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Richard Justice confounded by his two hands

December 7, 2004 Kevin Whited

Chronicle sports columnist Richard Justice penned a typical “two-handed” column today. On the one hand, he had this to say about Texas Longhorns football coach Mack Brown: I think the notion he can’t win a

CenterPoint is reclaiming easement property

December 7, 2004 Anne Linehan

CenterPoint Energy has started reclaiming easement property from homeowners who had been maintaining and using the property for years: A few months ago, CenterPoint Energy told homeowners throughout the Houston area that it would begin

Dalati will join Pallilo at new sports talk station

December 7, 2004 Kevin Whited

David Barron reported earlier this week that KILT-610 personality David Dalati will be making the jump to the new sports talk station (KBME-790) that will be launching in a couple of weeks. Dalati will apparently

Chron recycles "olds" from the DMN

December 6, 2004 Kevin Whited

We know Chronicle columnist Rick Casey has had a little problem in the past with giving proper attribution when he lifts article ideas (and even exact phrases) from other newspapers. At least Lucas Wall is

Shaking up public education

December 6, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has a story on what looks to be a hot topic in the upcoming state legislature session — school vouchers — and the proposed voucher plan is summed up in the “Resource” box

Food and drink roundup (12-06-2004 edition)

December 6, 2004 Kevin Whited

We’re still a little behind on the food and drink articles from the last week, which was another fairly busy one for the city’s various reviewers and writers. Robb Walsh did double duty, with a

Calvin Murphy acquitted

December 6, 2004 Kevin Whited

Various media outlets are reporting that a jury has acquitted former Rockets star and broadcaster Calvin Murphy of all charges accusing him of sexual abuse. It took jurors just over two hours to reach their

Further evaluation for "last call trains"

December 6, 2004 Anne Linehan

Metro’s late-night, weekend light rail service is in the news: Metro is reviewing whether to continue late rail service on Friday and Saturday nights. The extended weekend hours began in June at the request of

Unintentional humor from Clay Robison

December 5, 2004 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison penned an unintentionally amusing column about Governor Rick Perry today. By the usual weekend editorial standards of the hyperpartisan Austin news bureau chief, it was relatively tame stuff, much less incendiary than his

Downtown traffic signals still suffer from neglect

December 5, 2004 Kevin Whited

Chronicle transportation columnist Lucas Wall notes that the city is still having problems maintaining its downtown traffic/pedestrian signals: The public works department, citing Houston’s financial woes, still doesn’t have a comprehensive system for maintaining traffic