{"id":2458,"date":"2011-11-28T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:20:03","slug":"now-read-this-our-top-5-stories-from-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/28\/now-read-this-our-top-5-stories-from-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Read This: Our Top 5 Stories From Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In case you missed it, here are the most-read new stories from last week:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/23\/things-get-testy-between-houston-professor-and-congressman\/\">Things Get Testy Between Rice Professor and Alaskan Congressman<\/a>: At a recent hearing on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley got into a heated exchange with Rep. Don Young of Alaska.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/25\/texas-asks-hunters-for-help-in-the-drought\/\">Texas Asks Hunters for Help During Drought<\/a>:\u00a0The worst single-year drought in Texas history has left deer undernourished and, in some cases, dying in greater numbers than before. But could hunting them actually help?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/22\/the-drought-claims-another-victim-the-am-bonfire\/\">Another Victim of the Drought, The A&amp;M Student Bonfire<\/a>: The University of Texas and Texas A&amp;M met for what could be the final time in their historic rivalry. But with a burn ban in effect, a traditional Aggie bonfire went unlit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/22\/who-wants-to-topple-houston-from-atop-energy-world\/\">Who Wants to Topple Houston From Atop the Energy World?<\/a>\u00a0Houston has long led the nation in energy business, but new development in other regions may signal an end to the city&#8217;s leadership in industry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/23\/small-texas-town-running-out-of-water-makes-national-news\/\">Small Texas Town Running Out of Water Makes National News<\/a>: The city of Groesbeck, set to run out of water within weeks, has become a big news story across the country.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here are the most-read new stories from last week: Things Get Testy Between Rice Professor and Alaskan Congressman: At a recent hearing on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley got into a heated exchange with Rep. Don Young of Alaska. Texas Asks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[61,21,85],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}