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From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits... • 28 miles per hour seems to be the magic speed when cruising downtown. • Insurance regulators approved a 10% hike in coastal wind insurance rates, that's an increase of about $84. • Rice University has transplanted over a dozen oak trees, including some over 100 years old, in order to make way for new dorms. • The Dynamo take on DC United... more ›

Good morning, Houston. If you ever stop to think about all the ordinances in effect in the city — admit it, you do — you probably wonder just how much space all those laws would take up if they were written down. Well, now we know: around 5,000 pages. That tidbit comes from the Chronicle's Matt Stiles, who recently reported that the city approved a new three-year contract with the Municipal Code Corp. of... more ›

The FBI is on the lookout for a bank robber they're calling the "Desperate Dad" — a guy who robbed an Uptown Wachovia Bank branch last month, claiming that he needed the money because he had lost his job and had a baby at home. The man walked into the bank at 4906 San Felipe at 12:37 p.m. March 6, walked to the teller counter and pulled a chrome pistol from a navy blue zippered... more ›

Good news for you Texans fans planning to attend this weekend's game: The FBI said the threat to blow up seven NFL stadiums, including Reliant, was a hoax. The online threat, you'll remember, made the news Wednesday after the Homeland Security Department put local officials and stadium owners in the cities named in the threat — Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston, New York, Oakland, Miami and Seattle — on alert. But it turns out the bomb threat... more ›

The FBI is looking for help catching a Beau Brummelly robber who's believed to have knocked over four banks in Houston — all while wearing dazzlingly coordinated outfits. The man, who authorities call the "Dapper Bandit," robbed his first bank — a Washington Mutual branch in southwest Houston — on May 31. His M.O. is kind of unusual: He robs the banks in broad daylight, usually in grocery stores where there are plenty of people around, and he brings his own bag to carry the dough in. And then there's the matter of his clothes: more ›

Wow — we almost thought we were going to go a week without news of another development in the City Hall payroll scandal. Sure, there was the story of Rosita Hernandez's amazing disappearing GED, but that didn't really count as breaking news. Fortunately, there is something as we close out the week: The FBI has asked for the bank records of former Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado, though DA Chuch Rosenthal said she's not the... more ›