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A shootout outside a Texas City bar.
He wouldn't give himself up.
He just stayed in there.
Three police officers injured, the gunman dead.
Good evening, I'm Mike Barajas.
And I'm Melissa Wilson. Thanks for joining us tonight.
The shooting happened this afternoon at Don's Barn Grill in Texas City.
That's where Fox 26's Michelle Cusses is working on the story tonight.
Michelle?
Mike and Melissa, witnesses say, describe the scene as a war zone
just by the amount of gunfire they said they heard.
Now investigators, including Texas Rangers and state troopers,
are still here some seven hours after this incident happened,
looking for evidence.
It is easy to spot the evidence.
Something went terribly wrong here. Shattered glass, bullet casings,
and a semi-automatic pistol littered the street in front of Don's Barn Grill.
He wouldn't give himself up. He just stayed in there.
Mary Simmons is the girlfriend of the bar's owner, Don Mensch.
She is talking about the suspect killed by police.
She considered him a friend.
That was his favorite place to come to, and if he wanted to end his life,
that was the place to do it in.
Police say the suspect entered the bar holding the owner and patron's hostage.
He later let everyone go.
The lone gunman then fired one shot inside the bar.
As the officer approached the building, tried to make entry into the building,
he came out shooting, shooting at the officer's officer's return fire.
Three officers from the injury team were shot in the process.
They are veteran Sergeant Dick Young, who suffered the most serious wounds,
Officer David Fairchild, and Detective Joe Stanton, who was treated and released.
The officers who shot the suspect, who I understand is now deceased,
appear to have been acting in their lawful authority in defense of themselves.
Anytime you have any shootings like this, it's going to be emotional
on all the officers involved.
Friends say the suspect moved back to Texas City from Georgia a week ago.
He did have some final words for the bar owner.
He said, I'm sorry I have to do this to your brother,
and my boyfriend said, well, you do what you have to do.
Now police still have not released the name of the suspect pending notification of his family.
Friends say that his wife is still behind in Georgia.
Police also say the suspect has a record, but they are not releasing that either.
Live in Texas City, Michelle Casas, Fox 26 News.
Thanks Michelle.
Other officers are coming together tonight to help the police officers who were shot.
They are giving blood at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Sergeant Dick Young is in serious condition.
Officer David Fairchild is in good condition.
And Detective Joe Stanton was treated and released.
A 10-year-old Channelview boy faces charges for the shooting death of a friend.
The boy is in custody and charged with criminally negligent homicide
and the shooting death of Joshua Lee Jones, who was also 10.
The two boys were playing with a shotgun yesterday when it went off,
hitting Jones in the neck.
He died later at the hospital.
The Harris County Sheriff's Department says no adults were home when the shooting happened.
A pilot parachutes from his plane just seconds before it crashes to the ground in Montgomery County.
Trey Arman of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was flying in the Gulf Coast Regional Aerobatic Competition today
when his plane's rudder cable apparently broke loose.
Arman, who is also a skydiver, parachuted out and landed safely.
No one was hurt.
The plane crashed into a field between Conroe and Willis.
A Houston doctor is behind bars for prescribing controlled substances with no medical purposes.
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There you go.
57-year-old Richard Mosby was arrested three months ago in a case that's still pending.
Authorities say immediately after he made bond, another tip was received
that he was writing prescriptions for people who didn't need them.
An undercover investigation was launched involving undercover cops making appointments to see the doctor.
On three different occasions, on each and every occasion, in less than a minute,
he once again prescribed controlled substance codeine,
bicaridin, which is a painkiller, in less than a minute.
Each of the undercover officers involved were examined by other doctors
both before and after visiting Dr. Mosby, and none needed prescribed medicine.
A new program between St. Luke's Hospital and the city of Houston helps save a man's life.
Fifty-year-old Michael McCaukey was riding a metro bus when he suffered a cardiac arrest last month.
An automated external defibrillator installed in the lobby of the Public Works Building helped save his life.
There are now 49 defibrillators installed in various Houston City buildings.
President Bush approves funding for limited stem cell research,
but not everyone is happy about that decision.
John King reports.
The White House effort to manage the political fallout began before daybreak.
The morning news shows the president came under fire from both the right and left.
In the White House view, proof his call for federal funding of limited embryonic stem cell research was a true compromise.
One of the things you learn as president is that you're not able to make all people happy all the time.
Mr. Bush said the administration had identified some 60 existing stem cell lines
and that he would support federally funded research using those.
