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February 8, 2013
BBB Award of Excellence 2012 Goes to Incredible Renovations, LLC

(Houston, Texas) The Better Business Bureau Education Foundation honored BBB Accredited Businesses and Charity Partners on May 2nd at their 2012 Awards for Excellence event. Incredible Renovations, LLC was among the list of recipients and was honored for maintaining a superior commitment to ethics, overall excellence, and quality in the workplace. "Incredible Renovations is excited […]

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December 10, 2012
Everything IS Bigger in Texas: Texas Thunder Announces Line-up

Randy Rogers Band, Josh Abbott Band, Casey Donahew Band and More Imagine your ideal night under the Texas sky—your favorite music, a great atmosphere and good friends, the perfect combination for amazing memories! Welcome to Texas Thunder, the premiere music festival of West Texas. Proving that everything IS bigger in Texas, the line-up includes performers […]

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November 16, 2012
Black Friday Turns into Bless Friday®

Since 2010, Houston area churches and Christian organizations have provided an alternative to frenzied Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Continuing this tradition, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC), Beacon of Light Christian Center, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, are each scheduling community service projects on Friday, November 23. […]

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November 14, 2012
Business Profile: Houston Attorney Yolanda Buckner

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." […]

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November 14, 2012
758-megawatt Sherman, Texas Power Plant Breaks Ground

• Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse arranged debt financing • Plant to come online in late 2014 when ERCOT has projected a need for reserve power • One of the nation’s first “quick start” plants will help support intermittent renewable generation • Will contribute up to $1.7 billion in economic development and create 700-800 construction […]

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October 16, 2012
Houston Texas Buckeye Files Applicatio​n for Market-Bas​ed Rates in New York City-Area

Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE:BPL) ("Buckeye") announced today that Buckeye Pipe Line Company, L.P. ("Buckeye Pipeline") filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") seeking authority to charge market-based rates for deliveries of refined petroleum products to the New York City-area market ("Application"). In the Application, Buckeye Pipeline seeks market-based rates from its three […]

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October 16, 2012
Liz Carmack, Author of Historic Hotels of Texas Up Close and Personal

Judyth Piazza chats with Liz Carmack, Author of Historic Hotels of Texas on The American Perspective Liz Carmack`s love for heritage travel and her desire to provide travelers with a practical reference to Texas` historic hotels has led to publication of her first book, Historic Hotels of Texas: A Traveler`s Guide (November 2007, Texas A&M […]

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October 9, 2012
Eagle Rock Announces 17% Increase in Upstream Borrowing Base

HOUSTON - Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") (Nasdaq:EROC) today announced that effective October 1, 2012, the upstream component of the borrowing base under its senior secured credit facility has been increased to $400 million by its commercial lenders as part of the Partnership's regularly scheduled semi-annual redetermination of the upstream component of the […]

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September 20, 2012
Houstonian Community Activist Ray Hill Appears on The AP with Judyth Piazza

Judyth Piazza interviews Houstonian Community Activist Ray Hill on The American Perspective Seventy one year old native Houstonian. Graduated from Galena Park Public Schools; Attended Steven F Austin State University, University of Houston, Tulane University, New Orleans, no degrees. Came out as a gay man to my family and at Galena Park High School in […]

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August 26, 2012
An Impression of a Lifetime: Mike Woods, Tattoo Artist Extraordinaire

He’s a master of his craft; he’s a creator of vision and art, and a father to a year and a half year old son who, when he talks about, his entire face lights up like the Vegas strip. He is tattoo artist Mike Woods. Working along side some of the best Houston has to […]

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