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    Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near...
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    October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Houston was a founding member of the R&B group The Sweet...
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    On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...
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    Samuel Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ , HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas...
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    The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the...
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    Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan...
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  • 2015. "CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium". 2013 Bond. Clear Creek ISD. Retrieved 27 July 2015. "About Challenger Columbia Stadium". Challenger Columbia Stadium...
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    the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting...
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    indoor arena located in Houston. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National...
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    Minute Maid Park (category Houston Astros stadiums)
    a retractable roof stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 2000 and is the home ballpark of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball...
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    area of Houston, Texas, United States, that evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name. It is located in the southeast Houston management...
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  • The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments....
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    Pearland, Texas (category Greater Houston)
    population of 10,000 or greater in 2000. Pearland is the third-largest city in the Greater Houston area after Houston and Pasadena, Texas. Pearland had...
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  • The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as...
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  • University of Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ; HEW-stən) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College...
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    over a few opponents with his finisher bulldog in early 1984, Houston's first big challenge was when he had to team up with Bubba Douglas on Feb.4 against...
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    small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County, along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County. As of the 2000 census, the 7th district...
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    School of Houston, the Japanese supplementary school of Houston, moved its classes from Westchester Education Center to Stratford, but around 2000-2001 the...
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    The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to...
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    Lean (drug) (category Culture of Houston)
    usage by rap artists in Houston, it became more popular in the 1990s. Its use later spread to other States in the South. In June 2000, Three 6 Mafia's single...
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    is a 14,000-acre (57 km2) master-planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas, United States. The majority of the community is located in Harris...
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    Christa McAuliffe (category Space Shuttle Challenger disaster victims)
    Explosion of The Challenger". The New York Times. January 29, 1986. Retrieved January 13, 2009. "The Challenger Story:Teacher in Space". Challenger Center for...
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  • Pearland, a Houston suburb, and at the University of Houston Mercy (2000) Space Cowboys (2000) Reba (2001-2007) – TV series set in Houston but filmed in...
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  • Houston Heights (often referred to simply as "The Heights") is a community in northwest-central Houston, Texas, United States. "The Heights" is often...
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  • cameras were permitted on the courthouse premises. The venue was moved to Houston, Texas, after Saldívar's lawyers successfully argued that she could not...
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  • Indonesia in Houston was located in Post Oak Central in Uptown. The Consulate-General of Egypt in Houston was located in Suite 1750 at 2000 West Loop South...
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    Jim McIngvale (category Businesspeople from Houston)
    for owning and operating the Gallery Furniture retail chain, based in Houston, Texas. McIngvale was born on February 11, 1951, in Starkville, Mississippi...
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  • Houston Dynamo FC is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western...
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    south-central area of Houston, Texas, a few miles south of MacGregor Park and directly south of the 610 Loop. According to the 2000 Census, the community...
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  • a "paper file review" of one auto accident victim's medical claim KHOU/Houston, TX "Treading on Danger," an investigation by KHOU's Investigative Unit...
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