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Chronicle finds a connection between Mel Gibson and Hitler

March 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

So, why is the Chronicle in a troubling and declining circulation trend? Why does the paper make a Top 10 list of newspapers that rely on “freebies”? Stories like today’s on the recut Passion of

HISD releases TAKS results

March 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD has released TAKS results for third and fifth graders, and the news is mixed: HISD third-grade students performed well on the TAKS reading test this year, with 83 percent passing the English version of

The mystery of the mustache, solved

March 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

A downtown statue has a new look, and the statue’s artist isn’t pleased: David Adickes showed up Thursday at downtown’s Lyric Center with Groucho Marx eyeglasses and a fake nose. But though the Houston sculptor’s

Rangers complete evidence audit

March 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last night, KPRC-2 reported that an initial audit by the Texas Rangers and HPD of some 280 boxes of “forgotten and misplaced evidence” had been completed. According to the KPRC report, which included a reaction

Food and drink roundup (03-10-2005 edition)

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

There’s no restaurant review from Alison Cook this week, but it’s an otherwise informative week from Houston’s food and drink reviewers. Robb Walsh finally abandons the French obsession with a review of Himalaya Restaurant, and

Metro's disappearing "Startling Facts"

March 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

Metro’s “Startling Facts” press release, which entertained me over the weekend, has mysteriously disappeared from Metro’s site. But Metro is no match for the power of Google, so here’s the cached press release. I don’t

Uneven coverage of Bush international/legal moves

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau reported on President Bush’s executive order that certain Mexican nationals on death row have their cases reviewed to see if they were harmed by failure to notify them of a

Time Mag glowingly covers MetroRail

March 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

One of our commenters points out that Time Magazine has a little something on MetroRail: A rare and exotic species has found its way to Houston of late. Known in other cities as pedestrians, the

Chron: UT women are ugly?

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Two days ago, we noted a headline and a synopsis that didn’t seem to match in the Chron online edition. Today, there’s another problem with a headline in the online sports section. I’ve grabbed a

We're Number Ten!

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal calls attention to a Popular Science study that ranked Houston tenth as a metropolis for technology, ahead of all other cities in Texas. The methodology and ranking of cities typically thought