- Your coworkers aren't playing hookey; they're stuck in traffic due to wrecks within two miles of each other on 290
- Houstonians are wondering who paid for Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee's trip to L.A. for Michael Jackson's memorial service. KPRC's Amy Davis plans to find out.
- Roderick Newton get a reprieve for his execution that was scheduled for today
- Six people were wounded in multiple shootings at TSU last night, which authorities believe may be gang related
- It's hurricane season, but we ain't got no hurricanes. Don't worry. They're comin'. Pro tip: pronounce it hurrah-cuns and we'll punch you in the face.
- A woman was killed early this morning after her car careened off Allen Parkway and into Buffalo Bayou in what seemed to have been a suicide
- Two law firms Mayor Bill White retained to look into allegations of racism and sexism in the HFD have too many ties to city officials, critics say
- And Metro is also getting its share of criticism for hiring a California-based light rail consultant who used to work with Metro CEO Frank Wilson
- The Radio Shack store on Bissonnet near First in Bellaire was robbed early this morning — for the third time this year
- The city of Houston is promising changes at BARC, its animal shelter, in the wake of reports that animals are sick and dying after being adopted from the facility
- Houston's median home price hit a record $164,500 in June, pushed higher by a drop in the number of homes sold from foreclosure, according to the Houston Association of Realtors
- A man being evicted from his northwest Harris County apartment may have retaliated by burning several units down, according to police
- Houston Business Journal readers weigh in on Houston traffic: 'We all just need to pretend we are driving on a half inch of ice'
- The Texas Bowl has signed a deal to be broadcast on ESPN
- Today's weather: Expect a 30 percent chance of rain today, with a high around 97. Tonight, the rain chance will let up a bit a temperatures fall into the upper 70s.
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