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Lauri Price Charged: Houston Mom Accused Of Luring Teen Away From Home For Sex

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 01.06.2010 | Home

Read More: Texas, Internet, Cypress, Houston, Crime, Lauri Price, Sex, Crimes Against Children Taskforce, World of Warcraft, Video Games, Canada, Home News

HOUSTON — A Houston mother remained jailed Wednesday after authorities said she flew to Canada and lured a 16-year-old boy, whom she allegedly h...

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Osteen Thanks God For Annise Parker

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 01.04.2010 | Home

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Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen thanked God for the new, openly lesbian mayor Annise Parker on Monday. ...

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Houston Elects Lesbian Mayor

Gay City News | Gay City News | Posted 12.24.2009 | Home

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Annise Parker, the out lesbian Houston city comptroller, was elected mayor in a runoff against former City Attorney Gene Locke, a longtime civil right...

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Fire Steals Possessions, Job, Security From Single Mother Of 6 Kids

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 12.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Texas, Cruz Ayala, Houston, Charity, House Fire, Houston Food Bank, 12 Days 12 Cities 12 Families, Donations, House of Amos, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...

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Johnson: Honest Talks Can End Homophobia

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

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Journalist Jeff Johnson, called on the black community to have more honest conversations about sexual orientation, after Houston Mayor Annise Parker w...

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Conservatives of Convenience

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Mark Sanford, Lgbt, Chuck Colson, Carrie Prejean, Homosexual, Lesbian, Pew Research Center, The Manhattan Declaration, Charles Blow, Jenny Sanford, Houston, Gay, Annise Parker, Politics News
Wayne Besen

It is my belief that outrageously hypocritical behavior demonstrated by conservative religious authorities is directly responsible for the surge in non-believers and those who shun organized religion.

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Compass Bank Denver president Bustillo promoted, moving to Houston

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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After four years as Denver president for BBVA Compass, Rafael Bustillo has been promoted and will be moving to Houston to take up his new duties, bank...

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Annise Parker: Openly Gay Mayor Elected In Houston, Texas

AP/ Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

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Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston's hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city's first openly ga...

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Annise Parker: Houston Voters May Elect Openly Gay Mayor

AP | MONICA RHOR | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Openly Gay Mayor, Texas, Houston, Houston Gay Mayor, Annise Parker Mayor, Annise Parker, Politics News

HOUSTON — Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston's hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city's...

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Gay Houston Mayor Candidate Annise Parker Ahead In Polls

The Associated Press | Juan A. Lozano | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Gene Locke Mayor, Gay Rights, Houston Mayor, Mayor, Houston, Annise Parker Mayor, Annise Parker, Politics News

(AP) HOUSTON -- Houston's openly gay city controller has pulled ahead in the race to be mayor of the nation's fourth largest city, just two days befor...

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Parker Pulls Ahead in Houston Race

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home

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 Houston's lesbian mayoral candidate is riding a wave of support -- a new poll has her leading her Republican challenger by 13 percentage points. ...

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Anti-Gay Bias Taints An Historic Houston Election

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homophobia, Politics, Houston, Gay Rights, Gay-Candidates, Election, Civil Rights, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

Four decades after Harvey Milk was murdered, America still has issues relating to how we evaluate one's identity as a condition for civic participation.

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Anti-Gay Activists Trying To Derail Houston Mayoral Campaign

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Gay Rights, Gene Locke Houston Mayor, Houston, Annise Parker, Houston Mayoral Election, Houston Mayor, Gene Locke, Annise Parker Houston Mayor, Politics News

Gay-rights advocates, coming off stinging defeats of same-sex marriage legislation in New York and Maine, could get a boost this week in--of all place...

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Annise Parker, Running For Houston Mayor, Hit By Anti-Gay Attacks

The Associated Press | Monica Rhor | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gene Locke Houston Mayor, Houston Mayoral Race, Houston, Houston Lesbian Mayor, Houston Gay Mayor, Houston Mayor, Gene Locke, Gay Issues, Annise Parker Houston Mayor, Annise Parker, Politics News

Annise Parker's mayoral campaign Web site bio reads like a catalog of campaign catch phrases: She has been Houston's City Controller and a member of c...

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Houston Mayoral Campaign Funded Antigay Mailer

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home

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Houston gay mayoral candidate Annise Parker has been the subject of recent antigay mailers -- and ethics commission documents show her opponent's camp...

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Saturday Night Special: Houston's Great Gay Moment

David Kaufman | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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David Kaufman

Many in the myopic LGBT mainstream have called for a boycott of the Democratic party and Obama administration -- a financial "time out" as they regroup their forces. This is misguided

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Houston LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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Follow the latest in Houston LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter w...

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Boulder takes energy-efficiency cues from... Houston?

Big Green Boulder. | Big Green Boulder | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

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[caption id="attachment_1238" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Workers apply insulation to a wall in a Boulder home | DailyCamera.com"]...

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Quinn Dissed Thompson, Backs Mayoral Candidate...in Houston!

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

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via Room EightA Chance to Make HistoryDear Friends, Our election may be over, but there are still some critically important campaigns that have yet to...

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U.S. rig count this week up 23

Grand Junction Free Press | GJ Free Press | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

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U.S. rig count this week up 23 Staff Writer HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. thi...

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Art Brut Goes Mainstream

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Twombly, Art Brut, Frieze, Krusi, Fine Arts Museum, Judith Rothscild, Rothko, Hans Ullrich Obrist, Widener, Moma, The Inner Life, Andrew Edlin, Houston, The Museum of Everything, Outsider Art, Art Market Financial Crisis, Museumm of American Folk Art, Contemporary Art, Menil Collection, Henry Darger, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

For me, that is true art. The artist becomes a kind of healer/shaman; and we who finally have access to these miraculous pieces, become initiated into worlds which take us places we have never been before.

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4 Colorado vets sue Halliburton, KBR

Grand Junction Free Press | GJ Free Press | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

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4 Colorado vets sue Halliburton, KBR Staff Writer DENVER (AP) - Four Colorado veterans are the latest to file "burn pit" lawsuits agains...

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ION Geophysical soars on ION-BGP joint venture

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — Shares of ION Geophysical Corp., which generates diagrams of crude oil and natural gas deposits for exploration companies, soared Monday when it announced a global joint venture that will dramatically cut its debt.

ION and BGP Inc., the world's largest land seismic contractor, will jointly provide seismic data on land-based petroleum prospects, ION said late Friday.

BGP will contribute $175 million for a 51 percent stake in the joint venture and a 16.7 percent interest in ION. The China-based company also will provide $40 million in bridge financing for ION.

The deal means ION of Houston will cut its long-term debt, and have more than $100 million in liquidity from cash and spare capacity on its revolving line of credit.

Barclay's Capital analyst James C. West reiterated his "Overweight" rating on the shares and raised his price target to $8 from $6.

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The sign is up for Earls in Cherry Creek

Westword | Westword | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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Cherry Creek was slow last night, without the usual crowds at Little Ollie's and Houston's. But just down the street at 201 Columbine Street...

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New Haven's Teacher Contract a Model? Not So Fast

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Houston, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, New York State, Charter Schools, Connecticut, u.s. Department of Education, Denver, School Reform, Education Reform, New York News
Thomas W. Carroll

The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.

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