Good morning, Houston. Did you enjoy a big oyster dinner over the weekend? Might want to stay close to the toilet: The FDA is advising people to steer clear of oysters from San Antonio Bay, about 60 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, after more than two dozen people became ill from eating them last month. The people developed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other nasty symptoms; the oyster bed has been shut down pending an FDA investigation. The good news: The infected folks were all in Maryland. And why go that far when you can get food-borne illnesses so much closer to home?
>> A deadly weekend: There was no shortage of murders in Houston over the weekend: a man was found in a dumpster in Fort Bend County on Friday morning, another man was shot after a gang fight in a west Houston parking lot Friday night, two people were shot during a home invasion Saturday, and a fight at a northwest Houston apartment complex ended in gunfire early Sunday. In other news, we (and you, we imagine) are still alive.
>> Oops: Authorities suspect a man found dead beneath a southwest Houston power pole Friday fell to his death while trying to steal copper from a power line. It happened near South Post Oak and Gasmer, where the guy apparently scaled the pole using his own harness but slipped and fell 25 feet, landing on his head, before he could actually get hold of any copper. According to witnesses, bolt cutters and electrician's gloves were found near the man's body.
>> And something about trains: We're not sure what the deal was with vehicles and trains this weekend, but local news reported a couple of close calls: Yesterday in southeast Houston, a suspected drunk driver tried to beat a train at a crossing on Cullen Boulevard and ended up having his truck clipped, but that was nothing compared with the story of the train that slammed into a gravel truck in northwest Harris County on Friday. The driver was reportedly trying to beat the train at a crossing along Highway 290 and didn't make it; he jumped from the truck just before a train slammed into it. Three words for these folks: stupid but lucky. (Two more: but stupid.)
>> Today's weather: Ah, spring! Looks like we're in for a pretty good week, kicked off with an excellent Monday: Today should be totally sunny with a high of 67 and almost no wind. In other words, just about perfect. Look for a low of 40 under clear skies tonight, followed by a mostly sunny Tuesday with a high of 68 — perfect again — and more sun with temperatures climbing into the lower 70s through the end of the week. Enjoy!
Now, catch up on what you missed while you were recovering from the light rail pub crawl ...
- The defense in the Bart Whitaker murder trial called no witnesses Friday; closing arguments are set to begin today
- A three-hour manhunt led Baytown police to capture a man suspected of a murder early Friday
- Also early Friday, an armed robber threatened a Richmond resident as he arrived home from work
- Eladio Diaz Jr., the convicted robber who escaped from a Fort Worth lockup last weekend, was arrested Friday in Corpus Christi
- There's evidence of insider trading connected with the TXU buyout, federal investigators say
- Daniel Maldonado, the former Houstonian accused of training with al-Qaeda in Somalia, came to Houston for a job with a Web designer linked to sites visited by terror suspects
- The Coast Guard is looking for four Houstonians who reported their boat was sinking Sunday morning 10 miles off the Galveston coast
- The body of a man who had apparently been run over by several drivers was found on the Gulf Freeway near Cullen on Saturday
- The city extended the deadline for code violations to be corrected at the apartment complex where two kids were nearly electrocuted by a transformer
- Robert Brasier, a 2006 Ball High graduate, National Merit scholar and baseball star, was found dead in his University of Washington dorm room last week; the cause of death is unknown
- Two people are recovering from smoke inhalation and burns they suffered during a garage apartment fire Friday night
- Scientists along the Texas coast are hoping for another good year for nestings of Kemp's ridley sea turtles
- Thirty-nine Stafford High School students reportedly involved with a missing TAKS test booklet will have to retake the exam
- Two decomposed bodies were found in the trunk of a stolen car in Galveston on Friday; neither has been identified
- HISD police hopes to establish a gang prevention unit to help combat gang violence on school campuses
- The Grand Champion Best of Show Wine at the Livestock Show & Rodeo sold for $125,000 at this year's wine auction
- Glenn Moody, who was last seen in early February taking money out of a Baytown bank, has been found in New York; the 26-year-old reportedly left the Houston area on his own, but apparently didn't tell anyone
- A man is claiming guards at the Harris County Jail beat him while he was in custody Tuesday evening
- Six months ago, Penelope Drive in east Houston got its first new coat of asphalt in more than 40 years — and now the street is being torn up for repairs to a leaky pipe
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