- HPD used a K-9 and a Taser to end a hostage standoff at a barbershop in the wee hours this morning
- A bill being considered by the Texas Legislature would shift the "stripper tax" from a $5 flat fee per patron to a 10% rake of all admission fees
- TV your way to a GED
- Former President George H.W. Bush presented the Drayton McLane Leadership in Business Award to Chuck Norris in recognition of his KICKSTART program
- A forklift driver from Seabrook is facing pornography charges based on the contents of a flash drive that he left in the laundry room at Camp Fallujah in Iraq
- A funeral home mix-up resulted in the cremation of the wrong body
- Sobriety checkpoints may be back after a 15 year absence if the legislature lifts the ban
- An older brother allegedly used his seven year-old brother to mule the drugs for an after school dope deal
- Shaq & Nash defended their turf from The Rockets' attack
- FORE! The Shell Houston Open tees off today at Redstone. Who knows? There may be a "Cinderella story" this year.
- Today's weather: A stormy morning should yield to decent patio drinking weather this evening. High: 76. Low: 47.
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