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.

• Attorney and ex-Congressman Craig Washington was indicted yesterday on an aggravated assault charge in connection with a reported shooting outside his office on New Year's Day
• Surprise, surprise: The state's new funding system for public schools doesn't give school districts enough money, officials say
• The majority of Houstonians think mass transit is the answer to the city's traffic problems, according to a survey commissioned by Metro
• Coming soon to Sugar Land: minor league baseball?
• Shanell Mosley, the woman who left her kids alone while she went off to get married in Africa, faces two felony charges of child endangerment
• Two men thwarted an apparent suicide attempt at a downtown parking garage Thursday morning
• A chemical release led to an evacuation at a Pasadena chemical plant Thursday evening; there was no danger to the public, officials said
• The man who reportedly jumped off the Galveston Causeway on Wednesday morning was a construction worker who landed safely, but freaked passers-by out
• A Texas A&M student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a potentially deadly condition
• This weekend's weather: A slight chance of thunderstorms today and Saturday, with an increasing chance Sunday as a cool front moves through. Highs today and tomorrow in the mid-80s with lows in the upper 60s; on Sunday, high 71, low 53.
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