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Month: November 2007

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Judge to speak with KPRC-2 reporter on juror chase

November 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Brian Rogers reports that a fellow journalist will have to answer to a local judge following a juror chase: A verdict in a major trial always sends reporters scrambling for interviews with jurors.

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City builds on business ties with Mexico

November 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

Sean Mattson of the San Antonio Express News reports that a delegation led by Mayor White signed an agreement yesterday to strengthen ties with the Mexican state of Nuevo Le

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More Chron.com spam

November 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

A month ago, Lou Minatti and I both received a Chron.com spam email. I clicked on the “opt-out” link just to make sure I wouldn’t get any more Chron.com spam, even though I had never

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Survey respondents hope others will use mass transit

November 16, 2007 Anne Linehan

So, the new Houston Area Survey shows an overwhelming majority of residents “support mass transit as the best solution to traffic problems.” What most people support is others using mass transit to clear the roads

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Why did it take a week for press to learn of eSlate "adjustments?"

November 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Alan Bernstein reported that in last week’s election, Harris County election officials actually had to go back and manually adjust some of the voting results because of ballot glitches. Here are some

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The end of the Froot Loops Bureau?

November 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

Timesman Matt Bramanti calls our attention to this brief report on Chron.com from Wednesday morning: The Wachovia bank in the 4400 block of North Freeway was robbed shortly after 9 a.m., according to police radio

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Thundering Herd to visit HISD school

November 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

The HISD press office has sent out an interesting story about Marshall Middle School. Here’s an excerpt: Before the coaches and players of Marshall University’s football team meet the University of Houston on the playing

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Metro cedes bus stops to criminals

November 15, 2007 Anne Linehan

What else can we conclude from this KHOU-11 story by Jeff McShan that details the problems at Metro bus stops: Searching through pages of Houston Police Department reports, in October alone, when Pamela was attacked,

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Chief Hurtt's blog officially open for business

November 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

Chief Hurtt’s blog is officially open for business. Here’s the announcement from HPD: Houston Police Chief Harold L. Hurtt is now a blogger! Recognizing the need for a quick, informal way to communicate with the

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GPS clearly shows HPD's manpower shortage (updated)

November 14, 2007 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg discovered that HPD’s new GPS system affords the department the ability to know exactly where its officers are at any time. As Oberg also discovered, it shows how woefully short on personnel

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