Morning Roundup: Here's looking at you edition

Good morning, Houston. Well, uh here's something you don't hear about every day — but it being Halloween and all, we couldn't resist: In Hunt County, police pulled over an 18-wheeler Sunday morning and found about two dozen human heads in the back. True story. But it's not what you think: Turns out the heads (which were embalmed) were specimens used in medical training in Fort Worth, and they were headed back to a specimen company in Little Rock. Still, you can imagine the shock for the cop who discovered a cargo that stared back at him. "This is in the top five of the strangest things — maybe the strangest — that I've ever encountered," Hunt County Justice of the Peace Aaron Williams told The Dallas Morning News.

>> Clocking in — a week early: So you probably know by now that daylight saving time begins this weekend, a week later than it used to. If so, consider yourself a little smarter than the "smart clocks" that are programmed to adjust themselves when the time changes: A lot of them fell back Sunday, a week early. "I talked to numerous people and there was all kinds of confusion going on," the Rev. Barbara McClintic of Pines Presbyterian Church, who nearly missed church Sunday because of a self-adjusting clock at home, told the Chronicle. "I'm going to have to figure out how to reprogram my clock, or reprogram myself." The return to standard time moved back a week this year under the Energy Conservation Act, which President Bush signed into law in 2005; it also moved the beginning of daylight saving time to the second Sunday in March from the first Sunday in April. Don't forget to set your clocks then, too ...

>> It's Halloween. Do you know where the sex offenders are?: Harris County officials are warning parents to keep a close eye on their kids tonight — and, just to make sure things don't go wrong, deputies will be paying extra attention to registered sex offenders to make sure they're not trying to lure children to their doors. "We're not trying to take away the sex offender's rights, but we are letting them know that we're not going to give them an advantage," Precinct 7 Deputy Jonathan Davis told KPRC. Registered sex offenders have been told not to put up Halloween decorations and to leave their porch lights off tonight, but those restrictions (and the patrols) only apply to supervised offenders — there are other unsupervised ones who aren't subject to the same rules. That's why police are trying to make sure parents are being careful. "It's a dangerous thing out there now. It really is," Debra Roberson, a Houston parent, said.

>> Today's weather: Look outside — it's still nice! Expect lots of sunshine today with a high near 80, and tonight, look for a low in the mid-50s under clear skies.

Seriously, why aren't you outside yet?