Houston & Texas News
chron.com 10/8/2009 — Houston judge Eva Guzman was named today by Gov. Rick Perry to replace Scott Brister on the Texas Supreme Court. Though the court has had several women and several Hispanics judges, Guzman, the daughter of immigrants, is the first Hispanic woman to ...

Al Jazeera report is out UPDATED | Houston Politics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
blogs.chron.com 10/16/2009 — Not all conservatives are as ignorant about Al Jazeera English as the ones you cited. http://www.bloghouston.net/item/7824 A decent number of conservatives in town were privately supportive of that post, although they probably didn't think it wise to ...

Swine-flu false alarms crowd Houston ERs | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
chron.com 9/25/2009 — VACCINE FACTS Who's first in line?: While pregnant women or people with chronic conditions top the list, the first wave of vaccine will be mostly nasal spray, a live flu virus approved for healthy people ages 2 to 49. Vaccine is voluntary: You only ...

Houston & Texas News
chron.com 10/15/2009 — AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday defended his actions in the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, calling him a “monster” and a “bad man” who murdered his children. Perry has been embroiled in a national firestorm over whether he has tried to ...

Houston & Texas News
chron.com 10/21/2009 — CORPUS CHRISTI — The mother of a man who died of a swine flu-related illness said her son was asked to leave a Texas hospital a day before his death because he was lying on the floor, too ill to sit in a chair. Irving Neil Range, 58, of Corpus Christi ...

Houston - KIAH
39online.com 10/20/2009 — HOUSTON - The mural of President Barack Obama has been on the side of a Midtown building since the Democratic primary, when the president was a U.S. Senator, and the building served as his Houston Campaign headquarters. Over the weekend someone ...

Houston, We Have a Problem
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ICE nabs 25 foreign-born sex offenders in Houston | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
chron.com 8/4/2009 — A five-day sweep by federal immigration officials and Houston-area law enforcement officers resulted in the arrests last week of 25 foreign-born convicted sex offenders, officials said Monday. Of those arrested, four entered the country illegally ...

Black colleges adapt to changing demographics | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
chron.com 10/1/2009 — As a white student at a school that has traditionally served African-Americans, Miles Stiles said there is no mystery to why he enrolled at Texas Southern University.“It was close. It was inexpensive,” he said. “It was a practical decision.” Race, he ...

Houston & Texas News
chron.com 10/14/2009 — Lawyers representing Gov. Rick Perry on two occasions grilled Austin lawyer Sam Bassett on the activities of his Texas Forensic Science Commission, telling him its probe into a controversial Corsicana arson case was inappropriate and opining that the ...

MP says Iran leader opposes direct talks with U.S — Reuters: Politics 10/26/2009
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposes holding direct negotiations with the United States, newspapers on Monday quoted a senior lawmaker as saying.

U.S. slaps travel ban on senior Kenyan official — Reuters: Politics 10/26/2009
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States has banned a senior Kenyan government official from visiting the country and may slap similar travel bans on three more people, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said on Monday.

Asian nations jostle for power in EU-style bloc (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/26/2009
AFP - Asia's moves toward an EU-style community covering half the world's population have sparked a backroom power play led by the United States, China and Japan, diplomats and analysts said Monday.

EU must become a 'serious' global player: Miliband (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/26/2009
AFP - The European Union needs to step up and show it can become a serious player alongside the United States, China and Russia, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.

UN leader hopes US will act soon on global warming (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/26/2009
AP - The United States has to take a strong role if the world hopes to deal with global warming, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.