KHOU - News http://www.khou.com/news RSS Feed for KHOU - News en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:53:46 GMT House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill http://www.khou.com/news/US-House-takes-up-far-reaching-anti-abortion-bill-211976991.html The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women. Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks http://www.khou.com/news/Texas-Senate-drops-abortion-ban-after-20-weeks-212094541.html The Republican-led Texas Senate has voted to place new restrictions on abortion, but abandoned an effort to ban the procedure after 20 weeks into pregnancy. Prosecutor: Disabled mom, child held captive; threatened with python, pit bulls http://www.khou.com/news/Prosecutor-Disabled-mom-child-enslaved-threatened-with-python-pit-bulls-212063131.html A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, sometimes denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bulls, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her captors. Man charged with strangling wife, tossing her off cruise ship http://www.khou.com/news/Man-charged-with-tossing-wife-off-cruise-ship-211978011.html A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy. Chrysler relents, agrees to recall of Jeeps, SUVs at risk of fire http://www.khou.com/news/Chrysler-agrees-to-recall-of-Jeeps-at-risk-of-fire-212021941.html Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Complaints grow against use of human waste as fertilizer http://www.khou.com/news/Texas-complaints-grow-against-use-of-human-waste-as-fertilizer-211971461.html A growing number of people are complaining about the use of treated human waste as fertilizer. Houston Rep. Ted Poe has scare after choking on popcorn http://www.khou.com/news/Houston-Rep-Ted-Poe-has-scare-after-choking-on-popcorn-212056081.html Houston Congressman Ted Poe had a close call in Washington last week when he choked on a piece of popcorn. Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts http://www.khou.com/news/Wake-up-call-Starbucks-to-post-calorie-counts-211975391.html Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. Audio released of disruptive man yelling on United flight from Hong Kong http://www.khou.com/news/Video-shows-disruptive-man-yelling-on-United-flight-from-Hong-Kong-211998341.html Passengers aboard a flight from Hong Kong jumped on a man who began ranting about national security and the CIA, then bound his hands and feet for the final six hours of the flight to the United States on Monday. NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled http://www.khou.com/news/NSA-director-says-plot-against-Wall-Street-foiled-212037161.html The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence—a set-piece f