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Famed NY Gossip Columnist Liz Smith Dead at 94

Longtime gossip columnist Liz Smith, who started her column at the New York Daily News in 1976, has died, according to the newspaper. She was 94.

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Biden Leaves 2020 Question Open as Book Tour Commences

Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired Sunday that he isn't actively planning a run for president in 2020, but he also didn't rule it out.

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Congress Week Ahead: Key House Vote On Tax Reform

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a major tax reform bill, a top GOP policy goal that lawmakers say is a must-pass after they failed to repeal and replace Obamacare and are now a year ahead of the 2018 midterms with little to show for total control of Congress.

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Roy Moore Accusations Are 'disingenuous,' Says Alabama State Rep. Ed Henry

Alabama state Rep. Ed Henry, a Roy Moore supporter, said Friday he doesn't believe the women accusing the US Senate candidate of sexual misconduct, calling their claim "disingenuous."

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Texas Church Turned Into a Memorial After Mass Shooting

The same day that the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs held its first service since a gunman opened fire on parishioners last week, killing 25 people and an unborn child, residents and visitors got to see how the church had been turned into a memorial.

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Stunning New Images Celebrate Kenyan Female Icon Who Stood Up to Colonialists

How do we immortalize people who have impacted the world and made it better in a significant way?

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Changes at GE; Pound Under Pressure; Oil in Focus

Changes at GE: General Electric is cutting its stock dividend for only the second time since the Great Depression. The company announced that it will cut the dividend from 24 cents to 12 cents per share.

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5 Things for November 13: Iran-Iraq earthquake, President Trump, Liz Smith

The wildfires may be contained, but California's wine country is struggling to attract visitors. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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“Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman” by Harold H. Brown with Marsha S. Bordner

In things of great importance, you stand on the shoulders of giants. Those who came before you gave you a boost to get you where you are. They cleared your path and knocked aside obstacles. You stand on the shoulders of those giants even if, as in the new book “Keep Your Airspeed Up” by Harold H. Brown (with Marsha S. Bordner), the giant was once kinda scrawny.

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Americans See Jobs Aplenty. Good Wages? Not so much.

If you ask most Americans, finding work isn't that difficult these days. But getting paid enough to get by still remains a problem. The percentage of residents who think jobs in their area are plentiful spiked to 50% last month, the highest reading since the Pew Research Center began asking the question 16 years ago. Those perceptions match reality. In October, the unemployment rate also reached its lowest rate since 2001, and the number of people working part-time because they can't find full-time jobs is back to its pre-recession level.

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Meet the JJ Twins: A Package Deal Taking Over the Fashion World

Here at Houston Style, we love fashion, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn of the distinctive modeling duo JJ Twin. These too kind and hospitable gentlemen, John and Jonathan Calton, are creating a unique footprint in the fashion modeling industry...as a pair.

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Texas Executes Mexican National Despite International Ire

Texas executed a Mexican national late Wednesday night despite a flurry of last-minute appeals and objections from his native country and United Nations human rights experts.

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Texas Education Officials Reject Another Mexican-American Studies Textbook

For the second time in the last year, the State Board of Education rejected a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook, leaving teachers without any state-approved materials for teaching the course.

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Mayor Sylvester Turner Celebrates Passage of City Propositions

Mayor Sylvester Turner made a major push for voters to say yes to bond propositions A, B, C, D, and E and it worked.

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Tyrese Gibson Threatens to Quit 'Fast and Furious'

Singer/actor Tyrese Gibson has been sharing quite a bit on social media these days.

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Houston Texans’ Jadeveon Clowney Launches New Hat Line, The Clowney Collection

The Houston Texans celebrated the fourth season of the Houston Texans Player Inspired Line featuring The Clowney Collection by Jadeveon Clowney. This year’s collection includes six hats for both men and women. The Clowney Collection by Jadeveon Clowney is currently on sale at the Houston Texans Team Shop at NRG Stadium.

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L. A. W. – Life After Watson: Texans Fall to the Colts 20-14

“It just doesn’t seem the same anymore. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had so much excitement around here. I just hope we can end this season above .500,” said tailgater and Texan fan Lynn Williams. His statement reflected the mood of most fans in attendance to see the Houston Texans vs Indianapolis Colts at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

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To Choose Not to Vote Is to Surrender Self-determination

Today is an election day in many parts of America. There are key gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. A single special election in a suburban Seattle district could win Democrats control of the Washington Senate and thus control of the entire state government. Charlotte, N.C., could elect the first black female mayor ever. A record 43 women are vying for seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. Voters in Maine will decide whether to extend Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

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Judge Al Bennett: A Role Model of Integrity

Exposing children to any and everything in life opens up the floodgates of where they can go. Nothing does that better than reading a book since it allows the imagination to go into overdrive. Once a young Al Bennett read Harper Lee’s 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird in high school a spark was ignited in him to become a lawyer.

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5 Things for November 10: Roy Moore, Russia Probe, Trump, Tax Proposal, Louis C.K.

President Trump is in Vietnam, but Melania Trump stayed behind in China, where she talked to CNN about her first year as first lady. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.