- Robert Gillham, fired five years ago from Gallery Furniture, has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with the May fire that caused millions of dollars in damage to a Gallery warehouse
- A group of protesters gathered at City Hall yesterday to speak out against what they claim is a string of offensive incidents in the Houston Fire Department
- Budget cuts could delay development of NASA's Constellation program, according to a federal panel on the future of the space program
- Harris County commissioners voted Tuesday to seek $181M in federal stimulus money to help fund a section of the Grand Parkway
- Meanwhile, HPD learned it won't get a dime of $1 billion in stimulus funds being directed toward police forces nationwide
- A two-week rally in oil prices ended Tuesday, with crude falling to $67.23 a barrel — a $1.15 drop
- 16-year-old Nailea Fraire has been missing since Saturday night, when she was last seen at a South Gessner Road nightclub
- Kroger has recalled several types of pico de gallo because of a possible salmonella threat
- Two employees of Houston's solid waste department have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $144,000 from the city over a two-year period
- In Tomball, an ice cream truck driver was beaten up last week while driving his route; warrants have been issued for three suspects
- The Sugar Land teen whose hair was sprayed with glue at a movie theater talks to KHOU: "I turned to my friend and was like, 'I can't move my head'"
- The SEC fulfilled its duty in investigating R. Allen Stanford's business dealings, the agency's inspector general says
- And in other Stanford news, the court-appointed receiver for the company said Stanford Financial Group investors and ex-advisers should return nearly $1B so it can be given to victims of the group's alleged fraud
- Looks like NFL quarterback Drew Brees' mom has been busy buying up Houston restaurants' names — and now is offering to sell them back for tens of thousands of dollars
- Changing weather patterns have reduced the size of a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists report
- Today's weather: You may be surprised to learn that it will be sunny and hot, with a high around 97 and a heat index up toward 105; tonight, look for some clouds and temps in the upper 70s
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