FRIDAY TOP NEWS LINKS:
A beloved Houston tradition may be dying over a funding crisis, and we all are finding-out about it late. Leading to questions for the mayor’s office and the Houston Festival Foundation that organizes it.
- Houston Festival Foundation to stop producing Houston’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade (KTRK 13 News)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Newborn baby abandoned near dumpster heads to foster care (KHOU 11 News)
- Bolivar bouncing back after Hurricane Ike (KHOU 11 News)
- Firefighters call City estimate of pension benefits “fiction” (KRIV 26 News)
- HISD has more than 300 jobs open (KRIV 26 News)
- Prime school property may soon be back on market (Chron.com)
- Houston VA offers extended clinic hours (Your Houston News)
- Training for active shooters on campus (KIAH 39 Newsfix
TEXAS HEADLINES:
- Perry criticizes ‘Obamacare’ as Sebelius arrives in Austin (Austin Statesman)
- Obscure Agency Could Gain Power With Water Measure (Texas Tribune)
- About Those Free Voter ID Cards (Texas Tribune)
- Day Of Service Planned For 50th Anniversary Of JFK Assassination (KERA Dallas)
NATION & WORLD:
- African dust moves into skies above Houston (KHOU 11 News)
- A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later (New York Times)
- Poor Children Show a Decline in Obesity Rate (New York Times)
