- Mayor Bill White really, really wants you to live downtown.
- Circuit City may be closing its doors, but Houston shoppers aren't seeing bargain-basement prices. Yet.
- Harris County DA Patricia Lykos has created a new three-person unit to prosecute animal cruelty cases.
- Houston state senator Rodney Ellis' proposal to toughen car emissions standards has new life.
- And the hits just keep on coming. Texas Instruments, Caterpillar, Sprint, Home Depot, and Compass Bank, which collectively employ several thousand Houston-area people, all announced major layoffs yesterday.
- Apparently, we're supposed to change lanes or slow down by 20 mph when a police officer pulls someone else over on a traffic stop.
- Houston's largest hospital system, Hermann Memorial, settles with the state over antitrust charges, paying $700,000.00 and agreeing to five years of monitoring.
- KBR and Halliburton engaged in bribery and corrupt practices? No way!
- First Smashburger and Five Guys, now Carls Jr. has finalized plans to come to the Bayou City. C'mon, In-N-Out!
- In other burger news, the McDonald's on Post Oak has its parking lot back.
- There won't be a shortage of televised Astros games next year. As long as you have cable.
- With Yao Ming out, the Rockets faltered against the lowly Knicks. Really? The Knicks?
- Today's weather: A mild day in the 60s and low 70s: a little fog, a slight chance of light rain. Tonight, the mercury will drop to the 30s, with a 70% chance of precipitation. Mmm…freezing rain.
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