- A tornado caused very minor mayhem near the Sawyer Heights Target store on Saturday
- Car plunges from elevated section of the Westpark Tollway — City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones to the rescue!
- A police chase Friday night led to the discovery of illegal immigrants hiding in the back of a stolen truck
- A hiker from Denver found a Houston family's wrecked plane in Summit County, Colo., over the weekend; none of the Jacomini family aboard survived
- The missing viper at Moody Gardens was found Friday by a window-washing crew
- Only five HPD officers have been disciplined in 69 investigations into the use of Tasers, a Chronicle analysis shows
- Victoria Osteen, back at the pulpit post-trial: 'I prayed for those who persecuted me' (but, we assume, there are no prayers for people who spill drinks on airplane seats)
- Have you been to Discovery Green? You're not alone: About 250,000 of your neighbors have been, too, since the park opened
- Look! Norwegians everywhere!
- Houston's economy is stronger than other Texas cities', an economic survey says
- Global warming could trigger more severe rainfall in the coming years, according to a Rice scientist
- UH's Second Life campus looks oddly like the University of Virginia
- What does a city do with thousands of acres of unused land around the airport? It grows hay there, of course
- Today's weather: Rain! Get used to it, too, because it looks like it'll be around all week. Today, expect storms in the afternoon with a high of 86 and a low in the lower 70s.

Missed Connections: Gefilte Fish...and "Chain Connections"


So, did Councilwoman Jolanda Jones have her teenage son out after the curfew? I guess it would be fine if she accompanied her son to the concert...