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Andrea Yates will push for a plea deal that lets her serve time in a mental hospital, her lawyer said today Daniel N. DiNardo became the archbishop of Galveston-Houston today after Joseph Fiorenza retired because of age limits Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman testified as a character witness today in the Max Soffar trial, saying the accused killer has "struggled with his demons and he's conquered them" In southwest Houston, a baby fell out of a...

Cindy Sheehan led a protest in Houston yesterday targeting Barbara Bush, who protesters hoped to convince to tell her son to stop the war in Iraq [video] A woman has been arrested for selling drugs at a South Houston bakery; her boyfriend, the bakery's owner, was arrested in 2004 for doing the same thing Closing arguments resumed today in the trial of Max Soffar, who spent 25 years on death row but had his conviction...

The trial of Max Soffar, who got a re-trial after 25 years on death row, is on hold until Tuesday because, thanks to the NBA All-Star Game, there aren't enough hotel rooms available to sequester jurors this weekend Power was partially restored to a section of downtown after a fire damaged electric lines this morning, but several county buildings and UH-Downtown remained without electricity this afternoon Leonard Reed Jr. of Houston was sentenced to 30...

An aluminum oxide fire at a Deer Park chemical plant has shut down part of Highway 225 this afternoon; one injury is reported Marcus Anthony Wilson has been charged with four counts of burglary in a string of East End crimes during the fall and winter A Houston family is offering a $500 reward for information on who killed more than two dozen goats at their Waller County ranch last week Today was Taxi Appreciation...