May 5, 2008
Morning Roundup
- A 51-year-old Conroe man drowned during a triathlon in The Woodlands over the weekend
- In northeast Harris County, a woman rammed her SUV into the back of a truck carrying a load of logs, causing one of the logs to go through her front and back windshields — but she survived
- What do you do if you're a high school senior who can't pass the TAKS test? One option: Finish high school in another state
- Adam Fuller, a man accused of using singer Kelly Clarkson's name to steal, told KPRC that he's been a con artist for the past 10 years
- Baytown police found an abandoned truck loaded with pot on I-10 yesterday
- What do NASA employees charge on government credit cards? Maybe a better question is, what don't they charge?
- A scrap metal yard on the Ship Channel went up in flames Sunday morning; arson teams are investigating
- Houston should weather a recession pretty well, according to a poll of local business leaders
- And, despite a downturn in home values across the country, the average appraisal of Harris County homes is up about 6 percent over last year
- With Reveille VII retiring, Texas A&M is looking for a new top dog
- Police are on the lookout for a man who they say exposed himself to students at three area schools on April 23
- A drunk driver in the Greenspoint area caused a chain-reaction crash that left a family's kitchen a mess
- Houston is the most accessible U.S. city for the disabled, according to a recent study
- In Fort Bend County, officials are fighting to keep the skies dark above the George Observatory
- Today's weather: A 30 percent chance of rain today and tonight, high 82, low 69
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