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  • More than 20 area firefighters have been questioned about a series of arsons in east Harris County; officials say two Cloverleaf firefighters are suspected of setting, then responding to, fires in at least two buildings
  • A Texas Department of Corrections employee was run over by a bus this morning while she was transporting prisoners downtown; the extent of her injuries isn't known
  • If Galveston has to be evacuated ahead of a major hurricane, 100 air-conditioned buses — including 30 from Metro — will carry needy residents to Austin, city officials said
  • A federal judge signed an order today confirming his earlier ruling that Flagship Hotel owner Daniel Yeh, accused of filing $232,000 in fraudulent FEMA claims, is incompetent to stand trial because of brain tumor surgeries
  • Pending HISD board approval, each school in the district will get a donated automatic external defibrillator; the board will vote on the proposal Thursday
  • The Metro board gave its president, Robert Wilson, a 10 percent payraise on July 20, the Chronicle learned through an open-records request; Wilson's contract also includes a $1,030 monthly car allowance
  • Cy-Fair school district officials are upset over the state's labeling Cy-Ridge High School as a "persistently dangerous" campus
  • A homeless man police were chasing overnight was found shot to death in a southwest Houston parking lot, but they're not sure who killed him

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