Houston Chronicle - 2013-12-25

• Texans’ secret Santa delivers
• Something new is brewing inside butterfly center
• Private space firms at critical point
• Stockman faces more campaign finance questions
• 2013’s best new restaurant­s
• Holiday movies include ‘Mandela’ and ‘Walter Mitty’
• Pope praises Jesus’ humble beginnings
• Health care website tested by deadline extension
• Judge raises eyebrows again with sentence
• Price of stamp to rise 3 cents
• Rare Christmas Eve spacewalk a success
• Snowden declares mission ‘already accomplish­ed’
• 1 in 200 reports a ‘virgin’ birth
• Half-million without power
• Teen ordered off life support
• U.N. OKs increase of peacekeepi­ng forces
• Muslims march to protest French troops
• N. Korea may be producing fuel for nuke reactor
• Blast at police building stirs up security fears
• Couple marks 5th year of Goodfellow­s support
• Insurer sued in girl’s death
• School districts to resume lawsuit over funding
• EPA asks for more tests on water in N. Texas
• Education: Retired HISD chief takes San Antonio post.
• Editing Texas lawmakers’ Wikipedia pages common
• For DPS recruits, fitness part of job
• Sheriff’s ‘enforcer’ deputy arrested
• Lawsuit settled in deaths of two in I-10 pileup
• Syrians flee strains of war for that of music
• Power starts at the local level
• Reflection­s on the day from a believer
• EDITORIAL This day
• Keeping his head in the game
• Brooks quite the insurance agent
• Jones hopeful Romo plays
• Phillips rules out Yates as starter at QB
• Rodgers: Decision on playing status to come Thursday
• Plastic surgery on nose could be in Watt’s future
• DILLON BIRDEN
• JUSTIN PHILLIPS
• FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
• FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
• Cropped Parsons shows support for kid
• Holiday schedule produces little more than lump of coal
• Fish catches a second ‘Break’
• Mariota puts NFL on hold to soak up college
• Syracuse primed to stop the run
• Winston adds another honor
• Young startups serve seniors
• After-Christmas bargains begin before holiday ends
• BP loses ruling on spill payments
• Quantum protégé makes Anadarko Basin deal
• Former claims officials say ad ‘shamefully distorted’
• American Express paying to settle marketing case
• Key share holder may seek to buy Cracker Barrel
• A flight of whimsy
• ‘Wolf’ both naughty and enjoyable
• A windfall that will change lives of African children
• Stars look to past for ‘Grudge Match’
• ‘47 Ronin’ an uneven mix of swordplay and CGI
• Putting those turkey rumors to rest
• Don’t put off telling people you love them
• Buy bubbly in bulk
• It’s time to go blondie
• Sommelier’s pick
• Pea-and-Feta Crostini
• Control de préstamos del día de pago
• Texans: a la caza de un joven mariscal
• Bomba Estéreo hace gala de fusión
• HISD lidera en opciones escolares
• Cómo elegir plan en Obamacare
• CALENDARIO DE LA CIUDAD
• Juez ataca política sobre niños traídos a EE.UU.
• PARA DIVERTIRTE EN HOUSTON: DICIEMBRE
• ¡Ay, un ratón en mi casa! ¿Qué hago?
• EL ARTE DE ATRAERA LA GENTE CORRECTA
• Tres consejos para unas fiestas sin contratiem­pos
• Muestra tu agradecimi­ento a quien te ha servido en el año
• DEL 25 AL 31 DE DICIEMBRE
• Jugar entre semana
• Defienden seguridad en obras de estadios
• Maidana quiere ir ante Mayweather

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