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Is this good or bad? We really can't tell

October 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

From a Chronicle story by Matt Stiles: After serving as a staging area for the Hurricane Rita recovery, the troubled Houston Emergency Center got a cleanup of its own this week, as city officials moved

Do Barnum & Bailey need a Texas partner?

October 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

For the past two days, the Chronicle has posted interesting reporting on the DeLay indictment(s), although the most compelling tidbits have been buried at the bottom. Yesterday, Chris Elam caught the following information in reporting

Richmond Avenue light rail meeting tonight

October 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 notes that Metro will meet with the Richmond Avenue Coalition — a group of residents and business owners — to discuss Metro’s light rail expansion plans and whether or not Metro will be using

Greek festival time

October 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The 39th annual Greek Festival put on by Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opens tonight and continues through Sunday. Although the other Greek Orthodox church in town also puts on a festival, this one is still

Chron/AP eye for the death row killer guy: Ronald Ray Howard

October 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs an AP dispatch for today’s death row killer guy, apparently deciding that neither Allan Turner nor any other staff reporter could very easily rehabilitate the image of one Ronald Ray Howard or

FEMA sending $37 million to Houston for hurricane relief efforts

October 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

FEMA has announced that Houston and Harris County will be receiving millions of dollars for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts: The funds are distributed through Public Assistance Program grants, which reimburse eligible costs, including $37 million

There's something about Florida

October 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yep, ttweak should have handled it: For the second time in almost five months, Houston was rejected as a Super Bowl city. NFL owners today awarded 2010’s Super Bowl to Miami. Houston, Atlanta and Miami

Go 'Stros!

October 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Do you have Astros fever? Tom Kirkendall has a preview of the ‘Stros-Braves series. Laurence Simon has the blogger scoreboard and his priorities straight. Businesses that didn’t have TVs last year are ready-to-go this year.

A subheadline that misses the point

October 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a bit of “olds” on the editorial page today, an op-ed by Douglas Kmiec that appeared in the Washington Post yesterday. In the WaPo, the op-ed ran with only the headline An

WaPo discovers that red light cameras increase accidents in D.C.

October 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Since Houston is on the verge of getting red light cameras — you know, for safety’s sake — I think this Washington Post story is worth highlighting, talking about what has happened as a result