Results tagged “inoctober”

In October of 2005, there were many voices to be heard in Houston calling Brad Lidge to be shipped out of town or worse; two years later, those voices were heard. Tonight, the Astros finalized a trade to send Lidge and utility infielder Eric Bruntlett to the Phillies for center fielder and University of Houston grad Michael Bourn, relief pitcher Geoff Geary, and third base prospect Mike Costanzo. This marks the Astros' first serious move... more ›

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Comcast Raises Your Rates In October Get ready to dig deeper to pay your cable bill because the amount you pay will be going up. Yes, that's right, Comcast will be raising your cable rates starting with your October bill. How much is this rate increase? Comcast says bills are going up 6.1% for all its subscribers. What are you getting for this 6.1% increase? Increased... more ›

So, kids — if you really want to freak everybody out at school, why not take a fake grenade on campus? It worked for a fifth-grader at Adam Elementary School yesterday; he came to school toting a replica grenade and an empty .50-caliber bullet casing and showed them off to fellow students. The show-and-tell unnerved at least one kid, who went and told officials what was going on. Turns out the student got the grenade... more ›

So here's something you probably didn't know: In Houston, it's illegal to carry a sign or poster on a public street. The law was passed in 1970, when a lot of people were carrying signs, but it's not so relevant today — which is why police officers have been told to ignore it. But one cop apparently didn't remember: In October 2004, he ticketed Christopher Kelly for carrying a homemade sign covered with slogans critical... more ›

Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling must be getting tired of these pesky former Enron executives who keep taking the witness stand at their trial. The latest was Sherron Watkins, who wrote a memo to ex-Chairman Lay in 2001 warning about coming trouble in the company's finances and testified yesterday that she saw all kinds of shady business practices during her time at the Big E. Watkins told jurors that she went to work for ex-CFO... more ›

Three witnesses testified yesterday in the trial of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling: one who criticized ex-Enron CFO Andrew Fastow's side deals, one who helped create them and one who had no idea who Fastow was. The one who criticized was Vince Kaminski, a former risk analyst at Enron who testified that ex-Enron Chairman Lay and ex-CEO Skilling ignored his concerns about side deals run by Fastow. Kaminski said his first bad reaction to the... more ›

The owner of a charter bus line involved in one of the most tragic stories from the Rita evacuation was arrested yesterday on charges of falsifying documents and failing to inspect his buses. James Maples of Pharr, the owner of Global Limo Inc., is charged in connection with a Global bus that exploded south of Dallas on Sept. 23, killing 23 residents of a Bellaire nursing home who had been bused out of Houston. Before... more ›