Gibson said he would continue to support Democratic candidates in the 2012 election.

Lucinda Loya and Sue Smith, named to the list for the third time, join the Hall of Fame this year. Mary Tere Perusquia, Paige Fertitta,Kelli Cohen Fein and Phyllis Williams are being honored for the second time.

Michael Beasley scored 34 points, Ricky Rubio had 18 points and 11 assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Rockets 120-108 in Adelman’s return to Houston.

Kevin Love had 29 points for the Timberwolves, who blew open a close game with a franchise-record 42 points in the third, also a season high for any quarter. Beasley also set a franchise record for single-game points by a reserve.

Minnesota shot a season-best 58 percent (43 of 74) from the field and eclipsed its previous high point total for the season by 14.

Kevin Martin scored 29 points after missing two games with inflammation in his right heel. The Rockets lost for only the second time in 11 games.

Adelman went 193-135 in four seasons with Houston, and turned down the team’s offer to renew his contract after last season. His .588 winning percentage was the highest among the 11 full-time coaches the franchise has had, and Houston won a playoff series after the 2008-09 season.

“It’s fun coming back,” Adelman said before the game.

And he definitely enjoyed the third quarter, when Minnesota outscored the Rockets by 17 points.

The Timberwolves opened the second half with a 12-4 burst, capped by Love’s second 3-pointer for a 66-60 lead. Kyle Lowry and Martin answered with 3-pointers, and Lowry turned a steal into a breakaway layup to tie it at 68.

Minnesota then pushed the tempo and poured it on, finishing the quarter with a 19-6 spurt. The Wolves hit 15 of 24 shots, including four 3-pointers, and went 8 for 8 from the free-throw line to put together the highest scoring quarter against Houston this season.

Rubio, Beasley and Love led the scoring barrage, with 32 points in the third on 10-for-12 shooting. Minnesota led 96-81 heading to the fourth, and the Rockets hardly challenged the rest of the way.

Minnesota finished 28 of 31 from the free-throw line and dished out 18 assists.

Chase Budinger scored 13 for Houston, also outrebounded 40-34.

The Rockets beat Minnesota 107-92 a week ago in Kevin McHale’s first game back in his home state since he succeeded Adelman last June.

However, his decision was met with a strong public backlash. According to a Houston Business Journal poll, more than 75 percent of more than 1,300 poll respondents as of Tuesday were not in favor of the name change.

The woman, Keshia Debrisha Sanchez, 26, faces one count of felony injury to a child,. Her bond has been set at $30,000, court records show.

Officials say 49-year-old Saul Abraham Fiszer stepped down Friday after 18 years with the Houston Fire Department. He was placed on leave earlier this week.

Fiszer is being held in the Harris County Jail on $20,000 bond. His attorney didn’t immediately return a message.

A criminal complaint says on Jan. 10, Fiszer’s wife discovered her husband had frequently been texting a 14-year-old girl in Casper, Wyo. Confronted by his wife, Fiszer admitted chatting online and trading pictures with the teen.

The Houston Chronicle reports that (http://bit.ly/Abkkft) police seized computers and media storage devices from Fiszer. Investigators said they found at least 450 images of child pornography.

The Mingo County Democrat said his fellow delegates sought to aid that trip with Monday’s ahead-of-schedule, nearly unanimous passage of Tomblin’s tax break proposal meant to lure one or more “cracker” facilities. The House advanced the bill 93-1 to the Senate.

New owner Jim Crane, at a Monday event to announce several fan-inspired initiatives, said the team was “highly considering” altering its uniforms — which hopefully means a return to the polarizing rainbow jerseys once favored by presidential candidate Ron Paul. Hey, if they were good enough for him and J.R. Richard…

Crane seemed less certain that the Astros would be renamed, but he definitely was floating a trial balloon when reminiscing about the Colt .45s, the name of the franchise from its inaugural season in 1962 until 1965. The likes of Rusty Staub, Joe Morgan and Jim Wynn played for the franchise when it was called the Colts, so there’s some history there. And the space program isn’t what it once was so…

Last year, Houston shut down the controversial cameras after residents rose up against them. That decision could cost the city big this year.

According to documents Eyewitness News obtained Saturday, the city of Houston and red light camera manufacturer American Traffic Solutions have come up with a compromise and settlement agreement.

In that proposal, the city would agree to pay ATS more than $12 million dollars for the breached red light camera contract, which ends in 2014.

ATS and the city of Houston have been fighting it out in court since voters decided in November they wanted the cameras turned off.

After the public saw those cameras were turned off and then turned on again, it took a vote by city council members in August to ultimately turn off the red light cameras off permanently.

ATS was seeking $25 million from the city of Houston for breach of contract.

If city council approves this settlement, the city will pay around $4.78 million dollars to ATS up front, but the potential pay-out could climb to about $12 million over the next three years.

The funds to pay the settlement will come from previously collected fines that are in escrow and the approximately $25 million the city is still owed in outstanding red light camera fines issued when the program was still operational.

Under the terms of the agreement, ATS will be paid $2.3 million up front. This represents the amount ATS would have received had the red light cameras remained on from the date they were initially turned off following the voter initiative in November 2010 to December of 2011.

ATS will also receive another $2.4 million over the next three years. This additional amount is meant to address the amounts ATS could have received under its contract with the city, based on collection of delinquent red light camera fines.

In exchange for the payments, ATS has agreed to end its legal fight with the city and remove all of its cameras from Houston intersections within 60 days of approval of the settlement by Houston City Council.

Houston’s legal department is recommending that the council approve the settlement. They are also recommending that council authorize the mayor to enter into additional third party agreements to support the collection of outstanding fines, if necessary.

George J. Hittner, ATS general counsel and corporate secretary, told us the deal has taken all sides weeks to iron out.

“We’ve gone through two mediations, we’ve had a lot of dialogue with the city, and at this point and time, we believe we’ve reached an agreement that will be presented to city council,” Hittner said. “I think it’s in the best interest of both sides to put this matter behind them, and let’s move on.”

In a statement released Saturday evening from City Hall, Mayor Annise Parker said “I am thankful that traffic violators, not Houston taxpayers, will be paying for this. This is a reasonable settlement and I thank the City legal department for its diligence in getting it done.”