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  Houston By the Neighborhood: Live Longer in 77073

  March 18 at 4 a.m.

  Want to live longer? Well it seems that geography could be a factor in longevity. The number-crunching brainiac scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have dug deep into 1.6 million death records at the Texas Department of State Health Services Center for Health Statistics. They mined that mountain of data...

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  Houston By the Neighborhood: Oak Forest

  March 12 at 5 a.m.

  We totally get why developers are tearing down properties in Oak Forest; the home values of the newly constructed dwellings are stratospheric in comparison to the original ranch style gems from the 1940s and '50s. Of those newly constructed (or still under construction) properties on HAR.com, at least 17 are listed...

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  Houston By the Neighborhood: Midway's East River

  March 4 at 4 a.m.

  Longtime Houstonians will remember what happened to sleepy Town & Country Mall when Midway waved its magic wand. The resulting CityCentre has turned into more than stores and shopping; it's a self-contained destination spot with green spaces, promenades and plazas, live entertainment and luxe brownstones and lofts. Magic is happening...

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  Houston By the Neighborhood: 2019's Top Master-Planned Communities

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  The Oscars have come and gone, but underneath all that hoopla a different awards season has quietly come to a close. Keller Williams Realty has weighed in on Houston's best master-planned communities, and the 2019 results are in. Just like the Academy Awards, there are eligibility requirements. Instead of the...

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  Stuffed: Mushroom Empanadas at Riel

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  We set out to find and devour stuffed food from every possible culture right here in the Bayou City. From empanadas to dumplings, kolaches to samosas, we're getting stuffed. Former Underbelly Chef de Cuisine Ryan Lachaine opened his first restaurant Riel in January 2017. In the 14 months since its...

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  Houston Rodeo's 2019 Champion Barbecue Results

  February 24 at 7:41 a.m.

  The results are in and after a lot of hard work, sweat and tears — not to mention the competition among more than 250 barbecue teams — it turns out that Operation BBQ Relief was the grand prize winner in the 2019 World Championship Bar-B-Que Contest at the Houston Livestock...