Extra, Extra

• Is Houston the only city in the U.S. with two competing Martin Luther King Day parades? The downtown parade starts at 10 a.m. while the second parade on Allen Parkway parade starts at noon.

• A Houston couple want a state representative tested for STD's after they claim the woman was forcibly kissed by the legislator.

• Three people were killed in three separate accidents over the weekend.

• A prison inmate of the String Fellow Unit in Rosharon was injured while attempting to escape. The escapee suffered broken ribs and a concussion while trying to climb a fence.

• One woman was killed two other people injured in a northeast Houston rollover accident Monday morning at 2:15 a.m. The accident occurred on Mesa Road.

• Thousands of Muslims marched in downtown Houston on Sunday for the start of the Islamic New Year.

• Bayou City History reflects back on the Cotton Hotel (later renamed the Montagu Hotel) which was imploded on Sunday.

--Photo: flickr user Tony A1

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