Giuliani criticized by families at 9/11 hearings
In New York, relatives of World Trade Center victims jeered former mayor Rudolph Giuliani as the Sept. 11 commission offered praise for his leadership. They demanded hard answers on emergency response failures, while the panel pressed officials on 911 operations and coordination.
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Laura Bush on Leno quips and buff remarks on show
On NBCs Tonight Show Laura Bush joked with Jay Leno about a hypothetical matchup with Teresa Heinz Kerry. She said she relaxes watching baseball and has been lifting weights with a trainer, while avoiding campaign issues and noting her husbands habit of not reading newspapers.
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Landfill deal hinges on option viability after bankruptcy
The bankruptcy extension paused the 60 day option. Lawyers for TSP and Cedar Crossing LP file motions over the option. If ruled valid, Steen will decide if TSP can sell the property to Denver firm J Herzog & Company. In March a tentative $6.8 million deal existed to buy then sell back with a later repurchase option.
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J. Herzog
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Bargaining talks reach tentative Baytown firefighter contract
Baytown firefighters and city negotiators forge a compromise after April 2003 talks that ended in January with near impasse. The accord establishes four and eight year benchmarks and a 2.19 percent across the board raise, with meetings scheduled on nonworking days if possible. contract expires September 30.
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Froehlich-Smith
Commission approves Baytown Mitsubishi move and new subdivisions
The commission backed a plat for Baytown Mitsubishi to relocate on Interstate 10 near San Jacinto Mall. They also approved Country Club Manor Section Three a 5 acre 80 lot subdivision north of Baker Road east of Bush Road and Hunter's Creek Section One a 25 acre 135 lot subdivision south of Needlepoint Road west of Highway 146. The panel discussed updating subdivisions code with an estimated consultant cost of 125000 to 150000.
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Country Club Manor
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Chamblin Trial At Chamblin Residence Details Slayings
Testimony described a 911 call reporting wife and daughter shot, a prolonged SWAT standoff, and Chamblin's surrender. Investigators found three loaded handguns, barricades, and bloodied crime scene photos. Autopsies showed both women shot in the head and chest. Prosecutors plan to show a police custody confession videotape.
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Latta
Russell White
Michael Farabee
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Crime Scenic Unit
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Godinich
Layton Duer
Russell
Baytown
Farabee
Mike Anderson
Rainfall Totals Highlight Historic Gulf Coast storms
The National Weather Service compares last weeks rainfall to past storms. Baytown saw 10.4 inches over five days during 1998 Tropical Storm Frances, while October 1994 brought 25.66 inches. Allison events in 1989 and 2001 hit near Galveston Island, flooding the area, with Port of Houston recording over 30 inches during 2001 Allison.
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Man to use insanity defense again in Beaumont murder
Kenneth Lee Pierott, 27, planned to rely on insanity as a defense in a murder case after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 1998 beating death. His attorneys said trial is set for September 43, and the case has fueled criticism of Texas insanity laws. A police affidavit alleges Pierott placed a 6-year-old boy in an unlit oven at 600 degrees, leaving him there overnight before the body was discovered.
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New Jersey
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Beaumont
Kenneth Lee Pierott
Layne Walker
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Pierott
Texas
Greg Abbott
Senate
TreDevin Odoms
Perry rejects mercy on Texas killer execution
Governor Rick Perry refused a clemency recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles for Kelsey Patterson, a paranoid schizophrenic inmate. Patterson was executed by lethal injection for a 1992 East Texas murder after the board urged mercy.
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Kelsey Patterson
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Rick Perry
Texas
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Patterson
East Texas
David Elliot
National Coalition
Union plans four day strike against SBC
In San Antonio the Communications Workers of America says it will stage a four day walkout beginning Friday in a deadlock over contract terms. Spokeswoman Candice Johnson said workers will return to duties Tuesday morning, as President Morton Bahr cautioned against a prolonged strike to avoid major customer losses.
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SBC Communications Inc
Candice Johnson
Communications Workers of America
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CWA
Morton Bahr
SBC
One dead four injured as trains collide near Gunter
A pair of freight trains collided near Gunter Texas injuring four people and killing one man. About 20 cars derailed in a tangled steel mess as authorities investigated the cause and scene. One severely burned victim was transported to a medical facility.
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Department of Public Safety
Rebecca Euresti
Fire on Gulf of Mexico gas rig injures two workers
Two crewmen were injured, not life threatening, when a fire broke out during routine maintenance on a natural gas rig off the Texas-LA border in the Gulf of Mexico. No pollution reported, and initial checks show no damage to the producing well.
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Scott Griffiths
Houston
Spinnaker Exploration Co
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