jackson.

Arab-American and Muslim leaders on Friday condemned the mass shootings at Fort Hood and cautioned against casting suspicion on the thousands of Arabs and Muslims serving in the military.

Turnout is expected to be low as Houstonians head to the polls Tuesday to pick a new mayor.

Date: Saturday, November 14th Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Mall, near the skating rink Join us for a day of fun children’s activities and attractions at Memorial City Mall in our children’s village. Professional Lego artists will display their Lego creations, as well as a replica of the new Memorial Hermann Tower, new home to Children's Memorial Hermann and Women's Memorial Hermann! Kids will have an opportunity to build their own creations from Lego-style-bricks. We will be hosting a Memorial Hermann Tower building contest, where kids can build their own version of the new tower. Photos of the creations will be displayed on Flickr.com, where friends and family can vote for the best replica. Parents will get a chance to visit with medical experts from Children’s Memorial Hermann Memorial City at our “Ask the Pediatrician” and our “Ask the Ob/Gyn” tables. There will also be an area for kids to color cardboard versions of the MH Tower. Free stuffed animal versions of the Children’s Memorial Hermann mascot, Topper will also be given out while supplies last. There will also be a Teddy Bear ER for your Topper dolls. Following the event, join us for a live chat with on Children’s Health Issues with Dr. Michelle McKane, Thursday Nov. 19 at Noon on MemorialHermann.org

Electrophysiology is used to diagnose, treat and often cure heart rhythm abnormality, known as arrhythmia. It has also been shown to dramatically improve the quality of life for patients with heart failure. This innovative program is just one aspect of the cardiovascular care available at Memorial Hermann. Arrhythmia may indicate a serious problem and lead to heart disease, stroke or sudden cardiac death. An arrhythmia can be silent and may not cause any symptoms. Register today for a potentially life-saving screening to look for atrial fibrillation, the most common type of arrhythmia, at Memorial Hermann Hear t & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center. The cost for this test, combined with three other screenings for dif ferent hear t and vascular conditions, is $139. The complete package will screen for: Atrial fibrillation • (arrhythmia) • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) • Carotid artery disease Screenings are available December 8th To schedule your appointment, call 1.800.690.0289. For a referral to an electrophysiologist affiliated with Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center, call 713.7CARDIO (722.7346). Screenings performed by Life Line Screening.

: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Mall. If you are familiar with the mall, the event will be in the area between the skating rink and the fireplace/seating area. FYI - the Pictures with Santa area will be right next to us so hopefully we will have high kid/parent traffic. The event is very kid/family oriented so there will be several activities/attractions: 1. the Lego models display area (including the Lego model of the MH Tower model) 2. an area for kids to build-their-own creations using foam Lego-style bricks. 3. an area for kids to take pictures with their "Lego" creations. Pictures will be posted on Flickr.

We were thrilled to read recently that Mark Simmons, an ecologist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, has been developing a mix of native grasses that Central Texas homeowners could use to plant lawns.

A community activist and the family of a man shot to death by a pregnant woman who said he was breaking into cars at her northwest Houston apartment complex are questioning whether she fired the gun, suggesting she is perhaps covering for someone else.

Crime Stoppers and Houston police need your help to solve a murder. Back on June 24, police say Devarek Joseph, 29, met with two men in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 2929 Crossview Drive in west Houston.

Reporting from Atlanta - This week's mayoral elections in Atlanta and Houston were close enough to trigger runoffs between the top two candidates in each city, leaving voters with final choices in December that could turn on race but also on nuts-and-bolts issues of governing in a recession.

Some notable races and measures in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS: a 'Chris Christie, a Republican former U.S. attorney, unseated New Jersey Democratic Gov.

Junior cornerback Miketavious Jones received his second offer on Thursday. The Houston Cougars extended an offer Thursday, joining Oklahoma State.

The Houston Department of Health and Human Services is reporting doses of injectable H1N1 vaccines are now "extremely limited." Right now, the department is giving vaccines to pregnant women and children over the age of four with underlying health conditions.

One witness who saw 64-year-old Joe Collins being beaten over the head by a rifle-swinging assailant compared it to someone getting pummeled with an ax or a golf club.

Register and join us Nov. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. for a live chat about this season's flu outbreak. Bring your questions and concerns about the flu vaccine and the spread of the new swine flu virus (H1N1) to board-certified pediatrician and family practitioner Dr. Subodh Bhuchar. Whether you are healthy and aren't sure if you should get the vaccine, or if you just want to be prepared for how to treat an illness in your family, this event can help you decide on a plan of action.

Voters in the country's fourth-largest city must now decide whether an openly gay woman should lead Houston for the first time or if a former city lawyer will become the city's second black mayor.

It is estimated that Heart Disease kills one person every 34 seconds. To better educate the public about our country’s number one killer, prevent the disease in those who don’t have it and better treat those who do, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital has renewed its commitment to make Heart Disease education, prevention and treatment a top priority by taking a leadership role in heart-related community education events and expanding the heart services available at the hospital. The hospital’s renewed Heart Health campaign commenced with the 2009 Bay Area Start! Heart Walk on October 17, where Memorial Hermann Southeast donated $25,000 and raised an additional $17,000 in donations from physicians, employees and their friends and families. According to the American Heart Association, the proceeds from the walk, totaling approximately $170,000 and counting, will fund lifesaving research, as well as public and professional education programs in the community and across America. Memorial Hermann Southeast not only utilized its presence at the Bay Area Start! Heart Walk to educate participants and their families about heart disease from A to Z, but Memorial Hermann Southeast volunteers also shared the exciting news about the hospital’s expanded heart program and new treatments available for patients. This fall, the cardiac catheterization lab at Memorial Hermann Southeast is expanding and will offer additional services to meet heart patients’ needs, whether it is treatment for a blocked artery, an irregular heartbeat or heart attack. For more information about Memorial Hermann Southeast’s heart program, as well as upcoming heart-related events, visit www.memorialhermann.org or call 281.929.6100.

No one likes being punished for something they didn't do. Even more so when the punishment is a series of deadly bullet wounds.

A woman has been accused of shooting a man to death, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday.