For decades, Houston Habitat for Humanity has been helping local residence build new homes and reshape communities. Currently many projects are opening up in Fifth Ward. (Video: KHOU 11 News)
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Houston families receive homes from Habitat for Humanity (KPRC 2 News)- Houston Habitat for Humanity gives new homes to 11 families (KIAH 39 Newsfix)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Cancer doctor indicted for poisoning coffee of lover (Chron.com)
- High school cheerleader with Down sydrome receives support from locals (KHOU 11 News)
- HPD launches initiative to make boarding homes safer (KPRC 2 News)
- Crime Stoppers of Houston launches Mothers Against Crime (KPRC 2 News)
- Surgery to reduce Parkinson’s disease symptoms performed in Houston (KPRC 2 News)
- H.I.S.D. Freshman stabbed while being a hero (KRIV 26 News)
- Mother Fighting For Daughter’s Life At Local Hospital (KRIV 26 News)
- Bush hosts golf tournament for wounded veterans (KRIV 26 News)
TEXAS HEADLINES:
- Health care reform prices and policies revealed, but vary by region (KPRC 2 News)
- Perry, Dewhurst name new board members for cancer agency (Chron.com)
- Bag Bans May Sweep Through Texas Again (Texas Tribune)
- How Race & Ethnicity Could Help Shape New UT-Austin Medical School Curriculum (KUT Austin)
- 10,000 volunteers to descend on Texas shoreline for Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup (Your Houston News)
NATION & WORLD:
- Senator to question regulators on backover law delays (Houston Chronicle)
- U.S. Congress moves toward extending worldwide anti-AIDS program (Reuters)