- At the Port of Houston, a woman was run over and killed by a fork lift while she was taking notes
- Word on what eccentric millionaire Robert Durst was doing when he violated parole by visiting Galveston: seeing a doctor, a lawyer and stopping by his former home
- The sponsors of Houston's rival MLK Day parades may join forces to hold a single parade in 2006
- An appeals court denied Tom DeLay's lawyers' request to expedite DeLay's trial on conspiracy and money laundering charges
- State Attorney General Greg Abbott struck down a law that would allow Texans to buy prescription drugs from Canada, saying it violates federal law
- Officials say a 4-year-old found dead in a suspected Jamaica Beach meth lab didn't die of natural causes
- In an e-mail to Lakewood Church members, Victoria Osteen said news reports of her removal from a Continental Airlines flight were false
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