- Houston crime lab analysts repeatedly skewed their reports to fit police theories or secure convictions, according to the latest report from an independent investigator
- A coalition of local groups accused FEMA of reneging on promises to evacuees, saying the agency's housing assistance deadline will result in "massive evictions"
- At the University of St. Thomas, a homoerotic poem was ripped out of 1,000 copies of the school's literary magazine; the magazine's adviser said the poem was inappropriate
- It looks like a 30-year plan to bring back endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles along the Texas coast may be working, preservationists say
- A three-alarm fire broke out at a northwest Harris County industrial complex this afternoon; there were no injuries and the cause hasn't been determined
- Police are trying to find the people who vandalized several cars this morning at a senior citizens' condo complex near downtown
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