That was down a notch from April’s jobless rate of 4.2 percent. A year ago, the Texas jobless rate was 5 percent.

Chinatown crime prompts HPD to add officers
The mayor and police chief met with Chinatown community land business leaders Wednesday, where they heard concerns about rising crime.

And even more on Marathon
We wrote a story Friday about Marathon Oil being sued by Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo for allegedly gouging gasoline customers in the months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to the tune of $89 million. Unfortunately, we failed to notice…

Duke lacrosse prosecutor says he will resign
A tearful Mike Nifong said, “My community has suffered enough.” The North Carolina State Bar said Nifong withheld DNA test results from defense attorneys, lied to the court and bar investigators, and made misleading and inflammatory comments about three Duke University lacrosse players who were later declared innocent by state prosecutors.

BP’s Tony Hayward on climate change initiatives
A conversation with the head of BP is incomplete without discussion of climate change initiatives, and the Chronicle’s chat with new CEO Tony Hayward this week was no different. Six weeks into his new job, Hayward says the company’s commitment…

Hard Drive Recovery News
hard drive Customer Review: A very good flick! I was surprised and did not expect the movie to be entertaining as I found it. It was a gift, left lying around for a long time. I did not think it would be worthwhile, seeing the unknown actors on the cover, but boy was I sure […]

Overall Houston housing market cooling
With her youngest child in his last year of high school, Barbara Thompson put her four-bedroom home near Pearland on the market last November, anticipating she would no longer need all the space.

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