- School just got more expensive for UH students. State Senator John Whitmire sure isn't happy about it, either. Maybe they need that money to pay the firm they just hired to conduct their stadium renovation feasibility study.
- R.I.P. Charlie Wilson.
- Gov. Rick Perry's plan to pay for immigrant detainee costs? Send ICE a bill for the $13.5 million it costs Texas every month. Kay Bailey Hutchinson thinks it's merely a campaign ploy.
- HISD says that the jobs of over 400 teachers might be on the chopping block due to poor performance.
- Larry Swearingen, convicted for the 1998 murder of Melissa Trotter, was denied an appeal for DNA testing in his case.
- Patrick Carnell Freeman claims he didn't know Frank Pierce was a cop when he shot him.
- An SUV plowed into a Baytown restaurant - the fourth time the building's been hit since 1993.
- METRO released footage of the bus-train collision shot by the train's on-board cameras.
- Don't write your bank robbery note on the back of your parole instructions or you might get cuffed while sipping your latte like this guy.
- David Prince pled guilty to starting one of the fires in the Heights.
- The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is suing a bottled water manufacturer for slapping MDA's name and endorsement on the product without permission.
- Those Budweiser Clydesdales are staying in Port Arthur at the moment.
- Doug Brocail will be returning to the Astros - in an advisory role, however.
- Dynamo players Brian Ching, Brad Davis and Geoff Cameron [as well as former Dynamo footballers Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark] are hoping to land spots on the national team's World Cup roster.
- Don't be surprised if T-Mac finally gets traded during All-Star week.
- Today's weather: Still cold, and getting uglier: expect clouds and a 10% chance of rain with your high of 49 and low of 36.
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