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Houston Matters

The New York Times snubs Houston restaurants: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 30, 2022 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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NASA

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA is shoving an asteroid to test planetary defense

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR

Posted on September 26, 2022 · Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA's first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.

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Presidents Obama & Bush Speak At Dallas Police Shooting Memorial Service

HPM Digital Team / Associated Press

Posted on July 12, 2016 · It honored the five Dallas police officer killed and the others injured by a gunman during the conclusion of a peaceful march against recent police shootings.

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Dallas streetcar departs from the stop across from Union Station

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Dallas Has Something Many Other Cities Want: A Hybrid Streetcar

Bill Zeeble, KERA

Posted on November 27, 2015 · Unlike almost every street car in the world – from San Francisco to Strasbourg, France - this one lacks a pole constantly connected to a live wire overhead.

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The rarity of tornadoes in Houston (Jan. 27, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 27, 2023 · On Friday's show: As cleanup continues after Tuesday’s tornadoes, should we expect more of them in the Houston area in the future?

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Houston being America’s dirtiest city: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 27, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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I SEE U

I SEE U, Episode 72: Prisons: A Colossal Waste of Human Potential

Eddie Robinson

Posted on January 26, 2023 · Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller stresses rehabilitation over punishment for U.S. prisons and argues that doing nothing to reform the current system feeds a continued cycle of crime, community dysfunction, poverty and hopelessness.

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NASA’s Day of Remembrance focuses on the members lost in the Columbia Shuttle for its 20th anniversary

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 26, 2023 · Family and guests paid respects to lost lives at the Johnson Space Center’s Astronaut Memorial Grove today with a focus on the Columbia accident that occurred on February 1, 2003.

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