But he opposes using tax dollars to gain new stem cells by destroying leftover fertility clinic embryos.
Aides say the president made his decision on moral and ethical grounds
and that he admonished aides who talked politics during his deliberations.
But the Bush team closely monitored the political fallout,
and of most concern was sharp criticism from conservative activists.
We must not continue this slide into Nazism by deliberately creating life to kill it.
This is immoral and it must be stopped.
And the Catholic Church.
The president's decision unfortunately allows the allotment of federal funding,
the money we pay in our taxes, for something that many of us feel is morally wrong.
It opens the door to experimentation on human beings.
But other key conservative leaders were more positive.
The National Right to Life Committee said it was delighted the president opposed
destroying more embryos to harvest new stem cells.
Focus on the family's James Dobson, whose radio show reaches up to 10 million people a week,
said Mr. Bush deserves praise.
And while House Majority Whip Tom DeLay said he was disappointed with the decision,
he also said he believed Mr. Bush made it from his heart, not from politics or polls.
Some Democratic leaders will push for broader federal research,
using leftover fertility clinic embryos that Mr. Bush wants kept off limits.
But the administration voiced confidence the president had made a persuasive case
in his first nationally televised address to the American people.
Thank you for listening. Good night and God bless America.
John King, The White House.
The president's decision could lead to embryonic stem cell research at the Texas Medical Center.
Fox 26's Ford Atkinson got reaction from patients and researchers.
A pump is working a medical wonder for Jamie Smith at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Stem cells from the 19-year-old's blood are being removed.
After they take the stem cells, they'll freeze them.
Eventually, the stem cells will be returned to her body to help the lymphoma patient
recover from cell-bruising effects of chemotherapy.
No surprise, Jamie is a big supporter of embryonic stem cell research.
I'd go for it, because, you know, cures are better than throwing away fetuses, like they said.
Any thinking person, I believe, can see both sides of this issue.
The vice president of research administration at MD Anderson says he wants federal funding
of embryonic stem cell research, but respects President Bush's decision to limit it.
I think it's going to be used to understand the genesis of cancer and what goes wrong in cancer.
Stem cell research may have a more dramatic impact on the fight against heart disease.
That's what they're finding here at Baylor College of Medicine.
So what are you going to do here?
Robert Schwartz supervisors research on embryonic stem cells, not from humans, from mice.
And we're able to convert a large number of these embryonic stem cells into beating cardiac myocytes
or muscle cells.
Schwartz predicts applying research on mice to humans is just a few years off.
As for the president's decision...
I believe it's a very inspired, thoughtful presentation by President Bush.
A presentation, Schwartz says, could one day lead to human embryonic stem cell research at Baylor.
Working for you at the Texas Medical Center, Ford Atkinson, Fox, 26 News.
Health officials warn young children, the elderly, and people with medical conditions about the dangerous Houston heat.
Dozens of Harris County residents have died due to the heat-related illnesses over the past two years.
Those with heart and respiratory problems are more susceptible to heat exhaustion.
Health officials urge you to stay out of direct sunlight, drink plenty of water, and wear light-colored clothing.
There may soon be a little relief from all that heat.
Let's hope so. Fox, 26 Chief Meteorologist Cecilia Sinclair joins us from the Weather Center with details tonight.
Cecilia?
Well, how about a little bit of relief?
You know, we are going to have a very hot and steamy weekend starting with tonight, very muggy outside.
But check out what's going on nationally.
We've got a cold front, an August cold front pushing into the eastern part of the country.
A little bit of that cooler air trying to get to Houston.
But it looks like the biggest impact will be a change in humidity.
We're talking about around Monday.
The jet stream today, way over the northern tier of states, is going to change in shape.
And that means we'll have a northwesterly flow aloft, and that's going to help push the tail end of that front through the Houston area.
That means some lower humidity, maybe some lower temperatures.
I'll have the details coming up at about 9.30.
Mike and Melissa, back to you.
Thanks, Cecilia.
Many athletes practice outside, but that can be especially dangerous during the summer.
Some tips to avoid heat exhaustion and strokes.
And a Grammy Award-winning singer gives a Houston area couple the surprise of their lives.
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USA Today says every year TV fans ask if there's anything different or exciting coming up this fall.
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The choir and the Cardinals battle piazza in the midst.
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News that works for you.
A nationally known gospel singer from Houston is giving a Missouri City couple the wedding present of their dreams.
Fox 26's Sue Speck shows us how they won this prize from the Grammy winner.
These are the same.
Gia Middlebrooks and Gladstone Taylor sang together in the gospel choir in college.
