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UH system develops plan to ask state for $75 million to build Victoria campus

Originally published July 31, 2010 at 10:36 p.m., updated August 1, 2010 at 12:45 a.m. The University of Houston System's Board of Regents wants the state to fund $75 million to build a new Victoria campus.


SW Houston crash kills 4-year-old boy

A 4-year-old boy died after being injured in a crash in southwest Houston Friday afternoon, authorities said.


Openings & Closings

David Luna at Flora & Muse, his new restaurant. Add another unlikely mobile food vendor to the list of food trucks now rolling through Houston's streets: Hubcap Grill 's fire engine-red truck had its grand unveiling last night in the parking lot of Christy's Donuts at West Gray and Montrose.


Theater review: Arabian Nights gives age-old tales new life

Scheherazade and sister Dunyazade ride camels led by the Wazir in this scene from Arabian Nights.


Li Cunxin's ballet dance with the devil

Dancer Li Cunxin says he holds no grudge toward China over his arduous ordeal. Nearly 30 years ago, Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin and Houston attorney Charles Foster were at the center of a politically charged international controversy.


Highest Rated Texas Schools Increase

More than two-thirds of Texas school districts received one of the two highest possible ratings when the state issued its annual report card on Friday, a big improvement over last year's scores that was due largely to a measure that allows students to be credited for improvement despite not passing.


Man arrested in Killeen faces charges in '09 murder

By Philip Jankowski Killeen Daily Herald A Round Rock man was arrested Thursday in Killeen on charges related to a 2009 murder in Houston.


Bill White to President Barack Obama: Call me

Bill White, the Democrat running for Texas governor, has a message for President Barack Obama: Call me.


State suspends medical license of doctor charged with DWI, drug possession

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas The state has temporarily suspended the license of a Houston-area doctor allegedly caught speeding down a busy highway with a carload of drugs.


Court session pits BP against oil spill victims

BP came face-to-face Thursday with victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill during a first court hearing into the case, which is likely to become one of the nation's biggest civil trials.


Bond raised for Webster man in fatal wreck

July 30, 2010 Bond was raised Wednesday for a Webster man charged in Monday's double-fatality wreck on the Gulf Freeway that killed two League City men.


Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth visit Houston on American Carnage tour

You've been waiting since 1989 for this. True, Metallica is absent, but that might not be a bad thing considering that they might keel over if they tried to play their standard setlist from the 1980s.





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