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class="img-wrap">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Armored-car-heists-increasing-after-quiet-spell-5838756.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141104211554im_/http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/32/64/65/7032140/5/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="Armored truck guards look at in their truck as police investigated an attempted robbery of the guards outside a Chase bank location on the 4700 block of Louetta Road near Kuykendahl Road Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in Houston. Police said an armored car guard fired at one of two masked male robbers after a man attempted to rob him as he was walking into the strip mall bank at about 9:30 a.m. No one was hurt and no money was taken. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle )" border="0"/></a>  </div> <div> <h3 class="subhead wide-only"> <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Armored-car-heists-increasing-after-quiet-spell-5838756.php">Money truck heists increasing after quiet spell</a> </h3>  <p class="byline">By <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/dane-schiller/">Dane Schiller</a></p>  <p class="blurb">   One crew tried to pull off a heist of dreams by stealing a Loomis armored car, and kidnapping the sole guard, just to have the rolling fortress quickly halted in its tracks by an automatic kill switch that cut the engine.  </p> <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Armored-car-heists-increasing-after-quiet-spell-5838756.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column narrow-col"> <div class="hl-item hl-item-2"> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Voters-without-proper-IDs-more-likely-in-minority-5838255.php">Voters without proper IDs more likely in minority neighborhoods,</a> </h2> <div class="img-wrap">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Voters-without-proper-IDs-more-likely-in-minority-5838255.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141104211554im_/http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/32/64/55/7031653/4/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="Where voters lack ID" border="0"/></a>  </div> <p class="blurb">   After a year of outreach campaigns, snazzy ads and high-profile federal court fights, an estimated 600,000 to 744,980 Texas voters may still lack government-issued photo IDs now required under state law, according to Texas Secretary of State data and expert reports submitted by the U.S. Department of Justice in related litigation.  </p> </div> <div class="ad-middle"> <div class="ad-inner ad-smallBP"> <div id="AP300" class="ad_deferrable"><script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/ hearstPlaceAd("AP300"); /*]]>*/ </script></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   </div>  </div> <div class="zone zone-2">  <div class="hide-rss-link hdnce-e hdnce-collection-20420-premium_subsection_top_stories">  <div class="collection hc_sub_topstories"> <div class="header"> <h4 class="kicker highlight color-link">Recent HC Investigates Stories</h4> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_spacer"></div> <div class="sub_topstories_item no-photo "> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/White-House-to-start-legal-orientation-at-5839971.php">Feds to start legal orientation at immigrant detention center in</a> </h2>  <p class="byline">By <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/susan-carroll/">Susan Carroll</a></p>  <p class="blurb">  Obama administration officials today announced plans to start a legal orientation program at a family detention center south of San Antonio where immigrant advocates have complained of due process concerns.  </p> <a href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/White-House-to-start-legal-orientation-at-5839971.php" class="continues ">Continue Reading</a> </div> <div class="sub_topstories_item ">  <a class="without_u " href="/web/20141104211554/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Armored-car-heists-increasing-after-quiet-spell-5838756.php"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141104211554im_/http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/32/64/65/7032140/5/premium_landscape.jpg" alt="Armored truck guards look at in their truck as police investigated an attempted robbery of the guards outside a Chase bank location on the 4700 block of Louetta Road near Kuykendahl Road Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in Houston. 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