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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Perfect editorial material

December 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

Last week’s Chronicle story about a new study showing Texas’ parental notification laws could cost $44 million is perfect fodder for a Chronicle editorial today: In a study designed to measure the impact of two

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Maybe White/Hurtt Could Put A Camera On Her house?

December 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Andy Cerota reports on a homeowner in southwest Houston who thinks the city of Houston is failing in its most basic obligation: public safety. According to Cerota, Deidre Rasheed’s southwest Houston home has been

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Chronicle: get the Christianity out of Christmas

December 25, 2004 Anne Linehan

Even on Christmas, the Chronicle editors can’t help themselves: This holiday season coincides with a renewed flicker of hope for a peace settlement in the Middle East. In the United States, however, contentious assertion of

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