- Metro says it is 'in final negotiations' with a contractor to build its next four light rail lines
- Reports of a fireball in the Texas sky yesterday had nothing to do with the collision of two satellites, the feds say, though the FAA had several reports of debris falling across the state
- Gov. Rick Perry in an interview with KTRK: 'I am not happy at all' with the federal response to Hurricane Ike
- Looks like the economic crisis may be reaching the Port of Houston
- Three more passengers have joined a lawsuit against Houston-based Continental regarding one of the airline's planes which ran off a Denver runway last year
- At least two classrooms were damaged in a fire Sunday at Shadow Forest Elementary in Humble
- Is Mardi Gras going to help the Galveston economy? Local leaders sure hope so
- Yep, it rained some over the weekend, but we still need more to offset what has been a dry year so far
- Months after Ike, more than 10,000 people are still waiting on their payouts from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
- In Galveston, fixing hurricane damage to The Strand could take years and millions of dollars — but preservationists say it must be done
- And across the Gulf Coast, Amish volunteers are among those helping Texas ranchers rebuild hundreds of miles of Ike-damaged fencing
- So the price of oil is going down, but gas keeps getting more expensive — it doesn't make sense at first glance, but there really is an explanation
- Final steps in the repair of the Reliant Stadium roof will be complete this week, just in time for the opening of the Rodeo
- In Pearland, a developer has been advertising the site of a future police and fire station for years — but the alleged station isn't in the city's plans, leaving some residents wondering what's going on
- Today's weather: Expect clouds and a slight chance of afternoon showers with a high around 61 and a low tonight (with even more of a chance of rain) in the lower 50s.
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