TUESDAY TOP NEWS LINKS:
With trafficking becoming an ever more recognized issue, the FBI announced a national sting operation that freed 105 children across the US. A few of whom were in the Houston area.
(Video: KTRK 13 News)
ALSO: 3 Houston children rescued in nationwide child prostitution sweep (Chron.com)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Concert benefit for firefighters raises more than $100,000 (KTRK 13 News)
- Agency releasing some funds for Hurricane Ike recovery in Galveston (KPRC 2 News)
- Police union concerned about DWI policy (KPRC 2 News)
- Friends of Rice student killed by METRO light rail train question safety at crossing (KPRC 2 News)
- ‘Professional’ Medicare beneficiary turned patient recruiter sentenced to federal prison (Your Houston News)
- Would a plastic bag ban work in Houston? (KPRC 2 News)
- Activist says freeway shutdown during march wasn’t intended (Chron.com)
- Children’s Museum of Houston offers free vaccinations during month of August (KTRK 13 News)
STATE AREA HEADLINES:
- Study: High Levels of Arsenic in Water Near Gas Wells (Texas Tribune)
- 200 Acre Wildfire Prompts Evacuations in Smithville (KUT Austin)
- Explosion Could Leave West, Texas Students in Portables For Years (KUT Austin)
- Turner: Needy Should Apply for Electricity Rebates (Texas Tribune)
NATION & WORLD:
- The Hype Over Hospital Rankings (New York Times)
- Online scam hijacks Social Security benefits (USA Today)
- Renaming cancer: Panel of scientists suggesting some non lethal cancers should be renamed (KPRC 2 News)
- Private Manning acquitted of aiding enemy in WikiLeaks case (Reuters)