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Poll: Hutchison slipping with less than a week to go

While U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is hoarding money for a possible Republican runoff, campaign finance reports show Gov. Rick Perry has increased his spending on television commercials in hopes of winning Tuesday's primary outright.

Mexican drug boss secretly sentenced to 25 years

U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle, who presided over the secret hearing, has apparently issued a gag order on the matter including keeping confidential how much time Cardenas was given.

City rebuffed by state over refinery air permit

Environmentalists said the denial of the city of Houston's request for a hearing on the permit underscores a flaw in state law that allows routine renewal of emissions permits without public scrutiny.

HPD officer shoots man during traffic stop

Officer fires after uncooperative suspect in southeast Houston appeared to reach into waistband; police are uncertain if we has armed.

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