houston chronicle president bush advocated what many conservatives call amnesty for illegal immigrants. he drove up the budget deficit. he expanded federal oversight of local schools.......
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rain coming your way take a vacation on the u.s. taxpayer......
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houston has its share of latesummer traditions high school football steaks on the grill and layoffs at the chron the houston chronicle offered voluntary buyouts to its employees today with a goal of reducing staff by roughly 80 fulltime positions publisher and president jack sweeney said thursday. depending on how many employees request buyouts layoffs might be necessary. when the reductions are ...
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honest. last week the oftinjured green agreed to restructure his contract. he sacrificed 2 million in guaranteed salary for the opportunity to earn 200kgame for simply playing. therefore he needs to play in only 10 games to break even while playing the full slate will earn him an extra 1 million this bonus doesnt kick in until week 2. now heres theacatch. hell obviously be motivated to perform on ...
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airlines july ontime performance improves no end in sight for airline struggles beijing counts on olympic exposure to luxury rail tour operator chugs for the last time record number of climbers conquer mount fuji hurricanes hanna ike updates click here airlines july ontime performance improves houston chronicle u.s. airlines had their best july in four years meeting ontime targets 75 perc...
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texas city using police officers for code enforcement. thanks to sam wilkinson for the link.......
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hurricane gustav is now past and we are finally starting to discover what the damage really is. one of the big problems is electricity. there are other issues including those about infrastructure that we are only discovering. let us know what you are finding out. darkness and frustration replace fear the states power grid sustained massive damage from hurricane gustav officials say and it could ...
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hurricanes tornadoes fires earthquakes and manmade disasters are frightening and they may also cause chaos and put at risk your personal security. taking a few minutes today to create an action plan might help you avoid identityth eftrelated identity theft......
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methinks the judge doth protest too much from the houston chronicle u.s. district judge samuel kent stood before a fellow federal judge this morning and vehemently proclaimed his innocence of three federal sexual crimes in his indictment.i plead absolutely unequivocally not guilty and look very much forward to a trial on the merits of what i consider flagrant scurrilous charges kent stated with f...
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shooting rampage leaves six people dead isaac zamora 28 surrendered to police after allegedly shooting six people to death tuesday. among the dead were construction workers motorists and a sheriffs deputy. bodies were found at multiple crime scenes according to the police. the suspect led police on a chase that reached speeds of 90 miles per hour. ap via cnn tropical storm hanna may hit united s...
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from the statesman article more than 100 texas school districts to ask voters to increase taxesstate sen. kevin eltife rtyler said the 2006 deal did little to fix school finance but has tied the hands of local districts to provide their own financing. it has been a trifecta disaster eltife said having disappointed business owners taxpayers and school districts.this isnt just one little article eit...
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the general meme in the press has questioned whether the democrats were truly unified. senator hillary clinton and president bill clinton told delegates and americans watching the convention at home that it was time to unite behind democratic nominee senator barack obama. they didnt do it once or twice but every night of the convention.on the other hand the libertarian side of the republican party...
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it appears the third court of appeals has voted along partisan lines to deny a rehearing of the case against james ellis and john colyandro. details about the denial are contained in an article by the houston chronicle. it appears the reason for denial is that at the time of the incident the texas law applied to cash and not checks based on definition of money laundering prior to 2005. in 2005 che...
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la discussione molto civile e pacata sui blog dellhouston chronicle sullaccettare a braccia aperte i rifugiati di new orleans o rispedirli a casa a calci in culo per via del presunto aumento di criminalita mi ricorda tanto la guerra tra poveri a cui abbiamo assistito recentemente tra abitanti di napoli e rom. con laggravante che qui si tratta di cittadini dello stesso paese . fino a prova contrari...
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last week a guy who used to be a key part of the green bay packers offense took a pay cut with his current team the houston texans.a the restructuring of ahman greens contract made few papers and did not garner much discussion on the airwaves and quite frankly it is not something that most people care about.a i bring it up because most times people see the restructuring of such a contract as a stu...
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the republican convention kicks off this week in st. paul. they were worried about hurricane gustav but hurricane sarah palin has been the talk of the weekend. the republican veep candidate revealed that her 17yearold daughter is a baby mama. new york times ... and omelveny and myers partner arthur b. culvahouse jr. is to blame. not for the baby but for the vetting process. new york times .....
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how mccain did it the mccain campaign has gone to great lengths to present the selection of sarah palin as one made after a careful meticulous vetting process. but evidence continues to suggest that the arizona republican made his vp choice with surprising haste. on saturday a democrat tasked with opposition research contacted the huffington post with this piece of information as of this weekend ...
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so its only been a few days that sarah palins been on the ticket. but for chrissakes its only been a few days that shes been on the ticket this much drama this soon at this rate i halfexpect maury povich to nab her first interview. and i actually felt kinda dirty watching the networks tonight they went all inside edition on us like cbs interviewing teens on a new york city stoop asking what they t...
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a the houston chroniclearan an article yesterday about the new presidentaof houstons texas southern university.ahis nameais dr. john rudley. as the article details texas southern has had some problemsain recent years. a former president of the school was involved in scandal and graduation rates at tsuacould beasomewhat higher. dr. rudley says he can fix these and other issues at this historically ...
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congratulations to carol medgen of la porte for winning the harris county public librarys ireader summer reading program for adults. found on the houston chronicle.......
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food in houston one of my new favorite blogs food in houston has a great post about houston food classics you can still get in the city james coney island chili cheese dog antones po boys triple a cafeterias rolls barbecue inns stuffed crab ragin cajuns oyster po boy boiled crawfish houston is gaining jobs according to the houston business journal the houstonsugar landbaytown metropolitan area ...
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comcast sets a limit in case you missed the news comcast announced that it will begin to cap monthly usage for customers. readwriteweb does a good job of summarizing today comcast announced that it will amend its acceptable use policy and add a clause to it that will establish a monthly data use threshold of 250 gb per month. this effectively puts a cap on the amount a comcast user can download pe...
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chron.com chris tomans plan to go green could have put him in the red. the owner of a local pizza franchise plans to apply for leed certification for his 2600squarefoot restaurant space on the back burner because it was going to cost too much. toman said he would have to pay between 30000 and 40000 to become certified by the u.s. green building council under its leadership in energy and environme...
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