Weekend News Bits

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From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits...

• A customer was fatally shot and a security guard wounded during a robbery at a Fiesta grocery store on Fulton St.

• A Houston man was found dead in his apartment of multiple gun shot wounds on Walnut Bend Lane. Police speculate he had been dead for days.

• One city work is dead and another is wounded after they were struck by a car on Sabo Rd.

• Local residents are falling victim to scam artists who are claiming to sell magazines for various reasons but aren't delivering the goods.

• Astros owner, Drayton McLane, speaks to the media about the recent steroid controversy.

• The Rockets take on the Dallas Mavericks tonight at 7:30 in the Toyota Center. The Aeros squandered a 2-0 lead last night, losing 4-3 in a shootout against the Springfield Falcons.

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