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HOUSTON—Some early shoppers waiting in line for Black Friday specials at Best Buy had to deal with more than just the crowds when wreckers started towing their cars. It happened around 11 p.m. at the Best Buy on Beechnut and the Southwest Freeway. The shoppers, who were lined up for the store’s 4:30 a.m. opening, […]
(BlackDoctor.org) — Thanksgiving celebrations, holiday gatherings, Pastors’ Anniversaries, Women’s and Men’s Day Celebrations, Sorority and Fraternity meetings, National Community Conventions and family reunions are all well-known community gatherings that take place during the holidays that have food as its centerpiece. So often “menus” for such gatherings feature soul food mainstays like fried chicken, catfish, macaroni […]
Houston Mayor Bill White’s wife, Andrea, served the visiting ambassadors sandwiches in the living room of their spacious memorial-area home as several hours of discussion set the stage for Monday’s announcement that White is considering switching from a run for the U.S. Senate to a bid for Democratic nomination for governor. As a result of […]
Source: blackfacts.com 1865 – Mississippi passed the so-called “Black Codes” that barred blacks from jury service, testifying against whites in trials, bearing arms and attending white schools. 1866 – Rust College in Mississippi was founded on this date in 1866. 1868 – Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 […]
Houston has not been this devastated since the Oilers left town. In the most important game in team history, the Texans blew a chance to force overtime on their last series for the fourth time this season. As a result of their 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Texans are wallowing in a 5-5 […]
HOUSTON – He stood at the interview podium giving credit to everyone else but himself. “I wouldn’t say it’s about me,” quarterback Vince Young said after Tennessee’s 20-17 road victory over Houston. “It’s not about Vince.” Come on. It’s all about Vince when it comes to the Tennessee Titans. With all due respect to NFL […]
MONTREAL (AP) — A woman in Canada says she’s going to fight an insurance company’s decision to cut her benefits based on pictures her insurance agent found on Facebook. The pictures showed the woman vacationing, at a bar and at a party at a time when she was getting monthly sick-leave benefits. Nathalie Blanchard says […]
In early 2007, Rob Sherer approached Market Street in The Woodlands to see about launching in the center his comfort footwear concept, All About Feet. There wasn’t much interest, Sherer says, so he opened his first store in the Vintage Park shopping center in northwest Houston. But in the summer of this year, a […]