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The best city for young families? The Woodlands runs away with that honor in new rankings

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A major Houston grocery store is closing as trendier options crop up all around it

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No wives, no gala: Astros explain cancellation of Women's Center fundraiser, pledge $18 million for kids

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The High-Tech Texan®

10 years of technological wonder — batteries not included

By Michael Garfield

12.28.09 | 4:17 pm

Had I written this column in 2000, I may have used a pen and paper or perhaps the Notepad tool on my eight-pound laptop. I then may have printed it ...

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