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When Jesus Doesn’t Calm the Storm

Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on Sunday. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. David J. Phillip/AP

Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on Sunday. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground.
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As a missionary kid growing up in Guatemala, I survived the destructive effects of a massive earthquake and a maj

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Houston Businessman Turns His Furniture Stores Into Storm Shelters

As many Houston businesses close down amid widespread flooding, one local businessman has opened his furniture stores as shelter to hundreds of displaced Texans.

Jim McIngvale, who goes by the nickname “Mattress Mack,” put calls out on social media on Sunday for people displaced by the effects of Hurricane Harvey to take refuge at either of his two Gallery Furniture stores.

It apparently didn’t take long for his business

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Last week, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was fined more than $11,000 and penalized for apparently using inappropriate language on the field. On Sunday, FoxSports offered new details on the incident. 

Referees told Fox’s Jay Glazer that Kaepernick said the n-word during a skirmish with the Chicago Bears’ LaMarr Houston. Kaepernick denied any wrongdoing.

“It will be appealed,” he said, per the Associated Press. “I didn’t say anything.”

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said that he had no reason to

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The Houston Rockets, if they fail to land free agent Carmelo Anthony, plan to shift their attention to trying to swipe Chris Bosh from the Miami Heat, according to sources close to the process.

Sources told ESPN.com on Thursday night that the Rockets — while still holding out hope that Anthony will choose them after hosting him Wednesday in Houston — have already let Bosh know how interested they are in bringing the Dallas native back to Texas.

Thursday’s revelations that LeBron James’ agent

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Rihanna is plotting her next movie role but is avoiding director Tyler Perry, who wants the singer to star in one of his romantic comedies, RadarOnline.com has learned.

And a big reason why is that the late Whitney Houston once warned her that Perry’s films were for African-American has-beens! a source told Radar.

“Although Tyler has been courting Rihanna for a year and a half, hoping to build a movie around her, she has rejected the idea,” a source close to the star’s business affairs told R

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Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina Brown attending "The Houstons: On Our Own" series premiere party at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in Oct. 2012. (SHAREIF ZIYADAT/FILMMAGIC/FILMMAGIC)

Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina Brown attending “The Houstons: On Our Own” series premiere party at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in Oct. 2012. (SHAREIF ZIYADAT/FILMMAGIC/FILMMAGIC)

Have Brown and Gordon tied the knot? Houston’s 20-year-old daughter shares a photo on their new bling.

Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon may have secretly said “I do.”

The 20-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston took to Twitter to share a photo of the duo’s wedding bands on Thursday.

“@nickdgordon #HappilyMar

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Tim Tebow's gridiron prospects have dried up stateside, but not across the Atlantic.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that the former NFL quarterback has been offered a four-month contract to play for the Milano Seamen of the Italian Federation for American Football.
"The offer has been made to his agent and now we're waiting for a response," Seamen president Marco Mutti told The AP. "We would be more than happy to have him."
Federation spokesman James Dewar said Tebow was offered $200,00
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The 2014 season starts now for the Houston Texans.
Saying "this string of losses is unacceptable," Texans owner Bob McNair fired coach Gary Kubiak on Friday, one day after the underachieving 2-11 Texans lost 27-20 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.



Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will serve as interim head coach.
"The last straw was losing. We have a lot better talent than Jacksonville,'' McNair said. "We are so disappointed and shocked by what has happened. ... Gary accepted it and understands
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Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard poses during media day at the Toyota Center. (Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports)
 
Howard and fellow star James Harden already display more chemistry than he had with Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard's time on the Toyota Center podium was done, the newest Houston Rockets star having spent nearly 15 minutes giving a Cliffs-notes version of his wild offseason to a room full of news reporters while detailing the many ways in which they would contend for the crown.
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Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard poses during media day at the Toyota Center. (Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports)
 
Howard and fellow star James Harden already display more chemistry than he had with Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard's time on the Toyota Center podium was done, the newest Houston Rockets star having spent nearly 15 minutes giving a Cliffs-notes version of his wild offseason to a room full of news reporters while detailing the many ways in which they would contend for the crown.
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Guard Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks watches work outs prior to his team taking on the Miami Heat in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 9, 2012 at the American Airines Arena in Miami, Florida. (Marc Serota/Getty Images North America)
This would have been such an obvious decision in February.
Jeremy Lin was Kobe Bryant's equal on the court and at the souvenir stand during a mesmerizing stretch that Commissioner David Stern said he had "n
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NBA New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin arrives at the 2012 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)
It's your move, New York Knicks.
Jeremy Lin has signed a three-year offer sheet with the Houston Rockets, according to a source close to the talks. The deal is worth a little more than $25 million -- $5 million in the first year, $5.225 million in the second year and $14.8 million in the third year. The
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Whitney Houston's triumphant, heartbreaking life is being remembered in a book by her mother, singer Cissy Houston.
Houston has a deal with HarperCollins for a memoir it says will reveal the "unabridged and unbelievable story" of her Grammy Award-winning daughter, who died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel bathtub in February at age 48. HarperCollins announced Monday that the currently untitled book is scheduled to come out next February.
"When I lost my daughter Nippy (Whitney Houston's n
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