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Cruz looks to peel delegates from Trump in New York

Cruz looks to peel delegates from Trump in New York

By Kevin Diaz
In conservative pockets of upstate New York, Cruz has a chance to make inroads against GOP front-runner
Cruz clarifies controversial 'New York values' comment
Despite streak, Cruz still headed for convention clash with Trump
Cruz has tough road ahead after biggest victory of campaign
Anti-Trump forces emboldened as race becomes fight for delegates

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Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/24/9778438/3/premium_landscape.jpg A ribbon cutting celebration in March marked the completion of the newest segment of the Grand Parkway, which is expected to bring development to southeast Montgomery County.

Growth in sight as route opens

Local officials are hoping the ring road also will spur development and provide more economic opportunity in an area that hasn't kept pace with the rest of rapidly growing Montgomery County.

Orig:http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/15/9778025/5/premium_landscape.jpg Halliburton CEO David Lesar, third from right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on Nov. 18, 2014. The previous day, Halliburton and Baker Hughes announced their plan to combine, shortly after oil prices began to fall.

A Halliburton-Baker Hughes breakup would be costly

Halliburton Co. is potentially on the hook to pay one of the largest breakup fees in U.S. corporate history now that regulators have sued to block its deal to buy Baker Hughes.

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Lackland shooting adds fuel to the fire

No matter the military branch or specific base, a deadly shooting such as the one at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland reignites an argument that has polarized millions of Americans: guns.

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First Baptist Church marks 175 years as evangelical force

This Sunday, Huckins' First Baptist Church will celebrate its 175th anniversary. Begun with a mere 16 members, it has grown into one of Texas' leading Southern Baptist congregations.

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/14/9773870/3/premium_landscape.jpg The Browns' dining room is a mostly open space between the formal living room and the new kitchen.

Woodland Heights bungalow blends past and present

From the street, Keith and Katherine Brown's home looks tidy and small. The 1920 bungalow has white trim and a gabled roof, a pin-straight sidewalk and four small steps up that lead to the front door.

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Smith: Biggest question facing Rockets now is next season's coach

I'm thinking about the only pro basketball team in this city that matters right now: next year's squad.

Feds open Gulf to fish farming, but opponents see big catch

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GALVESTON - On the National Geographic Channel, Buddy Guindon and his family navigate high-seas dramas and the cutthroat business of commercial fishing. Guindon, called Hurricane Buddy on the reality ...

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Falkenberg: Alfred Dewayne Brown still on long, slow road to justice

Orig:http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/44/06/71/9465465/7/135x0.jpg Alfred Dewayne Brown's conviction in the slaying of a Houston police officer was overturned.

4/10/2016 Recently, I listened at a conference as a regretful former Louisiana prosecutor recounted how he once put an innocent man on death row, and how, 30 years later, the state released that man from prison with ...

Texans cheerleader trains hard for the field, life

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/10/9773619/3/135x0.jpg Madison works her upper body and core by hitting a truck tire with a sledge hammer while working out at the Texans weight room.

J.J. Watt isn't the only person who can flip a 400-pound tire. Texans cheerleader Madison does it for fun, over and over again. "I'm pretty confident in my tire-flipping skills and probably could go ...

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The race for the GOP nomination

The Chronicle calculated predictions for Cruz’s most optimistic scenarios in remaining primary vote, in an attempt to weigh his chances of overtaking Trump before the GOP convention in July. Even an unlikely series of best-case scenarios for Cruz wouldn’t get him there, the Chronicle found. Experts reviewed the calculations and agreed. Explore the data to view current delegate counts and predictions through June.

Art Car Parade rolls through downtown, draws thousands

Orig:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/30/9778724/3/727x0.jpg The Art Car Museum's shell car swims through the downtown crowds Saturday at the 29th annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Scores of mythic beasts prowled the steep canyons of downtown on Saturday. There were giant spiders, a huge fish that would have made Jonah nervous and other bizarre creatures. And then there was ...

Propelling kids to and through college

Orig:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/65/9776504/4/727x0.jpg Doreen James Wise (center, with purple glasses), one of the founders of College Forward, with participants in the program.

Idea person: Doreen Wise. Idea: College Forward, a coaching program, can level the playing field for disadvantaged students who want to gain admission to and graduate from college. Why it's ...

'My Fair Lady': What I wish it hadn't taught me

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/26/27/21/5862523/7/727x0.jpg The student/teacher type
Audrey Hepburn is hot for teacher Rex Harrison in

When I was 14, I spent a lot of time in my parents' bedroom. No, they weren't there, but their record player was. Their record player was, to my early teen perspective, a humming, monolithic beast that ...

