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Radio Mojo "stars" as unoriginal and crude as ever

April 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

Walton and Johnson, the uninspiring duo who were inexplicably given hours upon hours of airtime to fill on a once-important Houston radio station after Michael “Babe Pages” Berry managed to depose most everyone who knew

Dangerous time/place/behavior update (04/01/2008)

April 1, 2008 Kevin Whited

Courtesy of KTRK-13 comes this dangerous time/place/behavior update from yesterday: DeChaumes Elementary School parents are on alert tonight after the school principal telephoned to warn them about the attempted abduction of a student on a

Playground equipment probably didn't spontaneously combust

April 1, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley reported on vandalism at a Bellaire park: There is a plea to parents to help find the person who torched a popular playground in Bellaire. Slides and swings were destroyed over

Tuna mercury levels exceed federal guidelines in some Houston restaurants

March 31, 2008 Kevin Whited

Houston sushi fans may be interested in this news from the Chronicle‘s David Ellison: Samples of bluefin tuna purchased recently from six Houston-area restaurants had mercury levels above federal guidelines, according to laboratory tests performed

Mobility Response Team in action early this morning!

March 31, 2008 Kevin Whited

I ran across a few members of Mayor White’s “Mobility Response Team” on their cute little scooters this morning, and managed to get a photo: THAT is world class!

FTA forces METRO to get realistic about new lines' cost

March 31, 2008 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column is devoted to the news that METRO has been given approval to go ahead with preliminary work on the North and Southeast lines. However, the Federal Transit Administration also told

Queen Sheila may not like this video footage

March 30, 2008 Kevin Whited

Houstonians are very familiar with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s love of TV cameras. KHOU-11 posts a story that probably isn’t going to be among Queen Sheila‘s favorite videos, though. Here’s an excerpt (but be sure

Medellin Take Two: Editorial LiveJournalists fail to cite nonexistent treaty

March 30, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Editorial LiveJournalists opined earlier in the week on the recent Supreme Court decision in Medellin v. Texas. Unlike the last time they wrote about the matter, they didn’t seem to create any new treaties

It's surprising Chief Lambert didn't come down and Taser her!

March 30, 2008 Kevin Whited

Carolyn Wright writes a letter to the Chronicle about her recent experience on METRO’s transit backbone: On March 12, I had a court appearance at 9 a.m. At Fannin South station, I tried to purchase

Rosenthal, attorney fined over deleted emails

March 28, 2008 Kevin Whited

Various media outlets have reported on the latest (and perhaps the last) bad news for former Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal. Here is an excerpt from the Chronicle: A federal judge ordered former Harris County