Good morning, Houston. Have you heard the one about the bees that took over a neighborhood? Three years ago, a family (tribe?) of bees moved into a vacant home in Ruth Gray's neighborhood. Over time, they grew in number and ferocity, and when calls to the city were fruitless, Gray contacted a pest control company which said the situation was "instant, instant death." After destroying the hive, the bees attacked and three children were...
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Linda Lay, the widow of former Enron Chairman Ken Lay, has filed against the forfeiture of nearly $13 million in property and cash that the government says is tied to criminal activity. The court action was filed after the criminal charges against Ken Lay were dropped after his death last year. The authorities have said that the property is the "proceeds of the fraud proven in the criminal case against Lay." Lay's widow has asked...
Ken Lay's will was filed yesterday, and it says his wife, Linda, gets everything. Though the document, which was signed Aug. 8, 2003, doesn't give any specifics about assets, it is clear on whose they now are — which should make probating the will simple if no one contests it. "Assuming the will is properly drafted, there's no need for witnesses to even prove it up," [Joellen Snow, a Houston estate attorney with Snow &...

Missed Connections: Gefilte Fish...and "Chain Connections"