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Super Bowl Sets Single-Event High For StubHub
Super Bowl LI set records for online ticket seller StubHub, according to statistics provided to USA TODAY Sports.
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Missing Lake Jackson Teen With Autism Found Safe
The search is over for 19-year-old Collin Daniel Lieski, who was reported missing Monday morning.
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Houston Hands Off Super Bowl Duties To Minnesota
Houston received glowing reviews Monday morning for a Super Bowl week that no one will ever forget, while the clock began ticking toward the 2018 Super Bowl in Minnesota.
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Deadly Helicopter Crash Offshore In Galveston
A helicopter with three people on board crashed offshore near Jamaica Beach in Galveston on Monday night, the Coast Guard said.
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Black-Owned E-Commerce Site, Perfect Tux, Hits Six Figures in Less Than a Year!
“Quality Above Anything Else” is the motto behind the e-commerce site, Perfect Tux, which launched in March of 2016 and was founded by Steven Burton, a long time e-commerce veteran with over ten years of formal wear industry experience. Perfect Tux throws out the traditional tux rental model in favor of reasonably priced, unique and trend friendly items for purchase. Perfect Tux is on track to hit $300,000 in revenue by the end of the month and continues to show explosive growth; all in under a year.
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Promoter Blames ISIS For Absence Of Future, Snoop Dogg, & More From His Super Bowl Event
A Super Bowl promoter is trying to blame ISIS for his failed event this past weekend.
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Texas Southern University Presents Vikings COO Warren with Inaugural Pioneer Award
Texas Southern University honored Kevin Warren, the National Football League’s (NFL) highest ranking African American executive, with its inaugural Pioneer Award, February 4th in downtown Houston. Warren serves as chief operating officer for the Minnesota Vikings.
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Congressman Al Green: We Must Not Allow Wall Street to Trump Main Street
On Monday, February 6, 2017, Congressman Al Green (TX-9) released the following statement on President Trumps anti-consumer executive order.
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Rep. Al Green speaking at the press conference with his colleagues (from left to right) Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Rep. Bill Foster, Financial Services Committee Ranking …
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Denounces President’s Criticism of U.S. District Judge and Attack on Independence of Federal Judiciary
Jackson Lee: “It is unconscionable that the President has disparaged the integrity and fidelity of a sitting federal judge simply because he does not agree with one of the judge’s rulings. Attacking the legitimacy of the federal judiciary does not make us safer or freer, and it certainly is not consistent with the oath the President took to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”
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Journalists Call Out White House Claims On Terror Reporting
Journalists called out a White House claim that news outlets are failing to adequately report terror attacks.
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Biden to Split Time Between Delaware, Pennsylvania Universities
Former Vice President Joe Biden will split his post-White House time between a foreign policy institute at the University of Pennsylvania and a domestic policy institute at the University of Delaware, the two universities announced on Tuesday.
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Sex Assault, Date-rape Drug Allegations Rattle Northwestern
Allegations of sexual assault and the use of date-rape drugs have surfaced at Northwestern University.
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Allegations of sexual assault and the use of date-rape drugs have surfaced at Northwestern University. The school received tips about two alleged incidents, one on …
Published on February 7, 2017
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5 Things for Tuesday, February 7, 2017: Travel Ban, Betsy DeVos, Terrorism
Good Tuesday morning. And here's a public service announcement for all the lovers out there: Valentine's Day is a week away, so you better start planning. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Cornyn: Democrat Obstruction of Cabinet Nominees Irresponsible and Embarrassing
This kind of mindless obstruction is actually irresponsible, if not downright dangerous.’
Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) addressed the decision from Senate Democrats to delay and slow-walk the nominations of the President’s choices to fill his Cabinet even though they can’t stop them. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video of his remarks can be found here.
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President Obama's Legacy and Defining Moments Are Revealed in The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Over eight years, President Obama delivered more than 3,500 speeches and statements – officially ending his era with a farewell address on Tuesday in Chicago. His speeches ranged from redefining patriotism, candidly addressing race relations, inspiring hope and healing, and turning divisive moments into an opportunity for national unification. But which are the moments that history will remember?
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Tamron Hall Quits NBC After Megyn Kelly Replaces Her On ‘Today’
NBC said Wednesday that news anchor Tamron Hall is leaving the network, the first casualty of its decision to sign Megyn Kelly away from Fox News Channel.
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Abrams, A Trump Critic, Considered For Key State Department Post
Elliott Abrams, a neoconservative Republican insider, is emerging as President Donald Trump's choice be Deputy Secretary of State -- a pick that could test Trump's willingness to work with members of a foreign policy establishment that didn't back him during the campaign, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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New York Police Charge Man In Jogger's Death
The New York Police Department charged a man with second-degree murder in the death last August of a jogger in Queens, Detective Ahmed Nasser said Sunday.
