Morning Roundup

Good morning, Houston. Our 11 readers told us how they wanted us to handle news, so we're listening: Starting now, we'll begin the day with a few headlines we think you should know about followed by a couple of highlighted news stories throughout the morning. Let us know how you like it, and please drop us a line if there's news you think we should know about.

• Galena Park High School students will be tested for tuberculosis after one of their classmates came down with the disease
• The state has shut down a southwest Houston daycare center from which a 21-month-old child was kidnapped earlier this month
• Houston TranStar launched an instant communication network that will let transportation and emergency workers better communicate
• Woman who left her kids home alone to get married in Africa: I'm a good mom! Really!
• Look! On the freeway! Is it a toy? No, it's a Smart Car!
• What price preservation? When it comes to brick streets in Freedmen's Town, it starts at $430,000
• Coming soon to the Houston Zoo: a parking garage?
• Classes at a southwest Houston charter school will be canceled today because of a rise in carbon monoxide in the building
• Houston-based ConocoPhillips is still No. 5 on Fortune's list of the biggest American public companies
• Today's weather: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain, high 86, low 71