Their love for music led to love for each other.
They kind of opened up, you know, us to each other.
They entered a contest to help pay for their wedding, made a videotape of their song,
and a skit poking fun at what they don't want their marriage to be.
This tape showing them this proper, sweet, loving couple and all.
Well, we're going to see the real deal.
We're going to be ready. We're going to go outside. It's going to be really nice.
It was catchy enough to win the prize.
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Which includes gospel singer Yolanda Adams.
I am definitely going to sing at your wedding.
Oh, man.
Adams has written a special song for their wedding.
It's easy for me because I am in love.
And she's giving them advice.
There will be times when, you know, you will argue over whether you get the hefty bags or the glad bags, you know,
as long as you come back and say, all right, it doesn't matter, as long as the trash goes in the bag, you know, kind of thing.
It's nothing easy, but, you know, you find somebody that's worth investing that time into this, you know, it's worth it.
And she's the one. So.
They have faith in their love.
I thought that this was the person God had for me.
In their gospel music and now in the luck that believing can bring.
I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky.
Working for you in Missouri City, Sue Spack, Fox 26 News.
Now, the Houston Business Journal, Fox 26 Business Report with Greg Grugin.
Tonight, we offer a few nuggets of local news from the beat riders of the Houston Business Journal.
It's been a haven for Eustonian furniture for 50 years, but the Westheimer Transfer and Storage Company has found a new home.
The prime commercial property at 59 and Kirby is on the block and could fetch upwards of 10 million dollars from the winning bidder.
Meantime, Westheimer's headed to a modernized location just outside 610 on Buffalo Speedway.
Thriving in turbulent times, Euston's Group 1 Automotive is rolling out 2.2 million shares of additional stock.
Posting double-digit profits every quarter for the past four years, this owner of 59 dealerships in seven states has recently seen its stock price quadruple over its 52-week load.
And finally, flight instructors for Continental have cut a tentative deal with the Houston-based airline.
While terms have not been disclosed, the agreement is the first negotiated by the Airline Pilots Association.
For Continental's 7,000 pilots and instructors, many of whom call Euston home.
Join us next week for the latest on Halliburton, Euston-based Cisco, and new regulations for the Bayou City's small motel industry.
For the Houston Business Journal, Fox26, Business Report, I'm Greg Groogan.
Some children in our area have already returned to school and many more are preparing to do so.
And thousands of them will need help obtaining school supplies, so we ask that you consider joining Operation School Supplies.
That's right, we're going to be talking with Paul Dettmore from Coca-Cola.
Fox26 broadcast live from a Randall's flagship store today, reminding people to stop by any Randalls and help us raise urgently needed school supplies.
It's estimated more than a quarter of a million students in our area cannot afford to purchase them.
There's about 260,000 kids in the greater Houston area that will come to school without school supplies.
What we do touches maybe 15,000 of those, so we have a long way to go.
That's where you can help. Purchase school supplies at a Randalls and drop them off in special collection bins.
Or use special scan cards at the checkout counter to make a donation to Operation School Supplies.
You can also purchase Coca-Cola products at Randalls and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the campaign.
That's the most important thing we can do is educate our children. And it takes all of us to do that.
And we appreciate what's being done here today because that shows real community support for the children of Houston.
The University of Houston alumni organization is helping out, as is the Houston Chronicle.
But getting more of the public involved is what this latest push is all about.
It was great to get our customers excited and also to let them know about that special push that we were trying to do today
and through the whole weekend to try to get people to dig a little deeper, get a few more school supplies.
The Red Cross says the record flooding caused by Allison left even more children in need of assistance with school supplies this year.
If you can help out, drop by any Randalls. Operation School Supplies runs through Wednesday.
Hundreds of new teachers learned the drill today in Southwest Houston.
Today was new teacher orientation and HISD Superintendent Keith Stripling gave them a pep talk and thanked them for deciding to help shape young minds.
HISD will start the new school year with a regular teacher in almost every classroom.
AMMA, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans through its 8th annual Back to School Party today in Northeast Houston.
The event included free school supplies, a free health fair, and a very hip police car with all its bells and whistles.
AMMA members also talked to students about why it's so important that they stay in school.
Here are some tips for making it a little easier to get back into that school routine.
If kids have been keeping irregular sleeping hours during the summer, try to establish a regular bedtime as soon as possible.
Set aside the same block of time every day for children to work on their homework and get as much ready the night before as possible.
