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Good morning, Houston. Or should we say happy National Zucchini Bread Day? Yep, April 25 is the day to celebrate the delicious Southern tradition — so why not hit the kitchen and whip up a batch based on Emeril's recipe? And don't forget to send your friends a National Zucchini Bread Day e-card. No, seriously. >> Appeals court: Bible fight moot: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the legal battle...

The infamous Bible that formerly stood on Houston's Courthouse Square could now be a moot point because the Bible and the monument that held it are both gone and the courthouse is closed, judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said yesterday. It was the first day of a hearing before the 5th Circuit about the Bible, which was removed from a monument honoring Star of Hope benefactor William Mosher after a federal judge and a panel of the circuit court judges said it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear a controversial case involving a Bible display at the Harris County Courthouse today — and just in time, the stand that used to hold the Bible (and supposedly would again if previous decisions are overturned) has been removed.

Last week, a Metro bus hit a woman and her daughter crossing the street near Courthouse Square; yesterday, another bus mowed down another pedestrian at Metro's trasit center in the Texas Medical Center. The man stepped into the pedestrian crosswalk, "so the operator will be at fault," said Raequel Roberts, a spokeswoman for Metro. The pedestrian was taken to an area hospital, "but his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening," Roberts said. The accident...

Police say the early morning shooting of a man on the Gulf Freeway may have been a road-rage incident Elsewhere on the Gulf Freeway, a police chase ended when the suspect got caught in a traffic jam Feds are asking states housing Katrina refugees to help identify 2,000 known sex offenders that fled the affected region after the hurricane The 5th Circuit Court ruled the Star of Hope can't join the lawsuit concerning the removal...

You never know what you're going to hear when a U.S. appeals court tackles the case of a once-obscure monument once located in Courthouse Square: "If everyone in Harris County ... accepted Christ as their savior, we would be better than if they were all Hindus." That gem came from previous testimony of former Star of Hope President Carloss Morris, who supports retaining the monument to local businessman and Star of Hope supporter William S....

At Westbury High, a catfight between evacuees and local students led to 27 arrests and one extremely minor injury With a few hours to go until the Astros' deadline to offer Roger Clemens salary arbitration, there are murmurs that the 'Stros will be setting the Rocket free The freeze line tonight should stay north of Huntsville and College Station, meaning cold rain for Houston but potentially icy conditions in Central and North Texas The 5th...