Back in Houston, the country's fourth largest city is a hub of the nation's oil refineries, and, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, gas prices are up. AAA says the national average for regular gas is now $2.59 a gallon. That's 23 cents higher than just

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休斯顿城市扩张导致野生动物失去家园 Houston, Texas, and its surrounding suburbs are growing fast and sprawling out into natural forest areas that are the habitat for many species of indigenous wildlife. Local leaders as well as enviro

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AS IT IS 2016-04-08 More People Move to Houston in US 越来越多的人来到美国休斯敦 More people moved to the Houston, Texas area in one year than to any other metropolitan area in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released

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Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the Texas coast with the fourth largest city in the United States squarely in its sights. Houston is preparing for the first direct hit from a major storm in 25 years. Hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated G

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By Greg Flakus Houston 15 September 2006 Artist rendition of the Orion crew exploration vehicle approaching the International Space Station The U.S. space agency, NASA, has embarked on a long-range plan to return humans to the moon and then go on to

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HOUSTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Houston Ship Channel, one of the U.S. busiest waterways, returned to normalcy Thursday, five days after a barge collision dumped thousands of gallons of heavy oil into the water, officials said. The channel, a condui

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