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Metro must feed the light rail

December 28, 2004 Anne Linehan

There was a Metro-related story hidden away in the West U. regional “This Week” section of the Chronicle. It talks about the need for some kind of shuttle/bus service between the West University Place-Rice Village

Cirque du Soleil arrives in Houston

December 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that Cirque du Soleil has arrived in Houston. Shows begin on January 6. More information about this unusual traveling circus can be found here.

A wasteland of an editorial page

December 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial page seems like such a wasteland much of the time. One would think that the editorial page of the only major daily in the state’s largest and the nation’s fourth-largest city would

Chronicle had a heads up on TAKS cheating story

December 28, 2004 Anne Linehan

Almost at the end of today’s letters to the editor is this one from Terry Abbott, HISD’s press secretary, with some surprising information: THE Houston Independent School District is very serious about maintaining academic integrity

Breaking news: Houston isn't like Pittsburgh

December 28, 2004 Anne Linehan

What do Pittsburghers (that’s what the linked story calls them) think of Houston? Well, let’s just say the author of this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story writes up Houston as a mixed bag: Many aspects of Houston

Former Mayor Brown launches think tank, consultancy

December 27, 2004 Kevin Whited

Kristen Mack, who has been disappointing as the Chronicle‘s replacement for former political writer John Williams, nevertheless occasionally provides some humor. Take last week’s column on former mayor Lee P. Brown, who is wrapping up

Local firm developing adult stem cell treatments

December 27, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Courier (Montgomery County) has a story about a biopharmaceutical firm in The Woodlands that is developing treatments for heart disease and diabetes from adult stem cells: PharmaFrontiers has an exclusive contract to develop stem

Chronicle congratulates itself for decrease in police shootings

December 27, 2004 Anne Linehan

On Sunday, the Chronicle ran a story about a decline in police shootings during 2004, in Harris County. The newspaper also took the opportunity to give itself a hearty pat on the back: Activists and

Howard Hughes' continuing popularity

December 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 is running an AP story on the continued fascination with Howard Hughes and his Houston gravesite: Nearly three decades after his death April 5, 1976 on a plane from Acapulco, Mexico, to his native

Houston newsmakers — 2004

December 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has a list of local newsmakers that it has decided were the most entertaining of 2004, and while the article carries the byline of Alison Cook, it has a suspiciously MeMo-like feel to