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Excitement Builds for Next-to-Last Space Shuttle Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It's still a day before space shuttle Endeavour is set to soar one last time. But already, the excitement level is approaching an all-time high. It's the next-to-last shuttle flight, as well as Endeavour's final voyage. Add to that the presence of the commander's wounded congresswoman wife, and...

NASA Braces for Giffords, Obama, Huge Launch Crowd

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left hospitals behind Wednesday for the first time since her tragic shooting nearly four months ago and traveled to NASA territory for the next-to-last space shuttle launch with her husband in command. "Gabby is looking forward to some time away from the rehab center & the...

Rep. Giffords Cleared to Attend Shuttle Launch

HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch in Florida on Friday, Kelly said, allowing the Arizona congresswoman to travel for the first time since she was flown from Tucson to Houston more than three months ago to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. In an interview with...

Police Look at How Houston Kindergartner Got Gun

HOUSTON -- Police are trying to determine how a Houston kindergartener got a loaded gun that he brought to an elementary school, where officials say it accidentally fired when it fell from his pocket as he sat down for lunch, wounding himself and two other students. Some parents said the incident has made them think twice...

Kindergartner Brings Gun to Texas School, 3 Hurt

HOUSTON -- A kindergartner who brought a loaded gun Tuesday to his Houston elementary school was among three students injured by fragments when it fired after falling from his pocket as he sat down for lunch, officials said. One bullet was fired about 10:35 a.m. in the Ross Elementary School cafeteria, spraying fragments...

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06/03/12 KCK Murder Suspect Surrenders in Houston Source: Fox4kc.com - Kansas City KA The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department reports a man wanted in the death of a metro mother has surrendered to authorities.
06/03/12 Boy, 14, arrested after police chase in stolen car Source: ABC - KTRK 13 - Houston TX A 14-year-old boy was arrested Sunday after allegedly leading Houston police on a chase in a stolen vehicle.
06/03/12 Shuttle replica makes its way to Johnson Space Center Source: NBC - KPRC-TV Local 2 - Houston TX The space shuttle replica began its final leg of the journey to the Johnson Space Center on Sunday.
06/03/12 Whitney Houston Grammys dramaâ¦ Source: ABC - KNXV-TV 15.com - Phoenix AZ A 26-minute film about this year's Grammy Awards and the death of WHITNEY HOUSTON is to premiere later this month (Jun12) in Los Angeles.
06/03/12 Houston political family matriarch Robinson dead at 76 Source: Houston Defender - Houston TX Margarette Robinson , the matriarch of a Houston political family holding the same at-large City Council seat for more than two decades and a barrier-breaker in her own right, died on Memorial Day. She wasÃ 76.