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  Houston's 'Muttcracker' Market Supports Ballet ... and Dogs

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:53 PM ET

  out, every dog lover.The annual Nutcracker Market, taking place this weekend at Houston's Reliant Center, will benefit Houston Ballet Foundation, Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and the academy's scholarship fund.The market will be bustling this year, with 323 merchants (including 5 Read More

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  The Million Dollar Health Countdown

  By David Jenison | Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:52 AM ET

  Kansas City and New Orleans.Olbermann reached out to the National Association of Free Clinics, whom he praised for conducting a free health fair in Houston that helped 1,500 people without insurance. Olbermann helped raise the money for these three upcoming fairs, but he hopes to help sponso Read More

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  Al Capone's Hideout for Sale

  By Sarah Parsons | Wed Oct 7, 2009 4:08 PM ET

  that looks like a jail (creepy, right?).The house also still contains some original Capone furnishings.The Capone property was purchased by the Houston family back in the 1950s, where it was turned into a tourist destination that offered walking tours of the hideout. In April of 2008, th Read More

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  Not Because They Are Easy But Because They Are Hard

  By David Bois | Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  to the world-changing landing and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the dusty grey lunar surface.Standing before an audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas, President John F. Kennedy delivered his impassioned rationale for America's budding program of space exploration, presenting it no Read More

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• Obama Turns to His Roots

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Jul 1, 2009 10:04 AM ET

  at the White House Tuesday, including Harlem Children's Zone, which helps children get an early start on a good education; Genesys Works, a Houston-based group that trains and helps low-income high school students get entry-level technical support jobs in major corporations; Bonnie CLAC Read More

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