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Wal-Mart pulls baby formula after boy dies
Chron.com Chronicle
Dec 22Wal-Mart pulls baby formula after boy dies (AP) — Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy who was given the formula became gravely ill with a suspected bacterial infection and died ... »
Local Marine welcomed home from Iraq, soldier Afghanistan-bound
KTRK-TV Houston News
Dec 19More than 100 people gathered in Humble on Sunday to celebrate the return of one serviceman and bid goodbye to another After the troops crossed the Kuwait-Iraq border, the gate was closed behind them. Tonight, military families across the nation are pr... »
'Food deserts' a problem in Houston
KTRK-TV Houston News
Nov 07Houston has 440,000 area residents living in "food deserts," which are areas with no easy access to a grocery store That means the residents often can't buy fresh, healthy food. Myrtha Billups has a pantry full of food, but no easy way to get it. "The ... »
Wal-Mart Leaks Its Own Black Friday Deals
WPTZ Money Headlines
Nov 02Wal-Mart is giving shoppers an early look at its Black Friday deals for the first time this year, well before Thanksgiving. »
Attorney: Wal-Mart heiress regrets DWI charge
KTRK-TV Texas News
Oct 13Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton's lawyer says she "accepts full responsibility" for a drunken driving charge that landed her in a North Texas jail last week Attorney Dee J. Kelly says Walton was returning to her Parker County home after a birthday dinner... »
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Yale Street Bridge load limit reduced by TxDOT
Off The Kuff
Nov 27This hit my inbox on Wednesday afternoon: Yale Street Bridge Load Limit Reduced by TxDOT A recent assessment of the Yale Street Bridge over White Oak Bayou performed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) has resulted in a reduction in the b... »
Apartment boom coming
Off The Kuff
Nov 23I have many things to say about this. High occupancies and rising rents for apartments are driving a new wave of development in Houston’s high-end urban neighborhoods. More than 3,500 units in a dozen complexes are under construction primarily inside t... »
On getting to walkable urbanism
Off The Kuff
Nov 18This story about neighborhood opposition to the Kroger 380 agreement doesn’t quite get at what I think are the key issues that need to be discussed. [O]pponents of both the Wal-Mart and Kroger deals say suburban-style big-box stores don’t fit a widely-... »
Studemont Kroger update
Off The Kuff
Oct 18The Heights Life brings news about the proposed Kroger at Studemont and I-10. Of particular interest is this bit: The property on which Kroger plans to build lies on the east side of Studemont north of Arne’s. The store will be at the south end of the ... »