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About Houston

The sunshine. Being able to play golf 365 days a year. International dining. A truly diverse culture. Great education opportunities. The people. Those are just some of what makes Houston a great place to call home. Houston’s quality of place makes it one of the best places in the world. From business opportunities to recreation, from high culture to haute cuisine, Houston has it all.
Top Stories
Texas company fingered in pipeline blast
HOUSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Texas pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners violated the law in a June gas explosion that killed one worker and injured eight others, a regulator said. Enterprise Products - Texas - Business - Energy - Oil and Gas

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Texas A&M Blanks Bearkats In Volleyball 3-0
Department of Labor cites Houston manufacturing company for hiding work-related injuries
Houston man jailed for raping girl at SPI's Andy Bowie Park
MLS Headlines
MLS secure Adidas to improved sponsorship deal
MLS Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and Adidas have signed an eight-year sponsorship deal which will go into effect from 2011, reports euFootball.BIZ This new deal replaces an earlier 10-year deal of $150 million which started in 2005. An anonymous source said that the new arrangement is worth over $200 million. Adidas America president Patrik Nilsson said, "Both of us are feeling really good about ...

MLS Standoff
MLS teams need to play up designated players
MLS to feel the effects of national teams
Timbers Announce Alaska Airlines as Official Jersey Sponsor and Airline of MLS Club
Whitecaps FC Name Thordarson Inaugural MLS Head Coach
NHL Headlines
NHL wants givebacks to approve Kovalchuk's contract, others
The NHL has given the NHL Players Association an ultimatum regarding not only the contested, front-loaded, long-term contract between the Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk, but of similar contracts the league registered last summer between the Blackhawks and Marian Hossa, and between the Canucks and goaltender Roberto Luongo. The challenge, as...

NHL extends deadline on Kovalchuk deal to Friday
NHL extends deadline for deciding on Kovalchuk contract
NHL extends deadline on Kovalchuk deal
NHL extends Kovalchuk deadline to Friday
NHL gives Players Assn. ultimatum on Kovalchuk, Luongo, Hossa
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Houston Information

Dialing Information
International code: +1
Area Code(s): 713, 281

Population: 2,016,582

Elevation: 46 ft - 14 m

Location
Latitude: 29.76317
Longitude: -95.362587

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