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HoustonChron

  1. Man, grandson killed in Pasadena fourplex fire ID'd http://bit.ly/fAuvjF 18 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  2. Austin judge denies inmate's claim over lethal injection drugs http://bit.ly/icgDiF 37 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  3. House plods through debate on lean budget http://bit.ly/hFjrhd about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  4. RT @KTRKHouston: Two in custody after fatal shooting in SE Houston http://bit.ly/fsW49e #hounews about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. RT @UltAstros: Astros save the worst for first, lose to Phillies http://bit.ly/fQhnL2 #hounews about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. RT @zacharylevine: J.A. Happ will make his Sunday start against Oswalt, Phillies. -Z #hounews about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. RT @BmtEnterprise: Drilling rig fire reported at Village Creek State Park http://dlvr.it/M9p5v #hounews about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. Unemployment rate falls to 8.8 percent, 2-year low http://bit.ly/fda8ED about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  9. Oil settles near $108 a barrel as jobless rate falls http://bit.ly/ggZvL7 about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  10. Okla. woman asking to keep disabled kangaroo http://bit.ly/gOM2in about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. Astros lose opener 5-4 to Phillies. http://bit.ly/gKBTqo #hounews about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. Okla. woman asking to keep disabled kangaroo http://bit.ly/dT3zIJ about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. TSU fires Coach Cole: http://bit.ly/i3igBw #hounews about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. Okla. woman asking to keep disabled kangaroo http://bit.ly/fBHwBf about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. TSU parts ways with football coach Cole http://bit.ly/hxYkxm about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  16. Texas House votes to gut arts funding http://bit.ly/gcoTdy about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. Ailing elderly man disappears on walk in west Harris County http://bit.ly/hi03qM about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. Nothing like a massive disaster to turn Michael Bromwich into The Terminator: http://bit.ly/fCD6Hp #hounews #oilspill about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
  19. Kentucky hands over its lethal injection drug to DEA http://bit.ly/dGtaAC about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  20. HPD: 25-year-old man wanted in two child-injury cases http://bit.ly/ea54Hb #hounews about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed