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NRA attendee, John Joseph of Sebastian, Fla., waits in line outside the George R. Brown Convention Center before the opening of the National Rifle Association's 142 Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)

NRA official: 'Culture war' more than gun rights

Jim Vertuno and Juan Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning from its incoming president that its members are engaged in a 'culture war'...
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Chad Holley (second from right) stands beside his mother, Joyce Holley (right) as Minister Quanell X (left) describes the events surrounding the alleged beating of Chad Holley after an encounter with eight Houston police officers in March, during a press conference Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Houston with members of the NAACP, S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, the Nation of Islam, Ministers Against Crime, the National Black United Front and other community leaders, to release graphic images of injuries sustained by Holley.

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Ex-officers get probation in Houston teen beating

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Two former Houston police officers accused of beating a black teenage burglary suspect have been sentenced to two years of probation...
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Rihanna performing on stage during her "Diamonds" World Tour at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, file)

Rihanna cancels Houston show because of illness

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Rihanna has canceled another date on her latest tour because she is ill...
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Dwyane Wade with Make-A-Wish children (BM Images)

Dwyane Wade: A charitable champion

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Two-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade has hosted a weekend of events to raise money for charities and inspire fathers to play an active role in the lives of their children...
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Parents say developmentally disabled girl should have been escorted to bus on day she was taken.

Houston high school blamed in rape of special needs child

Ryan Korsgard, KPRC
VIDEO - When a 16-year-old girl attended Sam Houston High School in Houston, Texas a teacher's assistant made sure she got between classes and on and off of the school bus safely...
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Handcuffed teen allegedly shoots self in police car

NBC News
NBC NEWS - A handcuffed Houston-area high school student shot himself in the head Wednesday while in the back of a police car, officials said...
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A notice found on a bulletin board at Rock Springs Apartments reads, "We ask you to please contact the office immediately every time you see teenagers or adolescents of Afro-American race or any other suspicious people in the property." (Photo by Robert Stanton/Houston Chronicle)

Apartment notice warns against 'adolescents of Afro-American race'

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A notice warning residents about black youth was posted at a southwest Houston apartment complex yesterday to the outrage of some of the city's community members.
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Cameron Dorsey

Pastor and daughter found dead; grandson is a suspect

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A man was arrested Sunday and questioned by police regarding the death of his grandfather, an 89-year-old pastor and the pastor's 61-year-old daughter...
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Aminah Barrett

Female linebacker inspires other girls

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Aminah Barrett is only one of the seven girls in the city of Houston that plays football with boys...
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Ashley Nichole Richards, 21 and Brent Wayne Justice, 51

Houston couple accused of torturing animals for sexual fetish videos

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - A Houston couple accused of torturing animals to make crush videos for sexual fetishists, has been arrested...
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