- The 81st Texas Legislature may be in the books, but chances are better than average that Governor Rick Perry will need to call together a special session to address unfinished business including determining a solution that will keep the wheels on the Texas Department of Transportation
- Galveston Representative (D) Craig Eiland got props from both sides of the aisle for his handling of a legislative business as the House Speaker Pro Tem
- Charles Kuffner from Off the Kuff breaks down some highlights, or lowlights, of the 81st session
- A Houston-based tax firm is in hot water with the Texas Attorney General for questionable practices
- A jury of his peers sentenced Robert Fratta to death for a second time for the killing of his wife
- A 14 year-old is facing murder charges after he and two buddies stole a car and wrecked it leaving one of the trio dead
- The three dead men found in Lake Houston were brothers on a fishing trip. None of the men knew how to swim.
- A Houston couple who recently moved to Brazil was on the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean
- A Continental Airlines flight made a safe emergency landing in Tulsa
- Hurricane season started yesterday so you should have started drafting your evacuation plan then. Get on it.
- Hurricane Katrina victims are still in FEMA trailers but should be ousted by the time Hurricane Ike victims are told to vacate theirs
- Former Enron big shot Kevin Howard pleaded guilty instead of undergoing a third trial
- Astros hitting coach, Sean Berry, is back with the team after having a kidney removed
- Pudge is making some headway on the All Star ballot despite the travails of the AstrosLINK_TEXT
- Today's weather: Thunderstorms want to sneak into Houston tomorrow and ruin your patio margarita adventure. WTF? High: 90. Low: 70.
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