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Houston, Texas is located in Harris County. Zip codes in Houston, TX include 77282, 77265, and 77010. The median home price in Houston is $185,000. More Houston information.

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15 min ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Police say driver killed at stoplight was 'targeted and ambushed'

A driver was fatally shot in an ambush at a stoplight in southwest Houston early Thursday, police said.

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15 min ago | Western Star

Snow meant more traffic for Stephenville airport

STEPHENVILLE While snow on the Victoria Day weekend in Gander was an unwelcome sight for people there, it did help create some traffic at Stephenville airport.

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15 min ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Troopers find cocaine in BMW after driver runs away on foot

State troopers say they found about $2,000 in cocaine in a BMW following a traffic stop in west Houston.

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2 hrs ago | Phantoms and Monsters

Just the Facts?: 'Starchild' Update -- Market's Ghostly Visitor --...

Lloyd Pye posted the following: 1. We've enjoyed considerable forward momentum establishing the support of capable businessmen in Tampa.

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Wed May 22, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Houston Symphony and Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Present Israel at 65 Concert Today

Today, May 23, the Houston Symphony, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, will present a concert at Jones Hall recognizing the 65th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel.

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Houston Press

The Signature Sandwiches of Bocca Deli Are Fancier Than Usual

Situated in the endcap of a new stucco-clad strip mall that also houses a liquor store, the prim and tidy Bocca Deli wouldn't look out of place in most areas of Houston .

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Click2Houston

2nd suspect arrested in fatal shooting of Houston mother, son

Two suspects are now in custody for the shooting deaths of a Houston mother and her 10-year-old son.

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Click2Houston

Woman found beaten to death in northwest Houston

Houston homicides are now investigating the woman's death after her body was found in the 2100 block of Pech Road near Hammerly a.m. around 10:45 Wednesday.

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KHOU-TV Houston

HPD: Brazen suspects use hammers in $100K heist at Rice Village jewelry store

Houston police are on the hunt for three brazen suspects who smashed windows at a posh jewelry store in Rice Village Wednesday afternoon and took off with nearly $100,000 in jewels.

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Abc13.com

Amber Alert issued for missing 18-month-old child

Investigators say the father of Luke Towner assaulted the child's mother and took off with the child, making threats to kill both himself and Luke.

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Houston Press

Comicpalooza: The Shadow Casts Come Out at Night

Your humble narrator was part of a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast for the better part of a decade.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Wheelchair-bound man robbed, dragged, run over in northeast Houston

A man confined to a wheelchair was robbed, dragged, and run over near a gas station in northeast Houston, police said.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Business Journal

Iconic Astrodome is now on life support

When the Astrodome opened in 1965, it reinforced the notion that everything is bigger in Texas, and it shamed those non-Texans who believed that the Lone Star State was a backwater land filled with nothing but oil derricks and tumbleweed.

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KTRE-TV Lufkin

Lufkin man charged with negligent homicide for wreck that killed 3-year-old

Deputies with the Angelina County Sheriff's Office booked a 21-year-old Lufkin man into the jail on a charge of criminally negligent homicide after he turned himself in connection to a March 29 fatal accident on U.S. Highway 69 North that claimed the life of a 3-year-old boy.

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Business Journal

Another senior living facility breaks ground in Houston

Houston-based Belmont Village Senior Living broke ground this week on an assisted living and memory care facility at 7667 Woodway Drive.

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KYTX-TV News

Severe weather possible in East Texas today including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms

If you're a gamer, today is a big day. Microsoft will unveil its next-generation XBOX console today.

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CultureMap

The best city for young families? The Woodlands runs away with that honor in new rankings

Once the basic needs of food, water and shelter are out of the way, young families invariably look to public school systems, cost of living and economic growth in determining the prime location to revel in familial bliss.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Go Local

RI Music Community Rallies Around Brown Bird's David Lamb

One of the state's most gifted--and gracious--musicians: Brown Bird's David Lamb.

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Moonbattery

Douglas Karpen: Another Kermit Gosnell

One reason the "mainstream" media was willing to sacrifice what precious little remains of its credibility to sweep the lurid and extremely newsworthy Kermit Gosnell trial under the rug is that it was not an isolated incident.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Solo drivers can now pay to use the Highway 290 HOV

Drivers in northwest Houston looking to beat the traffic now have a new option: taking the HOV.

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