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Nearly 300 vendors from 32 states and 174 cities will be showing their products at the 34th annual Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market today through Sunday.
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More companies cool with Cyber Monday shopping
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Galleria aims for a piece of the Thanksgiving Day pie
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Is that Thanksgiving Day trip to the mall really necessary?
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Gay rights activists celebrate; Kansas vows fight
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Mexico official: Sinaloa cartel boss' son arrested
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Stocks inch higher on earnings, merger news
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Iraqi Kurds say oil deal reached with Baghdad
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Amazon, Hachette end months-long dispute
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2 companies settle in river pollution lawsuit
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Berkshire buying Duracell from P&G in $3B deal
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Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow
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Freeze likely across much of Houston tonight
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Morgan Stanley central in Chinese stock dispute
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Wal-Mart sales perk up
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Warning sign posted near door that crushed gorilla
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Swarm of earthquakes result from stretching crust
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Rockets pull away from T-Wolves in Mexico
The Scroll
Some people call them blogs. We just call them a place to dive deeply into the issues important to Houstonians:
Couple goes from Houston high-rise to Alaskan cabin with outhouse
Surviving in harsh, frozen territory is reality, not TV, for former Houstonians Laura and Bryan Emerson since they traded their big-city lives for an off-the-grid log cabin north of Anchorage.
Gray Matters: Two photographers. A city of rooftops and unlocked doors.
For the last year and a half, photographers (and best friends) David A. Brown and Paul R. Davis have taken to Houston rooftops at night -- sometimes by invitation, usually not.
Victim of home invasion has a message for the criminals
With a gun pointed at his head, Victor Ho opened the safe in his upscale Bunker Hill home for two masked attackers who took cash, jewelry and guns, then tied up the emergency room doctor and went out the front door.
Mourning one of the last of Houston's golden age bluesmen
Little Joe Washington's skeletal frame and world-weary visage gave the impression he was fading long before he did.
Tomlinson: Anti-Keystone XL activists may have caused harm
Outside the Boardroom: Now that one of their own is in danger of losing re-election, Democrats in the U.S. Senate are ready to vote on authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Cornyn offers Democrats an olive branch, but warns Obama on immigration
But Texas' senior senator, number two in Senate leadership, warns President Obama against taking unilateral action on immigration.
Gadgets: New tool promises relief from sleep apnea
Prognosis: A doctor at Baylor College of Medicine will be the first surgeon in Houston to use the new device in surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Rising cost of college slows its climb, study says
Those are among the findings of a new study by the College Board that paints a slightly less bleak picture of higher education than the U.S. has seen in recent years.
Local housing market still favors sellers
Houston's weather may have cooled in October, but the housing market kept heating up as single-family home sales were up 12 percent over the same time last year.
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12:02 PM
Gay rights activists celebrate; Kansas vows fight
12:02 PM
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12:15 PM
Mexico official: Sinaloa cartel boss' son arrested
12:15 PM
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12:24 PM
Stocks inch higher on earnings, merger news
12:24 PM
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11:49 AM
Iraqi Kurds say oil deal reached with Baghdad
11:49 AM
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12:13 PM
Amazon, Hachette end months-long dispute
12:13 PM
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11:26 AM
2 companies settle in river pollution lawsuit
11:26 AM
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11:50 AM
Berkshire buying Duracell from P&G in $3B deal
11:50 AM
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11:09 AM
Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow
11:09 AM
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Freeze likely across much of Houston tonight
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10:01 AM
Morgan Stanley central in Chinese stock dispute
10:01 AM
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10:12 AM
Wal-Mart sales perk up
10:12 AM
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Warning sign posted near door that crushed gorilla
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Swarm of earthquakes result from stretching crust
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Rockets pull away from T-Wolves in Mexico
The Scroll
Some people call them blogs. We just call them a place to dive deeply into the issues important to Houstonians:
Parents told about alleged school rape a month later
By Cindy George and St. John Barned-Smith
Bellaire school officials planned to inform parents on Wednesday night of a sexual assault that was reported at the school almost a month ago.
Houston Central Library plaza gets some love
Andrey Lytvynchuk and Odunayo Dada were eating banh mi sandwiches on the plaza in front of Houston's Central Library Wednesday.
Hall says he'll seek mayor's office again
Ben Hall, the lawyer who lost to Mayor Annise Parker in 2013, will run for mayor again in 2015, he told the Chronicle on Wednesday.
Mallett-Hoyer matchup has Patriotic vibe
Call it the "Battle of the Brady Backups" or the "Brady Backup Bowl."
World needs more cleaner energy
If clean energy companies needed any encouragement, they couldn't have asked for more on Wednesday when the International Energy Agency warned that global demand for energy will grow 37 percent by 2040, and on the same day, the United States and China reached a deal to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Moodier Black Keys brings 'Turn Blue' show to town
Three years after releasing "El Camino," the Black Keys offered up "Turn Blue" earlier this year.
Impact of Texas voter ID law unclear
By Karen Chen
Despite a record number of registered voters, the turnout statewide for this year's election decreased about 5 percentage points from the last gubernatorial race in 2010, with about 300,000 fewer ballots cast.
Rapper Paul Wall and wife Crystal are hip-hop and healthy
By Joy Sewing
Grammy-nominated Houston rapper Paul Wall and wife Crystal are changed people now that, collectively, they've lost 200 pounds.
Denny's gives French toast the right stuff
By Ken Hoffman
This week, I reached out for a plate of Apple Danish Stuffed French Toast, new for the dreaded limited time only, at "America's Diner" … Denny's, with 1,700 restaurants keeping the light on 24/7.
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Swoopes' son making name for himself on basketball court
Jordan Eric Jackson was famous before he was born. A name before he had one. A much talked about, controversial figure before he could talk, he was supposed to be a jump-shooting, slam-dunking being before he came to be.
'Middle skills' key to workforce development
While Houston is in the midst of an economic boom and its job-creating machine is the envy of most other cities, there are still thousands of residents who can't find a job. It's not because of a lack of effort, but something simpler: Many unemployed residents don't have the right skills to fill the openings that pay well and offer solid career prospects.
Crowd estimates, blaring alarms and 42 years behind a mic
A few buddies and I bumped into Rockets announcer Bill Worrell at Toyota Center last week. Worrell, a former University of Houston lefty pitcher, is celebrating his 42nd year behind a microphone.
Questionable murder case keeps on crumbling
There's a lost chapter to Alfred Dewayne Brown's sordid tale of injustice, one that could easily be forgotten now that an appellate court has tossed out his conviction and death sentence.
Development
Residential development continues to motor down the Grand Parkway, with one of the newest projects revving up to provide housing for more than 20,000 Houstonians along one of the roadway's far northwestern exits.
Land dispute
Questions raised about Montrose park plan
$1.2 million price tag and location on Westheimer spur council debate
Questions raised about Montrose park plan
$1.2 million price tag and location on Westheimer spur council debate
By Mike Morris
The crumbly, potholed parking lot at the corner of Westheimer and Whitney looks neither like a park nor a piece of pricy real estate.