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And they're off!

January 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

Sunday morning, thousands of runners and spectators will gather for the annual Houston Marathon, which kicks off officially at 7:00 AM. Thankfully, the planners were able to put together the event once again, apparently not

If he could just hang in there at least four more months…

January 14, 2007 Anne Linehan

Isiah Carey filed a video report for KRIV-26 of a local convenience store owner who is so fed up with being robbed — 20 times in 26 years of business — that he’s decided to

At the finish line

January 14, 2007 Anne Linehan

I was watching the Finish Line Cam via KTRK-13 and former President Bush and Mrs. Bush were there congratulating runners. That’s pretty neat! President Bush was using a walker as he recovers from hip replacement

Metro's new blog takes a three day weekend (updated)

January 13, 2007 Anne Linehan

After a grueling week of five, no wait, six posts, Metro’s new blogger is taking a well-deserved long weekend to recoup. She has obviously typed her fingers to the bone! Just for fun, let’s take

Lee P. Brown heads off to New Orleans

January 13, 2007 Anne Linehan

Offered up without comment (because it leaves one speechless): Houston’s former Mayor and Police Chief Lee Brown has been hired to help handle New Orleans’ growing crime problem. This comes one day after hundreds of

Not a very extravagant inaugural

January 13, 2007 Anne Linehan

Current headline on Chron.com: Corporations to pay bulk of Perry’s $2 ceremony And it’s been like that for several hours now. I don’t think our in-house grammarians have wepted, but considering the point of the

"I am the David Hasselhoff of the Danger Train"

January 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

METRO CEO Frank Wilson makes an appearance today on METRO Is Full of Crap! So, we’re admittedly biased in favor of hyperlocal blogging. But hyperlocal humor blogging takes it to a whole new level. Good

Unity, Houston style

January 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon posts a few pointed comments about Houston’s feuding Martin Luther King celebration factions. As he makes clear, the squabbling “leaders” really should be ashamed of themselves.

News you CAN get elsewhere (cont'd)

January 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

As noted by Cory Crow earlier, the Chron city desk has been busy watching the morning television news again: Houston-area firefighters were kept busy overnight battling two blazes, according to morning televised reports. Crow says

KHOU analyzes Park and Pillage crime surge; METROblog spins

January 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

Wednesday, KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely followed up on an earlier story about the predictable surge in crime at METRO’s Park and Pillage lots after the agency decided to remove live security personnel: As we first told