- Gustav update: Folks in Galveston aren't too worried, but maybe they should be, given that the storm's likely to strengthen in the Gulf
- City Council on Wednesday held up a $750,000 contract for police recruitment ads, saying it doesn't know enough about what HPD is doing to attract new officers
- Two men were sentenced to jail time in a mail and wire fraud scheme in which they stole more than $13 million from a petrochemical company; they'll also have to pay the company $13.5 million in restitution
- In the Heights, a man and his son were robbed at gunpoint at a Blockbuster video store this weekend
- Kent Whitaker, the Fort Bend man whose son arranged to have his brother and mother murdered, had written a book about the ordeal scheduled for release next month
- A Baytown teen has admitted responsibility for a car crash that killed his brother and three others; he faces 20 years in jail
- Texas Democratic delegates: Obama must reach out to Hispanic and rural white voters if he wants to be president
- Richmond police are warning people about a fake police officer who's trying to get Social Security numbers from locals by phone
- Houston-based ConocoPhillips is selling its remaining 600 U.S. gas stations
- Continental Airlines and the Houston Food Bank are teaming up to send uneaten airline food to the hungry
- Houston and Dallas top the list of the strongest job markets in the U.S.
- Voters in Brazoria County will be asked to approve a $75 million bond package to upgrade the county's fairgrounds
- Breaking news from KPRC: There's now a "Houston. It's Worth It." book! Which all of us already own!
- Yes, the former State Grille building at Alabama and Weslayan is being demolished — but no, nothing's going to be built there just yet
- Today's weather: Try not to be shocked, but there's a chance of rain today with afternoon highs in the mid 90s and lows tonight around 75. No, really.

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> Continental Airlines and the Houston Food Bank are teaming up to send uneaten airline food to the hungry
Peanuts?
Hell, I've got a well-worn copy of HIWI sitting on my desk right now. Slow news day for KPRC? I'm sure there was a stabbing or something they could've covered...