Local entrepreneur does business with giving back in mind

Orig:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/57/9776112/3/727x0.jpg Claudia Gutierrez:

Claudia Gutierrez moved to Houston from Colombia in 1998, earned her MBA from the University of St. Thomas and went into banking. But, she says, "the 9-to-5 job was killing me because, by then, I had two ...

A call goes out to slow down on self-driving cars

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/57/9776114/3/727x0.jpg FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file photo, a Google self-driving car goes on a test drive near the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Self-driving cars are more likely to be a threat than a boon to public safety because of unresolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government Friday, countering a push by innovators for expedited government approval. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

WASHINGTON - Self-driving cars are more likely to hurt than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government last week, countering a push by ...

Offshore accounts are for more than laundering money

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/56/9776022/3/727x0.jpg FILE - In this April 4, 2016 file photo, a marquee on a building in Panama City, Panama, lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm, one of the leaders in setting up offshore bank accounts for the rich and powerful. Offshore accounts conjure up images of malicious misdeeds, but many people use them for more than just hiding bribes and laundering money. And offshore accounts can be a financial tool for more than just the ultra-wealthy, too. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Offshore accounts conjure images of bad behavior by the rich and shady, and for good reason: they have been used to dodge taxes, fund organized crime and facilitate corruption. But many people use offshore ...

Trump is ahead, but Cruz keeps winning trickier delegate contests

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/25/9778535/3/727x0.jpg Ted Cruz tries his hand at making matzo on Thursday with children in a bakery at the Chabad Neshama Center in Brooklyn. The Texas senator has had some awkward moments trying to win over New Yorkers.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Donald Trump still leads the Republican presidential race, but Ted Cruz continues to beat him at a trickier game: securing convention delegates in states that don't hold caucuses ...

Authorities working to extradite suspect in triple slaying

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/12/9773747/9/727x0.jpg Law enforcement is seen at the scene of a triple slaying in the small town of Belfry, Mont. on Friday, April 8, 2016. A man accused of killing three people he was living with in a tiny Montana town was arrested early Friday after authorities tracked him to Washington state. Robert James LeCou faces three counts of deliberate homicide in the shooting deaths of two women and one man, whose bodies were discovered in a home in the tight-knit town of Belfry.

BELFRY, Mont. (AP) — A Montana sheriff says authorities are working to extradite a man from Washington state who is accused of killing three people. Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan said Saturday ...

Rasmus, White power Astros to skid-ending victory

Orig:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/33/9778888/5/727x0.jpg The hot-hitting Tyler White goes into his home-run trot after connecting in the fifth inning for his third home run of the season. He's the first player Astro to hit that many homers in his first five big league games.

MILWAUKEE - As the baseball world learned last October, Colby Rasmus' home runs can come in bunches. Rasmus capped his 2015 by slugging four home runs in the Astros' first postseason appearance in a ...

Lamar Miller to make QB's job a little easier for Texans

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/20/9778227/3/727x0.jpg Miami Dolphins running back Lamar Miller (26) rushes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

The signing of quarterback Brock Osweiler created attention for the Texans, but signing running back Lamar Miller could have a bigger impact on the offense. When the Texans begin their offseason program ...

Rockets ride bipolar express throughout disappointing season

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/23/9778407/3/727x0.jpg The dire expressions from Trevor Ariza, left, James Harden, center, and Jason Terry that accom-panied a lopsided loss to the Celtics in November have returned far too frequently this season.

The Rockets were stunned. Again. For all the clues they had provided themselves over the course of five months of basketball, they did not see their latest loss coming, as if driving into a crash they only ...

They help patients feel at home at Texas Medical Center

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/44/75/37/9689058/3/727x0.jpg Frances and John Hunter help keep things running at the Hospitality Apartments office.

When John Hunter began volunteering at Hospitality Apartments at the Texas Medical Center in 1993, it seemed like a natural fit. Hunter had spent his career, until he retired, selling lab equipment all ...

Filmmaker and composers give a voice to cultures of the Colorado

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The Colorado River Basin lends itself easily to film, with vibrant and varied landscape textures and colors - the red rock, white sand and brilliant shades of blue water of the canyons, mountains and ...

Country boy slays as Siefried at HGO

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/17/9774067/3/727x0.jpg Texan Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried, from the Houston Grand Opera's production of

Inside the cocoon, Jay Hunter Morris looks like a bookish biker. A black, long-sleeved T-shirt with a simple skull-and-crossbones motif only partially hides a thick chest and arms that deliver a taut ...

