Roof at Texans' stadium fully functional (AP)

The retractable roof at Reliant Stadium is repaired and fully operational, five months after Hurricane Ike ripped huge holes in the top of one of this city's signature structures. Mark Miller, the general manager of Reliant Park, said Friday that the five bow-tie shaped fabric panels destroyed in the storm have been replaced and all that's left for workers to do is plug water leaks.

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Kearse pleads guilty to reckless driving (AP)

Tennessee Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving. Kearse, who had been charged with drunken driving, was given six months probation Thursday in General Sessions Court, fined $350 and will have restricted driving privileges for a year. Kearse was arrested by Vanderbilt University police near the campus June 22 shortly before 5 a.m.

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