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In 1974, a young muscian from New Jersey traveled to play a show in a small music venue in the South. He subsequently wrote a lyric immortalizing the venue: "Hey Frank, won't you pack your bags And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall." The song was "This Hard Land." The city: Houston. And the young muscian was none other than The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. “Now Playing Houston: The Liberty Hall Poster Show” will display...

KHOU reports today on something that isn't exactly new, but is certainly new to us: In March, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange began offering contracts on hurricane futures — meaning individuals and companies can now bet on the probability of where and when a hurricane will hit. And it's not necessarily as bizarre as it sounds (assuming, of course, you have a pretty good idea of a hurricane's path). The CME started offering the hurricane futures...