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Good morning, Houston. So, how about this: According to Popular Science, Houston is the 10th most high-tech city in the nation — ahead of both Dallas (No. 27) and Austin (No. 53). The rankings were based on 36 indicators, including technology in science, the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in cities, and research budgets at local universities. The final ranking, then, had to do with more than the Internet: It took into account things like...

The Chronicle has a few more details today about the proposed Houston Dynamo stadium downtown — but not many. What we know: It would be an open-air stadium seating somewhere around 22,000 people, and it would likely be built on Minute Maid Park's parking lot C, the six-square-block lot on the other side of Highway 59 from the baseball stadium. Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Dynamo, would pay most of the construction costs, and the stadium would open for the 2010 season.

Remember earlier this year, when no one was really sure where the Dynamo would end up making their permanent home? Well, three months later, it's still unclear — and Houston is still trying to stay in the game by trying to find a place to build a soccer-specific stadium. Among the possibilities: the parking lot just across Highway 59 from Minute Maid Park, a six-square-block chunk of asphalt owned by the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority...

Attention, Houston major league hockey fans — we know you're out there — you may want to keep your fingers crossed for the next few days: The Chronicle reports today that a delegation from the Pittsburgh Penguins is expected to visit Houston this week to consider the possibility of moving the NHL franchise here. It's rumored that Hockey legend and Penguins owner Mario Lemieux will lead the group from the Steel City, but beyond that,...

The Houston Bowl held in January has been mired in financial problems and was gasping for air until Lone Star Entertainment, a company owned by the Houston Texans, decided to step in and try to rescue the game. Lone Star and Harris County Houston Sports Authority president Billy Burge took their plans to Southern California yesterday to try to persuade the NCAA to keep the Houston Bowl alive. While Houston has hosted smaller bowls like...

The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority is expected to name Janis Schmees, acting head of the San Antonio convention and visitors bureau, its new leader today. Sports authority Chairman Billy Burge said he expects the group's board will unanimously approve Schmees at its meeting today, letting her get on with the business of getting more big-name sporting events to town and paying off the $1 billion in bond debt for Houston's stadiums.

A Pasadena eighth-grader was removed from school when authorities discovered he was carrying an unloaded pistol "for protection" — and in Cy-Fair, a busload of students was searched after the bus driver saw one student with a gun Arturo Maturino Resendiz, the "Railroad Killer," is set to die May 10 for a 1998 murder in West U. Ex-Astros radio announcer Alan Ashby is a candidate for head of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority Bidders flocked...