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Rock Talk, Vol. XXII
- No love for NASA in the House of Representatives.
- Who uses counterfeit money at a school cafeteria? Oh, Katy ISD.
- High-speed rail in Texas is on the front burner again, backers say.
- Harris County also has more train accidents than any other place in Texas.
- Hey Mickey Rourke—you've just been nominated for Best Actor. What are you going to do now? I'm going to Reliant Stadium for Wrestlemania 25! As a competitor. Then again, maybe I won't.
- Tired of seeing your neighbor's AMC Pacer up on blocks in his front yard? Now you can do something about it.
- Sell homemade steroids over the Internet, go to prison.
- Houston's high-end auctions are getting some international flava.
- Harris County Commissioners still haven't decided how to implement congestion pricing tolls for the new Katy Freeway lanes, but they'll be collecting come May.
- The news isn't bright in oil and gas land: ConocoPhillips and Shell both posted fourth-quarter losses in the billions, and 4,200 local refinery workers are poised to go on strike next week.
- A dismal day for local hoops, as the Rockets, Cougars, and Owls all blew big second-half leads and lost.
- Today's weather: It's sweater weather right now, but should get up to about 60 by this afternoon. We suggest layering.
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