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AKA – Alpha Kappa Omega Day
Photography by Jo-Carolyn Goode - Houston was once again splashed with pink and green as …
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Roseanne Barr responds to 'The Conners' debut
Warning: This story contains spoilers about the series premiere of "The Conners." So, Roseanne was right.
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O'Rourke borrows Trump's attack line against 'Lying Ted' Cruz in Texas Senate debate
Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke aggressively cast Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as "all talk and no action" during the second -- and potentially final -- debate of the Texas Senate race Tuesday night.
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USA Gymnastics loses its 2nd president in 2 months
The revolving door of USA Gymnastics' top leadership keeps spinning as the organization struggles to recover from the Larry Nassar scandal.
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Less than a week after taking over USA Gymnastics, former US Rep. Mary Bono has resigned as interim president./AP
Published on October 17, 2018
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Former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer pleads guilty to lying to FBI investigators
Former Senate Intelligence Committee staff member James Wolfe pleaded guilty Monday to one count of lying to the FBI about his contacts with a reporter.
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Let's Go Streaking: The Houston Texans host the Buffalo Bills looking to extend their winning streak
In the movie Major League II, a story about the Cleveland Indians starting their second season after overcoming adversity and winning a playoff game. The manager Lou Brown is giving his team a pre-game speech the day after they have finally won a game ending a long losing streak. He stands in the middle of the clubhouse and bellows out very loudly.
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One escaped inmate captured, one still on the loose
A tip led officers to one of the two inmates who escaped from Metro Corrections over the weekend.
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The limo that crashed and killed 20 people failed inspection. And the driver wasn't properly licensed.
The driver of the modified limo that crashed in upstate New York "did not have the appropriate driver's license to be operating that vehicle," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
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Houston Celebrates Dynamo Championship
Photography by Vicky Pink - The celebration for the Houston Dynamo’s big win of the …
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Houston Hiring Freeze, County Tax Revenue Drops, Houston Symphony Strives for More Diversity, And More
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has frozen hiring and promotions across city government. The Mayor instructed department directors seeking “critical” hires to meet with him or his staff in person.
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Trump's Stump Speech Is A Con Job
President Donald Trump is back on the stump, promising to campaign "six or seven days a week" until the general election to try to keep Republicans in control of both Houses of Congress.
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Tom Arnold files police report against Mark Burnett for battery
Actor Tom Arnold is accusing reality producer and MGM Television Chairman Mark Burnett of attacking him at a pre-Emmys party Sunday night. Arnold filed a police report for battery on Monday morning, LAPD Officer Jeff Lee told CNN. Arnold also sent CNN's Sara Sidner a text about the alleged altercation, writing of Burnett, "He's a psycho."
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Trump inflames war on Justice Dept. by declassifying Russia docs
President Donald Trump showed no signs of backing off his highly unprecedented order to declassify various documents and text messages related to the Russia investigation Tuesday, saying it wants it done for "transparency."
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Hundreds are still trapped from Florence's flooding, and 'the worst is still yet to come'
Florence's merciless deluge has already killed 18, trapped hundreds and made parts of North and South Carolina impassable -- and authorities say the worst flooding is yet to come.
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Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos create $2 billion fund to fight homelessness
Jeff Bezos has revealed how he plans to donate part of his fortune. The Amazon CEO and his wife, MacKenzie, will commit $2 billion to fund existing nonprofits that help homeless families and to create a network of preschools in low-income communities. They call their project the "Bezos Day One Fund."
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Beyond the Rhetoric: Minority Business Programs – How Much is Fake?
Since I was in high school my conscience was about bettering the lives of fellow African Americans. As a teenager I would work at housing construction sites. Spotting drywall and clean up were my niche. At the same time, I would recruit my friends and relatives. Most of the guys would lay around during the summer but I convinced them to make that extra change. Construction bosses loved it because they would pay us less than normal wages even though we could do the work equally as well as grown men. In retrospect, I would wonder how many husbands and fathers we were keeping from making income. That part I regret. We were cheating or as they say now “fronting”.
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“Housegirl” by Michael Donkor
You’re up for this. This next thing is going to be a challenge, but you’re ready. You’ve studied it as much as you can and you’ve thought it through, you’re bringing your best talents and your keenest observation skills, and you got this. You can do it. Still, as in the new book “Housegirl” by Michael Donkor, it won’t be easy.
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Ayanna Pressley's win shows just being liberal isn't enough in today's Democratic Party
On Tuesday night, Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley crushed 10-term Rep. Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary for a seat that has been held by the likes of John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill in the past.
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Kim Kardashian at White House for clemency review session
Kim Kardashian West arrived at the White House on Wednesday to discuss sentencing reform and clemency issues with White House officials, two White House officials told CNN.
