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Good morning, Houston. In these days of strange diseases, air and water pollution, global warming and assorted health warnings, we sometimes begin to wonder if anything's safe anymore. And the answer? No, nothing. Example: Today, nearly a million Easy-Bake Ovens are being recalled because one can get one's fingers or hand stuck inside — and slowly nuked. Of course, Houstonist understands the need for safety, but now we're afraid to make dessert tonight. Life...

Remember yesterday when we talked about the woman who nearly got hit by a flying piece of metal? Well, she's not the only one: In Fort Bend County last week, a flying 3.5-pound piece of iron hit a woman's car and damaged another car and the concrete pavement.

A driver was killed on the Southwest Freeway near Newcastle early this morning in a head-on collision with a driver going the wrong way Ashley Paige Benton, the girl accused of murdering a teen in this week's attack at Chew Park, should remain in custody on a murder charge, a judge said today A ride at Schlitterbahn Galveston was shut down today after people complained of becoming itchy after being in the water; officials believe...

Good news: You'll have time to get closer to your car this weekend, thanks to more freeway closures beginning tonight. Here's the skinny: • The Katy Freeway will close between Washington and Silber from 9 p.m. today until 5 a.m. Monday so construction crews can move in beams for new ramps as part of the freeway widening project. Several entrance and exit ramps at the Katy/West Loop interchange will also be closed at various times...

Vince Young on being passed over by the Texans: 'If I get picked to play for a team that's going to be playing them, it's going to be pretty rough on them' Kirby Drive was closed between Westheimer and Fairview this afternoon after a construction crew broke a gas line Houston plastic surgeon Mark Gilliland began serving two years in jail today for the 2005 Galleria-area hit-and-run accident that severely injured two British television producers...

So here's a new twist on the old mugging story: In Fort Bend County, a man robbed a family at gunpoint, then apologized and asked for a job. It happened in the Grand Mission subdivision when a man and his family pulled into their driveway and were approached by a man who pulled out a gun and demanded cash.