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Royals end skid with 7-3 win over Astros

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:44:57 -0400

HOUSTON - Bud Norris rolled through six scoreless innings for the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Royals end skid with 7-3 win over Astros

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:29:46 -0400

HOUSTON - Mike Moustakas was a bit daunted when he came to the plate in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and his team down by one. The numbers were looming right there on the scoreboard: 0 for 18 and a batting average under .180

Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:21 -0400

HOUSTON - A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum - an act that was caught on cellphone video - agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

Pittsburgh leads field for Legends Classic

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:08 -0400

NEW YORK - Pittsburgh, playing its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, highlights the teams that will play in the championship round of this year's Legends Classic at Barclays Center.

Man shot outside Houston-area bar fight dies

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:26:23 -0400

HOUSTON - A man who was shot outside a Houston-area bar following a birthday party and then driven to a relative's home has died.

Royals fall to Astros 6-5

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:45:37 -0400

HOUSTON - The Kansas City Royals lost three straight games by one run this weekend to the Oakland Athletics.

Ed Reed, Brian Cushing miss Texans' spring workout

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:48:38 -0400

HOUSTON - Safety Ed Reed missed the Houston Texans' first spring workout on Monday as he recovers from hip surgery in Colorado.

Man arrested following shooting that left 2 dead

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:11 -0400

HOUSTON - Investigators have identified four men they say were involved in a drug-related shooting in Houston that left a 10-year-old boy and a woman dead.

Man charged in deadly downtown Houston shooting

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:08:03 -0400

HOUSTON - Police have charged a 22-year-old man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a downtown gunfight in which one was killed.

House member kills senator's bills in tit-for-tat

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:50 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - A member of the Texas House is killing bills authored by a Houston senator in retaliation for her opposition to an exoneration bill.

SWA offers Houston, Reagan Wash. National flights

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:04:37 -0400

HOUSTON - Southwest Airlines Co. has announced new nonstop daily service between William P. Hobby Airport in Houston and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Mexican gets 3 years for smuggling heroin to Texas

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:08 -0400

HOUSTON - An airline passenger from Mexico caught in Texas with nearly 4 pounds of heroin in her suitcases has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Texas deputy killed in wreck, suspect detained

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:36 -0400

HOUSTON - An off-duty Harris County sheriff's deputy has been killed in a traffic accident that's led to another driver charged with intoxication manslaughter.

Harrell strong but Astros lose 1-0 to Pirates

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:06:39 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Lucas Harrell threw 98 pitches Sunday, and most were very good.

Locke, Pirates shut down Astros 1-0

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:42:09 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Jeff Locke didn't have his best stuff Sunday. He didn't need it to shut down the majors' worst team.

Texas police nab suspect in postal worker's death

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:53:14 -0400

HOUSTON - Police say they have taken into a custody a man they believe may be linked to the killing of a U.S. postal worker in suburban Houston.

Man shot dead at north Houston restaurant

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:05:13 -0400

HOUSTON - Police are looking for man in his 30s suspected in a fatal shooting at a Vietnamese restaurant in north Houston.

Dynamo put ball in own net in 2-0 loss to Revs

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:53:09 -0400

HOUSTON - Diego Fagundez scored and Houston added an own goal in the New England Revolution's 2-0 victory over the Dynamo on Saturday night.

Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:06 -0400

HOUSTON - The Star Trek shuttlecraft Galileo is landing in Houston to be displayed not far from NASA's Mission Control, which may have been able to help Mr. Spock all those years ago.

Nolan Ryan's oldest son named Astros president

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:43 -0400

HOUSTON - Reid Ryan choked back tears as he was introduced as president of his beloved Astros, the team he grew up watching in the days when his Hall of Fame father, Nolan Ryan, starred as a pitcher for Houston.

US rig count is unchanged at 1,769

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:07 -0400

HOUSTON - Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. remains unchanged this week, at 1,769.

Woman 9 months pregnant beaten, robbed

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:38 -0400

HOUSTON - Two men and a teenager are jailed on aggravated robbery charges for breaking into an apartment and beating a woman there who was 9 months pregnant.

Texans sign 4th-round pick Williams

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:51:03 -0400

HOUSTON - The Houston Texans have signed fourth-round draft pick linebacker Trevardo Williams.

Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:19:04 -0400

HOUSTON - A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator hunt.

Hess, Elliott reach deal, end fight

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:13:45 -0400

NEW YORK - Hess has reached a deal with a major investor to end a bitter fight over the management and direction of the oil and gas company.