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Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor espngo.

Good morning, Houston. You know what today is, right? It's the day before what's apparently the most important book in the history of the world, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released. If you're a Harryhead and a fan of Katy, our neighbor to the west, you should be delighted to know that Katy has been named the "Harryest" town in Texas — the distinction that goes to the town that pre-ordered the...

A couple of weeks ago, KTRK set up a matchmaking segment on its morning news program — the goal, of course, was to match local singles, but what ended up happening was a lot more interesting: The first eligible bachelor turned out to be an admitted rapist. The guy in question is swingin' single Dean Duff, who went to the KTRK studio Feb. 8 along with 29 other singles to tape interviews as the first...

Local school districts' already complicated job of deciding whether to call off classes because of this week's bad weather has been made more complicated, the Chronicle reports, because people have pulled a list of school closings from 1997 off the newspaper's website and sent it around as though it's current. And, amazingly enough, it seems people have read the old article — which clearly states it's from Jan. 14, 1997, and refers to a particularly...

A new controversy has risen out of the larger issue of proposed federal legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants: the use of the Mexican flag as a symbol by those protesting the stricter laws. The Chronicle notes today a case at Reagan High School, where Principal Robert Pambello flew the Mexican flag along with the U.S. and Texas flags on the school's flagpole yesterday. Pambello was ordered to remove the Mexican flag because...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Tom DeLay's request to drop charges against him or hold an immediate trial Police are looking for two men they believe shot a local man outside an IHOP in southwest Houston this morning Andrea Yates will go back on trial March 20 after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her children Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Gammage began a campaign tour in Sugar...