From laying out school clothes and books to preparing lunches, this will prevent all that last minute rushing around in the morning and make your life much easier.
I don't know if we can prevent it. It's always something.
It is always something like hot weather, which can be dangerous, especially for athletes.
In the works, tips on how to stay cool and safe while playing outside.
And there is a shortage of shots for students in the Houston area.
Another local Little League team has their sights set on the Little League World Series.
An interview with the Orwell All-Stars head coach coming up.
The Astros race for the pennant hits its stride in Miami.
And the Rockets are wheeling and dealing again. Find out who, what, where, why, and when.
And when at 950.
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This September, eight single men and eight single women will set sail on a Caribbean cruise
looking for true love and a chance to win a huge cash prize.
Love Cruise is a game to see if you can find your ideal mate.
The object of the game is to be the last couple standing.
But how far will they go to play it? Because in their search for romance.
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In the Fox Health Beach, students must get all their shots before starting school in the Houston Independent School District.
But this year, there is one exception.
There's a national shortage of the 10-year booster shot for tetanus endothelium.
That shot is usually for students at age 14.
But the Texas Department of Health is giving students until next August to get that immunization.
Protecting your skin from the sun's damaging rays should be a year-round habit.
As Dr. Zoe Ndryer tells us, it will prevent skin cancer later in life.
Every summer when he was younger, Gene Scott used to spend a lot of time in the hot sun with his shirt off.
Go to the beach, get sunburned. It was just part of it. We'd get sunburned two or three times a year.
In fact, most of the time, Gene suffered second-degree burns.
He never thought those days would come back to haunt him.
But after an annual trip to the dermatologist, he found out he had skin cancer.
And it's on my back, about a half an inch circle.
And he biopsied it and found out that it was a squamous cell.
Squamous cell carcinoma is just one of three types of skin cancers.
The other two are basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma,
which is the most dangerous and responsible for 80 percent of deaths from skin cancer.
The biggest risk for malignant melanoma is intermittent, serious exposures, burns.
Anyone, for example, who has had three or more blistering sunburns in childhood is at higher risk for developing a melanoma.
Melanoma will often have uneven borders, be dark or irregular in color, and have a diameter larger than a pencil eraser.
Anytime you have a growth that is changing in color, size, shape, bleeding, itching, any change at all is a warning sign.
Try to get up as high as you can.
Surviving skin cancer opened Gene's eyes.
He now applies sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15 before heading out in the sun.
He also puts on a hat, a long-sleeved white shirt, and sunglasses.
Since most of us won't wear long-sleeved shirts at the pool or the beach, it's important to reapply sunscreen every two hours.
Also, stay out of the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
I think there's a lack of awareness on the part of the public about the potentially serious nature of skin cancer.
Every hour in the United States, somebody dies of skin cancer.
Skin cancer, however, does have a 99 percent cure rate if it's caught early.
If you notice any abnormal growth on your skin, see a dermatologist immediately.
From Baylor College of Medicine, I'm Dr. Zohan Dreier with the Fox 26 Medical File.
Summer is a time for enjoying the outdoors and playing sports, but it can also be dangerous and even deadly.
We're working on tips to keep you safe.
And speaking of the heat, the forecast is next with Fox 26 Chief Meteorologist Cecilia Sinclair.
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In light of the death of football player Corey Stringer from heat stroke,
safety is once again at the forefront in the athletic world.
Box 26's Patty Shea reports, as area children head back to school,
coaches and trainers also hit the books for some life lessons.
The contact, the running, the average two-hour practice,
combine all those together and you can imagine the toll physical activities take on young bodies.
In the playbook today for coaches and trainers with the Spring Branch Independent School District,
a conference focusing on prevention and treatment of sports injuries, sponsored by the Red Cross.
Anytime that you're a parent of an athlete, especially with the hot weather we're having around,
you need to make sure that the student themselves takes precautions,
has adequate physicals before they come and do any athletic activity and get acclimated to the heat.
Sometimes we're lulled into a false sense of security from season to season because maybe last year went well,
but each year is a new year and we have new kids coming in in new situations.
Parents will be happy to know that more and more school districts are bringing into the lineup full-time athletic trainers.
In football, because it is a collision sport, we have a lot of injuries that occur from minor abrasions and contusions
and sprains to the more serious types of injuries.
Of course, in this time of the year we're mostly concerned with the heat problems that we're going to be seeing.
The first thing we do is laps around the track.
Kenneth Thurman, who's learning everything from first aid to CPR, isn't talking about an athletic team per se.
He's with the band.
