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HoustonChron

  1. RT @39News: The death of an elderly man in Baytown is being investigated as a homicide: http://bit.ly/cAw3eg #hounews 5 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  2. Texans reach injury settlement with kicker Brown http://bit.ly/91ACA1 22 minutes ago via twitterfeed
  3. RT @KTRKHouston: Firefighters suspended over racial slur. http://bit.ly/9Sxj1T #hounews 27 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  4. Serbia eliminates defending hoops champion Spain http://bit.ly/ba8rHK about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  5. 7 arrested in Mexico massacre http://bit.ly/9Jaheq about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  6. Scientists discover fossils of humpbacked dinosaur http://bit.ly/c0Ya4d about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  7. Stocks resume rally as European debt worries ease http://bit.ly/aw5QYL about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  8. 7 arrested in Mexico massacre http://bit.ly/cddMS7 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  9. Consumers cut back on credit card use once again http://bit.ly/a4Lh7o about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  10. Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary http://bit.ly/9l7cln about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. Fed survey sees slower growth in East and Midwest http://bit.ly/9ckm7K about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. Houston's "Bicycle Bandit" has hit at least six banks http://bit.ly/9UZD9Y about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. Obama in Ohio: Progress on economy 'painfully slow' http://bit.ly/dfzLVY about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  14. Why name of this town — Fort Gay — got gamer in trouble http://bit.ly/dBdjdu about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. Clemens' lawyers ask N.Y. judge to toss suit http://bit.ly/d8iSs0 about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  16. Feds: Metro violated laws in rail project http://bit.ly/bWm3C0 about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. Louisiana officials consider reintroducing whooping cranes http://bit.ly/cbyx1e about 9 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. Strategy, savvy needed when baby-supply shopping http://bit.ly/axCP4D about 10 hours ago via twitterfeed
  19. RT @KTRKHouston: Foul play suspected in elderly man's death. http://bit.ly/91yH4M #hounews about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  20. Delays at Newark may cramp Southwest Airlines' style http://bit.ly/aXgCnW about 11 hours ago via twitterfeed