The quest for the perfect order

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One of my favorite Texas barbecue traditions is waiting in line at Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor. It's a rite of passage. Standing amid the fragrance and haze of post oak smoke, you meet fellow barbecue ...

Ironman officials scramble to approve cycling route changes

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/03/55/9714510/7/727x0.jpg Thousands of athletes and spectators are set to flock to The Woodlands for the Ironman Texas triathlon race on May 14, but the route for the 112-mile bike ride is yet to be determined. Race organizers are scrambling to find an alternate route after the original one was deemed unfeasible due to road construction.The originally planned route for the cycling portion of the triathlon â which starts with a 2.4-mile swim in Lake Woodlands and ends with a 26.2-mile run, finishing at Waterway Square â stretched west through Montgomery, Waller and Grimes counties.

Organizers and government leaders are scrambling to secure a route for the 112-mile cycling leg of the Ironman North America Championship triathlon after construction forced riders off the original path. ...

Feds open Gulf to fish farming, but opponents see big catch

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Falkenberg: Alfred Dewayne Brown still on long, slow road to justice

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Officer killed at Lackland Air Force base saved his comrade

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/22/43/9775338/3/135x0.jpg Two Bexar County Sheriff's Deputies stand outside a building near the scene of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Friday, April 8, 2016, in San Antonio. (John Davenport/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

An Air Force squadron commander sacrificed himself Friday to save a non-commissioned officer before he was killed in a murder-suicide at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's Medina Annex after a confrontation ...

U.S. water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead

Orig:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/13/9777888/3/135x0.jpg In this Wednesday, March 9, 2016 photo, city officials display an example of the lead pipes in Galesburg, Ill. An Associated Press analysis of federal data shows that nearly 1,400 water systems serving millions of Americans have exceeded the federal lead standard at least once during the last three years. In Galesburg, Ill., lead levels have exceeded the federal standard in 22 out of 30 testing periods since 1992. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

GALESBURG, Ill. - This railroad town promotes its ties to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and the poet Carl Sandburg. But Galesburg's long history also shows in a hidden way: Aging pipes have been leaking ...

Iceland coalition wins confidence vote amid Panama furor

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/23/9778419/5/135x0.jpg Anti-government demonstrators protest in front of Parliament on Saturday in Reykjavik, Iceland. Thousands of Icelanders have rallied to demand the removal of the entire government following last week's resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson over his links to offshore investments.

Iceland's government defeated a no-confidence vote triggered by the Panama leaks affair after sacrificing its prime minister to public outrage and promising an early election. Demonstrations at the ...

Could there be a vegetarian gene?

Orig:http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/45/23/04/9777418/3/135x0.jpg Cornell University researchers have discovered a genetic variation that allowed historically vegetarian populations to process certain fatty acids and convert them to compounds essential for early brain development.

Those who favor a plant-based diet may be hardwired that way. In an intriguing new study, researchers at Cornell University report the discovery of a genetic variation that evolved over generations in ...

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Recently, I listened at a conference as a regretful former Louisiana prosecutor recounted how he once put an innocent man on death row, and how, 30 years later, the state released that man from prison with a $20 gift card for his inconvenience. Last week, Alfred Dewayne Brown didn't even get ...

Brian T. Smith

Biggest question facing Rockets now is next season's coach

Who's going to coach these guys? Rudy T? Jeff Van Gundy? Tom Thibodeau, Scott Brooks or Kelvin Sampson? How about the $200-million dude who already carries the Rockets? James Harden holding court as the team's primary ballhandler, shooter, "leader" and coach all at once. And what's ...

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Former NFL star makes bet on Hill Country wine

VOCA - To drive through the Hill Country this spring is to float through vast, rolling blankets of coral reds, celestial blues and butter yellows, colors more vivid than I've seen in years. On a cool, clear morning, wildflower aficionados with cameras and kids are in bluebonnet heaven. ...

Brian T. Smith

Suns take out the trash that is the Rockets

I already told you they're not worth your time and can't be trusted. I let Les Alexander know that self-obsessed James Harden and super-disinterested Dwight Howard are wasting $38 million of his hard-earned cash in this selfish, insulting season. We all know that firing Kevin McHale was a ...

Chris Tomlinson

H-E-B executive gives student a wake-up call

Scott McClelland had planned to share his marketing insights to 200 business students at the University of Houston, but by the time he finished the hour-long lecture, he'd thrown one student out, started a Twitter feud with another and provided a life lesson for all. Many Houstonians would ...

