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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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Police in Houston, Texas, are looking for a stripper who works at a Houston strip club. The stripper is said to have been involved in a fatal robbery.
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Police arrest a man in Southeast Texas Wednesday accusing him of "distracting drivers and creating a hazard" after trying to ride his unicycle across a bridge in the buff.
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A Houston newspaper is making headlines after a story broke out that one of its reporters was moonlighting as an exotic dancer.
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It was one of those idyllic mornings where the normally effervescent fountains belied their calm. One could not help but notice their doubling of Akash Kapur—his Zen as he greeted the crowd of anxious students at the University of Houston on Wednesday.
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It was strange to learn of the passing of Whitney Houston on my iPhone. And yet it was so appropriate. In the 1980s her albums were as ubiquitous as social media is now.
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On Wednesday night, commuters stopped along their ride as their eyes were drawn to a tiger sitting upon a roof. Drivers called emergency lines to report the 'escaped' tiger.
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The release of a Slovenian documentary, Houston We Have a Problem, alleges a new twist to the the Cold War: American bought a secret Yugoslav space programme to put it in space.
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A man who received a $1 parking ticket over 50 years ago has contacted officials informing them of his plans to pay this outstanding debt.
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The blockbuster NBA trade to send star point guard Chris Paul from New Orleans to the L.A. Lakers has hit a snag, ESPN reports. The trade also includes the Lakers' Pau Gasol moving to the Houston Rockets.
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Aspiring novelists and doctors—mark your calendars. The University of Houston's Department of Comparative Cultural Studies has extended an invitation to Abraham Verghese, a novelist and medicine professor to give a lecture and book signing.
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Woman shoots man at Texas gas station KTRK
Former Houston headquarters of oil giant Halliburton. WhisperToMe
Master of his Domain, acrylic by Virginia Houston.
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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Jean Houston on ABC's Nightline Faceoff. ABC / Screengrab
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Felicia Smith is being charged with a felony for engaging in a lap dance with one of her students. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
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The JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Tx mheisel/flickr
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