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Well, it looks like we still have a few months before we get to hear why spending millions of dollars in public funds on personal expenses was OK: The trial of ex-Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade, who seems like she'll prove herself the queen of justifying outrageous actions, has been set for Aug. 10.

Planning to get an early start on holiday shopping? Then you'll be glad to know that the Galleria is opening early Friday — 5 a.m., to be exact. It's not that the mall hasn't opened early on "Black Friday" before — it used to open at 7, so this isn't all that big a change — but still, you have to be pretty dedicated to get out of bed in the middle of the night just so you can be the first person to set foot in Jimmy Choo.

Looks like ex-TSU Priscilla Slade's spendy ways will continue haunting her for a while: Not only did the TSU regents fire her last month, but today, we found out that a Harris County grand jury has indicted Slade on two counts of criminally misusing university money for her own benefit.

Ah, Christmas: The season of giving, of joy, of vaguely unsettling corporate cute. Today's dose comes from Amegy Bank, which calculates the return on Santa's fake portfolio of stocks. The bank's analysts assemble a group of stocks from companies in the consumer discretionary market, which Santa would theoretically have the most interest in, and they review the stocks' performance year to year.