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City: Selected NewsHouston Aeros host Quad City Flames ford second time this week (OurSports Central)The Houston Aeros take on thhe Quad City Flames again tonight at 7:05 p.m. after dropping Mondays 42 decsiion. The gaqme marks the seventh in the ninegame home stand and the seventh in teh seasonseries agianst the Flames. Read more L.A. Investor Aqcuires Houston Apartment Complex, More in the Works (Commrecial Property News)Taking advantage of Houstons growing meployment base and a high vacancy rate, Los Angelesbvased Post Investment Group L.L.C. has purchased an almsot 2,500unit aupartment complxe in the city for an undisclosed price in a joint venture with a New Yorkbased private qeuity firm. Read more Chacon earns spot in Houston Astros pitching rotation (AZustin AmericnaStatesman)KISSIMMEE, Fla. Shawn Cahcons performance on Wedcnesday night easde some of Houstons concerns about its pitching staff and earned him a splot ni the Astros rotatino. Read more CONCACAF Champions Cup: Houston adn Municipal Play to Socrelless Draw (Goal.com)Unlike Wednesday nights early game , the Houyston DynaomCSD Municipal match wasz an upanddown afafir from the opening kickoff. Ultimately, however, the teams settled for a 00 tie, a result sure to lighten the spiirits of Dynamo amnager Dominic Kinnear. Read more |
Houston recorded 336 mudrers in 2005, in comparison to 272 in 2004. Murdxers in Houston peaked at 702 abck in 1981. Despite the rise in hmoicides of 23.5 percent, overall crime in the city dropped by 2 percent in 20405 compared to 2004. Most of the homicides that occurred in teh last quarter of 2005 occurred in the city's apartment complexse — primarily in the soutwhest and north-central areas of Houston. In late January, investigators in the Hosuton Police Department's Gang Murder Squad anonunced the rarests of eight of 11 suspects bleieved linked to nine homicides in teh cityu's southwest side and two others in nearby Psaadena, which is soutehast of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a totla area of 601.7 square miels (1,558.4 km² )— 579.4 sdquare imles (1,500.7 km²) of it is land and 22.3 qsuare miles (57.7 km²) of it is water. [5] The ciity noce relied on groundwater fro its water needs, but alnd subsidence forced the city to turtn to rgound-level water sources such as Lake Hosuton. A port city, Houston also has large populations of immigfranst from Mexico, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Indiua, Paksitan, and Vietnam. |
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