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Year: 2007

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Who's been misleading whom?

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week Rep. John Culberson held a town hall-type meeting on Metro’s proposed Richmond Rail line. Also in attendance was the pro-rail group RichmondRail.org (headed by an architect with a firm that hopes to capitalize

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Pappas Restaurants needs to pay for immune globulin shots

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 reports that Harris County is footing the bill to provide immune globulin shots for customers who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A at the Pappasitos restaurant on North I-45: Right now, Harris County

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Pavilions groundbreaking scheduled

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

The downtown Pavilions project will finally break ground next week, and with the announcement comes news that the development will no longer include condominiums (via the Houston Business Journal): Two new anchor tenants for the

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A new, but different, Chron eye!

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

We’ve frequently pointed out the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, the anti-death-penalty Houston Chronicle‘s ongoing effort to focus sympathy on criminals who have been sentenced to die in the state of Texas.

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Chronicle's Mack reviews Council candidates

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack runs down the candidates for the May 12 special election to fill the seat once held by Doctor-Councilwoman Shelley Sekula Gibbs. Clearly, Melissa Noriega is the favorite, as she enjoys the

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Mayor trumpets SAFEclear program

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Mayor White is trumpeting his SAFEclear program: Crashes on Houston freeways have declined almost 20 percent since 2004, according to newly released statistics — an improvement Mayor Bill White

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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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