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Stanford Found Guilty on All But One Count A verdict today in the trial of R. Allen Stanford, the former billionaire accused of cheating investors out of money in a huge Ponzi scheme. KUHF business reporter Andrew Schneider has more from the federal courthouse downtown. |
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What It Means For Texas Not To Be A Part Of Super Tuesday Texas should have been one of the states holding primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday. But the protracted battle over congressional redistricting maps pushed our primary to late may. David Pitman takes a look at what sort of impact Texas would have had, if it had been able to stick to the original schedule. |
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Jury Divided As Stanford Trial Enters Week 7 Jurors in the R. Allen Stanford trial are having a hard time deciding the fate of the former Houston financier. They issued note late yesterday saying they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on all fourteen counts. |
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Continental Travelers Adjusting To United Airlines As the new United Airlines continues to sort out reservation and scheduling snafus that slowed things down over the weekend, a travel agent says it's no easy task to merge two of the largest air carriers in the world. The final piece of the merger puzzle comes with some big challenges. |
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Houston Region Surpasses NYC As Most Diverse Houston has surpassed New York City as the most diverse region in the nation. Researchers at Rice University say the Houston Metro area grew substantially in diversity over the past 20 years — with much of that growth in Missouri City and Pearland. |
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What Gas Prices Will Make You Put Down Your Keys? Gas prices have climbed steadily over the past month — leading some to wonder if they will hit the $4 per gallon mark. Even though a gallon in Texas is cheaper than most other states, drivers here are still feeling the pinch. |
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Car Sharing Service RelayRides Expands To Houston, Rest Of Nation A new kind of car sharing service is expanding across the nation. It's called relay rides. It's the first peer-to-peer car rental network in the country. |
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Slow But Steady Rise At The Houston Gas Pump Average retail gasoline prices in Houston have risen a little more than a 1¢ per gallon in the past week, for an average of $3.56 cents for a gallon of regular unleaded. This compares with the national average of $3.71 a gallon. |
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R. Allen Stanford Midday Update More questions today from the jury deliberating the fate of former Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. Andrew Schneider has the latest from the federal courthouse downtown. |
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Lots Of Oil & Gas Jobs, But Too Few Workers Contrary to some reports, manufacturing may not be dead. Once thought to be victims of competition from overseas, jobs that used to be called "blue collar" are now in high demand in some parts of Texas, particularly in Houston. But as StateImpact report Dave Fehling found, at a time of great need, the funding for educating future workers has been cut. |
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R. Allen Stanford Trial Morning Update A federal jury is back at work this morning in the R. Allen Stanford trial. Andrew Schneider reports from the federal courthouse downtown. |
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But How To Spend All That Money? TxDOT says it has come up with more money for high-priority transportation projects around the state. Officials say they came up with the money by identifying new funding opportunities, and through cost-saving measures at the department. Now comes the work of deciding how those funds should be spent. |
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Houston Caravan To Protest Tuscon's Removal Of Hispanic History Books From Classrooms One week from today, a caravan of protesters will set off from Houston to Tuscon. The group is upset over Tucson's recent decision to end its Mexican-American studies program. Tucson's program used books published at the University of Houston. |
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Tornado Weekend Sounds Warning For Houston Businesses With tornadoes ripping across the South and Midwest and hurricane season approaching, disaster preparedness officials are sounding the alarm for Houston businesses. |
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State Climatologist Has Eye on the Sky for Texas John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas' state climatologist since 2000, has seen his duties explode in the last 18 months amid public clamor for information on the drought. |
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Rice Farmers Adjust to a Year Without Water You'll probably be seeing less Texas rice on your plates this year. Late last night the Lower Colorado River Authority decided there wasn't enough water in the Highland Lakes to send water downstream to rice farmers in southeast Texas. |
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Calling Attention To Strides Treating County Inmates Mental Problems The Harris County Jail is the largest public provider for care for the mentally ill in Texas. It costs more to treat a mentally ill person in jail than it does in community clinic settings. But strides are being made to create public awareness of the problem. |
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Final Days To View Ancient Byzantine Frescoes One of Houston's hidden treasures is about to disappear. The Byzantine Fresco Chapel — part of the Menil Museum Collection — will close on Sunday. Laurie johnson spoke with some of the people who were visiting the chapel for the last time. |
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Doc Says Mosquitoes Aren't As Dangerous As You Think More rain and a warmer winter means more mosquitoes are flying around earlier than usual. A local doctor says despite what you've heard, it's not that easy to get mosquito-borne viruses, but Houstonians should still be careful. |
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Jury deliberation continues today in the Ponzi scheme trial of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. |
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East End Intersection To Close For Nearly A Week As METRO Installs Light Rail Tracks Starting tonight, a key intersection on the east side of downtown will be shut down for nearly a week. This is part of Metro's latest push to complete two extensions of its light rail system. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Saleha Khumawala The Clinton Global Initiative University holds its annual conference in Washington D.C. from March 30th through April 1st. Four students from the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business will attend to discuss their work on microfinance projects. Saleha Khumawala teaches microfinance at the Bauer College. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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No Verdict In Stanford Trial Till Next Week Jury deliberation continues today in the Ponzi scheme trial of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. |
