Weekend News Bits

From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits...

• A 54 year old man was killed on I-10 near Baca last night after he ran across the interstate to help three stranded dogs in the median. The motorcycle driver that hit him suffered a broken arm.

• Noted television news man and author, Ray Miller has passed away. He was 89.

• A man was killed last night around 10pm when he flipped his car several times after losing control near the Kirby exit on the South Loop.

• Wow! Rice University beat North Texas by a score of 77-20 on Saturday.

• The Astros organization and fans will give a fond farewell to long time Astro, Brad Ausmus before the final game of the season today at Minute Maid Park. Brad has played ten seasons with the Houston Astros. The ceremony starts at 12:50pm and the game versus the Braves starts at 1:05pm.

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