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Good morning, Houston. Have you ever wondered why our freeways have multiple names — for example, I-45 south of downtown is also called the Gulf Freeway, the section through downtown is the Pierce Elevated and the part north of downtown is the North Freeway? Yeah, we have, too — and it seems we're not alone: The Chronicle's Tex-Arcana column tackled that question this weekend. The answer? In Houston, at least, the names tell where...

Police today are trying to make sense of a shooting last night at Poppa Burger, the venerable Near Northside burger joint — and though they know how the incident apparently started, they're not sure exactly how it ended. Investigators say the victim and his girlfriend were at the restaurant around 11 p.m.; while she went to the bathroom, he and another man got into an argument. When the argument was apparently over, the victim walked...

An interesting note on Metro's proposed downtown intermodal terminal: Yesterday, the transit authority's board apparently voted to buy land on which the terminal will sit, but Metro officials are refusing to tell anyone exactly where the land is.

Via Off the Kuff, Christof at Intermodality offers an overview of information from Metro's Environmental Assessment of the proposed new intermodal terminal near North Main and Burnett on the north edge of downtown. We've been watching this unfold since early this year, and Christof points out some interesting things about what the finished product may be like. • The terminal won't be as busy as transfer hub as you might imagine. The north side BRT...

The shot from flickr user and houstonist photo contributor groovehouse.

Remember earlier this year when Metro announced preliminary design work was beginning for an intermodal transit station downtown? Residents of the Near North Side, where the proposed station would be located, do, and they don't like the idea. KHOU says it got a lot of calls from people in the neighborhood who think the Metro station would bring an undesirable element to their area. Metro, of course, says the station would help revitalize and bring jobs to the neighborhood.

In the wake of Wednesday's car chase, Mayor Bill White has asked HPD to review its policy regarding such chases Results of a DNA test have proved Arthur M. Humphrey, jailed for a 1986 rape near Dobbin, is innocent; Humphrey is expected to be released later this month Bruno, the Houston Zoo's sole male lion, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering kidney failure Police are trying to find the men who gunned down a local man...