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Brazilian Blowout Admits Product Contains Carcinogen The safety of the hair straightening product Brazilian Blowout has been fairly controversial. Many organizations have been claiming for some time that it contains dangerously high levels of a known carcinogen. And now it seems Brazilian blowout has been forced to admit that's true. |
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Board Reverses Decision; Jewish Team Will Play The Houston area Beren Academy boy's basketball team will play its state semi-final game. The school was prepared to forfeit the game, because it fell on the Jewish Sabbath and the league board refused to reschedule it. The decision was changed after a Temporary Restraining Order was to be filed. |
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HISD Pledges Academic Improvement Despite Cutbacks After what was one of the most financially challenging years for Texas school districts — the leader of the Houston Independent School District says Houston schools are improving despite significant cutbacks. The superintendent of HISD gave his annual "State of the Schools" address and says Texas must stop cutting education funding. |
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March On Crime Focuses On Prevention Houston Mayor Annise Parker joined police Chief Charles Mcclelland to help kick off the department's annual "March on Crime" initiative. During the month of March, HPD sends patrol officers throughout the city to spread the word about crime prevention. |
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ERCOT Expects Enough Summer Capacity On Grid The state's electric generation capacity will be tight this summer, according to a preliminary assessment from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. |
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No Stanford Verdict Till Monday Jury deliberation continues in the Ponzi scheme trial of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. |
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Fifteen Year Resident Of The Houston Zoo Dies A giraffe that spend the past 15 years at the Houston Zoo has been euthanized after attempts to fix a troublesome hoof were unsuccessful. |
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Jewish School Will Play In Tournament A local Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team will get to play in the state tournament after-all. |
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Rally Wants To 'Save Texas Schools' People who support public education are demanding the state reverse cuts enacted during the last legislative session. They're hoping to repeat a massive protest they staged almost a year ago. |
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Closing Arguments Done, Stanford Case Goes To Jury The fate of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford is now in the hands of the jury. |
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Protesters: Policy Erodes Trust Community activists were about to come down on Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia for allegedly backing a portion of the federal immigration law that they claim erodes the trust of local immigrants. Sheriff Garcia told the group he will meet with them next week to discuss their concerns. |
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Livestock Competition Offers Life Lessons For Youth The livestock show competitions attract competitors from all over the state. Many of those competing are children. They can win prizes and sometimes scholarship money. |
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As Rodeo Begins, Houston Taxi Rates Rise Houston City Council gave the nod today for taxi drivers to raise fares an average of 13 percent. But the city is also pushing for the industry to adopt technology to make cab rides safer and more efficient. |
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Evening R. Allen Stanford Trial Update The jury now has the case in the trial of former Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. That after the government and Stanford's defense wrapped-up closing arguments this afternoon. Andrew Schneider has the latest from the federal courthouse downtown. |
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Safe House Hopes To Reduce Trafficking Problem In Houston Houston is one of the country's largest hubs for human trafficking, with the average victim just 12 years old. While a 2010 state law prevents children under 14 from being charged with prostitution, a legal gap remains for kids between 14 and 17. This gap means that after being picked up by police, many teens are left with nowhere to go next. A new safe house in Houston is hoping to be that next step. |
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R. Allen Stanford Trial Midday Update Government prosecutors have concluded their closing arguments in the trial of former Houston financier R. Allen Stanford. Andrew Schneider has the latest from the federal courthouse downtown. |
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BBC World Service Celebrates 80 Years The BBC World Service is celebrating 80 years as an international broadcaster with a special day of programming. Throughout the day, you'll be able to watch video clips of guests and staff around Bush House in London. KUHF's Ed Mayberry talked with BBC World Have Your Say presenter Ros Atkins on this special day. |
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Texas Health Fund In Jeopardy Because Of Abortion Politics Texas is in a stand-off with the federal government over a program that provides contraception and reproductive check-ups for low-income Texas women. A new Texas rule would exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from participating, even though the program has nothing to do with abortion. |
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Stanford Trial Goes To The Jury Today Attorneys in the Ponzi scheme trial of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford deliver their closing statements to the jury this morning. |
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Local Pastor Asks Mayor To Resign Houston Mayor Annise Parker says there's really nothing she can do to appease a local pastor's group that says she's too outspoken in her support of gay marriage. |
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Jewish Team Forfeits Semi-Final Game On Sabbath The Beren Academy boys basketball team is the talk of the sports world today. Beren is an Orthodox Jewish school located just south of Meyerland. The basketball team is having to forfeit this Friday's state semi-final game because it falls on their Sabbath. The case is making news because of the district's decision not to reschedule the game. |
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Traffic Increases Around The Rodeo About 350,000 people are expected to converge on the Museum District, Texas Medical Center and Reliant Stadium every day during spring break. In an effort to reduce traffic snarls — the City of Houston has a spring break plan in place. |
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In a unanimous vote, Harris County Commissioners approved the naming of retired Marine Major Joseph Ellis as new board chairman of the Harris County Housing Authority. |
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