Read more Houston stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3528/houston.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74658/atlantis-crew-finishes-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAstronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis finished the final spacewalk of their mission at the International Space Station today, clearing the way for their return Wednesday. Astronauts Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik installed a science experiment that will test how materials, including a new kind of Teflon, hold up to...http://www.newser.com/story/74658/atlantis-crew-finishes-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 14:55:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66676/undercover-texas-cops-sting-dog-fighting-ring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of Houston cops recently put away nearly 100 dog fighters, but to do so they had to become “dogmen” themselves. Texas Monthly recounts the undercover sting and provides a look at the brutal sport. The cops were reluctant at first—“we just figured it was piddly shit, something...http://www.newser.com/story/66676/undercover-texas-cops-sting-dog-fighting-ring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 18:02:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65140/swine-flu-vaccine-trials-to-hit-8-cities-in-aug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Institutes of Health will supervise a nationwide test of a swine flu vaccine in eight cities starting in August, the Seattle Times reports. Test subjects will be drawn from Seattle, Baltimore, Iowa City, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, and Nashville. Thousands will receive “a vaccine you can't otherwise...http://www.newser.com/story/65140/swine-flu-vaccine-trials-to-hit-8-cities-in-aug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64652/in-sex-satisfaction-hotlanta-lives-up-to-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot satisfied sexually? Perhaps it’s time to move to Atlanta. “Hotlanta” is the nation’s most sexually satisfied—and second most sexually active—metropolis, reports the Journal-Constitution . “Atlanta doesn’t wait for the weekend,” says a rep for the company that conducted the survey for Trojan condoms. But San Francisco apparently does:...http://www.newser.com/story/64652/in-sex-satisfaction-hotlanta-lives-up-to-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 11:38:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58346/texas-cop-fired-for-overkill-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Texas sheriff’s lieutenant has been fired for using police resources to investigate the alleged theft of $16 from his wife at a local car wash, the Houston Chronicle reports. Louis Guthrie and a group of deputies taped off the establishment for an hour to question employees. “This incident was...http://www.newser.com/story/58346/texas-cop-fired-for-overkill-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 11:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57095/go-ahead-and-mess-with-texas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn obscure provision of Texas statehood gives it the right to split into five smaller states, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. He outlines the potential new entities: New Texas: Centered on Austin, as populous as Kentucky, and split down the middle politically—city vs. suburbs.http://www.newser.com/story/57095/go-ahead-and-mess-with-texas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 11:28:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53422/drunk-groom-jailed-on-his-wedding-night.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Houston man spent his wedding night in jail after he was caught driving from his wedding reception under the influence, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 26-year-old groom was nabbed during a local DUI crackdown, charged the next day with driving while intoxicated and freed on $500 bail. The bride...http://www.newser.com/story/53422/drunk-groom-jailed-on-his-wedding-night.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 2:08:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51072/paintball-chase-goes-awry-in-houston.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot your master criminals, these two. A pair of Houston-area men nearly drove their SUV straight through a house as they tried to elude an angry bar owner, the Houston Chronicle reports. What set this off? They had plastered the owner's truck with paintballs after getting bounced from his bar....http://www.newser.com/story/51072/paintball-chase-goes-awry-in-houston.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 20:00:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46219/santa-gets-help-from-cousin-pancho.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSanta's been getting a little help from his South Pole cousin, Pancho Claus, the lowrider-driving barrio folk hero who doles out gifts on both sides of the Texas border. Pancho takes different forms—sporting a red zoot suit in Houston and a sombrero and black beard in San Antonio—but...http://www.newser.com/story/46219/santa-gets-help-from-cousin-pancho.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 15:02:01 CST