- Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States during his inauguration at 11 AM CST
- President Bush will return to Texas today, but he left a note for President Obama in the Oval Office
- President Bush commuted the sentence of two former US Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug dealer under questionable circumstances
- There was a large turn out at yesterday's MLK parades as Houstonians celebrated the life of the civil rights leader and icon
- Thieves have stolen a bronze monument from the grave of fallen US Army Specialist Cody Ford
- Classes resume today at Texas A&M Galveston. Whoop!
- Discovery Tower will now be known as Hess Tower as the energy company has inked a lease on the property
- A woman walked into a Houston business and shot a man in the chest with a bow and arrow. Police shot the woman after she failed to surrender her weapon. She was also fired at by gun toting employees.
- Recession be damned. The Flip Flop Shop plans to expand in the Houston market.
- San Antonio-based media company Clear Channel Communications plans to lay off 1,500 employees today. Unfortunately the programming will likely remain unchanged.
- You can score free make-up at local department stores if you'd purchased any cosmetics between 1994 and 2003
- Some of your Houston Astros are warming up for the regular season by playing in the World Baseball Classic
- Today's weather: Get a hall pass or a doctor's note and laze the day away outside. The forecast calls for weather that's as clear as a bell with a high of 63. Perhaps you should move inside before the mercury plunges to the low of 36.

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