Let's go out on the asphalt that's been cooked for a couple of hours in the heat at about five o'clock in the heat of the day.
Let's put on a 40-pound drum and let's run around while playing it.
And that's the way band works. We're musicians from the waist up, but we're athletes from the waist down.
I think one of the best things a parent can do is get involved with their child.
And if they have concerns like that, they should get to know what is going on in the program
and know what the coaching staff is doing for those types of things.
The key to dealing with the oppressive heat is conditioning and water breaks.
But the trainers tell me some athletes are still getting bad advice and not taking advantage of hydrating your body before you feel thirsty.
Prevention is the key whether you're dealing with heat exhaustion or any other injuries.
And the goal is healthy athletes.
Working for you in West Houston, Patty Shay, Fox 26 News.
Now, Fox 26 Weather with Chief Meteorologist Cecilia Sinclair.
It's the last weekend before heading back to school for a lot of folks.
So a good weekend to head down to Galveston Island.
This is a live shot of the seawall.
Water temperature perfect for a dip, 87 degrees.
And it's a good thing we have a way to cool off because it's been hot today.
A hot day, blue skies out there, sunshine, a few towering cumulus clouds,
a few thunderstorms over eastern and southeastern Harris County.
We saw about an inch of rain in La Porte, about three quarters of an inch down in the Friendswood area.
This is what it looked like 12 hours ago, not much going on, but again another round of sea breeze,
afternoon showers and thunderstorms, you could see those as they moved in.
Also some showers and thunderstorms moving south through Arkansas.
Some of those have been severe.
High temperatures today, many locations, 100 degrees or higher, and in southeast Texas.
With a high temperature of 96 and the humidity factored in,
it felt like it was well over 100 degrees for most of the afternoon.
Now the record for today is 104, so we didn't have a record,
but we did beat the normal high for this state, which is 93, and our low this morning was 74.
Temperatures outside right now, middle 80s, factor in the humidity, feels like 93.
That humidity is 72 percent, winds right now are out of the south and the pressure's rising.
Keeping an eye on the tropics, we are moving toward the statistically most active time of the year.
That's the end of August, early September.
There is a tropical wave here in the eastern Atlantic,
moving into an area more favorable for development,
so we'll continue to keep a very, very close eye on that.
Well, it's been another stormy day across parts of the Rockies,
around Colorado and also Arizona, there's been some flash flooding.
The big story, though, some storms which move through the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas.
Severe storms, knocking down tree limbs and power lines.
The weather there has improved considerably.
They also had some stormy weather for locations to the west of there.
That rain is going to be pushing off to the east and south here the next day or so,
courtesy of some cold fronts, some cooler, some drier air behind these fronts,
but ahead of it, very humid and also very hot.
Now, the front itself won't quite make it here for a couple of days,
so we're going to be dealing with a very steamy weekend.
As we look ahead to Sunday, slightly greater chance for thunderstorms,
and that's because as the front moves closer to us, that destabilizes the atmosphere a little bit more.
Then Monday, that's the day we think will get the tail end of some of that lower humidity.
Don't expect a big dip in temperatures.
Maybe a couple degrees cooler in the mornings, but actually perhaps a little bit hotter in the afternoons
because dry air does get hotter than moist air.
Low temperatures tonight across the northern interior states in the 50s.
That's the place to be if you want to cool off tomorrow's highs around the nation,
looking like summertime and a little bit nicer for folks in the northeast
who have been sweltering for the last several days.
Allergy levels for Saturday, low on the grass pollen, medium for mold spores,
and for you boaters, seas running a little bit high, 3 to 4 feet,
but otherwise looking pretty good in the bays with a slight chop.
So for tonight, low temperature 74 Bush Airport, 76 downtown, 83 on Galveston Island.
Tomorrow, hotter day still than it was today, 97 for a high Bush Airport,
20% chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms, 30% for Sunday,
and then Monday, Tuesday, a little less humidity.
Hooray!
You'll get too excited, but it's something.
Something is great.
That's right, we'll take it.
Alright. Thanks, Cecilia.
Sexual harassment is a very serious offense,
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You can believe the appetite's on some of them.
We always get a smile. They serve it right up for us.
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At Westside Chevrolet, the friendly salespeople helped me find exactly what I was looking for.
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We've given America's favorite dysfunctional family a home.
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Join in sync, Britney Spears and more at the Teen Choice Awards August 20th on Fox.
Last fall, Academy Award winner James Cameron brought you a thrilling look at a haunting future.
This fall, that future is about to get a whole lot stranger.
