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Month: May 2005

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Man arrested in Houston for offer to sell bomb to terrorist group

May 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in Houston for attempting to sell a bomb to an al-Qaeda related group: Ronald Allen Grecula, of Bangor, Pa., was arrested Friday in Houston during a meeting with undercover

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An unsatisfied light rail rider

May 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

A contributor at HAIF asks a question about MetroRail: After today’s disasterous commute #36 (oh yes, we’re counting) with my poor husband, I think Metrorail sucks big toes. Big nasty dirty toes at that. So,

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Student asks city to fight murders, shootings, other crime

May 22, 2005 Kevin Whited

We can now add a high-school student troubled about rampant crime in his southwest Houston neighborhood to the blogHOUSTON chorus wondering when Mayor White and his council plan to address the Houston Police Department’s manpower

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Hines issues a correction, retreats to France

May 22, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Coven-obsessed D.C. columnist issued a correction today for that embarrassing gaffe from last week’s column: My Wednesday column about the “nuclear option” contained the wrong supermajority normally required in the Senate to cut

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Exposing the "safety" myth of red light cameras

May 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Janet Elliott told us Saturday that legislation in Austin to ban red light cameras appears to be dead, which is undoubtedly welcome news for MayorWhiteChiefHurtt. Since it appears Houstonians will now face two

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HISD graduates overcome tremendous odds

May 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD spokesman Terry Abbott recently sent out a release with some inspiring graduation success stories. I’m a complete pushover for beating-the-odds stories, so I’m going to reprint the entire piece in the extended entry. Congratulations

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A thank you, from blogHOUSTON

May 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

We had a terrific time at the Armadillo Palace last night. Thanks to everyone who came out to join us — it was great putting faces to names and catching up with everyone. Special thanks

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Don't forget about Metro's latest service "improvements"

May 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Metro has posted a press release reminder of some impending service changes, otherwise known as “improvements“: METRO also will launch a new bus route – the 59 Aldine Mail Crosstown – to serve the Aldine

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The Casey LiveJournal Monologues, blogged

May 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Some time ago, we noted that Chronicle columnist Rick Casey would be speaking to the Harris County Democratic Party. Certainly, journalists are welcome to speak to groups — even political groups — to promote their

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Blogger radio segment today

May 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner and I will be appearing on the blogger segment on BizRadio1320 again today, from roughly 10:15 – 10:30 am. Next week, Anne Linehan should be making her first appearance on the show in

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