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Two-alarm fire burns Heights church
Photo by Justin Terrell HOUSTON, TX – Firefighters battled the two-alarm blaze at the historic First Presbyterian Church located at 300 W. 18th near Rutland. The fire erupted around 12 p.m. Wednesday...
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CNN producers arrested trying to sneak into World Trade Center
NEW YORK, NY – Two CNN producers, Yon Pomrenze, 35, and Connor Fieldman Boals, 26, were arrested for trying to sneak past security at the World Trade Center in New York City in an attempt to report on...
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Orangutans escape, play hide-n-seek
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Call it a not so great ape escape. Rocky and Knobi, the Orangutans, decided to investigate their new surroundings at the Indianapolis Zoo. First, dismantling a web camera, then off...
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Deaf dog learns sign language
NEBRASKA – The Central Nebraska Humane Society is teaching deaf dogs how to communicate through sign language. Animal advocates say the hearing impairment could increase a deaf dog’s odds of having a...
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Satellite may have found pieces of debris from missing plane
KUALA LUMPUR – Another tip in the hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight 370, but is it real? New photos taken over the Indian ocean show pieces scattered, about 122 of them in all. It is still unclear if...
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Secret Service agents disciplined for drinking
AMSTERDAM – Three Secret Service agents were sent home from Amsterdam after a night of drinking led to one of them passing out in the hallway of their hotel, the day before the president’s arrival. It...
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Bad weather may halt Galveston Bay oil spill cleanup
GALVESTON, TX – They say oil and water don’t mix. That’s definitely the case in Galveston Bay, reeling from nearly 170,000 gallons of fuel oil dumped into it. Clean-up efforts continue, but windy...
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Mexican pimps held kids captive to force moms into prostitution
TENANCINGO, MEXICO – Their bad reputation has just gotten worse! Pimps in Mexico have been found holding kids hostage in order to force the children’s mothers into prostitution. Now that’s just all...
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Armed robbers target Denny’s in NW Harris County
HARRIS COUNTY – 24-hour Denny’s restaurants are hotspots for post-midnight snacks. They can also, like other round-the-clock places, be hotspots for crime. Just seven months after a customer was killed...
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Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law convicted
NEW YORK, NY – It’s being called a major victory in the war on terror. Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, Slaiman Abu Ghaith has been convicted in New York of conspiring to...
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Oklahoma judges rules execution law unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – An Oklahoma judge has tossed out the state’s death penalty law. Why, you inject? We mean ask! Because death row inmates are currently blocked from learning the names of the...
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1 in 7 employees actually works during the work day
HOUSTON, TX – Ever feel like you’re the only one in your office who does any work? You might be right. A new Gallup poll shows how much work your coworkers are actually doing. And it ain’t much. You...
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Copenhagen Zoo kills animals again
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – New controversy over animal slaughtering at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Last month they killed a giraffe and publicly fed him to the lions. Now they’ve killed four lions to...
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Teen gets McDonald’s receipt tattooed on his arm
LORENSKOG, NORWAY – Sweden has The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and now Norway has the boy with the McDonald’s receipt tattoo. Stian Ytterdahl, 18, had his entire order tatted on his right forearm....
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Bun B’s thoughts on the NFL banning the N-word
Recently the NFL has been discussing banning the N-word on the field and how that relates to censorship in music. Bun B shares is thoughts in this edition of Buns Beat.…
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Strippers sue San Diego cops for taking demeaning photos of them
SAN DIEGO, CA – They’ve gone from birthday suits, to lawsuits! Strippers at a San Diego cabaret are suing the city, claiming their civil rights were violated after a police raid turned into a raunchy...
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Houston to Dallas rail line may be extended
HOUSTON, TX – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings teamed up with Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Ft. Worth Mayor Betsy Price on Thursday to talk: trains. “Now it’s our turn to explore whether we can...
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Firefighter speaks about dramatic rescue; burned cat receives treatment
HOUSTON, TX – It was the rescue seen ’round the world, and it happened right here in Houston. Now one of the firefighters who saved a construction worker from Tuesday’s massive Montrose fire is...
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Prevent kids’ summer boredom: Send ‘em to camp!
HOUSTON, TX – Spring’s finally here, which means summer’s right around the corner. So the question arises — what to do with the kids? No parent wants to hear that never-ending drone from their child...
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Weather remains a factor in oil spill cleanup
GALVESTON, TX – It’s clean up time in Harbor House Marina on Galveston Island. There’s still so much work that needs to been done in the wake of that oil tanker collision that dumped over 160,000...
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