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The trial of Max Soffar, who got a re-trial after 25 years on death row, is on hold until Tuesday because, thanks to the NBA All-Star Game, there aren't enough hotel rooms available to sequester jurors this weekend

Power was partially restored to a section of downtown after a fire damaged electric lines this morning, but several county buildings and UH-Downtown remained without electricity this afternoon

Leonard Reed Jr. of Houston was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for raping his former girlfriend, then branding her buttocks with a wire coathanger

A group of community leaders toured Westbury High School today and said it's a safe campus; concerns arose after a visitor reportedly walked on campus last week and raped a student

A gas leak this morning caused the evacuation of Mark Twain Elementary School and sent 13 students to the hospital

It was a pigeon that Mikey, a federal explosive-sniffing dog, was after when he fell to his death at the George R. Brown Convention Center early Wednesday morning

Houston police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of five Katrina evacuees involved in three murders and a shooting since Dec. 28

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