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Pilot's feud with IRS went back decades Details about Andrew Joseph Stack, who crashed his plane into an Austin building, show that his problems with the tax agency appeared to go back to the 1980s. Adults found dead in fire were both smokers The daughter of a man killed in a deadly fire in North Houston says a mattress was found charred. Two children also died in the blaze which remains under investigation Man sentenced in mistaken-identity murder case Steven Torres is convicted of capital murder four years after Jose Perez was shot in front of his family. Police say Perez was mistaken for a rival drug dealer. Radack's convinced his derby park will draw soapbox racers Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack's crew is finishing up a $2.3 million soapbox derby park, which he hopes will become a national racing hub. latest from the associated pressSHARE Houston & Texas Blogs
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