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Houston Weaning Off Oil?

planetgreen.discovery.com | Planet Green | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Indianapolis, Houston, Vehicles, Plug-in Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid, Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrids, Green Energy, Green News

Project Get Ready is a new initiative seeking to help the nation (and Canada!) make the shift away from fossil fuels. Under the project, coalitions in...

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Dozens Arrested In Medicare Fraud Busts Across US

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Texas, Houston, Medical Fraud Raids Houston, Medical Fraud Raids, Medical Fraud, Business News

MIAMI — Federal authorities arrested more than 30 suspects, including doctors, and were seeking others in a major Medicare fraud bust Wednesday ...

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Exchange student neglect leads to calls for reform

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Tonsberg, Houston, Minneapolis, Anderson-Indiana, La Guajira, Norway, Colombia, France, Vietnam, Tanzania, Nigeria, China, Denmark, Home News

During his year as a foreign exchange student in the United States, 18-year-old Carlos Villarreal lived not with a welcoming family, but with two ex-convicts in a seedy house that smelled of dog feces where the food was labeled "DO NOT TOUCH." He left 14 pounds lighter.

Villarreal, a Colombian, had signed up for a pricey study-abroad program that promised an "unforgettable year" in America. What he and many other exchange students in northeastern Pennsylvania got instead was a year filled with shabby treatment bordering on abuse. "I just wanted it to end," he says.

The situation in the Scranton region has rocked the U.S. foreign exchange establishment, raising questions about checks and balances that are supposed to keep students safe and their stays positive.

While the U.S. government says most of the students go home happy, critics say weak regulatory oversight, combined with shoddy industry practices and a shortage of qualified host families, have led to neglect and mental, physical and sexual abuse.

The problems have been documented around the country:

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Bank Robber Blames Economy During Heist

Houston Chronicle | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Robber, Houston, Bank Robber Blames Economy, Business News

A pistol-wielding robber blamed the nation's troubled economy for a holdup this morning at a northwest Houston bank, authorities said....

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Was He Republican?

Essence | Essence | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home

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As the [href="http://photos.essence.com/galleries/naacp_milestones"]celebrates 150 years, civil rights activists in Houston are up in arms over a bill...

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Love, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Conor Fortune | Posted 08.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Senator Robert Menendez, Immigration Reform, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Rep. Mike Honda, Argentine, Houston, Loving v. Virginia, Independence Day, Reuniting Families Act, Immigration, Irish-American, Immigration Policy, Loving vs. Virginia, Home News

Senator Robert Menendez: "Our family immigration system is broken -- it has not been updated in 20 years and many families wait decades to immigrate legally to this country."

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Video: Stanford bail hearing

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 07.27.2009 | Home

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June 26: "It feels great!" Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford says, as he enters a courthouse in Houston where prosecutors have appealed a judge's de...

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Houston Tea Partiers Protest Pelosi

Politico | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Houston Tea Party Society, Tea Party, Houston, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics News

Hundreds laid down their money to watch an onstage interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Houston, the epicenter of Bush Country, on ...

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Learning How to Fly a Space Shuttle

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home

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If the Hubble repair crew due for liftoff on Monday got into the deepest sort of orbital trouble, yet another shuttle would have to be launched into o...

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Video: Stanford turns himself in

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home

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May 1: Alleged swindler R. Allen Stanford tried to turn himself in to federal marshals in Houston Thursday. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports. (CNBC)...

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Top 50 US Renewable Energy Consumers (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post, EPA | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Kohl's, Whole Foods, Slideshow, Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, Dell, Intel, Renewable Energy, Houston, Green Business, Air Force, Green News

The EPA released a list of the top 50 organizations buying renewable energy in partnership with them. One or two took me by surprise -- New York Unive...

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A Toxic Lesson

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

In more than half of the investigated schools, students were in danger of contracting cancer and respiratory diseases because of the presence of toxic compounds.

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Weatherford Earnings Per Share Down 40% in Quarter

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home

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Oilfield service company Halliburton Co (HAL N) posted a drop in quarterly profit on Monday, hit by declining spending by energy producers, and warned...

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Astronaut Nowak Wants Charges Dropped

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.15.2009 | Home

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A former astronaut accused of driving 1,000 miles to confront a romantic rival asked a judge Monday to dismiss the criminal charges against her becaus...

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Mickey Rourke Appears at Wrestlemania 25

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.08.2009 | Home

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The Hollywood tough guy popped in Sunday during the WWE's Wrestlemania 25 in Houston, fulfilling a promise he made a couple of months ago to take pro ...

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US Ethanol Maker Biofuel Energy Warns of Bankruptcy

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.07.2009 | Home

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The sour economy, low oil prices, the collapse of the commodity market and flight from food-based biofuel sourcing merged into in a deadly mix. In rec...

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A New President for Urban America

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

The Obama presidency is an opportunity for our political leadership, of both parties, to stop denigrating big cities, and ignoring the positive role they play in our political life.

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Rejecting Cynicism this MLK Day

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. King, Acorn, www.mlkday.gov, Obama's Inauguration, Martin Luther King, Obama Inauguration, www.usaservice.org, National Day of Service, Houston Chronicle, Houston, USA Service, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Living News

This MLK day, I will celebrate the efforts of Dr. King by participating in just one of the many thousands of MLK Day service projects planned across the country.

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Change You Can Dance To: Obama Music Videos

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Obama Music Video, Obama's Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Station Musuem Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama Boy Band, Film, Change the World, Barack Obama, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Kenge Kenge, Canada Loves Obama, Obama Posse, Change That You Can Dance To, Micro-Cinema, Obama Houston, Lincoln Center Theater, Entertainment News

Change That You Can Dance To captures a diverse cross-section of about 20 of the tens-of-thousands Obama-themed music videos created by people across the U.S. and the world during the campaign.

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Living and Dying American

Stephen Herrington | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: President Obama, The Clintons, James Winborn Turner, Greatest Generation, Man on the Moon, America, 9/11, The Flag, Civil War, Democratization, Win, Reagan, Ayn Rand, American History, Texas History, Houston, Pride, Great Depression, American Nostalgia, Preemptive War, American Know How, Marines, Trickle Down, Meritocracy, Texas, Shareholder Value, Barack Obama, American Attitude, Patriotism, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tom Brokaw, Vietnam, Living News

Back then a typical Republican was to the left of the Clintons. Nixon was a transition. It took Reagan to really define the world in which we now live, in which merit is no longer of value.

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Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Blackberry, Holidays, Depression, Economy, Ice Skating, Walks, Childhood, Paris, Skiing, Central Park, Marche D;aligre, Ex-Pat, Cooking, Christmas, World War II, Food, Holiday Shopping, Rockafeller Center, Outdoor Activities, Economic Crisis, Holiday Cookies, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Commentary, Houston, Bank Closure, Ex-Pat Christmas, Christmas in Paris, Financial Crisis, Seattle, Living News

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Obama-Biden-Daschle Want You! (To Talk about Health Care)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Uninsured, Community Discussions, Harris County, Health, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Texas Medical Center, Obama Transition, Houston, Community Engagement, Health Care, Politics News

Obama has made clear his belief that health care reform requires first "reforming how government communicates with the American people." And that effort seems to be moving forward as we speak.

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In Thanksgiving for our (Very Big) Government

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.

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"The Great American Detour"

Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Living News

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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