- Texans win!
- Ricardo Rachell, convicted in 2003 of sexually assaulting a boy, was cleared last week based on DNA evidence
- The Coast Guard on Saturday suspended the search for victims of a helicopter crash off the coast of Sabine Pass
- Wondering what Mayor Bill White's next political step will be? Looks like we might find out this week when Hizzoner makes a public announcement
- The Center, hit by thieves who stole lawn equipment last week, is hoping to get the loot back
- Two ex-Morton Ranch High School cheerleaders could sidestep hazing charges based on a pretrial agreement approved Friday
- Potential budget cuts affecting HISD's magnet and Vanguard programs has set off a debate about the roles of the special schools
- Galveston's Central Middle School, flooded during Ike, won't reopen this year and may stay closed next year becuase workers found mold inside the walls
- In Beaumont, inmates at the state's LeBlanc prison have filed suit claiming civil rights violations caused by damage from Ike
- And in High Island, a fifth-grader seems to have found a mammoth tooth that might have been unearthed by Ike himself
- Speaking of Ike: Tourism is coming back on Galveston Island, but some of it, at least, is focused on the post-hurricane wreckage rather than the usual attractions
- Has the economic downtown hurt Houston Ballet's chances of building new digs on a block near the Wortham Center?
- The Luxor Park Apartments, where officer Timothy Abernethy was recently shot to death, have been tagged as a crime hot spot for some time
- More on the Great Blizzard of 2008: It's tied for the earliest snowfall on record in Houston, and was one of 33 recorded snowfalls since 1895
- Today's weather: Back to the rain: Expect a 30 percent chance of showers today with a high near 74 before a cold front pushes through the area, bringing temps into the mid 40s tonight.

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


That's a Franchise Record FOUR WINS IN A ROW for the Texans. Let's hope the crappy Oaktown team shows up next week so that we can get W #5.