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Last week METRO riders felt a bit unrequited as they Missed Connections with fellow commuters. That beats us. We missed connected once on METRO and got to stand on the shoulder of Hempstead for an hour. more ›

Holiday shopping came to a screeching halt yesterday evening at Memorial City when an ammonia leak forced shoppers to drop their packages and flee the mall. It happened around 6 p.m. when ammonia fumes escaped from a maintenance room near the mall's ice rink (the ammonia is used to make the ice); an alarm was sounded and parts of the building was evacuated. Fortunately, it turned out to be no big deal: more ›

One of those Houston institutions Houstonist never got around to visiting burned this weekend: The Great Caruso, the 32-year-old westside dinner theater, was pretty much destroyed by flames Sunday morning. It happened when the restaurant was empty, which raised the suspicions of HFD investigators: The source of Sunday morning's fire is still unclear. The building was empty, which clearly raises more than a few red flags for the Houston Fire Department's arson unit. "When you... more ›

Yes, it's Halloween today — but that doesn't mean trickery wasn't afoot yesterday, too. Take, for example, the case of a car battery that masqueraded as a ... uh ... a ... well, something on the Gulf Freeway early in the afternoon rush hour: What turned out to be a car battery in the Gulf Freeway caused a brief shutdown of all southbound lanes at Scott during today's afternoon rush. The lanes were closed from... more ›

Steve Sanguedolce, chief of the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department, resigned amid accusations he used department payroll funds to pay other firefighters to step in for him at the Houston Fire Department. more ›

Remember the woman who called 911 to report that her child was trapped in a sewer — and her child turned out to be a cat? So does PETA, which announced Monday it's awarding the Houston Fire Department for rescuing the cat. more ›