- Mayor Bill White wants Houston to have a million new trees. Make it happen.
- Environmentalists say don't cry over spilled oil. The fallout from Ike isn't beyond repair.
- Over half of Galveston ISD's 12 schools are back in business as of yesterday morning
- The SciGuy says that things aren't as bad as they could have been in Galveston
- Texas' official Night Out is tonight. The nationally coordinated event is designed to get neighbors to meet each other and promote a sense of community. Didn't Ike just do this for a few weeks?
- Charities and retailers are bracing for a tough Fourth Quarter
- Dig out your period garb and walking shoes. The Ren Fair and other festivals start up this weekend
- A Lufkin woman is under investigation regarding a death threat on Senator O'Bama
- A Houston man has been sent to the pokey for nearly 13 years after being caught smuggling cocaine to London in his luggage
- Speaking of luggage, Continental is now charging to check any bag: $15 for the first bag; $25 for the second bag; $100 for each bag thereafter. OnePass Elite members are exempt.
- Forget drugs and aliens. Bus smuggling is apparently happening.
- Heavenly bodies will be on display in October and we're not just talking about your mom's Halloween party
- Galveston PD are investigating themselves after arresting Astros pitcher Brandon Backe
- Sorry, ladies. Becks will miss the Dynamo game for the second year in a row
- Today's weather: It's been raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock all morning, but the heaviest storms seem to have moved through already. Keep your brolly handy as you never can tell what the clouds will do. High: 87. Low: 58.
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"Period garb"...how about Renaissance Raiments? Medieval haberdashery... pffffffffft on period garb.
Oh, just say "chain mail" and "slutty wench top," MJ. Hehehehe.
craps, outted...