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Anthem Becomes Second-largest Company With Woman as CEO
Anthem, the nation's second-largest health insurer, is now the second-largest company in America with a woman as CEO. Anthem named Gail Boudreaux to the job on Monday, replacing Joseph Swedish.
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American Woman Wins NYC Marathon for 1st Time in 40 Years
It's been a long time running -- four decades to be exact -- since an American woman broke the finish line tape at the New York City Marathon, but Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan did just that on Sunday.
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The IWF Global Hall of Fame Gala Brings Hillary Clinton to Houston, TX
Nearly 1,000 women experts and innovators from 40 different nations descended on Downtown Houston for the three-day 2017 International Women’s Forum World Leadership Conference to explore the most pressing topics and issues currently facing our interconnected world under this year’s theme, “Global Citizens: Interconnected, Inquisitive, Engaged.”
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Deshaun Watson Wins Pair of NFL Awards
The NFL named Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson the AFC Offensive Player of the Month and the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for October. Watson is the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to win AFC Offensive Player of the Month and joins Barry Sanders (1989), Edgerrin James (1999), Mike Anderson (2000) and Kareem Hunt (2017) as the only rookies to win the award.
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Kevin Spacey Apologizes for Alleged Sex Assault With a Minor
Actor Anthony Rapp has accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance at him when Rapp was 14, Buzzfeed reported Sunday. In an interview with Buzzfeed, Rapp said Spacey picked him up, put him on his bed and "was trying to get with me sexually" in 1986. Spacey was 26 at the time.
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MBDA Honors 2017 National MED Week Award Winners
Parrish McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd. Named Minority Business Enterprise of the Year
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) honored their 2017 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Award winners. This year the Agency recognized 15 businesses leaders, advocates and minority business enterprises (MBEs) who have demonstrated proven leadership, commitment and excellence in advancing the interests and the economic achievements of the minority business community.
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The Caffeine 'detox': How and Why to Cut Back On Your Daily Fix
Are you one of those people who can't get your day started without a cup of coffee?
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Haunted Places Around the World
"I think we all like to be a little bit scared, don't we?" says author and historian Robert Grenville, whose book "Haunted Places," explores some of the world's most spine-chilling spots.
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Southeast Precinct Judges Council 31st Anniversary
Location – Tom Bass Center - Photography by Vicky Pink - Southeast Precinct Judges Council …
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In Loving Memory of Marie Mosede Sonnier Heileman
Marie Mosede Sonnier Heileman was born to the late Ernest and Della Marie (Jolivette) Sonnier in Carencrow, Louisiana on November 14, 1934. In her teens, she moved to Houston. She attended E. O. Smith Middle School. She had to stop attending in the eighth grade in order to care for her younger siblings. Marie met Henry Heileman at a Zydeco Club in Frenchtown.
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Marie Mosede Sonnier Heileman with her daughter, Vicky Pink
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GOP Calls Grow to End Russia Investigations In Congress This Year
A growing number of key Republicans are sending this message to the leaders of the congressional committees investigating potential Trump campaign collusion with the Russians: Wrap it up soon.
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GM Will Test Self-driving Cars in New York City
Self-driving cars will soon take on perhaps their biggest challenge yet: driving in New York City.
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Heartbreaker: Houston Texans Lose Whitney Mercilus and J.J. Watt to Injuries in Loss to Kansas City Chiefs
American poet Maya Angelou once wrote, “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
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Matt Damon 'sick to my stomach' Over Weinstein Allegations
Matt Damon, a frequent collaborator of dethroned movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has broken his silence on the allegations of sexual harassment and assault facing the man who gave him his break in Hollywood.
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How Hollywood Has Reacted to Weinstein Allegations
More than a day after The New York Times published a blistering report detailing numerous accusations of sexual harassment against prolific film producer Harvey Weinstein, none of the movie mogul's frequent A-list collaborators have spoken publicly about the news story that has rattled Hollywood.
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Local Lingerie Boutique Wins Industry Award and Immediately Switches Gears to Help Women Affected by Harvey
Locally owned and operated lingerie boutique Top Drawer Lingerie recently received a Best of Intima Award from industry publication Intima Magazine. The annual award honors the best independent lingerie, swimwear, and loungewear retailers in North America and arrived just before Hurricane Harvey devastated the store’s hometown of Houston.
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AFC Contenders Clash: Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Coming into the season, the Houston Texans looked at the schedule and marked a three-game stretch of games that would give them an idea of where they stood as a team. Reigning Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots, strong divisional foe Tennessee Titans, and the team predicted to give New England competition atop of the AFC, Kansas City Chiefs, were the teams Houston looked forward to playing.
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Giving Without Conditions: AAWCCO Celebrates 20 Years
Anne Frank was once noted as having said, “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Let it be known that petitioning for others is what causes the breakthrough. And in a world where we can candidly agree that a lot of negativity is being cultivated all around us there exist people who are fixated on creating an atmosphere and a complexion of hope and perseverance via scholarship and fundraising.
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Portraits of the Las Vegas Shooting Victims
One was a nurse who died protecting his wife. Another devoted her life to teaching children with special needs. They were people from different walks of life who had gathered Sunday night to enjoy a country music festival in the glimmering heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
