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They've lost another prisoner

December 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 breaks this news: Minutes after his conviction, a Harris County prisoner ran out of the courtroom and disappeared into the streets below. Nicholaus Scardino, 25, had just been convicted of evading arrest and unauthorized

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Of deluges and droughts…

December 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

My goodness, that was wild! How did you all fare? Laurence was on an excursion when it started.

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KPRC resists subpoena for videotape footage

December 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 is resisting an attempt by the Harris County District Attorney’s office to subpoena videotape footage that never aired: A prosecutor’s demand for a TV station’s videotape from a story that never aired violates the

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Deluge, droughts, rising oceans — oh my!

December 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Sometimes, it’s just fun when the Editorial LiveJournalists crank up the rhetoric: The longer the United States waits to join the rest of the world and act decisively to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the more

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What next for the New Chron.com?

December 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Over at the Brazosport News a few days ago, Banjo Jones stirred the pot a bit with these observations about the New Chron.com editorial page, and its linking of local blogs: [T]here’s a certain level

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Kotkin contrasts Houston and New Orleans

December 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Joel Kotkin has penned a provocative column for The American Enterprise in which he examines the underclass in New Orleans (positing a connection to urban liberalism run amok) and contrasts it with the immigrant class

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Does low turnout mean Bob Stein's wife is doing a great job?

December 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

We almost forgot to mention this insight on low turnout for Houston’s city council elections, courtesy of KHOU-11 political analyst Bob Stein: [S]ince much of politics is about spin, there’s even a positive spin on

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Metro's December board meetings

December 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s that time: Metro’s monthly board meetings. You can peruse the agendas by clicking on each board meeting listing. So…does anything catch your eye?

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Editorial LiveJournalists rewrite First Amendment

December 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists certainly have an entertaining view of what is required by the First Amendment. In a Sunday editorial on a new academic textbook on the Bible, the Editorial LiveJournalists wrote: Admirably, the

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Campbell: Newspaper headlines gave appearance of bias

December 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

In a column that is critical of Chronicle headlines on Rep. Tom DeLay’s partial victory in having charges dismissed, reader representative James Campbell gives readers an interesting look inside the newspaper: In response to a

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