Captured prison escapee Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr. told community activist Quanell X that he got a gun from state prison staff, who helped him hide it in his prison cell for three weeks.
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Houston ISD’s fourth- and eighth-grade students are better at math than their peers in many other urban school systems, though the district’s progress has been relatively flat since 2007, according to national test results released Tuesday.
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The Galveston County District Attorney’s Office dropped resisting arrest and other criminal charges against Brandon Backe and three other wedding guests in May, but that left misdemeanor charges of interfering with a police officer.
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Houston Fire Department employees have experienced harassment and discrimination but nothing as extreme as the racist and sexist graffiti scrawled on the walls inside a female firehouse dorm last summer, an independent review released Tuesday revealed.
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Smaller Nations Weigh Power of the Walkout
New York Times COPENHAGEN — It is one of the grim paradoxes of climate change that nations on the front line of global warming are among those with the least political clout at the United Nations conference that opened this week in Copenhagen. … Leaked agreement rocks CopenhagenABC Online UN Chief 'Optimistic' Deal Can be Reached in CopenhagenVoice of America Future of humanity hinges on Copenhagen climate conference: UN chiefXinhua Times of India -Telegraph.co.uk -Bloomberg all 6,559 news articles » |
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McChrystal: Uprooting bin Laden and Taliban key to winning in Afghanistan
CNN International Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the next 18 months will be "critical," but he is confident of success in Afghanistan. McChrystal: "I don't view July 2011 as a deadline." Washington (CNN) — Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a … General: Pakistani Help Could Defeat Afghan GangNew York Times Afghanistan: Stanley mcchrystal says troops surge will defeat TalibanTelegraph.co.uk Troop surge will halt Taliban, mcchrystal saysABC Online Christian Science Monitor -ABC News -BBC News all 981 news articles » |
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Nearly two-thirds of businesses will see the tax per employee increase threefold under rates announced today.
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Astros pitcher Brandon Backe will be tried before a Galveston Municipal Court jury on charges of interfering with a police officer in connection with a wedding event stormed by 30 officers last year.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller has asked Webster to take a look at how the bureau handled information about Maj. Nidal Hasan in the months before the shooting at the Texas military base that killed 13 people
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Obama jobs plan: big ideas, but a big hole to fill in hiring
Christian Science Monitor Obama's jobs plan is an ambitious attempt to spur a pace of hiring that's far below normal. Small-business tax breaks, infrastructure spending, and energy efficiency are key areas. By Mark Trumbull | Staff writer/ December 8, 2009 edition President … Obama outlines job creation agendaLos Angeles Times Obama jobs/stimulus proposal draws support and criticismWZTV How to make the President's jobs plan work for New YorkHuffington Post (blog) BusinessWeek -USA Today -CNNMoney.com all 1,666 news articles » |
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