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Death row inmate refuses food

March 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Allan Turner reports that a potential Chron Eye subject is refusing food: Life on death row, says Roy Lee Pippin — condemned for killing two men in a Harris County narcotics murder —

Daneshy: How to maintain Houston's dominance as energy capital

March 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

In an op-ed for the Chronicle today, Ali Daneshy, the director of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston, comments on Halliburton’s recent decision to relocate its headquarters to Dubai and what Houston can do

Show us your basketball knowledge

March 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

Commenter Greg544 emailed earlier and asked if we were planning on an NCAA tourney contest along the lines of our football pick’em. We hadn’t originally planned on doing so, but since he did us the

FoB Mincberg: Fix those potholes!

March 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

City of Houston housing guru and Friend of Bill David Mincberg has really been making the (news) rounds lately. Here’s a dispatch from the Chronicle‘s Seshadri Kumar: The city of Houston will soon have an

Promises, promises

March 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s resident plagiarist promised us a months-long sabbatical, and all we’ve gotten is a steady stream of updates from a San Antonio trial. Oh well. Maybe it will end soon.

What was that?

March 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

Is it just me, or does this read like a draft thrown together about ten minutes before deadline? Seriously, that thing really might have benefited from a few more revisions and the helpful hand of

KUHF: Residents skeptical over program to remodel some apartments

March 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

KUHF-88.7’s Laurie Johnson did an important story today on Mayor White’s big new program to boost “affordable housing” in the city. It seems that some of the people who are the intended beneficiaries of this

Chron: "Pleasant, energetic" new county judge to focus on mobility

March 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports that newly selected-not-elected Harris County Judge Ed Emmett plans to focus on mobility during the rest of Robert Eckels’ term, and (he hopes) beyond: [I]f things work out the way

How those who have never seen Houston see Houston

March 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

On Friday, a new photographic exhibit, “Never Been to Houston,” opened at the Lawndale Art Center. The gallery’s website describes the interesting premise behind the exhibit: Imagine a city that you’ve only seen in reproductions

Mobility Response Team gets nice press, won't deploy for months

March 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

KUHF-88.7’s Laurie Johnson reports that Mayor White’s latest effort to imitate Chicago’s Mayor Daley is proceeding apace: Houston Mayor Bill White first proposed the idea of a traffic mobility team last spring. The past ten