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• Fire on Christmas Day

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  By Christine Dobbyn at KTRK News, Houston Early Christmas morning, firefighters battled a blaze that was the product of an arsonist. It happened on Fairdale near Rockarbor. The fire victim tried to put the flames out himself. This was not how Jim Rutledge and his mother Nina planned on spending Christmas Day. “I ...
  2 days ago

• Fire destroys 6 NW Harris apartment units

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From The Houston Chronicle A fire raced through an apartment complex in northern Harris County on Friday afternoon. Firefighting efforts at the London Park Apartments were delayed because the closest hydrant was not working properly, forcing firefighters to run several hundred feet of hose to another hydrant down ...
  2 days ago

• Fires Break Out at Texas City Refinery

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From KPRC News, Houston Two small fires broke out at a Valero Energy Corp. refinery in Texas City Thursday. “It’s a small, but very smoky fire,” said Bruce Clawson with the Texas City Office of Emergency Management. Bill Day with San Antonio-based Valero told The Associated Press that nobody was hurt in ...
  2 days ago

• Two-alarm apartment blaze in southeast Houston

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From KHOU News, Houston Residents of the Sabo Village Apartments were sorting through debris after a two-alarm fire swept through the complex early Tuesday. Houston firefighters responded to the blaze around 5:30 a.m. Four apartment units were damaged. No one was injured. Arson investigators were on scene trying ...
  2 days ago

• Eco Tech: Florida Gulf Coast University boasts nation’s largest university-sited PV array

  
  Ecofriend — Authority: 627
  Eco Factor: Solar panel array to generate 2MW of renewable electric power. Florida Gulf Coast University has launched the US’s largest university-sited solar panel array that is capable of generating up to 2MW of green electric power. The installation features over 10,000 solar panels installed on a 16-acre ...
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• State of Emergency in Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Texas

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 435
  Raging blizzard hits the lower plainsState of Emergency declared in Oklahoma, S. Dakota and Texas after winter storm kills dozens of people “The storm is spanning two thirds of the country.  Its effects run the gamut from severe thunderstorms in the Gulf Coast to ice in New England to really what is a raging ...
  3 days ago

• AMERICAN GRADED STAKES STANDINGS brought to you by Keeneland: LOOKIN AT A BARGAIN

  
  Paulick Report — Authority: 503
  By Ray Paulick Buyers at the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale who stopped by the Taylor Made Sales Agency barn to inspect Hip 1738 would have been looking at a bay colt by leading sire Smart Strike out of a young mare bred and raced by William S. Farish in partnership with Temple Webber Jr. They would have ...
  4 days ago

• Hackers breaking into bank accounts of small, local businesses (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)

  
  Current Movie Reviews, Sports and Celebrity News — Authority: 142
  NEW ORLEANS – According to the FBI, organized “cyber-gangs” from eastern Europe are raiding the bank accounts of small-to-medium size businesses using an “Automated Clearing House” scam. The hackers use computer viruses to steal their ...
  4 days ago

• A Christmas Swell for Galveston, TX

  
  Texas Surfers — Authority: 122
  I suppose we can thank Santa (:
  5 days ago

• Florida Gulf Coast beats DePaul 64-61

  
  SportingNews.com — Authority: 796
  FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Reggie Chambers scored 20 points as Florida Gulf Coast defeated DePaul 64-61 on Tuesday night.
  6 days ago

• Red-tide researchers and robot visit the beach

  
  Beach Beat — Authority: 129
  Cold, wintry days may not draw out the big beach crowds, but that didn’t stop a group of researchers working on a human health study about red tide in Siesta Key near Sarasota. Red tide is a toxic algae that can cause fish kills, can kill other animals including manatees, and can cause humans to have watery eyes, ...
  6 days ago

• UTMB study identifies women at higher risk of significant bone loss on injectable birth control

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  GALVESTON, Texas -- Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical ...
  1 week ago

• Galveston Pilot Captains

  
  Cruise Critic Message Boards — Authority: 180
  I am in favor of market bearing salaries...but think Galveston (and Houston) ports should be doing all they can to lure more ships and business. Some interesting comments cross linked form CCL section: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1105993
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• Rape of the Veterans – Courtesy of Department of Veterans Affairs

  
  The Bull Speaks! — Authority: 118
  As soon as the Director (one Thomas Wisnieski (228-523-5766)) found out that it was a veteran was on the line he immediately tried to put me off. When I wouldnt budge he had his secretary verbally attack me and hang up on me - twice!
  1 week ago

• AirTran Airways Returns to the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport

  
  Southern Gaming — Authority: 132
  GULFPORT — AirTran Airways flights will resume at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport on Jan. 8. The non-stop flights will initially be three days a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, aboard a 117-seat Boeing 717. Seats are $69 to $99 each way based on advance purchase and are already on sale. Jeremiah ...
  1 week ago

• Houston house fire being blamed on space heater

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  By Katie McCall at KTRK News, Houston A family in east Houston is struggling to recover after a fire burned their home right before the holidays. Firefighters say the flames can be traced back to a space heater. The family says they have virtually nothing left after the fire on Lockwood this morning. The homeowner ...
  1 week ago

• House fire claims young man’s life

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From KTRK News, Houston Investigators are trying to find out what started a fire in southwest Houston that killed one man. Authorities identified the victim as 25-year-old Brandon Jenkins. The flames started last night at a home off Imogene and Mahoning. Firefighters say when they got there people at the home said ...
  1 week ago

• Firefighters hand out food baskets to needy seniors

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From KTRK News, Houston The Houston Fire Department handed out holiday food baskets to needy seniors on Friday. Houston Hispanic Firefighters Local 341 and community volunteers filled up paper bags with fresh fruit and vegetables, noodles and other goodies. Seniors came to the American Legion Hall on Avenue C to get ...
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• Students first, firefighters second

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  By Anna Schulmann in The Tomball Magnolia Potpourri They can wash trucks, roll and throw hose, and go on calls, everything firefighters can do except go into burning buildings, but many in the Tomball Fire Department Junior Firefighter program hope fighting fire is in their future. “I want to be a firefighter, ...
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• Fire Rips Through Houston Condo Complex

  
  Texas-Fire.com — Authority: 146
  From KPRC News, Houston The holiday season has taken a sad turn for several families in southwest Houston after a fire ripped through their condominium complex. Around 8 a.m. Saturday, firefighters were called to the Reflections on the Lake condominiums in the 2000 block of Gentryside Drive. Eight units at the ...
  1 week ago

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