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Enron boss Skilling set to have sentence reduced| The former chief executive of Enron could be released from prison nearly a decade earlier than expected | |
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Thunder beat Rockets 103-94 to advance Durant scored 27 points and Martin added 25 to lead the Thunder to a 103-94 victory over the Houston Rockets
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Patriots offense steamrolls Texans New England: The Patriots in 41-28 divisional-round playoff defeat of Houston lost both Gronkowski and Woodhead early in the game
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| Jan.5 |
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Texans Oust Bengals The Texans kept the Bengals to 13 points after averaging almost 26 points per game allowed over their last four
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George H W Bush in intensive care| Former US President George H W Bush, aged 88, has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday, a spokesman has revealed | |
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NBA: Lin joins Houston Rockets Houston signed Jeremy Lin when the New York Knicks failed to match Houston's three-year, $25-million offer for the point guard
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Woman shoots mother and steals baby Verna McClain, 30, has been charged with capital murder after a mother was shot dead and had her baby abducted near Houston
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Stanford convicted of $7bn fraud Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford, 61, has been found guilty by a court in Houston, Texas, of running a $7bn Ponzi scheme
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| Jan.15 |
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Ravens top sloppy Texans Baltimore: 20-13 victory over the Houston Texans is putting Baltimore in the AFC title game against the New England Patriots
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Runaway teen deported to Colombia Officials are attempting to unravel the mystery of how a 14-year-old American was deported despite having no Colombian ID and speaking no S...
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Writer Christopher Hitchens dies British author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died, aged 62, according to Vanity Fair magazine
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Yao 'to retire from basketball'
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Uconn captured national title
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Giffords move to rehab 'flawless' Doctors treating US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said her transfer from a hospital to a rehabilitation centre had gone 'flawlessly'
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| Dec.12 |
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Houston elects first openly gay mayor Annise Parker, a Democrat and the current city controller, won 53.6% in the run-off election, beating former city attorney Gene Locke
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| Jul.22 |
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Jackson doctor's clinic raided Map of Houston Texas The clinic of Michael Jackson's physician, Dr Conrad Murray, has been raided by officers from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
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Billionaire Stanford 'not guilty' Map of Houston Texas Sir Allen Stanford has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction as he appeared to hear if he would remain in custody
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Lakers hammer Rockets in Game 7. Los Angeles
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Hurricane Ike pounds Texas coast Map of Houston Texas As Galveston's west end was deluged, Houston officials warned residents to stay put because it was no longer safe to try to escape
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Texas officials: Too late to flee Ike Map of Houston Texas| As Galveston's west end was deluged, Houston officials warned residents to stay put because it was no longer safe to try to escape the harricane. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff: Texas faces 'potentially catastrophic' damage... | |
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17 people die when bus falls off bridge Dallas: Bus had substandard tire. The unlicensed bus was carrying 55 members of a Vietnamese Catholic group from Houston to Carthage, Mo.
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Gunman kills hostage at Nasa base Map of Johnson Space Center Houston Texas| Police, who entered when they heard a gunshot, also found a 2nd hostage, a woman, who was alive but tied up with tape | |
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| Oct.23 |
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Podsednik stuns Astros. Chicago
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| Oct.19 |
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Astros reached World Series. Missouri
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| Oct.9 |
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Burke's blast in 18th sends Astros to NLCS Chris Burke ended the longest postseason game in baseball history lifting Houston over Atlanta 7-6
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Astros back to postseason Oswalt got his 20th win to lead Houston over the Chicago Cubs 6-4, clinching the NL wild-card berth
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Mavs rip Rockets by 40 in Game 7. Dallas
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Fired-up Hewitt destroys Roddick
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St Louis reach World Series over Astros U. S. Midwest: Cardinals overcame the Houston 5-2 at Busch Stadium thanks to Scott Rolen's two-run homer with 4-3 series win
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Bonds ties McGwire with No. 70
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Texas flooding leaves 2 dead Bush declares 28 counties federal disaster area. Floodwaters knocked out power and closed freeways around Houston
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