- A 12-year-old boy's arm was severed by a train this afernoon when the boy and some friends were playing near a north Houston railroad track
- The mother of Dexter Johnson, the accused ringleader in a robbery and murder spree, says she fears for her life after receiving a number of threats by telephone
- Five people were injured this morning when a truck made an illegal turn on Main Street and was hit by a MetroRail train
- The city's July 4th celebration will go on as planned rain or shine, organizers say, though the festival site could be underwater
- Texas ranks next-to-last in the country in funding for state parks — and it's starting to show, with many parks falling into disrepair
- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who's in town for the Essence Music Festival, will lead a protest against high gas prices and an alleged lack of diversity at BP's Texas City plant Tuesday
- Many Babyface fans are upset today because the singer didn't show up to perform at a Houston concert until 2 a.m. today, five hours after the doors to the show opened; concert organizers said they won't give refunds because advertisements didn't specify what time Babyface would perform
- Stafford city officials say the 51 churches in the city's eight square miles are putting too much of a burden on city services, so they're hoping to ban construction of new church buildings there
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