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We talked last week about how the city had revoked the certificate of occupancy for Carter's Grove, the north Houston apartment complex with a history of safety and code violations — and sure enough, city officials shut the place down yesterday after helping the last residents move out. The complex drew attention when two kids were nearly electrocuted while playing around an unlocked electrical transformer box in February, but the city said it had racked...

Good morning, Houston. If you've ever been sitting in an endless business meeting and thought to yourself, "A Half Lord of the Fishes would feel really good right about now," looks like you're in luck — as long as you can work your way into a meeting at the Hotel Derek, which will begin offering yoga breaks for people in meetings at the hotel this week. The breaks aren't going to teach you yoga; they're just basic breathing and stretching exercises. But still, it's a lot better than ending up with your butt molded to one of those cheap meeting-room chairs, right?

Add Bellaire to the list of towns making it tough for convicted sex offenders: Last night, the City Council passed an ordinance barring sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of kids.