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Metro's board has chosen an alignment for its North Corridor rapid transit route: a bus rapid transit line that will head north along North Main from the future downtown intermodal center to Boundary Street, where it will turn east, then north on Fulton to Northline Mall. By picking that route, Metro rejected an alternative that would have veered north on Irvington at Moody Park, then returned to Fulton via Cavalcade, allowing the line to...

With all the controversy over the University light rail line, it's easy to forget about all the controversy over the rapid transit line planned for the north side — unless, of course, you happen to live near it. But ">we could have word on a North Corridor alignment as early as this afternoon. Maybe. The North Corridor route would involve, at its southern end, a northward extension of the existing Red Line to the...

Sculptor Luis Jiménez, known for his grand works of art, left this world on Tuesday because of an accident in his Hondo, New Mexico studio. He was working on a commissioned fiberglass piece for the Denver airport. Houstonians may know him best for Vaquero, which is a tribute to cowboys that welcomes visitors to Moody Park. He was also a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of Houston. Born in El Paso, TX,...

If it's true that celebrity deaths happen in threes, look for another local political figure to keel over at any moment: The first two, Harris County Treasurer Jack Cato and former U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, have paved the way. Cato, a former newsman and HPD spokesman, died yesterday of heart failure while undergoing tests on his heart at St. Luke's Hospital. Cato was born in Chicago in 1935 and came to Houston in the 1950s....

Woohoo! The Astros open their season at Minute Maid Park tonight! And they're looking for a better start than last year Two errant air marshals pleaded guilty today to bribery and drug charges and agreed to cooperate with the government A southwest Houston woman stabbed her husband to death last night during an alcohol-fueled argument 10 people died in several separate wrecks in Harris County during a 15-hour period this weekend In the Moody Park...