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The city is negotiating a deal with the developer of Washington Heights — a proposed Wal-Mart-anchored shopping center near Interstate 10 and Yale – that would reimburse the local builder for as much as $6 million in public infrastructure improvements. If the agreement is approved, developer Ainbinder Co. would widen and repave streets surrounding the […]
The 33 miners trapped by a cave-in at a mine in northern Chile have been told they may be stuck underground for four more months. “We were able to tell them … they would not be rescued before the Fiestas Patrias [Chile’s September 18 Independence Day celebrations], and that we hoped to get them out […]
// // Darmstadt, Germany (CNN) — A German pop star was found guilty Thursday of causing grievous bodily harm and attempted bodily harm for failing to tell sexual partners that she was infected with HIV. Nadja Benaissa, 28, former singer in the girl band No Angels, was given a two-year suspended sentence. She was also […]
HOUSTON—Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, people who fled that city are thanking Oprah Winfrey for helping them to build new lives in Houston. “I’m so grateful for everything she’s done,” said Tanika Thomas, a single mother who lost her home in the lower 9th Ward. Thomas was among the estimated 120,000 New […]
Police have arrested a man charged with murdering a service station clerk Wednesday night in southwest Houston. Tony Mayfield, 26, of Houston, is charged with capital murder in the killing, which happened at a Chevron station in the 11300 block of Fondren near W. Bellfort about 9 p.m.. The name of the victim, 45, has […]
As a young boy growing up in Newark, New Jersey, Dr. George Jenkins had a powerful advantage over many of his peers – he had a dream. It was a dream that kept him off his crime-ridden streets dedicated to his schoolwork. It was a dream that helped him to inspire two friends he […]
GARY, Ind. — Michael Jackson’s hometown in Indiana is planning another tribute to the “King of Pop” just two months after marking the one-year anniversary of his death. A news release issued by the city says a tribute will be held outside Jackson’s boyhood home in Gary on Saturday, a day before what would have […]
VIA CNN.com: Three teens who were on a 69-name hit list posted on Facebook have been killed in the past 10 days in a southwestern Colombian town, officials say. Police say they do not know who posted the list or why the names are on it. “It is still not clear,” Colombian national police spokesman […]
*Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton vowed this week to file a federal inquiry into the death of Mitrice Richardson, a missing 25-year-old woman thought to be mentally ill whose remains were found last week. She had been allowed to leave a sheriff’s station nearly a year ago against the wishes of her […]
*A Los Angeles court has granted Dr. Conrad Murray’s request to get fluid samples of Michael Jackson as part of his defense for his upcoming involuntary manslaughter case. Murray’s legal team wants to re-test the fluids to determine the accuracy level of the Propofol found in Jackson’s body, reports TMZ. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=45221
Via CNN.com: Beijing, China (CNN) — Forty-three people died in a plane crash Tuesday night in northeast China, state-run media reported. However, a number of people have been rescued from the wreckage at the Yichun airport, according to media reports. The China News Agency said 53 people had been rescued, quoting a Yichun city official. […]
A petition to ban red light cameras in Houston has been certified by the city secretary, making it all but certain that voters will decide in November whether the 70 devices at intersections across the city will be taken down. “This is a great day for Houston,” said Michael Kubosh, one of three brothers that […]
