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Hurricane Warning Covers Much Of Texas Gulf Coast - Philadelphia Inquirer
houston - most of the southeast texas gulf coast is under a hurricane warning ahead of ike and authorities ordered residents to leave the coastal city of galveston. forecasters issued the warning thursday morning for a roughly 500-mile stretch from ...
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Houston-air Force Game Moved To Dallas
houston-air force game moved to dallas
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In Anticipation Of Ike's Wrath, Gas Prices Remain Steady
houston, tx—the average price of a gallon of gasoline dropped almost a penny in texas compared to last week. the state average of $3.537 is about 14 cents lower than the national average which stayed about the same at $3.678.
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Gasoline Prices Spike As Ike Heads Toward Texas - Msn Moneycentral
new york (ap) - gasoline prices jumped to unprecedented levels in the wholesale markets thursday as hurricane ike tore across the gulf of mexico, threatening to strike texas and its refineries. the wholesale price of gasoline ranged from $4 to nearly ...
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Stricter Gpa Rules Stir Debate - Houston Chronicle
high school students across texas would no longer get extra credit in their grade point averages for some advanced classes under rules proposed by the state's higher education commissioner. the proposal from raymund paredes, intended to bring more ...
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Houston-air Force Game Moved To Dallas
with hurricane ike threatening the texas gulf coast, the university of houston decided to move this weekend's contest between the cougars and air force to dallas.
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Texas Evacuates Parts Of Gulf Coast Ahead Of Ike
thursday, september 11, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. houston, tx (ap) -- authorities in the houston area and along the southeast texas gulf coast ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate thursday as ike bore down with hurricane-force winds that stretched across more than 200 miles and could gain even more strength.
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State Offices Close In Cameron, Calcasieu - Miami Herald
still recovering from labor day's hurricane gustav, south louisiana braced thursday for a brush with ike, a powerful hurricane that was on a projected course for the texas gulf coast. calcasieu parish officials in louisiana's southwestern corner ...
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Hurricane Ike In Gulf Of Mexico, Headed For Texas - Reuters
houston (reuters) - thousands of people fled coastal areas in the path of hurricane ike on thursday as the storm gathered strength on its collision course with the texas coast, on a track that would skirt the heart of the u.s. offshore oil patch. ike ...
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U-haul Offers 30 Days Of Free Storage To Houston Area Residents In The Path Of Hurricane Ike
houston, sept. 11, 2008 -- the u-haul companies of corpus christi, south houston and north houston are offering 30 days of free storage to texas residents in danger of being affected by hurricane ike.
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Job Description:
geologist needed for a full-time opportunity with an oil & gas services company in west houston, tx. the successful candidate will have a bs in geology; posses experience in sales and marketing, and have a minimum of five years interpretation experience with computers.
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Hundreds Of Thousands In Texas Told To Evacuate Ahead Of Ike - Detroit Free Press
houston — authorities in the houston area and along the southeast texas gulf coast are ordering hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate ahead of hurricane ike. forecasters expect the storm to make landfall this weekend somewhere between corpus ...
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Thousands Told To Evacuate Texas Coast - The Ledger
forecasters issued a hurricane warning for the texas gulf coast from the louisiana state line to near corpus christi. the warning, which also extended east along much of the louisiana coast to morgan city, means hurricane conditions could reach the ...
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Tx 22 Political Notebook: Debates, The Palin Effect, And Radio Ads
debate scheduled the bay area houston economic partnership’s political protocol committee will host republican candidate pete olson and rep. nick lampson, d-stafford, for a debate on wednesday, october 1, 2008 at the hilton houston nasa clear lake.
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New Evacuations Ordered For Coastal Counties
harris county evacuations for zones a & b (harris county, tx) - due to changes in the track of hurricane ike and the expected storm surge of up to 15 ft. in some areas, harris county and city of houston officials are calling for the evacuation of citizens residing in zones a & b of the evacuation plan.
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Hurricane Ike Aims At Houston; Evacuations Called (update2) - Bloomberg
sept. 11 (bloomberg) -- hurricane ike tripled in size in the central gulf of mexico as it churned on a weekend collision course with the 5.6 million residents of the houston area, where coastal communities prepared to evacuate. the system's strongest ...
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Texas Prepares For An Ominous Hurricane Ike - Washington Post
houston -- authorities in the houston area and along the southeast texas gulf coast ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate thursday as hurricane ike lumbered toward the coast and threatened to grow even stronger. traffic was building on ...
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Jetblue Waives Change Fees To Assist Customers Affected By Hurricane Ike
new york, sept. 11, 2008 -- jetblue airways corporation will waive change fees and fare differences to allow customers booked to or from houston, tx or austin, tx to postpone their travel plans due to the projected path of hurricane ike.
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Job Description:
requires a valid united states coast guard second or third mate's license. diamond offshore drilling inc. po box 4558 houston, tx 77210 attn: hr - mate
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Galveston Evacuates, Houston Awaits Ike Floods - Msnbc
willis porter waits to sign up to board a bus at an evacuation center in galveston, texas, on thursday. the city has been ordered to evacuate by friday morning as hurricane ike makes for landfall late friday or early saturday. houston - nearly 1 ...
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