- Saavedra: HISD's low federal ratings are 'meaningless'
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is calling for a 'fair and just' investigation into allegations of racism and sexism in HFD
- In west Galveston, residents are being told to boil their drinking water this weekend after an electrical fire disabled a pump station
- Eunice Ohashietbula-Iwnze, the chief veterinarian of the city's Bureau of Animal Care and Regulation, was fired Wednesday after months of criticism over the treatment of animals at BARC's facilities
- One boy in a Houston set of sextuplets died yesterday morning, parents Amanda and Tom Stansel said
- The Harris County Hospital District has made tentative plans to buy Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, a deal that would add 600 beds to the county health system
- Dan Stepp, the victim of an armed robbery outside his Montrose four-plex: 'I thought (my life) was over'
- A fire at ExxonMobil's Baytown refinery put 1,500 residents in the dark Thursday afternoon
- A growing population and higher energy prices pushed Houstonians' average salary to $48,259 in 2008 — a 3.8 percent increase over the previous year, but 20th among urban areas nationwide
- It took five searches to find a gun hidden on the person of 500-pound-plus Harris County Jail inmate George Vera
- A Huntsville woman claims she was banned from playing bingo after she started asking questions about bingo hall employees who were consistently winning a lot of money
- Closing date for the Alabama Theater Bookstop will be Sept. 15, with the Barnes & Noble in River Oaks Shopping Center 2.0 opening the next day
- This weekend's weather: Hot today, with a high of 97 and a heat index around 103; overnight, look for some clouds and temperatures in the upper 70s followed by highs around 95 and a chance of rain through the weekend.

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