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Month: February 2007

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Shutter the D.C. bureau (cont'd)

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle posted an unusual story from D.C. columnist Cragg Hines earlier in the week. The story was unusual because it was not about Washington or American politics, presumably the D.C. columnist’s beat, nor was

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Chron reader rep: STAR section "storytelling" not journalism

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

Some days, we can feel the pain of Chronicle reader representative James Campbell. It’s particularly acute when the reader representative seemingly discovers that grownups are in short supply at his newspaper, like today: For two

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Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-23-2007 edition)

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau has been busy (badly) rewriting the television news this morning, after a relatively quiet couple of days. First, there’s this: Four teens were arrested after assaulting several people overnight, according

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Siemens: Stray current costs aren't our problem

February 22, 2007 Kevin Whited

Local METRO watchdog Tom Bazan’s latest public information requests of the transit agency have yielded some interesting information regarding the ongoing stray-current problem. Recall that back in November, KTRH-740 and KHOU-11 reported that nearly $1

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Did Mayor White really rule out Gus Wortham redevelopment?

February 22, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reports that Mayor White seemingly has backed away from plans to redevelop the Gus Wortham golf complex into a playpen for the Houston Dynamo: Mayor Bill White on Tuesday all but

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Eckels: Where did the love go?

February 22, 2007 Kevin Whited

Most politicians want to be loved. It’s the nature of their craft. And politicians who have mostly been loved while in office really get used to it. Sometimes they don’t take criticism very well. Today,

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Pesky walls and roofs may perpetuate "the digital divide"

February 21, 2007 Kevin Whited

On the Chron.com City Hall blog today, Alexis Grants links to a New York Times story that discusses one of the big problems with the type of citywide wifi network that Mayor White hopes will

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Chron.com launches Cancer Diva blog

February 21, 2007 Kevin Whited

Today, Chron.com launched a slightly different kind of blog from its usual fare: Cancer Diva. It’s written by a Chronicle staffer, Terry Hayes, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Hayes seems determined to spend

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Air continues to go out of Ruben Cantu story

February 20, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s hopes of winning that elusive first Pulitzer via the Victor Cantu story continue to dwindle. Here’s the latest from Lise Olsen (and Maro Robbins) on what was once thought to be the Pulitzer

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Eckels to announce his contribution to cynicism about politics

February 20, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack reports that Harris County Judge Robert Eckels has found his lucrative landing spot: Harris County Judge Robert Eckels plans to put his decades-long experience in public service to work as a

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