- Wallace Smith, a 27-year-old Houston man, was charged today with murder in connection with the shooting death of a man on a local sidewalk Monday
- Two people were injured this afternoon when a car slammed into an office building off the North Freeway
- A KHOU news crew went to a southeast Houston apartment complex yesterday to check out reports of rising crime and ended up witnessing a guy getting beaten with a baseball bat
- Ronald Grecula, a 70-year-old Pennsylvania man, pleaded guilty today to trying to sell a superbomb to undercover FBI agents and Houston police officers posing as al-Qaida members
- Police have charged a man with felony theft for pretending to be a landlord; at least two women gave him money and moved into properties he claimed to own, but didn't
- Power was restored in central Galveston this morning after a brief power outage that affected about 6,500 residents and businesses
- If Houston passes a full-scale smoking ban, it could lose a big convention of tobacco dealers — the loss would cost the city an estimated $5 million, but officials say that's nothing compared with the revenue from conventions seeking smoke-free venues
- Houston-based Chantal will begin selling yellow coffee mugs, bowls and tea kettles in a partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation
- UH plans to use a $1 million grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to begin offering an undergrad degree in biotechnology
- Congratulations to Matthew Zolan, who won tickets to see JET tomorrow night in a Houstonist ticket giveaway!
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