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Good morning, Houston. How many of you knew what Monday was? Anyone? Anyone? That's right: It was the 220th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. To mark the anniversary, the nation had a little holiday, Constitution Day — but how many people actually knew about it? Not many, apparently: Though federal law says students at public high schools should be taught about Constitution Day, a recent survey of students found that...

Good morning, Houston. If you're looking for a property to add to your budding real estate portfolio, why not think big? And we mean big: The landmark Bank of America Center downtown is up for sale. Some stats: 56 floors, 1.3 million square feet, killer roofline. And it's already 93 percent leased, which means there's 91,000 square feet left over for you. Talk about shelterporn! >> Bad education: Police say a 14-year-old girl was...

A Sam Houston State University cheerleader was killed last night in an apparent murder-suicide as her roommates listened in, the Chronicle reports. It happened at the Huntsville apartment complex where Rachel Pendray, a 20-year-old from Houston, shared an apartment with three of her sorority sisters; the shooter was Jake Taylor, a guy Pendray had broken up with. The story was that Pendray had tried to break up with Taylor, but he pursued her to the...

The family of Herman Carroll, a mentally ill man who died Friday after Harris County sheriff's deputies used a Taser on him is claiming the officers used excessive force and should be charged with murder. The incident began in east Harris County on Friday afternoon when deputies thought they saw Carroll trying to break into a group of mailboxes near his sister's house. According to KHOU, the deputies chased Carroll into his sister's house and...

A Katy elementary school teacher has lost her job over incidents where she taped some students' mouths closed. The Katy school board voted last night not to renew Jennifer Silva's contract; she's been on suspension since the Feb. 2 tape incident. District officials said Silva violated school district policy, acted unprofessionally, falsified district records and misrepresented facts. Other than that, we're sure she was a fine teacher. "KISD informed me of the proposed termination before...

Houstonist's review of local news this morning turned up the usual stuff: online predators, crime, schools, crime, crime, government, weather, crime. Then we ran across the most startling story of the day: A La Marque man has grown a four-headed cabbage.