- 23-year-old Juan Solis was sentenced to 80 years in prison today for raping a Galleria employee in a parking garage in 2003
- Tom Nixon, the HPD officer who criticized the department's chase policy earlier this year, has been fired; he said he plans to appeal the decision
- The bicyclist struck by a Metro bus yesterday morning is in fair condition at Ben Taub with head injuries and a fractured pelvic bone and rib
- Guardian Angels founder and leader Curtis Silwa is joining the local Angels chapter in a patrol of the Sharpstown area tonight
- A thin metal object fell out of the sky in Porter last week, nearly hitting a local man in the head; no one's sure what the object is, but it's believed to be an airplane part
- Bruce Leslie resigned Thursday as chancellor of Houston Community College after an "amicable split" with trustees
- More police on the streets are making more arrests, but a shortage of DAs may cause a breakdown in Houston's crime-fighting system
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