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Published 05/16/2012 - 6:01 a.m. CST

Flashback Friday, Altuve autograph signing and Bayou Bash highlight homestand

HOUSTON, TX — Today, the Houston Astros will return from their current road trip and open up an eight-game homestand with a short, two-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers from May 16-17. The Astros will then host a three-game series with the Texas Rangers (May 18-20) over the weekend, before a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs (May 21-23) next week.

Throughout the homestand, the Astros and Minute Maid Park will be hosting various special events in addition to the games, including this month’s installment of the club’s Flashback Friday promotion, Saturday’s free autograph session with Jose Altuve, the club’s fifth annual Bayou Bash, various giveaways, and University of Texas and Texas A&M nights at the ballpark.
Published 05/16/2012 - 6:07 a.m. CST

GLO’s celebration of the Texas coast packed with hands-on activities for all

AUSTIN — Celebrate World Oceans Day June 9 when the Texas Coastal Expo returns Galveston’s Moody Gardens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 9. This free and family-friendly celebration of the Texas Coast — brought to you by the Texas General Land Office — is the biggest coastal expo in Texas.

“Bring the kids, we’ll have touch tanks full of live sea creatures, a giant sandcastle, a surf simulator and even a free bay tours available on Texas A&M’s educational cruiser, the Earl Milan,” said Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office. “The Texas Coastal Expo is an action-packed day that’s fun for all.”

Patterson said the idea behind Texas Coastal Expo is nothing less than improving how Texans understand and care for their coast.
 
Published 05/16/2012 - 6:01 a.m. CST

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Illegal Alien Bimbo Olumuyia Oyewole's case has created a firestorm and not one word from President Obama as of yet. Photo credit: PA of NY & NJ
The discovery on Monday that an illegal alien -- Nigerian national Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole --held the position of security supervisor at an airport from which United Flight 93 ("Let's Roll!") departed on September 11, 2001 and crashed in a Pennsylvania field when terrorists commandeered the plane, has created a firestorm throughout the nation.

One fact that needs to be addressed immediately is that background checks on airport workers and other employees assigned to sensitive areas are not as in depth as originally believed, according to several security experts who spoke with the Law Enforcement Examiner.

Sadly, since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the Government Accountability Office has analyzed airport security deficiencies in a number of reports. The results of these studies, which are routinely distributed to the executive and legislative branches of government, were given scant attention by the Obama White House, the U.S. Congress, and the news media, said the Law Enforcement Examiner sources.
Published 05/16/2012 - 6:09 a.m. CST

NCAA Athens Regional
Head coach Jonathan Dismuke
Cougars to play as No. 10 seed at UGA Golf Course

ATHENS, GA - For only the second time in the last 10 years, the University of Houston golf team will compete in the NCAA postseason when it tees off at the NCAA Athens Regional on Thursday morning.

The Cougars will compete as the No. 10 seed for the NCAA Athens Regional, hosted by Georgia. The three-day, 54-hole event will be held on the 7,253-yard, par-71 University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga., starting Thursday and concluding on Saturday.

Fans can follow live scoring from the NCAA Athens Regional by visiting GolfStat.com and clicking the appropriate links or by clicking here.

Specific tee times have not yet been announced, but competitors will begin at 7 a.m. (CDT), Thursday off holes No. 1 and No. 10.
 
Published 05/16/2012 - 6:05 a.m. CST

CDC releases "Asthma's Impact on the Nation"

An estimated 29.1 million adults (12.7 percent) have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes, and 18.7 million (8.2 percent) still had asthma, according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, Asthma’s Impact on the Nation, is the first state-by-state data gathered using the Asthma Call-back Survey, an in-depth survey conducted among people with asthma identified by the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

“The information in this release is a stark reminder that asthma continues to be major public health concern with a large financial impact on families, the nation, and our health care system,” said Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D., director of CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. “A key component for adults and children is to create and follow an asthma action plan.
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