Two astronaut wives honor husbands who chased space dreams
At Grace Community Church in Houston Evelyn Husband and Sandy Anderson spoke of their husbands Rick Husband and Michael Anderson as pioneers chasing lunar and Martian futures. They urged NASA to heed CAIB recommendations while coping with loss and supporting their families and NASA staff during the first anniversary of the Columbia disaster.
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Baytown Sun seeks Citizen of the Year and Unsung Heroes
The Baytown Sun invites nominations for Citizen of the Year and Unsung Heroes to honor local residents in Forecast Edition 2004. Nominations due by 5 p.m. January 30 at the Baytown office or by mail to P.O. Box 90 Baytown TX 77522. News staff and relatives are ineligible.
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Malpractice insurance rates stay high after amendment
In Texas the Prop 12 cap on noneconomic damages aimed to cut costs for doctors, but four months after approval most insurers have not lowered rates. The Texas Medical Liability Trust cut rates 12 percent for about 11,000 of 38,000 doctors while others held steady or sought increases up to 35 percent. Supporters say it’s early to judge, while opponents question promised savings and accountability.
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Yates conviction disputed as husband questions insanity law
Houston briefs report Russel Yates arguing that insanity laws lack medical basis after Andrea Yates was convicted of capital murder in 2002 for drowning three of her five children. He questions legal grounds of her prosecution alleging mental illness should have protected her.
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Minorities face more police violence in Austin
The Austin police used violent tactics against Blacks and Hispanics at higher rates than against whites from 1998 to 2003. Blacks were 100 percent more likely and Hispanics 25 percent more likely to face violence, based on 6,447 use of force reports and 1.3 million supporting records analyzed by the Austin American-Statesman.
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