Obama rallies troops; Romney sees flood 1 Sep 2012 | 03:14 am

(AP) — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plunged headlong into the fall campaign Friday on a two-track mission to convince Americans that the GOP nominee is not only the right man to fix the economy but an al...

City Hall will be teal next week 31 Aug 2012 | 10:59 pm

Editor’s note: Today’s guest post comes from Lu Quast, a lawyer, educator and cancer activist, in honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Early detection of ovarian cancer can be extremely difficult....

3-month-old dies while in dad's care 31 Aug 2012 | 10:18 pm

Police were awaiting autopsy results for a 3-month-old boy who died after his father found him unresponsive at a home late Thursday night. Police said the infant was fed by bottle and then put to bed ...

Aryan leader 'Stainless' gets longer sentence 31 Aug 2012 | 09:41 pm

A Texas prison gang general already serving life in prison gets 87 more months for attack to discipline a member.

Isaac may cost energy industry $1 billion 31 Aug 2012 | 09:31 pm

Hurricane Isaac cost the energy industry up to $1 billion in lost production and damage to equipment, a risk modeling firm estimates.

See if you agree with GOP winners & losers 31 Aug 2012 | 09:13 pm

Fan falls to his death at Reliant Stadium 31 Aug 2012 | 11:39 am

The Houston Police Department is investigating reports that a person fell to their death at Reliant Stadium during the Texans' preseason finale against the Vikings.

Downtown tower goes on the block 28 Aug 2012 | 12:30 am

It’s been a busy year in the commercial real estate market. The 1 million-square-foot Kinder Morgan building is the latest Houston skyscraper to go up for sale. The 32-story building at 1001 Louisiana...

Phyllis Diller dies at 95 21 Aug 2012 | 04:07 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in Los Angeles at...

Man charged after 'friending' teen on Facebook 21 Aug 2012 | 03:05 am

Marvin Tzoc is in custody charged with sexual assault of a child under 17 for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl on April 14, according to court documents from the Harris County District Cou...