Death penalty sought against Moussaoui in Sept. 11 attacks
Prosecutors sought the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui the only person charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He faces up to six counts with a maximum penalty of death and is set for trial this fall. France urged against capital punishment arguing it would hinder cooperation. The case raises international diplomatic issues as authorities push to bring him to justice.
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Searci
Zacarias Moussaoui
New York
Washington
Moussaoui
United States
Osama bin Laden
Justice Department
Europe
France
Ashcroft
U.S
John Ashcroft
Miami
Aicha Moussaoui
State Criminal Justice Division
Mercer
Harris County Organized Crime & Narcotics Task Force
Baytown weighs 15 new firefighters amid civil service limits
The city council weighed hiring 15 firefighters to ease overtime and workload, but Mercer warned Baytown’s civil service rules and federal consent decree create recurring costs and training expenses. May require school, tests, polygraph, and interviews before on‑the‑job availability.
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Mercer
Pete Alfaro
Alfaro
Baytown
Smith
Mundinger
Scott Sheley
Amr
Coun
Baytown Polypropylene Plant to Close amid BP Restructuring
BP plans to close one Chocolate Bayou unit as part of restructuring that will cut Baytown production to 261000 tons annually. Deer Park, Chocolate Bayou plants will be adjusted to 625000 tons in the south Houston area plus 200000 more from California. Some Brown and Root contract tenants will be affected.
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Regent
Dennis Topper
Lee
California
Deer Park
Solvay Polymers
Baytown
Brown and Root
TSP appeals to state High Court over Beach City landfill ban
Beach City officials report TSP Development filed March 4 with the Texas Supreme Court to review a Chambers County ordinance banning a non hazardous industrial waste landfill on Spur 55 Fisher Road east of FM 1405. The court of appeals in December required TSP to honor the ban, while opponents Galveston Bay Foundation Citizens for A Better Baytown and Informed Citizens United warn of groundwater and Trinity Bay contamination. The outcome could set a Texas precedent if the high court accepts the case.
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Beach City
Chambers County
Bill Wallace
Council
TSP
Allison, Bass and Associates
Texas Supreme Court
Court of Appeals Ried
TSP Development
Kingwood
Fisher Road
Harris County
Baytown
Galveston Bay Foundation
Citizens For A Better
Texas
Wallace
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Corey Vinson
Paige
Gentry Jr. School
Corey
Patty
Jerry Vinson
Glarean Tranese
Presh
Miller
Aaa
Eailar Retail Co
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