- Another day, another chance to secede: Gov. Rick Perry will moderate a forum tonight on President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office
- Will swine flu hit Houston? It's too early to say, but local health officials are on alert; meanwhile, Eric Berger answers some swine flu-related questions
- Questions remain in the case of a 12-year-old boy who Harris County prosecutors are charging with capital murder in the death of an infant
- One man died and two others were injured in two separate manhole incidents in northwest Houston on Friday
- Financier R. Allen Stanford: I kept track of who was wearing my company's lapel pins, but I really didn't pay much attention to the business side of things
- So how about those storms Friday night, huh?
- Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting another man to death at a Lake Conroe resort this weekend
- Troubled Texas Southern University is doing something it isn't used to in its attempt to get back on track: It's asking alumni for help
- The husband-and-wife owners of Hart Galleries are being investigated for allegedly bilking clients out of $3.5M over the past few years
- Buildings across the city went dark Friday night, part of Lights Out Houston, a commitment to energy conservation
- Harris County prosecutors hope a new database will help them catch the 600 accused killers who haven't stood trial in the county
- This just in: Teens can buy alcohol without ever being ID'd
- The Texas driver's license will be getting an unfortunate makeover beginning soon
- Today's weather: Expect clouds and a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms, with a high in the low 80s and a low around 72 tonight.
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