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Prepare yourself for the season premiere of the hit series, Dark Angel, on its new night, Friday, September 21st on Fox.
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In the Fox Business Report, Compaq doubles its estimates of job cuts in Houston, meaning more layoffs may be on the way.
The computer company has already laid off more than 1,900 Houston area workers in efforts to cut 8,500 jobs worldwide.
Close to 900 more employees will lose their jobs by year's end for a total of nearly 2,800 job cuts.
If you're planning to mail a letter in the West, it'll take longer to be delivered than in other areas.
New postal standards developed to avoid unreliable airline service add one day to first-class deliveries in the West.
Some first-class mail that used to be delivered by air in two days is now being delivered on the road in three days.
Walmart is allowing customers to cash their tax rebate checks, and the plan is paying off so far.
25% of the money from cash checks is instantly being spent at Walmart stores.
Customers are spending 80% of their rebate when cashing them at Sam's Clubs.
In Cyber Fox, payphones are getting a high-tech facelift that will help folks stay connected.
Superman might have a little trouble changing outfits at these fancy new payphones.
The AT&T Public Phone 2000i is being rolled out across the nation.
They include full high-speed internet access at 25 cents a minute with a four-minute minimum.
You can access news, sports, stocks off the internet. You can also internet surf.
Type in www.whatever your favorite web portal is or website is, and while you're on the internet, you can also lift the handset up and make a phone call.
The unit accepts credit cards or cash. Many major airports will have the new phones installed by the end of this year.
A new collar may help you know what's on your dog's mind.
Dory Toru is a treasure that the Kibushiki company indexed.
The Bowlingual, a new Japanese dog collar, is designed to help you translate your dog's emotions.
The collar detects canine emotions through voice prints of their barks and wimpers.
So far, six basic emotions have been identified in dogs. Frustration, anger, relaxation, happiness, sadness, and a feeling of accomplishment.
The collar is available in Japan. No word on when it may be available here in the States.
But what if you find out your dog doesn't like you and you lose man's best friend?
She's angry.
Information overload.
Well, sun dresses, tank tops, and short shorts.
They're great ways to beat the heat, but they can cause problems in the workplace.
And more bad news from Mariah Carey. This time, it involves her new CD.
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Mark McGuire and the Cards head to New York to battle Mike Piazza and the Mets in a rematch of last year's NLCS.
Saturday at 12 on Fox 26.
No matter where I travel, one thing remains the same. Everybody loves Ford here in the Lone Star State.
It's the favorite truck and car of every woman and man. One time they had the wheel and you will understand.
Just look around and you'll get the message Ford is the best in Texas.
It's Toyota clearance time.
Clearance happens just once a year and you'll like the values on the summer's biggest inventory.
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This news segment is brought to you by Walmart.
Children with Down syndrome are a gift of life.
The buddy walk was just an unbelievable experience.
There was just celebration all over, all around us.
As a mom, it just really touched my heart.
I tell everybody about how good Walmart has been to us. Their people came out and walked.
They provided lunch.
At Walmart, we have become partners. They love our kids.
That's what we all want, is our children to be accepted for who and what they are.
I was very proud of our walk. People cared about our kids.
The NFL returns to Fox with a re-natch of Super Bowl XXXIV.
Titans Rams. NFL preseason coming August 17th.
Sexual harassment is a hot topic this summer because more people are wearing less to beat the heat.
As Fox's Molly Falconer reports, employers are having a tough time coming up with guidelines for summer dress codes.
As the heat rises, so does concern at many companies that sexual harassment claims do too.
All that summer wear at work, short skirts, short sleeves, plus tighter sexual harassment policies can all add up to trouble.
Someone who's wearing bare midriffs to the workplace, they're going to get comments.
And those kind of comments about their body and about their attire can lead to problems with sexual harassment, yes.
Other experts say casual clothing leads to a casual attitude inside the office that can add to the tension.
And some employment lawyers report it's not just the women who get comments on dressing up in skimpier clothing.
Men have said sometimes they feel like they're getting set up.
They're afraid that if they notice, if they look, that there will be a charge made against them.
Some labor lawyers say it's logical claims go up during the summer, but even so, many say people should be allowed to wear whatever they want.
I think that's really stretching it to suggest that because it's warmer weather and because men and women may show a little extra flesh during the summer months, that that would be inviting sexual harassment.
At the same time, employers find themselves at a legal bind.
Often they don't have the codes dictating what kind of casual attire is allowed.
