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Four convicted sex offenders in Houston are among seven statewide who have been arrested in the past two weeks for using MySpace in violation of their parole or probation — but it's still unclear exactly what they used the online networking service for. "That will be information that our ongoing investigation will determine," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, whose office led the crackdown, said. "We wanted to arrest these people as quickly as possible. And... more ›

Remember when a former identity thief found a bunch of personal documents in a Dumpster behind a closed CVS store in Liberty back in late March? So does Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who filed suit against CVS yesterday, accusing the company of failing to protect its customers' personal information. About 1,000 records — with information including credit card and Social Security numbers — were found March 19, and though Abbott said his office hasn't... more ›

HPD Chief Harold Hurtt announced yesterday that 10 more red-light cameras are being installed around town, some of them on state-owned roads thanks to a ruling from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Hurtt said the cameras will begin operating in about a month at the East Freeway at Uvalde on the east side, FM 1960 at Tomball Parkway in northwest Houston and eight locations on the southwest side: the West Loop at Westheimer, the Southwest... more ›

If you're in the habit of sneaking through red lights, enjoy your lawless ways while you can: The installation of Houston's first 10 red-light cameras is almost finished, and the system is expected to go live Sept. 1. The cameras are located at Milam and Elgin, Brazos and Elgin, Pease at La Branch and Travis at Webster in Midtown; Richmond at Dunvale, Richmond at Hillcroft, Bellaire at Wilcrest and Harwin at Hillcroft on the southwest... more ›

The two men involved in a Texas City apartment explosion yesterday may have been involved in an anarchist group, sources tell KHOU Michael Shelby, a former U.S. attorney who was found dead at his Houston home Tuesday, shot himself, his autopsy report said State Attorney General Greg Abbott will ask the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling that Tom DeLay must remain on the November ballot Two 12-year-old boys were killed overnight... more ›

This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it... more ›

Houston's red-light camera system has gotten a boost thanks to a ruling by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott that clears the way for cities to install cameras at intersections controlled by the Texas Department of Transportation. The ruling means the city will probably toss the list of intersections it announced for the first 10 cameras earlier this month, since it will now be able to factor TxDOT intersections into its plans. more ›

Attorney General Greg Abbott is jumping on the anti-MySpace.com bandwagon. He says Texas needs tougher laws to keep sexual predators from soliciting minors on the internet because the repeat offenders are “incorrigible”. more ›

A U.S. district judge refuses to dismiss insider trading charges against former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling ExpressJet shares dropped after Continental announced it will pull 25 percent of its business from the carrier in 2007 City officials are working to catch up on a $7.2 million backlog in evacuee rent payment Detectives recovered a knife and car believed to have been used in the murder of 12-year-old Teketria Buggs Some Galveston County inmates have filed... more ›

At the Port of Houston, a woman was run over and killed by a fork lift while she was taking notes Word on what eccentric millionaire Robert Durst was doing when he violated parole by visiting Galveston: seeing a doctor, a lawyer and stopping by his former home The sponsors of Houston's rival MLK Day parades may join forces to hold a single parade in 2006 An appeals court denied Tom DeLay's lawyers' request to... more ›