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Carey: Local reporters "get shot at"

December 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey reports some local reporters were shot at yesterday! But it was a simulation put on by the Harris County sheriff’s department for local media, to help them understand the dangerous situations regularly

Keep an eye out for 790's sports van!

December 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s sports media guy David Barron posts the following to his blog: This may sound like a radio station engaging in promotional hype, but KBME (790 AM) talk show host Carl Dukes swears it’s

Grammarians wepted as well

December 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Some interesting gaffes made it by the Chron editors today. A reader passed along this line from a Chron story early this morning: “It’s been seven years, so I can deal with a few more

Outage

December 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

The server that hosts blogHOUSTON crashed a bit earlier. Everything seems to have been restored. Sorry for the down time!

Continental, United talking merger?

December 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle is reporting that Continental and United are in the early stages of merger talks: Continental and United airlines are in preliminary talks regarding a possible merger, a source in New York familiar with

City tows legally parked vehicles (followup and rejoinder)

December 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Remember a couple of weeks ago when KTRK-13’s Miya Shay posted on her blog about a car that got towed because of the city’s parking-spot-rental program, and we wondered if Parking Management busybody Liliana Rambo

Metro advises rider to board bus that doesn't exist

December 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

Three years ago Kevin Whited began noting that Metro planned to cut bus routes as part of its plan to feed riders onto the Danger Train. Monday’s Move It! column reminded us of it: “I

Capture the Christmas spirit at Zilkha Hall this weekend

December 12, 2006 Vikk Simmons

And now for a little change of pace: If you’re searching for an alternative to the annual performance of The Nutcracker and still want to capture the Christmas spirit, consider the ballet performance of Gian

DeLay joins the blogosphere

December 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

As various blogs noted earlier, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has now joined the blogosphere. The Hill posted a bit more background on the blog effort today. There’s no word whether DeLay blogs in

Month: December 2006