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Hitting the big time: Channel 2 news anchor Bill Balleza provides information to junior broadcast journalism major Claudia Mendoza about scholarship and internship opportunities at a Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals session Tuesday.

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The recent downturn in the stock market has contributed to a negative impact of nearly $7.5 million in private gifts to the UH System since the last fiscal year, said Kathy Stafford, vice chancellor for University Advancement.

What would someone do to see his or her greatest wish come true? To what depths would they sink if their deepest, darkest desire could become a reality? Would an ordinary person be capable of making a deal with the devil?

The last time actors Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron shared the silver screen in The Devilis Advocate; Beelzebub himself thwarted their relationship.

Thursday saw one of the biggest rivalries in women's collegiate hoops as Connecticut and Tennessee took the court in their last meeting before the NCAA tournament in March.