Ex-speaker set to get out of prison in 2011RALEIGH — Former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black has gotten a year knocked off his federal prison sentence, likely after completing a substance abuse program while behind bars for a corruption-related conviction, his attorney said Tuesday. | Ex-NC speaker now set to get out of prison in 2011Former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black has gotten a year knocked off his federal prison sentence | Houston happenings for March 03, 2010Planning a weekend trip to Houston? Here are some events that struck us as interesting. |