- 3,800 UTMB staff members are being let go as the institution struggles to survive in the wake of Hurricane Ike
- The Ike unemployment assistance deadline has been extended to December 12th
- To free WiFi or not to free WiFi? That is the question facing city officials as residents attempt to figure out if they will get the service for free or if they need to actually attend programs to use the service
- A driver turned in front of the METRORail and caused an accident that left three Red Line passengers injured
- A Montgomery County prison inmate was sentenced to the Federal pen for sending threatening letters to President Bush
- The Fort Bend meningitis case is viral and not bacterial, which is a good thing - not as life threatening, but parents are still being encouraged to have their children vaccinated
- Houston-based Kaos Worldwide has been awarded a contract to outfit the Army with apparel
- Playing with a gun resulted in someone getting shot
- Bad idea: lead police on a high speed chase. Worse idea: drive on the wrong side of the freeway while doing it.
- There's no danger of high speed driving through downtown as many of the lights are still out of sync following Ike
- The Latin Grammys roll tonight at Toyota Center after cranking things up at House of Blues on Tuesday evening. Will someone please get an autographed picture of J-Lo for our office?
- City officials are still luke warm on building a stadium for the Dynamo
- The Rockets handled their business against the Suns despite Rafer Alston being ejected after reacting to a cheap shot from Matt Barnes (who was also ejected)
- The Roger Clemens defamation case, or As the Curve Ball Breaks as we call it around HQ, seems like it will never end
- Today's weather: The coolness continues and so do the low temps as the mercury only reaches 74 today with a low of 59. There's a chance of rain, but you should expect only clouds.

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