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    Hobby tower adds staffing after close calls
    June 23, 2010 1:03 pm
    by Michael Golden

    According to a Chronicle story by Allan Turner, Federal Aviation Administration officials have upgraded peak-time staffing at the Hobby airport control tower after several recent close calls.

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    Photos: Melcher Library celebrates reopening
    June 22, 2010 9:32 pm
    by Michael Golden

    Photos from the reopening celebration of Melcher Library, which underwent extensive renovations. Houston City Council member James Rodriguez and Rhea Brown Lawson, director of the Houston Public Library, attended the event.

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    Houston International Airport in the 1960s
    June 21, 2010 10:35 pm
    by Michael Golden

    Photo by Michael BludworthPhoto by Michael Bludworth

    Bayou City History blogger J.R. Gonzales took another look at the past of Hobby Airport with a set of photos of Houston International Airport in the 1960s.

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    Buffalo Soldiers hosting bike ride June 19
    June 18, 2010 11:01 pm
    by Michael Golden

    The Buffalo Soldiers Museum is hosting a bike ride tomorrow morning, June 19. Riders can choose to go 20 or 40 miles. Registration is $35. The ride starts at the HCC-South Campus, 1900 Airport, at 7 a.m.

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    Cheers for the under-construction YMCA
    June 16, 2010 11:04 pm
    by Michael Golden

    Photo by Johnny Hanson / ChroniclePhoto by Johnny Hanson / Chronicle

    Robert Manriquez with Fretz Construction, one of the workers helping build the new Houston Texans YMCA on the corner of Griggs Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard, gets his work helmet signed by Houston Texans cheerleaders. Construction workers were treated to a free lunch and a visit by Texans owner Bob McNair. Click to see more photos.

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    Tejano Center hosts tree planting ceremony
    June 11, 2010 10:38 pm
    by Michael Golden

    Families who received assistance from Tejano Center for Community Concerns for repairs to their Ike-damaged homes will gather to plant trees near TCCC’s Housing Division office on June 12 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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    UH unveils plan to build new football stadium
    June 10, 2010 11:22 pm
    by Michael Golden

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    According to a Chronicle story by Steve Campbell, the University of Houston placed a hefty bet on its future in college athletics on Thursday, unveiling a $160 million plan to upgrade its football and basketball facilities.

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    Hospital gets $1 million grant to treat veterans
    June 8, 2010 9:45 pm
    by Michael Golden

    According to a story by Lindsay Wise, Houston's Riverside General Hospital will receive a $1 million grant from the Department of Defense to treat active-duty troops and veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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    Search on for man who beat woman to death
    June 8, 2010 8:57 pm
    by Michael Golden

    According to a Chronicle story by Dale Lezon, police are searching for a man accused of beating a woman to death last week while her young son slept in another room at her apartment in northwest Houston.

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    Woman faces murder charge in stabbing case
    June 8, 2010 5:56 pm
    by Michael Golden

    According to a Chronicle story by Mike Glenn, a woman arrested in the stabbing of a southeast Houston man last month is now facing murder charges after he later died of his wounds, police said on Monday.

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