Andrew Dansby

His songs are open to interpretation on purpose

Michael Fracasso wrote the new song "Daisy" for an oversize German shepherd named Kiko, a beloved family dog with a fear of storms and an affinity for chewing things. In hindsight, "Daisy" clearly is about the dog, with its lyrical commands to "sit right down" and "fetch your things" and ...

Galleria plans a tall addition with new 30-story hotel, residential tower

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By Erin Mulvaney

The Galleria plans to build an attached 30-story luxury hotel and residential tower despite increasing competition for high-end retail and a slowing energy economy that has dampened demand for high-end ...

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Free cash flow: -$2.9 billion

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Two and a half years after a gas leak killed four workers inside DuPont's La Porte pesticide plant, and after the Chemical Safety Board deemed the facility unsafe for workers, the company decided to close ...

Ellis straddles the line between municipal finance and public policy

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/12/64/9743631/3/135x0.jpg Rodney Ellis has authored or sponsored 676 bills in his 26 years in the state Senate.

By James Drew

AUSTIN - Over the past 26 years, state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has voted to confirm gubernatorial appointments to the Lower Colorado River Authority, a powerful electric utility in Central Texas. ...

Designed for artists, 1922 house is a public, private space

Orig:http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/45/14/45/9750879/3/135x0.jpg Cherryhurst House was slated to be a tear down, but Dallas McNamara bought it, revamped it and made it a home and a creative place for fellow artists.

By Alyson Ward

About seven years ago, Dallas McNamara took a drive through Montrose with her sister on Christmas Day. "I'd been looking and looking and looking" for the right house, she said, and on tree-lined ...

Cruz looks to peel delegates from Trump in New York

Cruz looks to peel delegates from Trump in New York

Cruz clarifies controversial 'New York values' comment

Despite streak, Cruz still headed for convention clash with Trump

Cruz has tough road ahead after biggest victory of campaign

Anti-Trump forces emboldened as race becomes fight for delegates

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Hong Kong emerges as hub for creating offshore companies

Cruz rails against Trump as Republican Jews ponder options

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Surrounded by positives, young Somali chose Islamic State

Washington to boost mental hospitals' security after escapes

5 things to know about G-7 foreign ministers' meeting

3 women, toddler die in head-on crash in Northern California

The Latest: Clinton pokes fun at her subway swipe

Family of US citizen released by Syria is thankful

With Fujimori polarizing Peru vote, eyes on runner-up race

Massive fire kills at least 84 in south India temple complex

British prime minister promises to come clean on finances

NJ bill adds menstrual ills for use of pot

Small town turns on Hastert as details of allegations emerge

California medical marijuana czar says she never smoked pot

Boston Globe prints fake front page satirizing Trump

Growth in sight as route opens

A Halliburton-Baker Hughes breakup would be costly

Lackland shooting adds fuel to the fire

First Baptist Church marks 175 years as evangelical force

Woodland Heights bungalow blends past and present

Smith: Biggest question facing Rockets now is next season's coach

Feds open Gulf to fish farming, but opponents see big catch

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Falkenberg: Alfred Dewayne Brown still on long, slow road to justice

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Art Car Parade rolls through downtown, draws thousands

Gray Matters

Propelling kids to and through college

'My Fair Lady': What I wish it hadn't taught me

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Local entrepreneur does business with giving back in mind

A call goes out to slow down on self-driving cars

Offshore accounts are for more than laundering money

Election 2016

Trump is ahead, but Cruz keeps winning trickier delegate contests

U.S. & World

Authorities working to extradite suspect in triple slaying

Sports

Rasmus, White power Astros to skid-ending victory

Lamar Miller to make QB's job a little easier for Texans

Rockets ride bipolar express throughout disappointing season

Houston Gives

They help patients feel at home at Texas Medical Center

Lifestyle

Filmmaker and composers give a voice to cultures of the Colorado

Arts & Entertainment

Country boy slays as Siefried at HGO

Flavor

The quest for the perfect order

Neighborhoods

Ironman officials scramble to approve cycling route changes

Feds open Gulf to fish farming, but opponents see big catch

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Falkenberg: Alfred Dewayne Brown still on long, slow road to justice

Texans cheerleader trains hard for the field, life

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Officer killed at Lackland Air Force base saved his comrade

U.S. water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead

Iceland coalition wins confidence vote amid Panama furor

Could there be a vegetarian gene?

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Texas lawmakers shouldn't follow discrimination model

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