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Houston drivers are contesting millions of dollars in fines and fees charged to them by the Harris County Toll Road Authority. Now, an attorney is taking the agency to court. Consumer expert Amy Davis is explaining why some say the huge fees are not only unfair, but also illegal.One hundred and twenty-seven miles of toll roads stretch through Harris County."We have over a million transactions a day," Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said.  Those are the numbers county leaders want you to remember -- not the $158 bill Grace Clark received for two tolls."How do you go from $8 to that amount in a year?"...

So fresh, it's still piping hot. That's the promise of 85C Bakery Cafe, which recently opened its first outpost in Houston. This store is their 1,000th location globally.The popular bakery chain, nicknamed the "Starbucks of Taiwan," will officially celebrate the grand opening of the 9750 Bellaire Blvd. location Friday. The store's hot and fresh approach has garnered a cult-like following among Asian palates.The café consistently offers a wide array of breads, cakes and teas, all under the expert hands of master chefs. As their name suggests, they serve their coffee at 85 degrees Celsius.Patrons grab a set of tongs and begin walking...

When McDonald's founder Ray Kroc began spreading fast food culture across the U.S. in the '50s and '60s, he insisted on hard, immovable, uncomfortable chairs in his high-speed burger barns. Kroc put the "fast" in fast food. He wanted McDonald's food to be cooked fast, customers served fast and dine-in guests to eat fast and leave. Kroc's business plan was based on selling mass quantities of good, trustworthy food at low prices. To achieve that, he needed to turn those tables in his restaurants. He didn't want squatters enjoying long social chatty meals. That's why the rigid, straight-back plastic chairs.Don't...

HOUSTON - A viewer reached out to the KHOU Verify team with a question about driving in Texas - Stephanie Stanley wanted to know if driving barefoot in the lone star state is illegal. They went to their legal expert, Professor Gerald Treece from the South Texas College of Law. He said there is no law on the books in Texas making it illegal to drive barefoot. However, he did say if you were involved in a crash, it could be cited as a contributing factor. Stephanie, we can verify this one is false - It is not illegal to drive...

United Airlines workers forced a woman flying from Houston to Boston to give up her son's seat, even though she paid nearly $1,000 for it. Instead, the airline gave the seat to another passenger who paid $75 for that particular seat and forced the woman to hold her 2-year-old son in her lap for approximately three hours. "Not a single airline employee on that flight asked me why I had a large child on my lap," Shirley Yamauchi of Kapolei, Hawaii said. "I didn't feel safe or comfortable, but I really didn't have a choice."  Yamauchi said she took a seven-hour flight from...