It's ridiculous to say that because there's a little bit of cleavage or there's a short skirt, that that either explains it or excuses it.
Companies becoming increasingly concerned that lightening up on the dress code is making their caseload all the heavier.
It may not be a matter of taste. It may be a matter of the bottom line.
In New York, Molly Falconer, Fox News.
In Fox Entertainment, singer Mariah Carey's movie debut has been delayed.
Now her movie soundtrack release will get pushback as well.
The soundtrack for the movie Glitter was set for release on August 21st, but now Virgin Records is waiting until September 11th, 10 days before the new release date for the movie.
Do not expect a repeat performance from Macy Gray, at least not at the ballpark.
A hometown crowd booed her earlier this week in Canton, Ohio when she forgot the words to the national anthem.
Macy has turned down an invitation for a makeup performance at opening day for the Canton Crocodiles.
Some unwanted visitors haunt the cast of Nicole Kidman's new movie, The Others.
Kidman plays a mother raising her two children in a Victorian mansion where she thinks her children are safe.
But when a trio of new servants arrives at the home, strange things start to happen.
And even Kidman's skeptical character must admit something isn't right. The Others is rated PG-13.
She didn't sleep with one guy. She slept with at least three.
What?
When a girl tells you how many guys she slept with.
The entire cast of the hit comedy American Pie is back with a sequel.
Now the teens are dealing with moving toward adulthood and hitting some embarrassing moments along the way.
American Pie 2 is rated R.
This is like an alrocha germ, a heavy D germ.
Talking about this.
That is an up close look at the inner workings of the human body in Osmosis Jones, which mixes animation with live action.
Chris Rock is the voice of a white blood cell sent to kill a deadly blood virus that could kill Bill Murray.
Osmosis Jones is rated PG.
NASA beats its race against the weather clock today.
Space shuttle Discovery blasted off into space just before a line of thunderstorms rolled in.
Eric Phillips reports on the mission to the International Space Station.
Three, two, one. Booster ignition and liftoff of Discovery.
In the ninth inning, Mother Nature cooperated, allowing the liftoff of STS-105.
Earlier in the day, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts strapped into the shuttle Discovery on launch pad 39A in preparation for liftoff.
The delayed launch has not detracted from the mission.
We've prepared a long time. I'm a real lucky guy. I've got actually three great crews to work with.
The Discovery crew will fly the shuttle to and from the International Space Station.
The Expedition 3 crew is about to make space their home for the next several months, taking the place of Expedition 2.
We need to keep pushing the human race to expand beyond the current boundaries that we have.
I wanted to talk a little bit about an experiment that's been a big part of my life this week.
Expedition 2 has been in space for five months. They're looking forward to the small things.
The sounds of birds or insects or different things like that, conversations in the background, those are the kind of things that you miss a little bit.
The mission will also involve attaching the Leonardo module to the station using the shuttle's robotic arm.
Leonardo acts as a cargo van carrying supplies like clothing, water and experiments.
Two spacewalks highlight the mission, and once the crews have been swapped out, Discovery will detach and circle the International Space Station before returning to Earth.
So Expedition 3 is on their way to the International Space Station, and Expedition 2 will soon be on their way back home.
At the Kennedy Space Center, I'm Eric Phillips.
Well, from the shuttle and the International Space Station to the rockets in the sports world.
That's right. They are at it again. The rocket summer of wheeling and dealing continues.
A Woodlands Little League team is one win away from the Little League World Series, and the Astros go fish in Florida.
Highlights are rounding third and heading for home.
Here comes the run. Bert McCrown is scoring, Will.
We live the most dramatic Boston public of the season.
The most boxed public.
It's Toyota clearance time.
Clearance happens just once a year, and you'll like the values on the summer's biggest inventory.
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What makes Fox Sunday's best 14 Emmy nominations?
The best animated shows, Futurama, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.
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The best comedy series, Malcolm in the Middle.
Nice job!
With an impressive eight Emmy nominations.
And the powerhouse drama, The X-Files.
Tell me it's true.
Congratulations to all our Emmy nominees.
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The Rockets have pulled off another summer sign and trade deal.
This time, a three-team are involving the Knicks and Mavericks.
We told you last night the Rockets were working on this deal, and here's how it breaks down.
The Rockets will get Glen Rice from the Knicks and the rights to Mavericks.
Second round pick Kyle Hill out of Eastern Illinois.
Houston also renounces the rights of Sean Colson, Devin Gray, and Matt Bullard.
They're all free to go.
