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A gunman opened fire in Houston on Monday just before daybreak, wounding nine people before police shot and killed him, police said. The shooter was a Houston-area lawyer, the Texas city's police chief Martha Montalvo told a news conference.
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Back in school, Jae and her sister were in a band called 'Girls Tyme' with classmates Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland. Digital Journal asked the Houston-born star about her new single and about her memories of that time.
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Investigators with the Houston Fire Department are investigating a possible case of arson at a mosque in southeast Houston on Christmas Day.
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Gunshots rang out at a Sunday evening vigil for a 13-year-old Houston girl killed in a drive-by shooting the night before.
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A few days ago, the New York Yankees sounded like they expected to be a factor in baseball's 2015 post-season tournament that began yesterday.
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A "good guy with a gun" attempted to stop a carjacking Saturday night and the whole thing went horribly wrong when he allegedly shot the pickup truck's owner in the head and then fled the scene, Houston police say.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, has died aged 22, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub in her home."She is finally at peace in the arms of God.
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Former major leaguer Darryl Hamilton, an analyst for the MLB television network, was killed Sunday in what appears to be a murder-suicide.
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Festival appearances, new EPs, hard-rocking tunes and the challenge of coming up with a name. The singer of this Houston-based band chatted over the telephone with Digital Journal about all of the above and more.
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By AFP
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Police have opened a criminal probe into the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, US media reported, one week after the 21-year old daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston was pulled unconscious from a bathtub.
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A FedEx driver in Texas who allegedly stole two puppies off of a front porch has been suspended.
Home security footage posted on Facebook caught the driver in action taking the two French bulldogs, Sheila and Bruno from the Correa family.
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Responsible for one of the top country albums of 2014, the talented Texan's career is deservedly on the rise - and he has even made the first round of Grammy nominations for next year's ceremony. Digital Journal meets him.
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A Harris County man shot and killed one of three home invaders early Friday morning while his mother was trying to make breakfast.
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A Houston middle-school teacher faces criminal charges after performing a lap dance on one of her male students for his birthday.
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An international aerial search involving more than a dozen planes looking for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was called off Monday but high-tech underwater search operations are being expanded, Australian officials leading the effort said Monday.
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Authorities investigating the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 say their search for debris floating in the Indian Ocean is ending and efforts will shift to the seabed.
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Former Australian defence chief Angus Houston will take over coordination of the international search effort for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, reports said Sunday.
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The combination of a Houston construction worker's quick thinking and the expertise of a firefighter crew resulted in a dramatic rescue caught on video that's quickly gone viral.
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An 18-year-old girl's birthday party in a Houston suburb Saturday night turned deadly when gunmen opened fire killing two high school students and injuring at least 20 others, authorities said Sunday.
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The crime rate in Cypress, Texas has been notably low, as the crime rate is lower than 57% of U.S. cities. Houston however has been exponentially higher lately. This Lone Star College campus stabbing is a case in point.
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After a mother discovers explicit Facebook messages, a nurse's aide at Taylor High School in Houston is charged with having sex with a student on school grounds.
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In a city that goes the extra mile to support Down syndrome fund raising and awareness, it's hard to believe a waiter actually had to deal with this situation.
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The Tar Sands Blockade have entered the offices of TransCanada in Houston taking over the lobby. The protest is in progress at this moment.
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According to a Bush family spokesman, former President George H.W. Bush's condition is improving and has been moved from the Methodist Hospital's intensive care unit to a regular patient room.
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In an incident outside of a group home in Houston, a police officer shot and killed a wheelchair bound, double-amputee after the man threatened his partner.
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A Houston police officer shot and killed a man in a wheelchair, missing an arm and a leg, when he allegedly threatened people with a pen.
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She's being dubbed "gangster granny" after the 73-year old took on a would-be burglar trying to break-in to her daughter's home. She scared him off with a pair of scissors an a BBQ fork.
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Woo hoo, Boo Boo! Houston just made another Top 5 list! Okay, maybe we should say “boo hoo” instead, because it's the list of US cities most likely to have big-time identity thieves stealing billions of dollars by filing fraudulent tax returns.
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Three-year-old Christopher Salvaggio is one of a few toddlers that has been accepted into the Mensa program. There are more than 30 children under the age of 10 that are part of the Mensa Society.
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A waiter in a Texas Italian eatery recently got the biggest tip of his life. It's not a tip exactly, note some media sources, but more of a gift since the money was given without being attached to a bill.
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A couple sits at a fountain near the church doors
Ross Elementary google maps screencap
Master of his Domain, acrylic by Virginia Houston.
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A nook invites visitors to sit down for awhile.
A girl and woman talk about the Good Friday service they attended, Bibles in their hands, beneath somber colors of purple and blue
A look at Grace community church's Good Friday service from the back, as singers celebrate on the stage
Felicia Smith is being charged with a felony for engaging in a lap dance with one of her students. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Jean Houston on ABC's Nightline Faceoff. ABC / Screengrab
Australia's new prime minister, Tony Abbott, gets congratulated by the country's governor-general, Quentin Bryce, after his swearing-in ceremony last year. gg.gov.au/Wikimedia Commons
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Inside one church room is a painting of Moses with the Israelites in the wilderness
Woman shoots man at Texas gas station KTRK
People gather at the foot of the cross to pray after the Good Friday service.
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The JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Tx mheisel/flickr
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We Were Wolves, with Drew (second from left). Mike Gowen
HOUSTON: Corporate headquarters for oil services industry giant Halliburton, which was headed before 2000 by former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. WhisperTo / Wikimedia
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