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  1. Police: Tot who cried during World Cup is killed http://bit.ly/biEsjH 8 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  2. Jury selected in case on toddler's death: http://bit.ly/daAxB0 11 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  3. Shell evacuations from Gulf now total 700, with 835 still offshore. Possible full evacuation tomorrow. http://bit.ly/95I6Wo #hounews 15 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  4. RT @donholt99: Storming on hardy toll rd at airport exit. Water pooling on rd. #hounews 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  5. RT @donholt99: Storming on hardy toll rd at airport exit. Water pooling on rd.#hounews 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  6. Tropical Storm Alex update: 60 mph winds, 20.3 N 91.7 W, 990 mb, moving NNW at 5 mph http://bit.ly/cLeNLb #hounews via @stormpulse 38 minutes ago via Twee2
  7. Netherlands beats Slovakia 2-1 to reach quarterfinals http://bit.ly/c5V6Hc about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  8. With IPO, Tesla bets on electric car's future http://bit.ly/bMV8JP about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  9. Power outage forces students from Pasadena elementary http://bit.ly/colLir about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  10. RT @stormpulse: Latest forecast shows #Alex making landfall as a cat 2 hurricane about 30 mi. S of Brownsville the morning of 7/1. #hounews about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. Sean Duffy of 'Real World' presses run for House http://bit.ly/cNHbTq about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. Robert Byrd — senator, fiddler and champion of W.Va. — dies at 92 http://bit.ly/bkIKgp about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. With husband following, woman dies in SUV wreck on Beechnut http://bit.ly/d8A84T about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  14. Robert Byrd — senator, fiddler and champion of W.Va. — dies at 92 http://bit.ly/buWuPi about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. Tropical Storm Alex update: 60 mph winds, 20.3 N 91.7 W, 989 mb, moving NNW at 7 mph http://bit.ly/bbV2AL Via @stormpulse #hounews about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. BP denies CEO Hayward is resigning http://bit.ly/b3b9M7 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. High court to review Ariz. crackdown on hiring immigrants http://bit.ly/cXORMr about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. Supreme Court backs up right to bear arms http://bit.ly/9Gohif about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  19. With IPO, Tesla bets on electric car's future http://bit.ly/cMYJr0 about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  20. Drones in Houston help troops fight Iraq, Afghanistan wars http://bit.ly/dnRz64 about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed