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  Benzene Levels From ITC Worsen Overnight. Shelter In Place Issued For Deer Park and Pasadena. [UPDATED]

  March 21 at 7:17 a.m.

  The fires may be out but with levels of benzene on the rise at the ITC facility in Deer Park, it became apparent Thursday morning that this whole chemical accident and its effects are far from over. As we reported earlier, while the EPA was giving the all-clear, the Texas...

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  ITC Transitions Into Clean Up, EPA Reassures Still No Hazardous Levels

  March 21 at 5 a.m.

  Thanks to the number of tanks on fire decreasing from seven to four on Tuesday, firefighters at the ITC plant in Deer Park were better able to go on the offensive and extinguish the remaining flames early Wednesday morning, ITC spokeswoman Alice Richardson said at a Wednesday morning press conference...

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  ITC Fire Extinguished Early Wednesday Morning, School Closures Continue

  March 20 at 7:13 a.m.

  Chemical fires that began Sunday morning at the International Terminals Company tank farm were extinguished around 3 a.m. today, the company has reported. But with re-ignition still a possibility, firefighters continue to apply foam and water to help in the cool down and area school districts are still taking precautions...

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  ITC Plant Fire Spreads Overnight

  March 19 at 12:54 p.m.

  The Intercontinental Terminals Company plant fire has overtaken an additional two gasoline tanks overnight, the company reported at a morning press conference Tuesday while officials expressed hopes that the wind does not change. The two new tanks contained pyrolysis gasoline, a highly aromatic naphtha product which is a byproduct created...

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  Openings and Closings: Uptown Sushi Reopens, Rhotey Rotisserie Closes

  March 1 at 5 a.m.

  Uptown Sushi, 1131 Uptown Park Boulevard, has reopened after a six month upgrade and renovation. The family-owned Japanese sushi and fusion restaurant has been serving the uptown Galleria area since 2004. Co-owner Peggy Chang says "After 15 years of serving our inventive cuisine, we were inspired to redesign our restaurant...

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  Controversial Book Looks at "Truth" in Today's Journalism

  February 14 at 5 a.m.

  Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts By Jill Abramson 544 pp. $30 Simon & Schuster You’d be hard pressed to name an industry that the Digital Age has affected more – both positively and negatively – than journalism. Though the days of people getting...