The Knicks get Shandon Anderson and Dallas' Howard Isley, and the Mavs acquire Muggsy Bogues from New York.
Sources tell us Anderson has signed a six-year deal worth $42 million.
Rice has three years left on his $27.6 million deal, and Houston will pay $20.8 of that.
Rudy T. and C.D. Talk.
You know, we know him well.
He's a dangerous offensive player, a guy who I think just fits with the young penetrating guys we have,
and I have a real good feeling about getting him.
As much film as we've looked at on Glen Rice, I'll say this, he's a great scorer,
and he's a much better repounder and a much better defender than he's been given credit for.
We thought it made sense for everybody, and so we went along with it.
I think it's going to, and I hope this is one of the deals that works out for everybody,
because that's when it's a good trade.
Only two seasons in a Rockets uniform, and it's quickly over.
The nature of the business side of sport.
Mark Berman spoke with Shandon tonight and got his point of view.
Now that he's no longer a Rockets, Anderson acknowledges his style of play on offense never meshed with the Houston scheme.
You just get into situations sometimes where you don't fit with a certain team, and I think that was just the case.
I guess I feel I've got a better feel with New York, where they play aggressive defensively.
The twos and threes a lot of the time are pushing up a lot,
so when I look at it, I think it's a good fit for myself.
In 164 games with the Rockets, Anderson averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 assists a game.
I think I just got lost in the shuffle more than anything.
I think any time you bring 10 players, new players to one team,
and you try to get a coach to try to implement every player's game, it's kind of hard.
I think he was just put in a tough situation, and I was just the guy who was just left out there in the cold.
Anderson leaves Houston with no hard feelings.
It's just like a relationship.
I would love to say I would marry the first female I ever dated in my life, but that just didn't happen.
That's all it is. Sometimes relationships don't work, and I wish the best for them, and I hope they wish the best for me.
Mark Berman, Fox 26 Sports.
Astros' second baseman, Craig Bisio, returned to the scene of the injury tonight.
Houston in Miami for a weekend series with Florida.
The three game set a prelude to another Enron showdown with the Cubs on Monday.
First inning, and Jeff Bagwell says, respect my Votay.
A deep shot, it's gone. 29th of the season.
Houston's quickly up one zip, and then they pile it on two outs.
Orlando Merced brings home a run with the RBI double.
Lance Berkman scores later. A man on. Vinnie Castilla says, game over.
A two-run shot. Astros win 7-2. Pedro Stasho's first win with Houston.
They lead the wild card by a game and a half, and trail the Cubs who won today by a game and a half.
The Rice-Owls football team has always entered a new season with high hopes.
Oftentimes, those hopes dash during the year. Senior linebacker Dan Dawson has had enough of that.
He wants to end his college career on a winning note.
It's going to be tough on the Owls' schedule, Houston, Nebraska, and the WAC.
We've got to do it on the field.
We've talked about stuff for about four years now since I've been here.
I ain't wearing no rings on my fingers, so it's time to put up a shut-up.
I'm ready to go. I hope everybody else is.
We feel like if we can just stay healthy and do a better job of that than what we did last year,
that we have a team that can be competitive in every game and have a chance to win.
Well, another area Little League team is on the verge of reaching the baseball Little League World Series.
The Cambridge Woodlands team needs a win Sunday in St. Petersburg to reach Williamsport.
Earlier tonight, Orwall head coach Francis Allman told me his team is ready.
We do play Louisiana. Louisiana went undefeated in their pool play.
They were 4-0, and they played Oklahoma today in their semifinal game, and they won that game 5-0.
Louisiana has outstanding pitching, excellent team speed, and superb defense.
It will be a very close game.
As long as we take one pitch at a time, I feel pretty good about our chances.
And I'll be in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
We'll bring you back live reports for the news and for Sunday Sports Extra.
Also, Houston's Sean Townsend won his first national title in gymnastics.
Congratulations to you.
Wow, big congrats.
Best of luck to the Oak Ridge guys.
And quickly, hopefully we'll get to sleep in, but what's it going to look like tomorrow?
Monday morning, 79, 20% chance for rain, 30% on Sunday.
Stay cool, drier weather on the way.
And a little bit cooler, maybe.
Maybe.
A degree or two.
Thanks, Asypia. That's our report. Thanks for being with us, everybody.
On behalf of everyone here at Fox, good night to you. Have a great, safe weekend.
There's a reason we have more than 50 new power plants already built or on the way.
On Friday's show, Mary Tyler Moore will be here, Katie Lang, and Broadway's Kiss Me Kate.
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