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The day before Michael Brown turned himself in Aug. 24 on a charge accusing him of beating his ... more

For the second time in less than a week, six small earthquakes have been recorded in a single ... more

No segment of higher education is growing faster than for-profit colleges. Enrollment has shot up from 365,000 a ... more

A junior high school teacher has been accused of soliciting a minor for sex. Thomas Calvin Vickers, 42, was ... more

In March 2006, Evelyne Shatkin and Linda Shifflett met at the cubicle of one of their co-workers after ... more

A Montana teen looking to buy marijuana tried to text a drug dealer but hit the wrong number ... more

by: Michael G. Shinn

Reverend Al Sharpton recently gave a conference keynote speech in which he told the story of a man who visited the grave of a friend ... more

LOCAL NEWS

• Irony examined in Michael Brown arrest

TEXAS NEWS

• UT-Arlington sued for religious discrimination

NATIONAL

• Trouble rises in for-profit colleges

WORLD NEWS

• Houston school gives teens another chance

OPINION EDITORIALS

• Farrah Gray : Help Your Child Succeed as a Kid-Preneur

NEWS

Bringing Jobs to METRO

Some unemployed Houstonians may soon be able to get back to work, thanks to a new Workforce Training Initiative with Houston METRO. The ... more

Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal ... more

A fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico is out and there is ... more

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