Houston Chronicle - 2015-10-03

• Homecoming dances becoming out of step
• Funding threat weighs heavily on backers of historic St. Joseph
• Texans brace for campus carry amid tragedy
• Blast at plant under review
• Obama: Russia to fail in Syria effort
• Ropes course offers kids a new adventure
• Joaquin batters Bahamas
• Job stagnation casts shadow on economy
• Youth facility is blamed for violent incidents
• Oregon gunman was an Army dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one,
• Vatican upends claim by Kentucky clerk
• India to use solar, wind, but coal still king
• Taliban chief touts rebels’ ‘victory’
• Obama: No more temporary spending bills
• Education chief Duncan steps down after 7 years
• Birth certificat­e fight escalates
• ‘Brave Bessie’ barnstorme­d as America’s first black pilot
• Houston readies for more refugees
• Income equality shadows therace formayor
• An Austin consultant who called Donald Trump a ‘joke’ will head his Texas campaign.
• Houstonian­s don’t seem to be interested in who’s running for mayor this fall.
• Former beauty queen acquitted of disrupting flight crew
• Paxton’s attorneys subpoena grand jury’s selection data
• Elvin M. Kocich
• Original jazz Crusader got start in Fifth Ward
• Gameroom investigat­ion uncovers 3 gambling parlors
• Ups and downs
• Viewing Trump from Mexico
• Foster eager for a return to action, with decision mostly his to make
• As longtime fans attest, Keuchel something to see
• Quarterbac­k Jerrod Heard leads underdog Texas into No. 4 TCU territory.
• Daniel Cormier meets Alexander Gustafsson.
• Pearland 28 Dawson 27
• Elkins 21 Galveston Ball 13
• Twins’ playoff hopes take hit
• Astros’ Keuchel notches 20th victory
• Gomez suffers minor setback, but no regrets
• Trout & Co. delay Texas’ bid to win West
• Allen keeping cool under duress
• Cougars set to meet their match on offense
• Bears bet on defense as answer to Raiders
• Owls face another high-octane offense in Hilltopper­s
• Westfield-Spring game ends in brawl
• Crusaders make noise in district race
• Injuries offer time to tinker with small lineup
• Joseph confronts challenge in Falcons receiver Jones
• Colts’ Luck likely a game-time call; Brees to return
• Another Zaza for Houston
• Wortham Insurance benefits from its visionary founder
• UT med school names new dean
• Crude prices rise as nation’s rig count decreases again
• Several big-business sponsors call for the FIFA chief to step down.
• Many factors at work when crape myrtles don’t produce blooms
• Tale of 1900 hurricane in Galveston is at heart of reading program
• Teen becomes tongue-tied when she tries to say thanks.
• Tenth Avenue North singer learns lesson from his daughter.
• Rockport is paradise for birds and bird-watchers.
• Priyanka Chopra left Bollywood for ABC’s ‘Quantico’ — with conditions
• 5 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
• Planting season kicks off in earnest with arrival of cooler weather
• DAILY CROSSWORD
• Your Horoscope for Saturday, October 3
• Dodge Charger Hellcat triggers shock and awe — just standing still
• Why is it so hard to kill all of those privacy hoaxes ?
• Don’t be one of the distracted ‘deadwalker­s ‘
• Lifesaving smartphone app was inspired by a brush with tragedy
• Forecast sunny for supercompu­ter maker
• Google turning smartphone­s into hubs of entertainm­ent
• Nvidia launches video game streaming service

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