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*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 […]
Via CNN.com: Washington (CNN) — Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign from the Agriculture Department, declined an offer Tuesday to serve as the agency’s deputy director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach. The position includes administration and outreach to improve the Agriculture Department’s civil rights efforts and image nationwide. […]
It was the Eighth Wonder of the World before we got a new wonder every 20 seconds. While it represented one visionary man’s crazy dream, it was so much more than that. It was a bunch of Texans doing something no one thought possible. They thought big and built big, and when they were done…Read […]
     NEW ORLEANS — Five years after he documented the horrors of Hurricane Katrina, Spike Lee returned to New Orleans with his new movie showing the city’s agonizing efforts to return to normal.  The premiere Tuesday included hours one and four of the HBO documentary, “If God Willing and Da […]
Via KHOU.com: PEARLAND, Texas – Police are searching for suspects after a string of thefts at a Pearland gas station. There have been three car burglaries at the Kroger gas station on FM 518 and Cullen Boulevard within the past week. Two more occurred last month, police said. All of them happened in broad daylight. […]
VIA CNN: (Orangeburg, South Carolina) Ramona Milhouse awoke to the wail of sirens as the morning mist rose off the murky waters of the Edisto River last Monday. Within minutes, police and rescue workers crowded her backyard overlooking the river. Milhouse, 81, looked out the window and saw the top of a sedan in the […]
Lunches were packed, backpacks were filled and parents were scrambling Monday morning as tens of thousands of Houston-area kids headed back to school. But this year, many local districts have made some changes. High schools in Brazosport ISD will start classes earlier, while some schools in Fort Bend ISD will start a little later. Classes […]
Harold Dow, the veteran CBS News correspondent died Saturday. He was 62. His career at CBS spanned almost 40 years.  He was a five-time Emmy winner and a correspondent for 48 Hours since the program’s inception.  Read more:
Citing a decline in tax revenue and a drop in ridership, the Metro board Thursday announced the transit agency would see a $49 million shortfall during this fiscal year. The overall money crunch had already begun to slow construction on the North and Southeast light-rail lines, which have yet to receive $900 million in funding […]
Haitian election officials have rejected hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean’s bid to run for president of the Caribbean nation. Jean’s name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates released by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council on Friday night. “I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same,” Jean […]